inside politics with john king >>> i'm john king. thank sharing your day presid hits the road to the booming economy today. one key witness said his key gop senators welcome releva the republican blames but republicans are the can keep this bold promise. >> one can only imagine what new but here's what we know, madam presid one for sure. the senate will vote on judge kavana >> can leader mitch mcconnell to make a friday vote happen, he would need to file cloture connel timeline is listen to chuck schumer. we are he because louisa murkow susan collins and >> who caused that? who caused this delay, i would not the democrats. we don't have the ability to do it. it was three members on his side who sincerely were seeking >> it is true that a republican line by week's end or at all for that matter. last week's agreement was simple the fbi investigation runs its can file the motions to proceed. the fbi is done interviewin they said their client has not anothe question, who does said the witness list should withou their consent. that seems

we have chief correspondent and special appearance today by john king. welcome to you, sir. and here to discuss more on the breaking news this afternoon, cara scannel. president trump is blaming don meghan for the moral probe. so tell me what he said. >> in this final encounter between don meghan, he was focused on this cloud over the presidency. meghan didn't appoint robert mueller but he did cooperate with his investigation. he met with him multiple times, answering questions about mueller's desire to fire robert mueller himself, to want to pressure jeff sessions to recuse himself. so this kind of is part of this big tumultuous relationship that has continued between these men despite meghan getting two supreme court justices on the bench for trump. a weird way to end this relationship with mueller fixated on the investigation while he's having his final good-bye chat with meghan. >> john, you heard her sort of explanation, a bizarre way to leave the building. is this all about the blame game? >> he gave rod rosenstein a break for the day and blamed somebody else for the i

inside politics with john king starts now. >>> welcome to inside politics. i'm john king. thank you for sharing your day with us. two weeks until the mid-term elections and the president is off to texas to help ted cruise. immigration is the rallying crew warning about the caravan of migrants including criminals and unknown middle easterners. the democrats say health care is the real issue and the late push includes a ton of help from the party's 2020 prospects. casting more doubt on the saudi explanation of the jamal khashoggi murder and rare public comment from the president's adviser and son-in-law who is heavily invested in the saudi crown prince at the center of this international storm. >> what advice have you given the president in this situation some. >> so advice i have given the president in this situation like in all other situations will stay between me and the president. >> we begin with the president facing increasing pressure to take a tougher stand on saudi arabia after the murder of the journalist, jamal khashoggi. his senior adviser and son-in-law offerin

i'm john king. thank you for sharing your sunday. >>> democrats have a clear path to seize control of the house while republican odds of keeping the senate look brighter. one wild card? democratic optimism in big races for governor. >> we are making choices and decisions about everyone's lives and if you're not part of the decision making, i promise you, you're still going to be affected. the crass way i heard it put, you're either at the table or you're on the menu. >> the president knows this is a referendum on him and his tumultuous first two years. his hope, that the trump base can somehow produce yet another election surprise. >> the democrats have become totally consumed by their chilling lust for power. you can either vote for democrat mob rule or you can vote for a republican party that stands proudly for law and order, fairness, freedom and justice. >> there's also this wild card. the president is reluctant to get tough on saudi arabia but bipartisan outrage of a disappearance of a saudi jo

inside politics with john king >>> i'm john king.nk sharing your day presid hits the road to the booming economy today. one key witness said his

john king joins us now. part of his regular visits ahead of the midterms.ough this. >> the president out west for three states. part of what republicans hope is the great exception this year. they think, even through all this talk of a blue wave, that they cannot only hold but add to the senate majority. you mentioned the president in montana. we still lean it blue in favor of jon tester. but even democrats acknowledge his lead is tiny at best, that the republican has closed within striking distance. democrats say the president can help. this is personal. senator tester took the lead in opposing dr. ronny jackson to take over the department of veterans affairs. the president may go back a fourth time. then the president goes to nevada. this is the senate's most vulnerable republican incumbent, dean heller he's decided he's he's decided he's all in with the president. he'll be in the western part of the state. dean heller making the bet, turnout the trump base again. democrats are disappointed with their candidate. they think she should be well ahead now. th

i'm john king and thank you for sharing your day with us. the deputy attorney general who oversees the special investigation are chatting. we know the boss is mad at rod rosenstein. the audacity of mitch. he blocked the democratic supreme court pick in 2016 and won't rule out push for example election year confirmation if president trump got another vak a vakan vakancey. the debate over fallout intense feis. house races for suburban women pack. what they like to call the brett bounce. >> i think you are going to see a lot of things happen on november 6th that would not have happened before. the american public has seen this charade. it was all made up and fabricated and it's a disgrace. i think it's going to really show you something come november 6th. i think a lot of democrats are going to vote republican. >> we begin here with the political fallout of the kavanaugh confirmation with new data framing the test just 29 days away. for democrats, a poll with plenty to like. new and encouraging numbers in "the washington post" about their stand

inside politics with john king starts right now. >>> welcome to "inside politics." i'm john king. thank you for sharing your day with us. new twist in the saudi crisis. images that undermine the royal family's denial and a big oval office meeting between the president and his secretary of state. >>> plus, rod rosenstein praises the special counsel investigation -- the one his boss calls a witch-hunt and a con job. and a big campaign swing for the president, immigration is on his mind as he heads west but in most close races, health care is a bigger flash point. >> pre-existing condition, pre-existing condition. people with pre-existing conditions. >> we begin the hour at the white house with a question of enormous consequence -- why is the president willing to be so patient with and deferential to saudi arabia? mike pompeo briefing the president on his emergency travelers to saudi arabia and turkey after the disappearance of jamal khashoggi. secretary mike pompeo told reporters it's critical to remember the u.s./saudi relationship dates back 90 years and secretary pompeo saying th

i'm john king. president trump is in florida this hour, landing a short time ago and now on a held kopture tour to assess the clean up and clean up required because of the punch to the panhandle. the secretary of state making a trip to saudi arabia. the president said he wants the facts yet also suggests maybe rogue actors, not the saudi government kidnapped and killed jamal khashoggi. >> elizabeth warren shows native american ancestry and demands the president pay a bet. >> who cares. >> you said you would pay one million to charity. i hope she is running for president. i think she would be very easy. >> back to politics. two big stories happening. president trump and the first lady as we noted arriving in florida to get a close up look at the damage from hurricane michael. they will be in georgia later this afternoon. the president making major news as he left the white house. secretary of state mike pompeo will meet with saudi's king solomon. pompeo boarded the plane for the hastily arranged trip

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inside politics with john king starts right now. >>> welcome to "inside politics." i'm john king.th us. new twist in the saudi crisis. images that undermine the royal family's denial and a big oval office meeting between the president and his secretary of state. >>> plus, rod rosenstein praises the special counsel investigation -- the one his boss calls a witch-hunt and a con job. and a big campaign swing for the president, immigration is on his mind as he heads west but in most close races, health care is a bigger flash point. >>

in a truly surreal moment, fix news at cnn john king went on the air yesterday, saying with his wordsne is blaming president trump, even as the lower third banner on his cream was blaming president trump. you can't make this up. it's true. >> no one is blaming the president. is anyone blaming the president? the president wants to make this about him. >> sean: oh, excuse me. joining us now, fox news contributor tammy bruce and from "the hill," meaty reporter joe concha. tammy, i see you laughing and shaking your head. i don't know whether to laugh or cry. i don't think they watch theirow own shows. >> is remarkable to watch this unfold. while these are all very distinctively dynamics, this warbled situation with a man arrested in florida, attempted violent crimes, sexual assaults and the judge sayoc case, the caravan, the plight of people around the world looking for a better life, matches our a need for a strong border, with the media has done and every single one of these, this is attached to the american left, and some liberals, certainly the democrat party, is to use these incredib

i'm john king and thank you for sharing your day with us.al investigation are chatting. we know the boss is mad at rod rosenstein. the audacity of mitch. he blocked the democratic supreme court pick in 2016 and won't rule out push for example election year confirmation if president trump got another vak a vakan vakancey. the debate over fallout intense feis. house races for

we welcome john king who will start appearing on the program regula let's this off. start on the biggest factor hanging over every race. presid approval ratings. usuall good predictor of how a politi will do. and the most recent cnn polling shows that president trum weapon a rating of 41%. disapp rating of 52%. just in terms of numbers, john, the president isn't obviously on the ballot. how mu of the coming mid terms are about president trump? >> almost exclusively. there are some exceptions to the rule. but almost exclusively. midter elections are about the presid and even the president now says i'm not on the ballot but i'm on the ballot. that is why we head into the final three weeks, we have the democr in the lead and plenty of room to take control of the house of representatives. 206 seats are solid democrat. 201 are solid republican. why? becaus of what you just mentio let's take a look at the number mentioned the cnn poll. post poll. look at the president's approval rating 43% approve. 53% disapprove. look at how americans say they'r going to vote for congre t

inside politics with john king starts now. >>> welcome to inside politics. i'm john king.r sharing your day with us. two weeks until the mid-term elections and the president is off to texas to help ted cruise. immigration is the rallying crew warning about the caravan of migrants including criminals and unknown middle easterners. the democrats say health care is the real issue and the late push includes a ton of help from the party's 2020 prospects. casting more doubt on the saudi explanation of the jamal khashoggi murder and rare public comment from the president's adviser and son-in-law who is heavily invested in the saudi crown prince at the center of this international storm.

i'm john king.ent trump is in florida this hour, landing a short time ago and now on a held kopture tour to assess the clean up and clean up required because of the punch to the panhandle. the secretary of state making a trip to saudi arabia. the president said he wants the facts yet also suggests maybe rogue actors, not the saudi government kidnapped and killed jamal

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here is john king, cnn anchor saying he doesn't blame cnn for the pipe bomb attacks. cnn, trump has no plans to claim any responsibility for serial bomber. >> if you are a web cruiser and you are change the line on an article that doesn't reflect the article. howie: cnn made a decision to fit stop screen. sara: the network is going to blow this up because they feel personally attacked. and also they feel as though inciting that move will resonate with their audience. howie: a presidential tweet. funny how lowly-rated cnn across criticize me sat will and blame me for the current spate of bombs and compare it to the tomorrow city bombing and when i criticize them they go wild and scream, it's just not presidential. >> this has been an ongoing issue with president trump and cnn. jeff zucker had the right to say what he did. but any time there is an article or any media president trump doesn't like, he calls it fake news. when it's oftentimes covering things he said when he was lying about something, didn't get this facts straight, and he caused a lot of this since the be

fake news cnn's john king went on the air yesterday and saying with his words no one is blaming presidentmp. even as the lower 3rd banner on the screen was blaming president trump. you can't make this up. it's true. >> no one is blaming the president. the president wants to make this about him. >> sean: excuse me. joining us now tammy bruce and joe. tammy, i see you laughing. i don't know whether to laugh or cry. i don't think they watch their own shows. >> it's remarkable to watch this unfold. while these are different dynamics, this horrible situation with the man arrested in florida, attempts at violent crime and sexual assault in the judge kavanaugh case and in the caravan the plight of people around the world looking for a better life matched with a need for a strong border. what the media has done in every single one of these attached to the american left and the democrat party is to use these issues against us. to twist them. not report them as they exist and to use politically. everything they see is through this dynamic of trying to destroy one man because they can't stand the fa

here is john king, cnn anchor saying he doesn't blame cnn for the pipe bomb attacks. cnn, trump has no plans to claim any responsibility for serial bomber. >> if you are a web cruiser and you are change the line on an article that doesn't reflect the article. howie: cnn made a decision to fit stop screen. sara: the network is going to blow this up because they feel personally attacked. and also they feel as though inciting that move will resonate with their audience. howie: a presidential tweet. funny how lowly-rated cnn across criticize me sat will and blame me for the current spate of bombs and compare it to the tomorrow city bombing and when i criticize them they go wild and scream, it's just not presidential. >> this has been an ongoing issue with president trump and cnn. jeff zucker had the right to say what he did. but any time there is an article or any media president trump doesn't like, he calls it fake news. when it's oftentimes covering things he said when he was lying about something, didn't get this facts straight, and he caused a lot of this since the be

fake news cnn's john king went on the air yesterday and saying with his words no one is blaming presidentrump. even as the lower 3rd banner on the screen was blaming president trump. you can't make this up. it's true. >> no one is blaming the president. the president wants to make this about him. >> sean: excuse me. joining us now tammy bruce and joe. tammy, i see you laughing. i don't know whether to laugh or cry. i don't think they watch their own shows. >> it's remarkable to watch this unfold. while these are different dynamics, this horrible situation with the man arrested in florida, attempts at violent crime and sexual assault in the judge kavanaugh case and in the caravan the plight of people around the world looking for a better life matched with a need for a strong border. what the media has done in every single one of these attached to the american left and the democrat party is to use these issues against us. to twist them. not report them as they exist and to use politically. everything they see is through this dynamic of trying to destroy one man because they can't stand the

listen to what cnn's john king said today. >> no one is blaming the president. the president wants to make this about him. >> laura: the lower 3rd on the screen says cnn trump has no plan to claim any personal responsibility for inciting serial bomber. is that defensivible on cnn's part? >> perfectly defensible. they are not blaming trump enough. these are trump targets. he refers to people as traitors. they committed treason. they are enemies of the state. he offered to pay if his supporters would beat up protestors. >> laura: i have a lot of respect for rachael. she does a great show. i don't agree with her on anything. people will probably hate me for saying that. if i was a liberal i would watch racism. -- rachael. when you have someone like margets saying go out and do this. calling trump hitler. you are saying that has no connection to anything that would happen to a supporter of the president like steve scalise. if something happened to the president, would you connect those claims of hitler to the assassination attempt? >> are you suggesting that steve s

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i'm john king. thank you for sharing your day with us. president trump hits the road and brings new meaning to the term campaign stretch. immigration is his top priority. sticking to the facts, not so much. nancy pelosi, should she be so confident. turnout for this week. it means skip the good economic news and channel the president. >> caravan is coming. some cheering them on. don't be scared beto tells us. >> scacaravans coming yet too liberal to care. who is tough enough to secure our border? >> we begin the hour with the midterm math and new math in to control the senate. it is advantage republicans heading into these final days but perhaps a sliver of hope. if democrats would have any shot of seizing control of the senate they must win seats now in republican hands. seats like tennessee, seats like nevada. seats like arizona. they have to win two or three of those. new polling out here in the western states. let's start in the state of arizona. first the democratic candidate right now ahead 51-47 here. a four point race now. democrat

john king is off today. conservative imaginity on the supreme court. that is the new reality this morning. brett kavanaugh is now justice kavanaugh after a long partisan fight and week-long fbi probe. an unquestioned victory for the president. >> this is an historic -- i stand before you today on the heels of a tremendous victory for our nation, our people and our beloved constitution. the u.s. senate confirmed judge brett kavanaugh to the united states supreme court. >> the saturday vote was close but never really indoubt. the drama came from the gallery in protesters. >> mr. alexander. >> i am a mother. i am a patriot. >> the sergeant in arms will restore order in the gallery. >> the sergeant of arms will restore order in the gallery. >> their despair equal bid the republican celebration. we saw the normally reserved republican majority leader relishing in a legacy defining moment. >> i always thought land slides were kind of boring anyway. this is a good day for america and an important day for the senate. >> mcconnell says the mob lost and fairness

"inside politics" with john king starts right now. s. >> thank you, kate. welcome to "inside politics." tougher words from the white house today aimed at saudi arabia, but still no clarity on what the president means by severe consequences, 'he waits for the royal family report on the apparent murder of a saudi journalist. >>> the next campaign is front and center in this campaign. a half dozen democrats mulling 2020 presidential runs are out today making friends and urging big blue turnout in the 2018 mid terms. the president makes his mid terms closing arguments. hi facts, sketchy sometimes. his lead issues -- all about the base. >> this will be an election of kavanaugh, the caravan, law and order, and common sense. that's what it's going to be. it's going to be an election of those things. >>> and we begin right there with the president defaulting to his go-to message just days before a midterm test most predict republicans will lose. the president's old campaign rallying cry, that illegal immigration is a danger to the country is now the new centerpiece

take a listen to what cnn's john king said today. >> no one is blaming the president. is anyone blaming the president? but the president now wants to make this about him. >> laura: did you look down when he was talking? john, the lower third on the screen says cnn, trump has no plan to claim any personal responsibility for inciting serial bomber. man hunt for serial bomber going after trump's targets. >> laura: is that defensible on cnn's part in the. >> yes. >> laura: clearly blaming trump on the lower third chiron. >> they're not blaming trump emphatically enough. these are trump targets, the people he cited. he referred to them as trait ors, they committed treason, enemies of the state. he offered to pay the legal fees if his supporters beat up -- >> laura: i don't agree with rachel maddow you i like her show. if i were a liberal i would watch rachel maddow. but when you have someone like maxine waters saying go out and do this, when people repeatedly are calling trump like hitler, i mean people, if second have stopped hitler, they would have. so you're saying that t

i'm john king. discussing a number of issues and talking about the economy and talking principally so far about what he believes is a good federal and state response to the devastation of hurricane michael. this is tape coming in from the white house. the president takes questions on other issues when he discusses the standoff with saudi arabia and other issues. for a moment, to share the reporting and insights. eliana johnson. diplomatic analyst and admiral john kirby. let's start with the hurricane. the president is saying obviously carolinas are getting soaked two weeks after florence. the current death toll is two. that's tragic. if you look at the pictures of what you see, in some ways it's also a miracle. that number is likely to go up in the hours and days ahead as they account for missing people. the president said we are on top of this. there was a controversy as the president decided to go to erie, pennsylvania for a rally. he said those people have been waiting, off we go. >> in some ways

. >> "inside politics" with john king starts right now. >>> two weeks out and a busy president rallies. >> this will be an election of kavanaugh, the caravan, law and order and common sense. >> plus one way to make friends for 2020 is to help big in 2018. >> november is coming. >> there is so much at stake. >> the power of the people is only greater than the people in power. >> and testing time for u.s. saudi relations. allegations of a brutal murder. >> we made clear to them we take this matter very seriously. >>> "inside

john king is off today. the drama could not be any higher on capitol hill. senators voted to 49 to advance the nomination of brett kavanaugh. that is as slim of a majority and a margin as you can get in the united states senate. the final vote is expected to be held at some point tomorrow. it is not over yet. all eyes are on three senators who voted yes today on that procedural measure. susan collins and jeff flake and democrat, joe manchin, any whom can vote the other way when it comes to the actual vote. another hold out on your screen is republican senator lisa murkowski who voted no and is expected to stay that way for the final vote. senator collins told reporters that she won't announce her final vote on the nomination until 3:00 eastern today. >> i will be voting yes on proceeding to the final confirmation vote and i will announce my exceptions on how to vote later today. >> have you made your mind up, senator, on your final vote? is it conceivable your votes could be different? senator, have you made your final vote? is your mind made up? >> to give

i'm john king. thank you for sharing your day with us.the road and brings new meaning to the term campaign stretch. immigration is his top priority. sticking to the facts, not so

[cheering] remember we won florida, and remember john king, fake news, cnn -- [cheering] remember earlywas early and we we won florida by a lot. remember the beautiful red. i never liked red so much. against the blue i didn't like blue. and the whole whole map is like red. and he's going crazy. but early, donald trump has won the state of florida. oh, my gosh. donald trump has won the state of florida. that was upsetting. remember when they said that texas would be long, it would be a long-call go late into the night. because they said it's just going to be too close to call. so the polls close at 8:00, and they never close them early unless you win by by a landslide. so the polls closed in the state of texas, donald trump has won in the state of texas. utah, remember it was so close. utah. they had a guy that i never saw before. do you know who i'm talking about? and they had crooked hillary, the three of us. and this guy was supposed to come in second but i was -- it's going to be very close. maybe -- but this guy was going to come in first or second and hillary was supposed to be thi

. >>> welcome to inside politics, i'm john king, thank you for sharing this important day with us.w to evacuate is closed and now the florida panhandle bracing for a direct hit from hurricane michael, the strongest storm to hit in 150 years of recordkeeping. this could be the strongest hurricane on record to hit

inside politics with john king starts now. >>> thank you and welcome to inside politics. thank you for sharing your day with us. the man accused of killing 11 worshippers in a pittsburgh synagogue. it is the deadliest anti-semitic attack in u.s. history. the charge with mailing explosives in a fit of hate. all critics of president trump. just a week before america votes. the president blames the media. the tree of life synagogue split on the whether a visit would be helpful or hurtful. >> i do not welcome this president to my city. >> why not? >> because he's the purveyor of hate speech. >> the president of the united states is always welcome. i'm a citizen and he's my president. he's certainly welcome. >> the city of pittsburgh mourning after that mass shooting at a local synagogue. the deadliest attack. he killed 11 people and wounded six more. the victims included a married couple and beloved physician and two brothers and two brothers with special needs. they range from 54 to 97. rabbi jeffrey meyers said it was a typical saturday where three congregations meet every

i'm john king. to our viewers in the united states and around the world, thank you for sharing your sunday. president trump says saudi arabia has lied and deceived about the death of jamal khashoggi. members of congress say the explanations don't add up and there must be a strong response, the president defends the crown prince and the u.s./saudi relationship. >> it's a first step. it's a big first step but it's a first step. we need them as a counterbalance to iran. it's not a simple solution. it's not the simplest situation to be in, but i think we're doing very well. i think we've come a long way in a short period of time and it will get solved. it will get solved. okay? >>> plus two weeks to election day and the president focusing on key senate relations and on rallying the trump base. >> they will try to plunge our country into a nightmare of gridlock, poverty and chaos. you know that. as we speak, the democrat party is openly inviting millions of illegal aliens to break our laws, violate our b

and john king has been there for a while and he said no one is blaming the president.out him. and i asked the producer to put up these to chiron's, or basically the lower third of what you see there. and it sounds like a 2011, when gabby gifford, tucker, in arizona. sarah palin was accused of that shooting because she targeted that district, targeted and people automatically assume the shooter jared laughlin had carried it out because sarah palin incited him too. turns out he had no political leanings whatsoever and he was just a deranged individual. and the second, manhunt four serial bomber going after trump's targets. this is unbelievably irresponsible. we work in the least self-aware industry in the country. we look at this and say, how could you be so up to us? i thought it would be measured but instead i get these chiron's pointing fingers at the president when we have no idea what is inciting the deranged lunatic sending the bombs. >> tucker: or there are copies of the email saying, go ahead and take out my enemies, but there aren't any of those. >> you say this

i'm john king. thank you for sharing your day with us. justice brett kavanaugh took his seat on the supreme court. he said it's time to put the bitter confirmation battle behind us. the president vows to keep the kavanaugh divide central in the mid-term fight. the vote just four weeks from today. new polls give democrats a clear path to retaking the house and if they do, becoming a giant roadblock to the trump agenda. a huge departure. nicky haily is resigning. she is now among the most vocal. the timing is off and caught most trump insiders by surprise. >> i just want to thank the ambassador. i want to thank nicky. >> a lot of people want to say a lot of reason yes i'm leaving. i want to make sure that this administration, the president is the strongest person to fight. >> we begin with the highest ranking woman in the trump administration is resigning. nikki haley is stepping down as ambassador effective at the end of the year. once a fierce critic, the former south carolina governor became a passionate defender on the world stage and u

john king is off. the clock is ticking towards a monumental vote on whether brett kavanaugh will be confirmed to the supreme court. the tension here in washington is palpable. key senators pore over the new report. the report is not being released to the public. this just in as well from a key republican senator, jeff flake. the man who forced the investigation in the first place. he said we have seen no additional corroborating information. republican senator bob corker who is often critical of the trump white house is supportive of brett kavanaugh. he echoed that. >> for me, again, no corroboration of any allegation that has been made. not any corroboration. very clear. >> there are many unknowns at this dramatic hour. amid all of this, the only unknown that matters in the short-term is this. how will the new fbi background check that senators are reviewing affect the decisions of five key senators it. the doors that you see on the screen there, they lead to a secure room in the capitol. inside is th

john king is off today. the white house celebrates a diplomatic win with one country and facing congressional calls for harsh response to another. is president trump ready to confront saudi arabia? first lady melania trump talks about her husband's alleged infidelities saying she has much more important things to think about. the devastation of hurricane michael. 13 dead and at least one community turned to rubble. >> this has been -- i don't know if i have the words to describe it. it's the worst nightmare i have been through in my life. my home was taken off the foundation and crack ed in two and floating away with my cars. mexico beach is devastated. it looks like a war zone. i never have seen anything like it. >> we start with two big stories on the world stage. one is a secret deal and a diplomatic victory for the president. the other a potentially tragic desk of the risky embrace of a young saudi crown prince. on the first, an american pastor is free and not yet out of harm's way. the turkish court rel

i'm john king. thank you for sharing your day with us. more bomb scares and suspicious packages targeting joe biden and robert de niro. the morning after calling for unity, the president returns to his roots of attacking the media as the source of the nation's anger. 10 packages and fear there could be more. >> the light at the end of the tunnel is the more packages they send, the more likely we will find them faster, right? every package there is fingerprints and possibility of dna. there is more and more evidence on every package. >> we begin there, tracking the breaking news. authorities have found a total of 10 suspected pipe bombs concealed in mailing packages addressed to prominent democrat. one addressed to joe biden recovered in separate delaware post offices. investigators have been trying to locate one yesterday. after they believe it was circulating somewhere in the mail system. another in lower manhattan and address to robert de niro. it's similar to the others discovered. all 10 intended to reach high profile targets, likely

"inside politics" with john king starts right now. >>> racing from rally to rally, hoping to defy history>> democrats support a socialist takeover of health care that would totally obliterate medicare. >> numbers look great for the democrats if their most loyal voters show up. >> you won't vote. >> you young people never do. >> but i do. >> i do. >>> plus, a journalist disappear s and the

john king is off.g towards a monumental vote on whether brett kavanaugh will be confirmed to the supreme court. the tension here in washington is palpable. key senators pore over the new report. the report is not being released to the public. this just in as well from a key republican senator, jeff flake. the man who forced the investigation in the first place. he said we have seen no additional corroborating

"inside politics" with john king starts right now. s. >> thank you, kate.." tougher words from the white house today aimed at saudi arabia, but still no clarity on what the president means by severe consequences, 'he waits for the royal family report on the apparent murder of a saudi journalist. >>> the next campaign is front and center in this campaign. a half dozen democrats mulling 2020 presidential runs are out today making friends and urging big blue turnout in the 2018 mid terms.

i'm john king. to our viewers in the united states and around the world, thank you for sharing your sunday. hate and horror in pittsburgh. a gunman with a history of anti-semitic rants burst into a synagogue and killing 11 and wounding six. >> this is the most horrific crime scene i've seen in 22 years with the federal bureau of investigation. members conducting a peaceful service in their place of worship were brutally murdered by a gunman targeting them simply because of their faith. >> plus, the manhunt is over. an angry trump supporter now charged with mailing explosives to former presidents, senators and other prominent presidential critics. >> we not tolerate such lawlessness, especially not political violence. >> ieds were sent to various individuals across the country. these are not hoax devices. >> president trump in the spotlight. strong condemnation of anti-semitism after the pittsburgh massacre, but in the case of the political violence, his tweets and unscripted moments veer into conspi

inside politics with john king starts now. >>> thank you and welcome to inside politics.the man accused of killing 11 worshippers in a pittsburgh synagogue. it is the deadliest anti-semitic attack in u.s. history. the charge with mailing explosives in a fit of hate. all critics of president trump. just a week before america votes. the president blames the media. the tree of life synagogue split on the whether a visit would be helpful or hurtful. >> i do not welcome this president to my

john king is off today.one country and facing congressional calls for harsh response to another. is president trump ready to confront saudi arabia? first lady melania trump talks about her husband's alleged infidelities saying she has much more important things to think about. the devastation of hurricane michael. 13 dead and at least one community turned

i'm john king. thank you for sharing your day with us.res and suspicious packages targeting joe biden and robert de niro. the morning after calling for unity, the president returns to his roots of attacking the media as the source of the nation's anger. 10

three things come in just a week —— king john on. fraud. d walk out on fifth ave and shoot someone and it wouldn't make any difference. if you love donald trump it doesn't matter what he says, what he does, is going to do it. he's got about 40% of the country that is going to stick with him. the key factor that we need to look at here is what did the independent voters think and say and how do they react? i think november, just 30 odd days away from our mid—term elections is dead to be a referendum as to what they think. you should not underestimate how donald trump is galvanise. there are people who love him, the idea that he promised things on the election campaign that he is also delivered. he would say look, i delivered a new trade deal for the united states this week. that was very big deal and the us is better off because of this new trade deal with canada and mexico. so he can point that as well. by the way, the answer to question, 1776. do you member this fun fact? the first time i ate member this fun fact? the first time iatea membe