republican michael steele and michael star hopkins. but first let me bring in joshua gelzer who is a senior director of counterterrorism at the national security council and is now the founding executive director of the institute for constitutional advocacy and protection. joshua, what does this capture and killing really mean to the average person in america and in the -- in those nations where isis had become a serious problem and threat? >> this is a major counterterrorism achievement. isis built its mythology, its recruitment efforts around laying claim to a so-called caliphate. you can't claim a caliphate without a caliph. baghdadi was that caliph. he was often off screen not heard from, not scene. but he was a personality at the center of this group's efforts to build a quasi state and recruit from around the world fighters to come to it. eliminating him, that's a big counterterrorism step. >> now, listen to how senator lindsey graham reacted. >> the president's been determined for a very long time to bring baghdadi to justice. a

>> michael steele? >> well put, a.b. >> you're laughing. let's take a minute and talk about america's mayor. >> yeah. it's disappointing on a lot of levels, especially those of us who have known and worked with giuliani and his brand of politics. to watch him, like lindsey graham, throwing it all away at the service and pleasure of donald trump is something astonishing. i'm going to weigh these two men at any given point in time before now, giuliani was the guy with the heft. he was the guy that donald trump would go to and say hey, rudy, can you help a brother out. >> do you know a guy? >> yeah, do you know a guy? but to see this turnaround speaks to the poison that comes from dealing with and being around this trumpification to the sense that you lose your common sense and you're willing to go off because donald trump wants you to negotiate a deal to his benefit this doesn't benefit the united states. we're sort of girting for when isis may strike again because you just released 800 of them because of this crazy policy. >> we just signed

>> michael steele? >> well put, a.b. >> you are laughing. let's take a minute and talk about america's mayor. >> yeah. it is -- it is disappointing and frustrating on so many levels, particularly for a lot of us who have worked with rudy and known him and his brand, if you will, in republican politics. and to watch him, like lindsey graham, just sort of throw it all away at the service and pleasure of donald trump is something astonishing. you know, i'm going to weigh these two men at any given point in time before right now, giuliani was the guy with the heft. he was the guy that donald trump would go to and say, hey, rudy, can you help a brother out, you know? >> do you know a guy? >> yeah, do you know a guy? but to see this turnaround is just -- it speaks to the poison that comes from dealing with and being around this trumpification of our politics to the sense that you lose your common sense and you're willing to go off because donald trump wants you to go negotiate a side foreign policy deal to his own betterment, to his benefit. this

and former rnc chairman michael steele.lus former assistant director for counter intelligence frank figliuzzi's here. i got to start with you, michael steele. i mean, what was that? >> that was what confusion, chaos, and trying to cover the president's backside with no talking points or no appropriate talking points or talking points that change every three minutes because the president has just tweeted something out that changes those talking points look like. when you're defending the indefensible, when you're asked a direct question, which is a very clear yes or no in the case of senator johnson, you, sir, made it clear in your interview with the "wall street journal" that you winced. so i'm asking you now why you winced when you heard what the president did with ukraine. and you cannot tell me now why you winced because he knows that if he told the truth about it, it would expose him with trump. and that's the last thing he wants. it still matters to all of the folks you saw on that screen that their relationship with t

take a shot at that time a response to what michael steele was saying. >> my friend michael is sayingdoesn't matter. it really does. the number that matters there is 6%. because that was the number of republicans who have moved in the direction and now favor impeachment and removal in that survey. that's what matters to republican lawmakers. their own constituents, those vulnerable republicans that are going up against voters in 2020 need to maintain 90, 95% such their base. if they lose it, they will not be re-elected. that's what they're thinking about. now, an impeachment case can be made by tying together i think this -- the situation in syria and the situation in ukraine because we don't -- >> totally agree. >> -- what has to do with the offers to white house meeting to induce some support out of ukraine. we don't know whether or not this military aid was withheld for that reason. mick mulvaney said according to the "new york times" that this aid was held up to induce some cooperation of a corruption. this white house has used the word corruption as a you'euphem to investigate my

michael steele and mara gay join us. an, is that a good answer, has hunter done enough to prebut questions that might come up at the debate tonight? >> i think so, because the questions that have been investigated by the press overseas and here, there has been no criminal wrongdoing. not a good look to take a $50,000 seat on a board when your father is vice president of the united states, yeah, all of that smells funny, doesn't feel right, and contributes to the narrative about the swamp. but the key thing here is whether or not there was something that was criminally foul here, something that was crumb l criminally wrong. and there is no evidence of that. maybe if there's further investigation. but as of right now, i think hunter has tried his best to get in front of this and say, yeah, look, i followed $50,000 to a seat, in short, who wouldn't, but i should have thought better of it because my dad was vice president of the united states. >> and the other thing that came up, mara gay, is the whole question of the trump c

expect to see these kind of distinguishing moments between candidates on the stage. >> reverend, michael steele, tiffany thank you. i want you and michael to have coffee. >> we have coffee, i love sparring with michael steele. >> oh, good. all right. thank you, guys. >>> not backing down. turkey's president flat out rejects calls for a cease-fire as vice president mike pence and secretary of state mike pompeo make their way to the region. can they convince him to walk back the military offensive that president trump initially green lit? we'll look at that. >>> and the donald trump administration stonewalling even more in the impeachment fight. not stopping the drips of devastating testimony. and while speaking to reporters on tuesday, house speaker nancy pelosi dropped this curious hint. >> all roads seem to lead to putin with the president isn't it so? tipun with the president isn't it so? ah! come on! let's hide in the attic. no. in the basement. why can't we just get in the running car? are you crazy? let's hide behind the chainsaws. smart. yeah. ok. if you're in a horror movie, you make poo

michael steele, it was interesting. francis rooney just sort of -- you can tell he's not running for re-election. okay? i'm sorry. not going to say it but, you know, that's the -- he's not running for re-election. corey gardener. that guy who was late. roger. looking at his watch. i hope he was actually wearing one. it's more embarrassing. look at that. about half past that birth mark there. boy, can you tell the difference between somebody not running and somebody running. >> you can tell the difference and you can -- listening to that interview, you could almost sense that, okay, moment with him. and, you know, there's some things he still didn't want to get into as to characterizing the thinking and some of the behavior of his colleagues. he doesn't want to dance on that. that's fine. but even still, for a lot of folks like myself, we need better profiles in courage. the walk by looking i got to go, you know, the madhatter kind of routine by the members you just showed, that's a profile. but certainly not encouraged.

that michael steele the mayor. supports the turkish offensive he claims the army is fighting for a good cause. here in uk to carlow we are hosting 125000 syrians you might be able to imagine how difficult that is we want to safe zone to resettle the 3500000 refugees that have become a burden for turkey over the past 8 years but europe occasionally sends a little money but we pay the real price syrians should go back to their homes. the area northeast syria that is supposed to become a safe zone is anything but. for days the turkish army and syrian opposition fighters have clashed with kurdish militia and while they are busy fighting each other there are concerns that ice is jihadists which are already defeated in the area might be able to regroup. international criticism of the turkish military campaign is growing the united nations say the offensive has caused more than 100000 civilians to flee but the consequences have also been dramatic on this side of the border in turkey and many people we've talked to here ar

. >> kristen, michael steele here for you.arlier in the hour that i think is very important and should not be lost in any of this conversation. that is, how the president is coming at this and how it's being perceived and received not just by republicans on the hill, but by the american people at large. in your reporting and in your conversations, do you get the sense that there is a certain level of confidence or even cockiness with respect to the president's approach to this that he thinks that he's reinforced by the public perception that he's the fighter, he's the soldier who's carrying forward on behalf of the american people, and all of this other stuff is the kind of thing that he was sent to washington to push back against and therefore he has no problem saying, yeah, i'm going to do this because this is what the american people want me to do, to fight for them and this is how i do that? >> i think there are two things happening inside the white house and with the president's allies. on the one hand, you do have that t

i pray and hope that happens sooner rather than later. >> michael steel, congressman joe crowley, eugenett from "the washington post," thank you all. >>> coming up, diplomatic disunity. one veteran ambassador explaining why he resigned from the foreign service because of the president's policies. >>> and former president jimmy carter back with us to talk about his philanthropic work for habitat with humanity and the state of the white house, ahead. g electric could lead to way cleaner teeth. she said, get the one inspired by dentists, with a round brush head. go pro with oral-b. oral-b's gentle rounded brush head removes more plaque along the gum line. for cleaner teeth and healthier gums. and unlike sonicare, oral-b is the first electric toothbrush brand accepted by the ada for its effectiveness and safety. what an amazing clean! i'll only use an oral-b! oral-b. brush like a pro. at humana, we believe your healthcare should evolve with you. and part of that evolution means choosing the right medicare plan for you. humana can help. with original medicare, you're covered for hospital stay

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joining us now michael steele and neera tanden. this is a new spin today.very day this week, the president has essentially changed his story on what he did or didn't do. first, there was no quid pro quo. there was no pressure. then it was like, yes bb, i ordd the code red. then today it's no, no, no. these weren't political questions i had asking. it was just about corruption in general. that is the definition of flailing. >> you know, i think we discussed this before that you just have to keep this very simple. we now have the goods. we have the text messages showing that there was an ask here, you know, you need to give us the statement and we're going to actually bring the statement. and we're also going to withhold military aid. so what more do you need? you almost need like a cometic book austin powers version of quid pro quo. then this is a quid pro quo to hit people over the head with this. we are seeing some republicans now i think speaking out in a way we haven't seen in the past with romney and ben sasse, but a lot of them are quiet. following mal

joining me now, michael steele, msnbc political analyst, and adrienne elrod, msnbc contributor. michael, i want to start with you on the polling. it does seem to me that -- i think we all need to get a grip on how we're asking this question and more importantly, how the public's receiving it. some people hear the word impeachment and think it's the ultimate, you know, it's throwing him out of office. some people think, have the correct definition. it is used so -- that i think it is -- i think that pollsters are making a mistake using the word right now. if we're trying to find out, do people think what the president did is worthy of more investigation? >> see, that's the key thing. that's the key question to ask. and i have to give the democrats, maybe as they sort of backdoor their way into this particular spot, but nancy pelosi, with all the investigations that were going on 0 prior to this moment, sort of contextualized this idea of investigating the president. people saying, okay, we can investigate for the purposes of seeing, maybe there's an impeachment. so, from the polli

and michael steele, a former chairman of the rnc. thanks to all of you for being with us. frank, let me just start with you. big picture, the testimony this week behind closed doors. there are opening statements that have made their way into public, certainly a lot of reporting and leaks coming out of what was said there. what is picture that has emerged in terms of what the ukraine policy was and who was setting it? >> let's review just the last three weeks where, steve, we've gone from an anonymous whistle-blower complaint to dedicated professional after career professional after career professional now providing depositions that i think are beginning to crack the republican armor. and we've heard that those depositions will eventually be released to the public. these people that are giving depositions and telling the truth are really our modern day version of heroes. that is form of heroism and braver we see occurring all broken first by that anonymous whistle-blower who said i'm not going to take it anymore. and the public sentiment and certainly the gop sentiment seem

. >> when i'm back in 30 seconds, we have the perfect guest for this, michael steele and berit bergerer. aleve it. aleve is proven better on pain than tylenol. when pain happens, aleve it. all day strong. that's where i feel normal. having an annuity tells me my retirement is protected. learn more at retire your risk dot org. >>> the weekend news, rudy giulianiup legal investigation which didn't stop president trump from embracing him in a lunch this weekend. as promise to dig into dig. berit berger and the i think we'll go full, there you are together. >> ah, the good old days. >> and has crossed paths with him many times in republican politics there you are. >> yeah, yeah. the rudy then and the rudy now are two very, very different people. i think when you look -- that actually was a very, very well done walk-through of the journey of rudy in that he's a guy who has always been the source of a lot of, you know, the energy and the excitement and the politics. and certainly the business of what he used to do. so when he was a prosecutor, when he was mayor, he was the center of the fla

michael steele, former senior advisor to jeb bush.ndrea, i -- it -- >> i'm on fire. >> it is just -- and -- honestly, trying to -- we -- we had an argument today what should be the lead. you know, and nobody was wrong. right? it is alarming what we are seeing but let's begin with what just happened in turkey and what i don't understand is the president and mike pence are presenting this -- i understand trying to put lip stick on a pig. but this is -- it is literally a 180 of exactly what happened. >> i was just reading a tweet from a correspondent on mike pompeo's plane heading to te tellaviv. they're being briefed and he's asking questions and i'm tweeting back to him ask why he sold out the kurds. why did they sell out the kurds? they have to disarm -- give up their land and disarm? >> give up their land and disarm. >> it has been a relatively peaceful coexistence. they've lost 11,000 troops fighting isis, men and women. but we have lost, sadly, four american special forces. four in these years. that was the deal that mattis was wil

michael steel a republican strategist and paula reid a white house correspondent for cbs keeping an eye on the justice department. paul a you're a lawyer. >> recovering. brn: this week when muvaney went to the podium. today he's walking it back. >> democrats have taken criticism for holding hearings end closed door and not in the public's ear. then they got the best witness imaginable not only publicly but nationally. not only did he confirm the qui quo pro. he has walked back. that's a significant blow to the impeachment defense and muddied the waters of the durham review. that is under scrutiny as to whether this is a review of tkpwalgtering fact or give the president a political win. democrats couldn't of asked for a better witness than mulvaney. today he tried to deny a qui quo pro. i went back through the transcript. he was asked repeatedly are you saying this was tide in the investigation. he said, yes.>> bnnan: the doj e what they heard and issued a statement. >> yes. i have other comments i can't say on tv. they were live i did. they know the durham review, there is skep civil a

eugene scott, adrian, michael steele. -- as we wrote in first read this morning, mark murray basically said we walked in thinking we were covering two front-runners and came out wondering is th wondering is there just one? and at least the field for now has decided there's one because joe biden seemed to be an afterthought last night. >> absolutely. it was fascinating watching people step up and attack elizabeth warren who you didn't see take that approach previously. like amy klobuchar. like, pete buttigieg was very vocal towards warren. i think it's because these candidates realize they may have a chance at moving themselves up if they go after warren. maybe there was some thought at some point that biden was so far ahead that he wasn't within reach. but i think they think they can really compete with the people that have flipped to warren. >> well, it's is it -- there's two theories to this case, and i'm sure you've heard the other theory, eugene and adrian, which is that some of these democrats are going after warren

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what's the unintended consequences of impeachment, as michael steel just laid out?t the consequences. we took an oath to the constitution to protect this country. when we look at this incident, it's not convenient or easy, but we have an obligation to get to the bottom of what the president did. we know it as unlawful for a person to solicit a contribution from a foreign national in a federal election. that could be in the form of money, assistance or anything otherwise. so, we have an obligation. look, you don't get a profile and courage for doing the easy stuff. we have to protect the constitution. if we take a vote, i think it puts so many republicans in a dangerous spot also. if we're playing the political aspect of it, in a way, yes, it may make some democrats uneasy. it will make a buvench of republicans uneasy. at the end of the day, it's about getting more and more facts, more and more whistle-blowers will come out and at some point, the damn will break and that once republican senator will voice support and i think you'll see others finding comfort in numbe

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john allen, former rnc chairperson, michael steel, and the form er -- >> we're hearing some people, laich lindsey graham, speaking out --ish. are these people for the most part are retiring. >> i don't think there is anything big happening behind the scenes yet. certainly there is fatigue with having to defend the president. i think the doral decision was sort of the last straw on that front. while not publicly, but privately sending very strong messages to the white house that this is -- we're not doing this any more. we're not going to go out here on the sunday shows and every day on tv to say how, you know, this seis a good thing, hosting the g 7 at doral. there is some push back, stefanie, but i need a little more than what i have seen. i need statements and seasons that make it very clear that he has gone too far and that republicans in the senate and the house. anyone can sit and watch those 40 minutes, it's not being taken out of context, but can democrats use mick mulvaney's statements and use them on the impeachment inquiry? >> yeah, they have witnesses for democrats. i want to p

back with me, joel payne and michael steele. michael, i need you to explain this to me.lican congressman from texas, dan crenshaw, who has a lot of military expertise, took to twitter to directly criticize the president's division to pull out of syria. but in his very detailed tweet, he doesn't mention the president. why is that? when i want my children to do their homework, i pull them into the room and i say do your home work or i'm not giving you dessert. i don't take to twitter and whisper i really wish my kids would do their homework. >> this is the problem that a lot of republicans on capitol hill have. they are aghast at what the president has done. >> when i'm aghast, i say holy cow, what are you doing? >> and people like lindsay graham, which is generally a trump ally have been out there very aggressively making the case for why this is a mistake. at the same time the president remains immensely popular and they don't want to kick up the hornet's nest unnecessarily, which is why they are talking to the administration, the national security advisers, anyone excep

michael steele, former chair of the rnc. the anna coren, and jesse blackmon a new york times editorial board. i was looking back at the states that we visited most by donald trump and hillary clinton in the last election. not surprised -- florida, pennsylvania. clinton visited wisconsin a bit more. the first question would be if we did change the system, all start with you, what would be the impact of campaign in the strategy. as you mentioned bob this with the large states i was kind of amused when senator cramer of north dakota defending the electric college said this would make north dakota irrelevant. guess what? when it comes to presidential politics, north dakota is irrelevant right now. let's say we had a presidential election that was looking close in terms of popular votes. then every vote would count and candidates would have an incentive to try to maximize the turnout even in places like north dakota. one of the things when we dissected hillary clinton's loss, one of the things that kept coming up was not whether

. >> meanwhile the former head of the rnc michael steele wept to twitter.ting it as this image is disturbing, a reality. he posted this picture of a black men hanging from a tree, pressing donald trump to understand that is what an actual lynching looks like. your view of this. >> i'm so deeply offended as the, you know, desendant of african-americans who were enslaved and also what's interesting is the way trump is invoking the spectacular violence of lifrping to argue this is what the state is doing to him. that he is so privileged in his white mas clinty it's the same thing as having your life stolen away by state actors who think the simple color of your skin is the reason to rob you of your rights. it's completely insane and offensive, and i think we shouldn't allow him to flip the script here. donald trump is the violent white nationalist who has presided over the unleashing in this country of racial sentiments that we have not seen in my lifetime. we have seen an uptick in violent hate crimes since his presidency. so the idea he would invoke that his

so is michael steele, former spokesman for john boehner. you outrank the other two.ignificant is the death of al baghdadi? what damage will it do to isis in the near term? what damage does it do in the long-term? >> you know, there's been a lot of talk about the ideology lives on. isis can reconstitute. there's still 15,000 or more fighters still out there. there may be several thousand encolluding a couple europeans who will escape kurdish custody in the coming days. it's clearly not a strategic blow to isis. but i think it's extremely significant. these come parted terrorist organizations take a long time to reconstitute when they lose a key guy. never mind the sort of public relations impact not just on the surviving isis organization, but people that might be recruited. i think it was a major spectacular success by delta force, the 160th aviation, the air force that supported it, the cia organization that gleans the intelligence. it's really astonishing what they can do. >> "the new york times" reporting this morning baghdad has won enduring achievement. those gr

you look at mitt romney, the never trumpers on tv, like michael steele and others who have been going him. i wish he would've stopped at democrats, because the other part now leads us into argument over human scum. the fact is, he is not wrong when it comes to the do-nothing republicans who we expect to act like republicans who want a constitutional republic, executive under the constitution, the power is to protect the country, and the things that we need to do. i expect the democrats to go there open borders ways, many of them as they have. go far left as they have, but the republicans need to unite like democrats. it is one thing democrats are really good at. they light up and they go in, and they go on the same message right or wrong. and by the way, mostly wrong. >> i'm not going to talk a lot about what you said in there. i think any decent human, we are all decent humans can agree that this is not the way to talk. spelling wait a minute. leader of the dnc like richard pryor back, i mean, come on. no one is saying that any of it is good, i'm just telling you that it is candor. >

for more i'm joined by jonathan allen, mera tanden, michael steele, former rnc chair.l three of you, i'm going to give you more time than usual, this is historic day. i think it happened actually with nixon. this particular vote to proceed with the inquiry. it happened we know with nixon. it happened with clinton. with different impacts. nixon was gone, clinton was back in fashion again. he went right through this thing like nothing. but today it was so partisan. i want to ask you as a republican, why do the republicans hold the line against these really star witnesses that say the president did setup and exercise and execute a quid pro quo trading public trust for personal political interest? it's so stark, and really undenied. >> well, i think primarily because they believe the public has not in large measure bought that narrative, that that is a narrative that the democrats have been saying repeatedly up against this yooild that this is a sham effort, that this has been done in secret. and therefore because it's been done in secret this is lot of stuff that favors t

>>> my thanks to phil rubbinger, heidi pryzbylla, michael steele and all of you watching. my friend, katy tur is in for chuck todd. "mtp daily" starts now. >>> some of president trump's staunchest allies struggle to defend him. meanwhile nearly no one in the president's party is defending his latest move in syria. republicans are nearing an all-out open revolt over it. and later, fire in paradise. the "meet the press" film festival examines the climate crisis with firsthand accounts of the deadliest wildfire of the century. >>> welcome to monday's ""meet the press" daily." i'm katy tur in washington in for chuck todd. new subpoenas, new whistle-blower, new attacks from the president and new excuses from republicans in the fight over impeachment. house investigators have subpoenaed documents from defense secretary mark esper and acting omb director russell vott to the withholding of empty aid in ukraine. adding to the growing subpoena pile that includes white house, secretary of state, the president's lawyer and could potentially include the vice president, if he does not c

our friend, michael steel, former head of the rnc out with a graphic reminder of the real horror of lynchingeted this. quote, this is a lynching. trump, this is not happening to you and it's pathetic that you act like you are such a victim. it did happen to 147 people. a lynching in every sense, you should know better. jason and frank are back at the table. jason, i'll start with you. >> i'm not surprised. this is what the president does. i think in the grander scheme of things i'm old enough to remember when we had a supreme court justice who referred to him being asked questions, clarence thomas as the high tech lynching of an uppity black man. it is always fascinating to me that republican parties who are responsible for massive domestic terrorism purely for the fact that we were trying to vote are always the first people to invoke that imagery. i want to add somebody to the list of people who should be ashamed of themselves. jim scott said maybe not lynching, but it's a death row. no. this has nothing to do with death. the only people dying are kids on the border and kurds because of the

. >> schifrin: michael steel, thank you very much. c.e.o. mark zuckerade a facebook public defense of allowing paid political ads to be posted on facebook-- includi those with false claims-- there has been serious scrutiny of facebook and other tech platforms. twitter had long allowed potical ads. but last night, twitter's c.e.o. said the social media giant would ban them, starting in late november. john yang looks at the reasoning, the reaction, and what it could mean for other tech giants. >> yang: nick, in a sef tweets announcing the decision, twitter c.e.o. jack dorsey said political ads present "entirely new challenges to civic discourse at increasing velocity, sophistication and overwhelming scale." he said ads have "significant ramificationthat today's democratic infrastructure may not be prepared to handle." nancy scola is senior technology reporter for politico. thanks for joining us. this is a change for jack dorsey of twitter. why make the change now? wa>> a lot of ways jac reacting to pressure provided by a different company face

michael steele, it's your party. >> there is a safe place here.omething wrong but it didn't rise to the level that he should be removed from an office less than a year before the voters vote. that's a defensible process. >> would donald trump let you say that, congressman steel? >> you fight on the substance and you can't. every republican elected official right now is on a mile high swinging bridge and donald trump is taking an axe to the ropes. >> i have this theory that if republicans do start going down that messaging hole, which i think is about all they have left, i think lindsay will be the guy that leads that charge. there will be a bunch of democrats, not a majority. we know who they are. maybe it's kyrsten sinema, joe manchin, doug jones, it's those sitting around, you know what, it's a tough call. jay johnson, on this show on sunday, he was struggling with, ha, we're close to an election. wingers and that's not good for people that say not now. >> it's tough, it's not tough in a foreign election. if that's not a bright line, that argume

discuss -- stick around, both of you -- i bring in yamiche el cinder with the pbs news hour, michael steelemer senior adviser to jeb bush and former spokesman for speaker john bainey, and steve kornacki, nbc news political correspondent and host of the new must-listen podcast "article ii: inside impeachment." steve, to you first. what is your reaction to heidi's reporting? >> yeah, i mean, it's interesting. i think there's a general sense that that's exactly where this thing is heading and has been heading. the democrats will at some point introduce, draw up articles of impeachment, formal articles of impeachment, that it would go roughly in the direction that heidi's describing there and that it's starting to look, just based on what's been coming out from the testimony, based on the reaction from the white house, just given that they control the house, it's starting to look likely they'd have the votes if they go in that direction. >> yamiche, let's talk republicans, because i'm confused. the president tweeting this morning about the republican strategy, saying "go with substance and clos

michael steele, former chair of the rnc. i was looking back at the states that were visited most by donald trump and hillary clinton in the last election. ohio, north carolina, florida, pennsylvania democrats wish that she had visited wisconsin more. visited wisconsin more. if we did change the system, what would be the impact of campaigns and their strategies? >> they visited the large states. cramermused when senator of north dakota defended the electoral college, saying, this would make north carolina irrelevant -- north dakota irrelevant. presidential to politics, north dakota is irrelevant right now. let's say we had a presidential election that was looking awfully close in terms of popular vote. then every vote would count. and candidates would have an incentive to try to maximize the turnout in places like north dakota. when we dissected hillary clinton's loss, one of the things that kept coming up was not whether or not she visited pennsylvania or michigan but that the analytics on the team said go to the places wher

michael steele, former chair of the rnc. brianna carmen, of vote latino, and jesse wegman of the "new york times" editorial board. i was looking back at the states that were visited most by donald trump and hillary clinton in the last election. not surprisingly it was ohio, north carolina, florida, pennsylvania. democrats wish hillary clinton had visited wisconsin a bit more but the first question would be if we did change the system, norm, would be the impact of campaigns and their strategy? >> as you mentioned, bob, they visited the large states. and i was kind of in use when senator cramer of north dakota defending the electoral college said this would make north dakota irrelevant. well, guess what. when comes to presidential politics, north dakota is totally irrelevant right now. but let's say we had a presidential election that was looking awfully close in terms of popular votes. then every vote would count, and candidates would have an incentive to try and maximize the turnout even in places like north dakota. one of t

michael. >> -- the russians hacking the dnc, steeling thousands of documents and giving them to the wikileakshe election is ludicrous. >> what's your final thought? >> i want to represent michael. when he gets in trouble. all you need to know is ukraine and giuliani the company that paid him used to be called fraud guarantee. rethink that branding. >> i appreciate it. we'll be back. in the human brain, billions of neurons play in harmony. for people with parkinson's, some neurons change their tune, causing uncontrollable tremors. now, abbott technology can target those exact neurons. restoring control and harmony, once thought to belost forever. the most personal technology is technology with the power to change your life. >>> take this. president trump minnesota rally last night happened in the state with the most people of so mally ancestry in america. so, naturally, he celebrated that diversity in his own way. >> for many years leaders in washington brought large numbers of refugees to your state from somalia without considering the impact on schools and communities and taxpayers. you shou

he's talking pretty bullish so the domestic, i think, is more a reflect of what michael rubin might be thinking than u.s. steelcan't just have a guy on like that with a very big company and say, you know what, the heck with him, i'm very worried about what is happening with coal and steel. think rubin represents the american economy now. >> more so than that >> the guy is no longer, like, small time guy >> are things better than they were when you were really worried about rates being too high, jim? >> well, i think that -- look, i do think that when you -- when we listen to what phil lebeau will be talking about, autos have taken a big step down, but there is no doubt about it that the rates have helped housing. lennar is the biggest and the numbers are really good. but i also think, joe, if you have something good right now, nobody cares and when you see that kind of negativity, you got to start thinking about what to buy, not what to sell people just hate -- they turn on the market big time. and iny th think you got to way look, don't hate, like >> okay. but not juul i liked all your tweets. >> juul -- i'm

talking in a serious way about the russians when michael horwitz inspector general report comes out on the or origination of the fisa warrants and the steeleohn durham investigation into the origin of the russia involvement in the 2016 election which will bring up the question of hillary clinton. >> harris: i've heard the argument that she is on a book tour. there are plenty people on a book tour that did not call other authors russian assets. if so why go down this road? >> it is very personal. the things that tulsi gabbard also said about hillary, she personifies the rot that is in this country's political class. this is really tough stuff. it is very personal. it is very deep-seated. and it is very destructive to the democrats. >> harris: it is interesting to describe tulsi gabbard as a moderate, that joe biden thought that he would occupy political politically. >> she is not moderate on domestic policy. >> she is a nonguided missile. >> harris: good to see you both. thank you. a member of the mainstream media expressing regret for his coverage of hillary clinton's email saying, it may have cost her the white house. was the scandal a bi

michael. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ alix: this is "bloomberg daybreak." i'm alix steel. happy friday, everybody.ures still over that 3000 level. you have the momentum stocks underperforming value. you have small caps leading the way. can we sustain that 3000 level without it? food and beverage in europe getting hit quite hard by disappointing numbers from ab inbev. in other classes, a mixed dollar story, but the euro gaining some steam. the ruble, really interesting move higher. rates.tral bank cutting amazon sinking in premarket. the company posting its first year on year decline for earnings since early 2017, with spending for faster delivery taking a toll on the bottom line. joining me on the phone is michael levine come up little research group senior analyst. why the cut in the price target, michael? michael: we are trying to maintain a fairly rigorous framework with regards to some of the parts. i actually felt like we didn't really cut by that much. in reality, our numbers were quite a bit lower than the street. i feel like around the q4 outlook, i think that probably the biggest variants

michael work which is the reports coming out soon as well. in just a couple of questions about something that the sender, christopher steele his dossier. so mr. mckay, if you would would you be able to see with best estate 50 but the fbi verified in whose dossier before using it. i've heard generally that specifically what was verified in the dossier before it was used. it also if there's an explanation for why in these applications, the fbi didn't just see directly or indirectly, that christopher steele is being paid by the clinton campaign. a lot of caveats and footnotes but i was just wondering if you'd be able to answered those two questions. >> the answered to your first question is no. i will not go into specifics of today about the with the fbi verified prior to or after. in answered to your second question is i will wait is i'm sure you will eagerly to see what mr. harwood his conclusions are the report. that is a matter that he is i assume at the center, is at center of the investigation am anxious to see what his thoughts are on it. is you've mentioned, there was an extensive and detailed explanation inserted by the departmen

michael horwitz report coming up soon as well. i had a couple questions about something that's at the center of it which is christopher steele's dossiermr. mccabe, if you would, would you be able to say with specificity what the fbi verified in the dossier before using it in the applications. her generally, ever generalities but specifically what was verified in the dossier before it was used and also if there is an explanation for why in the five applications the fbi didn't just say, directly or indirectly, that christopher steele was being paid by the clinton campaign. there are a lot of caveats and a lengthy footnote but i was just wondering if you'd be able to answer those two questions. >> the answer to your first question is no. i will not go into specificity about the what fbi verified prior to the fight that we are after an answer to your second question is, i will wait until he relieved to see what mr. horowitz's conclusions are in that report. i'm anxious to see what his thoughts on it are. as you mentioned, there was an extensive and detailed explanation inserted by the department of justice into that fives a package that e