joe trump is like a newly discovered weather pattern that you know you never had so when you wake upt's like you usually think about how hotit's going to be what you also have to check trump . is there an 80 percent chance of a cold trump or a wendy truck? it's just another variable that you wake up with and say how is trump doing? >> you that way you can bring an umbrella? >> what i recommend, they start off every day and imagine if this was really happening. use it to breakfast and for breakfast i have a rebel and night will. the problem people are having is that they act like a bunch of babies, but what you need to remember is there are people who disagree with you who are kind, thoughtful, honest people and there are people who agree with you are horrible pieces of garbage and once you can except that, you get through life much happier. the media movement was supposed to bring down donald trump but a lot of these left-leaning people at these dummy dudes in their midst who said all the right things and then harvey weinstein, he said i'm going to spend my time taking on the nra and

joe: trump obviously holds his own negotiating skills in very high regard so even if the underlings cannotith a deal, in his mind, perhaps he and kim jong-un have a good relationship and can get it done. shery: you have to look at the complexity of the issue. this nuclear issue has been going on for decades now. yes, they had a june summit in singapore, but what came out of it? even mr. pompeo said they are still creating nuclear materials in north korea. so, we have to kind of see what could come out of another meeting. the only thing concrete we actually got were american remains being returned to the u.s. but even that, very few remains. we have to look forward to what is next. >> do we know whether south korea or china are involved? shery: at this point, we don't. that is really interesting because japan at the beginning of president trump's tenure, japan seemed to be having a bromance with prime minister shinzo abe. that seems to have fizzled out. now we are hearing that abe is holding talks with vladimir putin in the eastern economic forum. caroline: while this goes on this week, we

. >>> coming up on "morning joe" trump officials keep up the denials over that scathing "new york timesece as administration members make their rounds on the sunday shows to do damage control. this as the president calls on his attorney general to take action over that op-ed, suggesting it amounts to treason. democratic senators chris coons and joe manchin both join the conversation to weigh in on that and much more. "morning joe" moments away. sometimes, the pressures of today's world can make it tough to take care of yourself. but nature's bounty has innovative ways to help you maintain balance and help keep you active and well-rested. because hey, tomorrow's coming up fast. nature's bounty. because you're better off healthy. is important to me so father being diagnosed with advanced nature's bounty. non-small cell lung cancer made me think of all the things that i wanted to teach my kids. (avo) another tru story with keytruda. (roger) my doctor said i could start on keytruda so i did. with each scan things just got better. (avo) in a clinical study, keytruda offered patients a longer

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trump doing? he is pump fisting when he gets off the plane. >> greg: he went to shanksville. joe> juan: i think you should show some respect. president trump is attacking the fbi. joe's comments, because you said you thought it was not so much that is the content of what he said but the content of what he said is you know what, we are seeing the president of the united states go after the intelligence agencies, go after law enforcement, essentially people who were investigating on 9/11. we are seeing people like eric holder say today is the day of remembrance. stop it, president trump. but you are saying joe scarborough is guilty of the same thing. >> greg: he went to shanksville and spoke there. >> jedidiah: what you said sounds like a reasonable argument somebody could make but "a politician who has done more damage to the dreams of america than any foreign adversary," that's insane. now we are equating trump with people, murderers. that's insanity. the argument you made. >> juan: i think when joe says you know what, suddenly there's a sympathetic ear for neo-nazis or we are ho

sends out a tweet that reads "my latest trump is damaging the dream of america more than any terrorist attack ever could. and according to the tweet and that op-ed, joecarborough thinks trump is worse than 9/11 where we lost nearly 3,000 people. the economy has turned around. people have jobs. 4 million fewer people on here on here wished down my food stamps. that's how low we were going to sink? sometimes i literally hang -- there is no net underneath me right now. this is a live show. i do three hours of live radio every day. sometimes you can say things and they come out wrong. as congress would say, extend our remarks. some things can be unintentional, slip of the tongue. if this was thought out written piece. he spent time thinking of this antennae on his dumpster fire of a morning show he doubled down on stupid. watch this. >> if you strip america of its ideas, forget about knocking down buildings in the financial district, forget about running planes into the pentagon, those are tragedies, but those tragedies bring us closer together. america is an idea. you've got america of that idea, that's when you do the most harm. the retreating of neo-n

eric trump giving morning joe history.: apple and feeling new iphones in a few hours but could put a serious dent in your wallet. kurt the cyber guy telling us about the most expensive model yet. >> msnbc's joe scarborough blasted for using the anniversary of 9/11 to take a cheap shot at donald trump, an op-ed in the washington post titled trump is harming the dream of america more than any foreign adversary ever could. >> what a stupid comment. -- and compare that to giving up his life to better this country. >> scarborough backtracking saying showing more care and the wording of the op-ed. rob: the phrase illegal alien is considered hate speech on twitter. center for immigration studies saying twitter is not allowing us to promote any tweets including illegal alien or aliens citing it as hateful content. the phrase has been used in federal law and by the supreme court's just days after jack dorsey testified insisting twitter does not censor anybody based on political views. jillian: in just hours the next generation of a

trump. george w. bush's deputy chief of staff was joe hagan. donald trump hired the same joe hagan for the exact same job last year. so on the planet, where the trump administration is just the next republican administration after george w. bush, it was a bit of a yawner when trump announced that his latest nominee to the supreme court would be, surprise, a bush guy. and probably the most bush guy he could have found. dating back to the year 2000 when the bush campaign dispatched this guy to work on the florida election recount. the following year brett kavanaugh land ad primo position working in the george w. bush office. he was later promoted to white house staff secretary. that is a crucial but influential position in which he mlgd the flow of all documents across the president's desk. brett kavanaugh was there at the closest range during the george w. bush years for a lot of those years. by the time he was nominated to become a judge on the d.c. court of appeals, it was not a great time for brett kavanaugh to be such a bush guy. in large par

holdingse joe manchin his own in a conservative state that donald trump one in 2016 -- why is joe manchin holding his own in a conservative state that donald trump one and heidi heitkamp can't? guest: she has favorable numbers, but she was a candidate , thatfice as a senator has really been rolling opportunity to build your profile. joe manchin has been building independent maverick democratic streak going back to his time as governor and into the senate in 2010 after the death of robert burr, the longtime senator from west virginia. he's taken on his own party in a more public way and heidi heitkamp has. yesterday he released a new television ad, which called to voters attention in the 2010 special general election. he shot a bullet through the trade bill that passed the house in 2009 that was never taken up by the senate and never went anywhere. protecthat i'm going to west virginia's energy industry against the regulation and action coming from a democratic-controlled congress and democratic president. using a firearm, which also speaks of the gun culture there. it was a novel idea. th

joe. [applause] president trump: we don't have to worry about mark and joe.y're up very high in this world. i guess mark, you're up -- i won't say, it's almost embarrassing. i wouldn't give him too much money, ok? i wouldn't give him too much. mark meadows is not going to lose his race. in life, i won't guarantee anything. i guarantee mark is going to do just fine. thank you. where is your wife? where is she? stand up. she's the real boss in this family. they drove three and a half hours to be here. also a special thank you to north carolina's very talented -- everybody is talking about them -- they are all talking about them. and i have a feeling he has his mind made up. he's going to be going for a little different position, slightly higher in two years, dan forest. your lieutenant governor. [applause] president trump: he's great, great guy. great guy. you see dan, with all that paparazzi, this was just supposed to be a quick signing. they go crazy when i introduce you guys because it's like a political event. but that's ok. we'll take it. you don't have to

trump ain't one. greg: that's a song! [ applause ] >> it is. greg: that is a song. i have a theory, joeed weather pattern that you know you never had. it's like when you wake up, it's like you usually think about how hot it's going to be, but you also have to check for trump. is there an 80% chance of a cold trump or 20% of a windy trump? it's just another variable that you wake up in the morning and go, how's the trump doing? >> do i need to bring an umbrella? >> i need a trump-barela. >> here's how i start every day, i tell myself imagine if this is really happening, for breakfast, i have a red bull and nyquil and let them duke it out. they are freak out about everything, what you need to remember is people disagree with you who are kind, thoughtful, honest people, and there are people who agree with you who are horrible pieces of garbage. and once you can accept that, you get through life much happier. if you looked at #metoo movement, that was supposed to bring down donald trump. it turned out the lefty-leaning dudes had this stuff in their midst. remember harvey weinstein said i'm

trump. this is your writing, joe.urplus to racking up unparalleled deficits while squandering moral leadership. here is the column. 16 years of strategic missteps have been fooled by the maniacal moves of a man who has savaged america's vital alliances, attacked our intelligence and military communities and lent a sympathetic ear to neo nazis and white supremacists across the globe. for those of us still believing that islamic extremists hate america because of the freedoms we guarantee to all people, the gravest threat trump poses to our national security is the damage done daily to america's image. as the "new york times" roger cohen wrote the month after trump's election, america is an idea. strip freedom, human rights, democracy and the rule of law from what the united states represents to the world, and america itself is gutted. osama bin laden was killed by seal team 6 before he accomplished that goal. other tyrants who tried to do the same were consigned to the ash heap of history. the question for voters this

to probably obsess us for the next week and then then four former provides president joe biden he has his comment trump supporters are the dregs of society i thought we got over the deplorable mistake here it seems to be repetitive and it does seem to be focused on this politics of grievance and resentment how do you put it all together go ahead jeff. only cavanagh hearings are the latest flashpoint i was a little surprised to hear biden said that he actually said some conciliatory things back when he was on the senate judiciary committee way back in the clarence thomas nomination days so this is perhaps biden thinking about running for president who knows but the deplorable stuff it's look both sides think this largely about you know they're both sides of madge and maybe thirty forty percent of the country is beyond redemption and i don't know how you deal with that politically neither side has much of a theory about how you deal with politically vanquished people you don't just go away and what bothers me about all of this is that everything's become so politicized that we have magine every aspect of

trump. if you're joe manchin, you say dr. ford has a compelling case. have a lot of voters who think this is donald trump. this is a standup for donald trump. i don't think they have the license to take a step back. >> why not? >> i would agree with that, but i think for republicans, they're looking at those numbers. sure, we can talk about democrats. sure, we can talk about independents, but at the end of the day this is a left or right thing. they're looking at those numbers. they're seeing that republicans are cemented in their support of kavanaugh. i have to go back. >> what is going to swing it dramatically against kavanaugh? independents radically -- >> chris -- >> 31 point shift since july. >> i mean, i think if you look at this is the era of women right now, i would argue. there are a significant number of women who are running for office. there are a significant number of women more in the political process. those independents aren't as hard lined as those in my party or some as extreme on the left. >> the kavanaugh thing is a neutral tribal thi

. >>> still to come, one thing and coming up on "morning joe," president trump heads back to the campaignsident goes before a fired up iowa crowd, the gop's hopes in the midterms and once again goes on the attack against the fake media. >>> plus, more that michael cohen has been providing critical information to special counsel robert mueller. "morning joe" is minutes away. "morning joe" is minutes away. - [announcer] the typical vacuum head can struggle with large debris and stuck-on dust, so shark invented duoclean, replacing the front wall with a rotating soft brush. while deep cleaning carpets, two brush rolls pick up large particles with ease, make quick work of stuck-on dust, giving hard floors a polished look, and fearlessly devour piles. shark duoclean technology, designed to do more on carpets and floors, available in corded and cord-free vacuums, and only available from shark. on carpets and floors, this is not a screensaver.game. this is the destruction of a cancer cell by the body's own immune system, thanks to medicine that didn't exist until now. and today can save your life

heidi heitkamp and joe manchin. trump won north dakota by 35.7%. west virginia by 42.2%.t races maybe more heitcamp than manchin, how does this play not only with this delay but also for women who do look at dr. blasey ford who say i see someone who came up and told her story? >> are you asking me about women? >> bret: yeah. >> i don't think we are allowed to comment anymore. >> bret: i'm going to ask you to, hold on. >> i think in the case of a woman, heidi heitkamp, i think if she looks at the numbers and is fair she will end up supporting, if nothing else comes out only thing that will come out is more craziness out of the woodwork, then she may well support him as will manchin. i think this is possible it could heal to some extent what a.b. said. also on the same time a part of the the democrats a reuse. what does one week get them? i don't know what one week gets them. they would have to extend it further, weren't they. >> you are assuming that's their plan to push it past the mid terms. you can't take senator coons at his word? he asked for a week. >> i guess i can'

coming up, axios's nicholas johnson has a look at "one big thing" and coming up on "morning joe," president trumpthe latest on the president's labor day tweet storm over the prosecution of two of his congress' allies as he begins hammers attorney general jeff sessions. >>> plus the race to the midterms enterers its final stretch. major races and issue s at play in his critical election year. "morning joe" just moments away, ladies and gentlemen. with otezla, 75% clearer skin is achievable. don't use if you're allergic to otezla . it may cause severe diarrhea, nausea, or vomiting. otezla is associated with... ...an increased risk of depression. tell your doctor if you have  a history of depression or suicidal thoughts,... ...or if these feelings develop. some people taking otezla reported weight loss. your doctor should monitor your weight and may stop treatment. upper respiratory tract infection and headache may occur. tell your doctor about your medicines and if you're pregnant or planning to be. otezla. show more of you. but prevagen helps your brain with an ingredient originally discovered...

but former vice president joe biden is showing he's not afraid to take on president trump. just wrapped up a speech at a human rights campaign dinner in washington. and he took a few jobs at the president. cnn political reporterarl ech a saenz has more. >> reporter: ana, joe biden was calling president trump and other republicans out for fostering intolerance and trying to roll back the advances the lgbt community has made for years. >> instead of using the full might of the executive branch to secure justice, dignity, and safety for all, the president uses the white house as a literal bully pulpit. callously, callously exerting his power over those who have little or none. >> reporter: so vice president joe biden there was criticizing president trump, saying he engages in bullying. while the vp wasn't saying anything about 2020 himself, people in the crowd were talking about it. there were a few moments when the vice president was speaking and they were shouting "2020" or "run, joe, run," and all the former vice president had to say about it was, "thank you very much." >> w

joe's got to go. >> he has got to go. it is my honor to stand with president trump to fight for you. ke joe manchin, hillary clinton and the radical liberals, you will never abandon our american and west virginia values. the one thing you will know is that together this team we will continue to make america great again and we will make west virginia great again. thank you very much, god bless you. [cheering and applause] president trump: thank you. wow. good job, patrick. thank you, patrick. remember this, a vote for patrick morrissey is about to stand up for west virginia values. [cheering and applause] a vote for morrissey is a vote for me and for our agenda to make america great again or as he will students are saying, keep america great. [cheering and applause] keep america great. that will be our new theme very soon. i don't want to switch yet, little too soon, were not even into two years yet, make america great again, i can't use that in 2020. by that time if we go even half of what we have done we will have to do it will be keep america great. [cheering and applause] it's a ve

joe. we saw president trump applying pressure on attorney general sessions. what could the d.o.j. do? >> there's -- the president has said that it might be a national security issue, however some of his aides now are dialing back on that just a bit. we've gone from trump demanding an investigation by the justice department to his spokeswoman today saying that they would be asking the justice department to look into whether there should be an investigation. there's also no indication at the white house that they're taking any steps to unearth the author of the op-ed such as requiring officials to submit to lie detector tests. so there's -- most of the experts we have talked to really do question whether there is something here that the justice department could investigation because it was in fact an opinion piece. with an inside look at the trump administration that frankly a lot of news reports have already reported. >> lots of reports out on what's happening in the white house. of course one distraction could be the north korean issue and we're hearing a second meeting between kim jo

joe has got to go. cheering and chanting] mr. morrissey: he has got to go. honor to stand with president trump to fight for you. oe manchin, hillary clinton and the radical liberals, we will never abandon our american and west virginia values. the one thing you will know is that together this team, we are going to continue making america great again, and we will make west virginia great again. thank you very much, god bless you. applause]and pres. trump: thank you, wow. great job, patrick. thank you, patrick. remember this, a vote for patrick morrissey is a vote to stand up for west virginia values, right? a vote for morrissey is a vote for me and our agenda to make america great again, or as we will soon start saying, keep america great, right? keep it great. [cheering and applause] pres. trump: keep america great. that will be our new theme very soon. i don't want to switch yet, it is a little too soon, we are not even into two years yet. make america great again, i because byt in 2020 that time, if we even go half of what we have done, it will be keep america great. [cheering and applause] pres. trump: right?

probably obsessed us for the next week and then the end for former provides president joe biden he has his comment trump supporters are the dregs of society i thought we got over the deplorable mistake here it seems to be repetitive and it does seem to be focused on this politics of grievance and resentment how do you put it all together go ahead jeff. the cavanagh hearings are the latest flashpoint i was a little surprised by and he actually said some conciliatory things back when he was on the senate judiciary committee way back in the clarence thomas nomination days so this is perhaps biden thinking about running for president who knows but the deplorable stuff it's look both sides think this largely about you know they're both sides of madge and maybe thirty forty percent of the country is beyond redemption and i don't know how you deal with that politically neither side has much of a theory about how you deal with politically vanquished people you don't just go away and what bothers me about all of this is that everything's become so politicized that we have magine every aspect of our life has to b

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i'm sorry e even morning joe this morning had to say -- they can't stand trump at morning joe. even they were saying come on, guys. you have made a mockery of the senate confirmation process for the supreme court. we have all these incredibly impressive women. porter who is not a political person, decided to come on and put her name out there tonight. obviously meghan, did you out same thing. helgi you have better things to do. you are out here to stand against unfairness. >> i would like american women to know all these women on this seth today are accomplished women. we all think he is grate would you take the word of somebody known for 25 years or last-minute character answers. >> thank you for joining us tonight. what an embarrassment for the media. first desperate attempt to smear kavanaugh then reported a story about a u.s. ambassador early this morning that turns out to be totally false. the "new york times" hit piece indicate you had that nikki haley had spent nearly $53,000, indicated, on curtains in her residence in new york. except, guess what? it wasn't trump's stat

today joe scarborough and donald trump to a certain degree that those lessons are unlearned.e haven't just forgotten the lessons, we rejected them as we treat our fellow americans like infidels and exploit political advantage and self-promotion out of moments that should be left for the real thing. kennedy: it's a moral equivalence that shouldn't have a place on a day like this. there is a place for discussion and challenging the evolution of this country since 9/11. >> as your discussion illustrated. there is a lot of important stuff to discuss about this. but to do it -- joe scarborough -- he's another -- this was a guy voting to i am each bill clinton. he was on the other side. when it was good on the other side to be over there, he was over there. people are allowed to change their opinions and change their minds as they go through life. kennedy: but your talent has not changed. you are such a funny writer and we don't have time to get into it deeply. but when you talk about pop film this country from andrew jackson to donald trump and the characters in between. it's conc

joe: steve dennis. president trump keeps promising a red wave.his own party even think the warning signs are flashing blue. it could mean more than a balance of power switch. connor has a new piece on this. why would democrats winning have an effect on the labor market? >> the reason we are here is this governing framework we have in place, especially at the state and local level, was set in 2010. that's what a lot of the governors came to power. were aboutback then balancing budgets. economyars later, the has improved, tax revenues have come back. we still have this austerity framework in place and that should unlock that. joe: so your view is that state and local government is the -- if the political climate changes, they have the spending capacity to ramp up in some of these public sector jobs? conor: yeah. the climate has changed this year with the teacher strikes and other issues. we have the leaders in place that we elected years ago. if you got elected on cutting spending, you want to cut spending eight years later. romaine: this sounds go

so joe manchin's race, this is a state that donald trump won easily. ternal polls on both sides pretty comfortably. you can see in indiana another deep red state. joe donnelly doing pretty well there. claire mccaskill in missouri holding her own. same with heidi heitkamp. in tennessee phil breseden that guy is like 65-25 favorablity. he's ahead in that state. five states that democrats should be 20 points behind but man they are neck and neck and can win with all of them. >> let's start with tennessee. phil breseden a candidate well-known. former governor, former mayor of nashville running against a republican candidate. clocks in at about 13.3 on the kook scale. no surprise he's ahead in that race. in indiana, we look at donnelly. he's an indiana senator. it's a state where there's still enough proximity to the voters that you can get around that state. they know who he is. they like him. i suspect they are going to return him to office. joe manchin in west virginia, united states senator, former governor of the state, he's known in the state. he's pro

joe manchin. i'm the conservative fighter with a record of results who r support president trump's jobs agenda whereasin really has not led on almost anything. he's a washington liberal. i think it will have a chance to get to the northern part of west virginia, receptive to president trump's jobs agenda. we're in a dead heat, 45-45. i think that the president gives us a boost to get over the edge. neil: the polls are tightening to your point. i was not aware of the tie one here. but do you worry from a crass political side, that if senator manchin votes for brett kavanaugh, you're finished? >> no, i think that people know that joe manchin, the only reason his vote is still in play is because it's an election year and people know that his history is very different than mine. he voted for 95% of barack obama's nominees. that's-- those are not conservative west virginia values, so regardless of how he ultimately votes, people know that the body of the work is bad. manchin opposed the trump tax cuts. manchin has been for planned parenthood, the largest abortion provider in the country and stood for gun c

trump sometimes gets off topic. >> now focusing again on trying to find out who the author of that op-ed is. >> jeh johnson will be on "morning joeoday. >> happy birthday. >>> in a significant foreign policy decision, the trump administration is ordering the closure of the palestinian liberation organization's office in washington, d.c. no later than october 10th. the state department said yesterday that the plo has not taken steps to advance the start of direct and meaningful negotiations with israel. the department also noted that its decision aligns with congressional and administration concerns over palestinian attempts to have the international criminal court investigate israel. neither the united states nor israel recognizes the icc. john bolton outlined threats of sanctions and a ban on travel to the u.s. for anyone who cooperates with the icc. the speech comes two weeks before president trump attends the u.n. general assembly. trump will reportedly focus on u.s. claims about the threat posed by iran and will voice his opposition to the nuclear deal with tehran. >>> a gag order has been imposed in the trial for maria butti

i think if you're a west virginia voter who wants a trump-like person, joe manchin is not voting with. i think he has a substantial lead. manchin has a really strong brand in that state. i see him being able to say, hey, the investigation wasn't thorough enough. i have some -- i'm not sure. and he could vote no. but i would say also manchin is a pretty conservative person id idealogically, but he might vote yes because he likes kavanaugh. >> let's talk about his opponent. is he somebody know known known in the state? patrick morrissey. what does it say about him that trump had to come in and rescue him like he's about to do for ted cruz, or try to rescue him? >> trump won this state overwhelmingly. morrissey is not as well known as manchin, who's been basically representing the state his lifetime. i think it's an i.d. trying to make this vote more about trump is smart for the president. i think the president wants to campaign a lot and this is a place you could see he would make a difference. i think trump will help in like north dakota, indiana. i just don't know if he can break thro

joe." there's donald trump in south carolina. -- and here he's walking in conway, south carolina. the back reference, though, of course, willie, is that while he was traveling and was talking to community leaders, through a storm-ravaged region where communities have been destroyed, small businesses have been wiped out, countless homes destroyed and dozens dead, that was donald trump talking about his golf course. he wanted to know from the leaders how lake norman was faring through the storm. >> well, the greens are going to be playing slower today, joe, and that's something you've g

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to decide whether or not they want someone who could match wits with donald trump and that may be someone in the form of joebiden himself, or someone who is the complete anthesis of a donald trump. that remains to be seen. >> michael steele, elizabeth warren turned over a bunch of records. basel mentioned the fact this they are going to have to run against president trump. >> rate. >> specifically. and trump has labeled elizabeth warren pocahontas because of her heritage. the globe rights, the globe found clear evidence in documents and interviews that are her claim to ethnicity was never considered by the harvard law faculty. i just thought it was fascinating that she is seeking to put this to rest. >> she is. she is trying to get out in front of it. she doesn't want to have happen to her which we have seen happen to eother candidates who have been labeled by donald trump. it debilitates their ability to move forward. i think one of the lowest points in the obama administration, quite honestly, was the day he presented his birth certificate. i found that to be the most offensive thing -- >> with donald tru

i think joe donnelly has done a good job, figuring out how to thread the needle come voting with trump only 40% of the time. he knows those issues. he tries to ingratiate himself with voters to win in november. >> how much capital does mike pence have? steven: he was the former governor and can get attention. he can help support the republican candidate, mike braun. much in others parts of the state, so both the president and the vice president. jonathan: as you recall from the bush-cheney era, they were constantly raising money, whether the campaign committees, house and senate, individual candidates for rnc. president trump does not do as much fundraising. when he does is for his own reelection and the rnc. why do you think that his, and forthat created a demand folks like you to be more aggressive or creative on the fundraising front? itven: i hadn't focused on much because it does not directly affect us, but i do sense an ever greater need for the work of outside groups like , just a greater need for that kind of activity because the party committees don't have the resources they h

but rosenstein and trump talked by phone, and they set up this meeting, and this is where it will all come out. shery: joe, we have president trump's nominee to the supreme court brett kavanaugh now making headlines coming out on a tv interview talking about the and how hegations wants to fight the charges against him. joe: that's right. taken -- house is taking an all-out effort. this television interview with setthat judge kavanaugh forth with his wife was part of the effort to make clear that he is not intending to withdraw or go anywhere, and that he wants to clear his name, calling the allegations a smear, denying he ever sexually assaulted anyone at any point in his life. so, this is part of the campaign as this comes to, again on thursday, there will be a hearing in which the judge and a professor in california who is a contemporary in the washington area when they were both in high school. so, they will both be speaking to the judiciary committee on thursday, at which time they will try to proceed with this nomination. shery: president trump also tweeting just about an hour ago, saying this is an

joe, you can't figure this out, trump won by 40 points. do you really believe that brett kavanaugh is a serial? do you believe any of this garbage? i'm sorry that dr. ford went through this, she shouldn't have had to go through it but i'm convinced beyond any shadow of a doubt that brett kavanaugh is not the man that they are trying to make him and this is all political. so joe i hope you step up. heidi, i hope like you a lot. joe donnelly, great guy. why can't you talk about whether or not we met the burden here? if he had to prove he was innocent, he did it for me, but he didn't have to. >> sean: republicans met in conference tonight and, bring us inside the meeting is much as you are able to share. >> i was blown away. can you imagine doing what he did today? your life is ripped apart, you've known about this for weeks and they spring it out you out on the, and then michael avenatti comes out and says you assault women and your whole life is absolutely destroyed? i think republicans today felt like brett kavanaugh not only met the test

joe, natalie and me and david ignatius. elegant. a lot to talk about. it's a who done it in the white house and you think about it, it's like playing trump at his own gameo you. >> this person is creating this big reveal. >> you know what joe is focused on right now, nobody cares about donald trump right now. >> he was a big deal. >> when you were a young man and you saw the reaction of the women folk -- >> the women folk, yes. >> to burt reynolds in playgirl magazine, did you not think to yourself, i want to grow up to be burt reynolds? >> no. >> yes, i know you did. >> you wanted to be the bandit. >> i don't know. so you -- we were hearing you as we were coming in here. >> because you're so loud. >> and you -- i think you need to do it. whenever i called you, i told you, you know, about burt reynolds -- >> he broke the news to me about burt reynolds' passing. >> it's sort of like where were you when you heard about pearl harbor. >> where are you you -- >> immediately went to "smokey and the bandit." >> first hour of the morning. >> so burt starred in 90 movies, 300 television shows. that's how he got his start. >> amazing. >> i was on "deliverance." >

yet, you've got a democratic senator in joe mansion who really does still have a chance to hang on there. how do democrats capitalize on that and try to turn out trump voters turned democratic senate supporters? >> i think all the democrats really have to do is push for turnout. if you look at the history of west virginia, joe mansion is replacing robert byrd. there's a history of supporting the democratic party. so i think the democrats have they focus on turnout, they really should win west virginia. i would be willing to way jeer t a lot of people in that event cheering for president trump would still be willing to vote for joe mansion because that's the history of west virginia. there's not really any coat tails there for the presidential republican candidate. >> we haven't had the kavanaugh vote out yet. up to 60% of voter 60% women ina support kavanaugh. leland: i saw some of the same polling. the subtabs talked about how not many people were going to change their mind on mansion based on how he voted on kavanaugh. >> well, look, joe mansion is in sync with west virginia. there is no doubt about it. leland, donald trump is more in sync with we

plus, president trump begins labor day tweeting about economic wins, attacking a union boss, and joe biden is joining union marchers and getting a few shoutouts for 2020. >> what's your message about what's at stake here in the midterms, sir? >> well, everything. >> mr. biden, we've got your vote. you're going to win. you got it. i'm telling you, you can do this. we need you. we need you, brother. >> we begin with a legacy making week for the president and a painful lesson in simple math for democrats. the president's second nominee to the supreme court, brett kavanaugh, appears before the senate judiciary committee this week. opening statements tomorrow, questioning starting on wednesday. minority leader chuck schumer cried cover-up over the weekend after the administration shielded some 100,000 pages of documents on the nominee. urgency from schumer and others reflects the far-reaching implications of this nomination. if kavanaugh reaches the bench, conservatives will outnumber liberals on the court, likely altering lots of aspects of every day life in america for a generation. dem

trump. no doubt about that. >> oh, kristen. >> he said, i welcome a challenge by joe biden. hink biden would be a strong and viable candidate against donald trump? >> i do. look, the democrats are going to -- there's going to be a lot of people who are going to run against donald trump. it'll be a large field. probably not going to help the democrats. joe biden would lead them automatically because he was vice president. he's a gifted campaigner. you can see in the shots that they got there how he works the crowd. he hears someone yell out, hey, joey, you know, so he clearly has a rapport with people. he's a very good speech. he speaks in a way, you know -- what do they call him -- lunch bucket joe. this is the same group that donald trump is trying to attract. people who are working paycheck to paycheck, who haven't seen growth in their wages. they've still not seen a growth, even though this full employment. he can speak to those people. >> you think he can pick off some never trumpers? >> i do. >> congressman, i'll turn to you. former vice president, former president obama

give us a sense of these trump state, republican states, joe donnelly, heidi heitkamp, if they vote against brett kavanaugh, what pressure would you put on advertising in those states? steven: it is a tough an important issue for democrats, particularly for joe donnelly and heitkamp and manchin. the stakes have really changed for democrats in this fight. the really high stakes , scorched-earth approach that senator schumer has taken has put his own red state democrats in a tough spot. i think they will vote to confirm to have any chance of winning reelection will hurt them more than the neil gorsuch vote with donors and activists , who they need to get enthused about their candidacy, of they are in a tough spot. alexi: speaking of messaging and advertising, what has been the most effective messaging strategy against democrats for your group? steven: an issue that had been on the sidelines that we are seeing having resonance is immigration, sanctuary cities, abolishing i.c.e., the more extreme positions that the party democratic party has become aligned with. not all, but some. talking about