and, matthew dowd, let's talk a little more about the concession speech back in 2000. we've seen in recent years that speech, also al gore's speech after the 2000 campaign. eesthre a moments. >> they are, and i think they're the moments most important moments in election cycles.orime winner's speech, the concession speech of the person who lost is most important in our democracy because it says we'll work together. one of the great things about that concession speech that john mccain gave in 2008 also signifies other parts -- he understood the historic moment of that night which america had just elected the first african-american president in our history and he actually harkened back to teddy roosevelt who was his hero president who invited booker t. washington to the white house being criticized for it. john mccain recognize the election of barack obama was an historic moment and didn't want to be on the opposite side of that moment. >> didn't want to be, terry moran, and all through that campaign, rejected those who wear their overtly or subtly or covertly would try

so let's bring in our chief political analyst matthew dowd, joining us from texas this morning. , good morning. so let's start with president trump calling on his attorney general to investigate whoever wrote that now infamous anonymous op-ed in "the new york times." ju for the sake of argument here, doesn't the president have a right to know who is taking part in this internal quote/unquote resistance within his own administration? >> i mean, absolutely a president should know who is criticizing him internally, and if we had any normal situation, that wouldn't have happened, right? and i think part of what's going on is we focused much too much on the process, the anonymous leak of an op-ed to "the new york times" and not enough on actually what the person wrote who works for donald trump said that he's worried about his temperament, he's worried about worrie but the president has a right to know, but the president doesn't have a right to make people do lie detector tests or ask his justice department to investigate it as if this is a national security issue. it would be good if

. >> one of the big questions, then, matthew dowd, is it possible for voters to look through this inut partisan politics? uses their voice, we don't listen to them if they're not saying what we want them to say. i think this is really, really important cultural moment. it's been brewing for decades it's a moment where, yes, presumption of innocence is important. we presume in most cases that the woman is lying. instead of saying, let's presume she is telling the truth and we have a presumption of innocence, what do we do? women have dealt with this for many, many years. not until the '80s that we told women that you can be raped in marriage. most cases of rape are not reported. most cases are not investigated. most of these things, women are not believed. in the extremely rare cases that someone gives false witness and doesn't tell the truth is compared to the extremely common cases where women are not believed. when we get to a he said, she said, almost every single time in a he said, she said case, the default position is he wins. >> people are changing their minds. that is somethi

matthew dowd and cokie roberts, really appreciate you spending time with us.nk you very much. >> good to be with you. >>> well, a fugitive on the run for months accused of threatening the president is under arrest this morning. >> the wanted man who was the subject of a nationwide hunt tracked down in ohio. abc's stephanie ramos is in washington with the dramatic takedown of the armed suspect. stephanie, good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning, guys. well, authorities were tipped off to shawn richard christy's whereabouts when a car he allegedly stole in pennsylvania showed up on the side of the road in ohio. officers from multiple agencies combed the town of mansfield and even his father made a public plea to his son to turn himself in. but it wasn't until friday afternoon when canine units picked up on christy's scent near a ravine and captured him. the u.s. marshals say christy did have a gun on him when he was captured. >> and, stephanie, christy has been on the run from police for months, right? >> reporter: yeah, absolutely. police have actually bee

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matthew dowd writing she has nothing to gain and everything to lose. years we have believed that he in these scenarios. enough is enough. a former colleague of brett kavanaugh and michelle malcolm sounding off about the media's parent like demonization of the supreme court nominee. listen to this. >> can't win for losing. when people are accused of something wrongly, they have a strong reaction and brett was indignant, offended and all the things a person, a good person would be when they have been wrongly accused on a national stage and their name has been dragged through the mud. he would be upset too. it was the goodness in brett coming out to say this is wrong and i'm not going to take this anymore and i'm really glad he did that. they keep repeating and parroting over and over again that the accuser, ford was not on trial. neither is brett kavanaugh. and yet he has been convicted and hung by these have them high justice feminists. that is what a thinking society has devolved into. uma: senate judiciary committee will vote today on whether or not t

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abc news political analyst matthew dowd, vice and the washington bureau chief shawna thompson, rick kleinifer jacobs. she interviewed the president just this week, and we're going to get to that in just a minute, but i have to start with you with the new poll numbers from the abc news/ "washington post" poll. president trump has the lowest approval rating heading into his first midterm election of any president since 1954. how much will he loom over those elections? >> this election is all about donald trump, but neither party disputes that. in fact, the president boasts of that a couple of times a week on the campaign tra, approval rating, that is 10 points below where presidents obama or clinton were at this point in the election, and 12 points below reagan, and all three of these men suffered devastating losses. i have been talking to republican strategists the last couple of days and they are making the case that a lot of their candidates can isolate themselves from the president, but they look at that 36% number and a couple of them made the same point to me. i can see why that could

let's bring in abc news political commentator cokie roberts and abc news chief political analyst matthew dowdorning to both of you. cokie, let me start with you. so much anger in both parties this morning. does this mean that the bases on both sides are going to be energized going into these midterms? >> well, the democratic base is already energized. president trump helps do that every day, but the republican base, i think, it depends on what happens next, whether kavanaugh gets confirmed or not but, you know, republicans in swing districts have to worry less about their base these days and more about independence, and they don't like judge kavanaugh. >> matt, what's yr view? how is all the tumult in washington likely to play out as we head to the midterms? >> well, a lot has been talked about a big blue wave or tsunami and makes me think as i listened to the earlier weather report that we could mix the weather and political conversations and it would actually go really well. i think both sides are very enthused. i think you take a look at the polling that the democrats are very enthusiastic