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joining our discussion now mike murphy and jonathan alter. both are msnbc political analysts. mike, these numbers look like problems for republicans. what do you see when you look at them? >> yeah. it's kind of winter is coming, i fear. this was an interesting trip to pennsylvania. these rallies are mostly about the president wanting love and adoration of crowds. he went there because there is a lot of history for trump. the congressman from that area who is running for senate is behind double digits but running is an early trump supporter. and to the president's credit, that is a county where he massively overperformed. it is a place where he really spiked up. lou wants to win that senate race. he better get out of his own district, which is only maybe 80,000 voters out of the 2.5 million statewide and get to the philadelphia suburbs where the action is. the problem is he can't take trump there because trump can't get arrested. this was no political master stroke today. it was just the president doing his routine to an adoring crowd of republican primary voters. i'm sure it ma

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. >> and mike murphy, the republicans running in these swing districts, in districts that can go theistricts that have previously felt safe and we have seen they're losing 20 point margins in some districts, how would you advise a republican running in these districts where donald trump's popularity is way below even the republican office holders popularity? >> yeah. there is no easy way out. if i told them the truth, which i would do, it would be to build a time machine, go back to two years and find some character and address trump from day one. that's the solution. problem is, don't have time machines. so what a lot of them are going to do is dig in, scream about nancy pelosi, put their head down and try to force their way through it. this is the kind of wave election, most likely, looking at what we learned from the special election where mere political tactics of evasion will not save you if you are in one of those dangerous seats. a few are trying to distance themselves here and there from the president. but again it is awful late. and the sins that have been committed are big

and msnbc political analyst mike murphy. thank you all for being here tonight. i want, first, karen has written a definitive obituary of senator mccain. karen, you write in the "washington post," "when he acted like an ordinary politician, trimming principles in the cause of ambition and experience, it was all the more jarring because of the standard he had set. in the years that followed, a question often asked was which is the real john mccain?" so which one is it? >> well, there really was -- john mccain had this code of honor that i think on the one hand both defined him, but i think it was also a burden. i think it also haunted him because when he fell short of his own standards, he was in torment. you ask what was the worst moment when he was a prisoner of war, it wasn't being tortured. it wasn't all those years of solitary confinement. it was -- it was when after having his arms rebroken, he was forced to sign a sort of stilted confession. so, again, you don't see that sort of kind of internal, you know, an internal code of honor in that many politicians.

and mike murphy, long time republican strategist for mitt romney and judd bush and john mccain. ashley, set the scene. you had the president steps down the hall from the lincoln bedroom in the residence portion of the white house on social media quoting the creator of the apprentice denying his use of the n-word. the president clearly in an aggravated state may have clearly met his match. someone pointed out that both of these people are playing by the reality television rules, the spooling out of the stories in a slow-motion basis. what has this done and what will it do to the west wing? >> well, first that is one of the things that the president, until recently, appreciated about omarosa. everyone else in the west wing didn't like her. he appreciated her sense of drama and her sense of sort of reality showmanship and that is one of the reasons that he kept her around. what it does to the west wing is that it creates another level of headache as we have discussed. omarosa is not credible. the president and the white house pushing back because of their depending on the person an

mike murphy, a republican strategist, last night had a modest proposal as to what the media should doith a pool reporter. i don't think there's any need to put on the show that frankly the president uses for his base supporters. it's good box office for trump. the question is the journalistic realities which is that they're being used and abused. >> i'm not saying don't cover him, the rallies aren't newsworthy, certainly on north korea and russia and other things they certainly reinforce many themes that we have to cover, but ashley and jeremy, should we be there in force so that he looks out, as he said, it could be the academy awards looking at all these cameras, why not pool it, treat it like an oval office event? >> i think that the level of hostility with which he's treated the media, as ashley pointed out, certainly escalated in recent weeks. and this phrase, "enemy of the people," while he's been using it for about a year and a half now, is especially insidious, because let's just go over the history of where that phrase comes from. leaders like stalin have used this phrase. >>

i'll ask long time republican adman mike murphy. ining me for insight and analysis are robert costa, oderator of washington we pbs. helenen cooper. and al cars that and elia ya johnson. welcome to sunday, it's "meet the press." from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history. itthis is "meet the press" chuck todd. >> good sunday morning. one of the questions that emerged during the campaign was this. should we take donald trump seriously or literally? well, now he's president of the united states. so are we supposed to take him seriously or literally when he says that the mueller investigation that his attorney eneral should stop what he calls this rigged witch-hunt right now. are we supposed to take him seriously or literally when hours after his intelligence and security u.s. election integrity for 2018 is still under attack from russia, the presiden tells a rally that the russia investigation is a hoax. are we supposed to take him seriously or literally when he call f journalisme news and says that the

we are now joined by republican strategist mike murphy. eally appreciate you getting in here. you have run presidential campaigns that needed to win ohio. you've campaigned hard in ohio. you know the 12th congressional district. what are you seeing in that district tonight? >> well, it's an interesting one because nothing beats winning. so congratulations to balderson, who i think is going to take it. but this is a very close race deep in the republican end zone. there are more than probably 45 republican incumbents who have worse districts than this generic generically. so it's a win for the republicans but it's a chilling one because we're not supposed to be having to spend millions of dollars to defend a district like this. i think both parties can find something to brag about. the republicans held this seat. that counts for a lot. but this thing shows there are bad headwinds for the gop, mostly driven by the president. you can see it, we need a little more time to look at the precinct by precinct numbers. clearly the rural affection for

with us now is mike murphy, republican strategist and former adviser to john mccain. the motorcade is carrying not just the e remains of the senat but also cindy mccain, his kids, his grandkids. you witnessed the relationship that senator mccain had with his family. talk to us about that. >> it was a very close family. he was somebody who lived life with great gusto. when he wasn't doing political stuff, there was always these family trips. i remember after we lost one of the presidential campaigns, i think 2000, you know, candidates go kind of retreat to somewhere. he led the family on an exotic trip. i can't remember if it was fiji or antarctica. they were always going somewhere and doing something. he had this compound, i guess is the best word, up in se ddona, which became a bird sanctuary. it was irrigated. he'd be leading hikes. he was non-stop action. he loved them. they loved him. >> mike, why is it? we take a look at what we're watching here. the nation really pausing to remember, and certainly all of washington pausing to member and honor john mccain. why do

all the stories coming up wednesday morning, joining me to break it down dagen mcdowell, mike murphy nd national security analyst morgan ortegus. great to see you. dagen: 243 apple has to hit to hit a trillion dollars. mike: that a bet? dagen: i could win that bet today. maria: you could win the bet today. micheal: very well. dagen: generally i don't gamble. [laughter] mike: big focus on apple. maria: would you buy the stock right here? mike: i would, let me tell you why, apple is trading roughly 15 times earnings and you look at other big tech they are trading at 70 times earnings, apple is shifting into more technology services type company, you put a 30 multiple on apple trading at $40 a share, there's a lot of upside. maria: why is it trading 15 or 17 times while all the others trading at 70, i don't get that? >> it's being priced as hardware company which has been. you stop ordering a new phone the company would cease to exist. services business is up 31%, you could argue it's cheap at the levels. maria: it's all about the service's revenue, right? dagen: it's about that and aver

former adviser for senator john mccain and msnbc analyst mike murphy. thank you all for being here tonight. i want first, karen has written a definitive obituary of senator mccain, and, karen, you write in "the washington post," quote, when he acted like an ordinary politician, turning principles in the cause of ambition and experience, it was all the more jarring because of the standard he had set. in the years that followed, a question often asked was, which is the real john mccain? so which one is it? >> well, there really was -- john mccain had this code of honor that i think on the one hand both defined him, but i think it was also a burden, i think it also haunted him, because when he fell short of his own standards, he was in torment. you ask what was the worst moment when he was a prisoner of war, it wasn't being tortured, it wasn't all of those years of solitary confinement, it was when after having his arms rebroken he was forced to sign a sort of stilted confession. so, again, you don't see that sort of kind of internal, you know, that intern

i heard mike murphy on a podcast recently.aid he likened the campaign trump put together, the island of misfit toys. making the point that we are hearing here. wouldn't have found a home in a lot of cases in other political campaigns. >> i have a very vivid memory of that when then candidate trump came to the "washington post" editorial board in march of the election list. he unveiled his list of foreign policy advisors. none of us really heard of. they included carter page and george papadopoulos. how did that one work out? >> that is interesting too, that has led to controversy, speculation and investigation and it ends up being a defense that you heard offered by trump allies that is essentially, hey, the guy put no effort into this. that ends up being the defense of carter page and george papadopoulos. essentially saying trump didn't care, he wanted names on the page. >> he did care in the sense that the people that he has surrounded himself with, i think tim is exactly right. the supply is limited. a lot of people who wou

. >> you make the point in your column something that i have heard mike murphy say last week i think possibly in a tweet that the way to cover the rally is to just set up one camera for all the networks to get the feed for that one camera. do not send reporters into that pen, that cage that the trump campaign and now the trump presidency sets up, a cage for reporters where they're not allowed to even talk to any of the members of the audience. so there is no reporting function for them to do there. set up the camera. we all get the video. my version of that is set up the camera. we all get the video, and i will show you if the president says anything worth showing to you, which might be something grotesque or it might be something newsworthy. your argument is, no, let it run. let people see every bit of it. >> i think trump is a disturbed person. i think there is something deeply disturbing about these rallies. i find it appalling, people showing up in a t-shirt saying i prefer russians over democrats. these are deeply abhorrent behaviors. i think there are many thinking republicans

we have been able to reach mike murphy by phone. and we're happy to be able to talk to him. the veteran republican strategist, long-type advisor to mitt romney, jeb bush, john mccain to name a few and former u.s. member of congress, david jolly remains here with us in studio. so mike, good to have you. thank you for making yourself available so late at night. what are we witnessing happen to the republican party do you think? >> well, our appeal is narrowing because our president is quite unpopular. i was looking at the numbers in ohio and while the republicans have a good argument for the small part of it, we won the seat, if you look at the seat itself, it's so deep in our backfield it's very troubling that we're going to have probably a narrow, narrow win there. i looked at the suburban counties which are a good bellwether, particularly delaware county. president trump ran about 16 points ahead there when he ran for president. o'connor looks like will lose it by eight points which is if you translate that, if that's what suburban counties like delaware look like in novemb

we have been able to reach mike murphy by phone. and we're happy to be able to talk to him.n strategist, long-type advisor to mitt romney, jeb bush, john mccain to name a few and former u.s. member of congress, david jolly remains here with us in studio. so mike, good to have you. thank you for making yourself available so late at night. what are we witnessing happen to the republican party do you think? >> well, our pea is narrowing because our president is quite unpopular. i was looking at the numbers in ohio and while the republicans have a good argument for the small part of it, we won the seat, if you look at the seat itself, it's so deep in our backfield it's very troubling that we're going to have probably a narrow narrow win there. i looked at the suburban counties which are a good bellwether, particularly delaware county. president trump ran about 16 points ahead there when he ran for president. o'connor looks like will lose it by eight points which is if you translate that, if that's what suburban counties like delaware look like in november on election night, we'l

that mike murphy interjecting himself before it is produced. right i like the look of this, 11, 10% gain by the ended of year so says goldman sachs i'm cheering on what say you? >> totally agreed but where were they months ago? this is something i've been saying on this program stuart if we get trade war pensions easing and a strong economy and strong corporate profits, we're going much higher. >> what do you say? >> i'm with mike on this one because -- we have a lot of other good things happening as well here in the economy. we're already starting to see reinvestment and starting to see good things on the industrial side not just the tech side. >> okay we're now up 97 points on dow industrials 25,287 that's where we are. i want to talk about turkey, i'm going to put on your screen a fund that invest in turkey it is a barometer -- of the turkish market and a finance, it is bouncing six percent so dr has turkey as a threat to us come and gone? inch well as a threat to the stock market for the the if near to intermediate term it has. but we have

. >> we have senators blunt, klobuch klobuchar, and mike murphy a republican ad man to go through thisnon of runni all year ads with trump in them, and reading the bedtime stories of art of the deal to his baby to show how much-loves president trump. it was aood primary strategy, will it work in the midterms? >> thanks for stopping by, chuck, and a reminder you can see "meet the press" every sunday on news4 at 10: 30. >>> 47, his family escaped the ravages of war, a georgia university scholar is being recognized. >> named for the former nfl player who was killed inombat in 2004. david culver brings us anin inspir story that you're only goinghto see rig here on news4. >> reporter: even in the midsto war, photos can captu a young boy's curiosity. picture after picture of an iraqi child next to u.s. forces, from mitary check points to inside the u.s. embassy, some must have wondered who is he? >> ir just remem having a great amount of respect and admiration for what they did. >> t young military fan is ali naya who's working to get his master s at the univers y in fairfax, virginia. >> we

while we have a moment, i want to go to mike murphy, veteran gop strategist, a long time friend and advisering during his first presidential run, thank you for being with us. your thoughts as we prepare to watch this ceremony? >> it just reminds me how much john was a senate institutionalist and what was remarkable about him is his gift for creating friends but he would swap those when most of them, they hide them like an alice it is affair, almost like a shameful thing. for mccain it was one of the most important things that you could work across party dogma a divides in order to get something done for the country. mccain had been the navy's lobbyist in the senate near the end of his naval career and the navy didn't have a participant fight, it was about his relationship with all senators trying to serve the national security and mccain never let go of that. he believed in the senate. and he wanted senators to communicate and have relationships across the party divide. that was one of his purposes. >> and, mike, even in his farewell statement that was put out posthumously, he talked about

. >> mike murphy, pick up on that point. you're somebody who worked with mccain in 2000 on that sort of improbable run that he made against george w. bush when h he really earned for all of the country that nickname of maverick. >> yeah. well, he -- he was a rascal. he -- he was driven by honor. his entire focus was serving with honor. but he was also human and he knew his flaws and he was very hard on himself. because he was a -- you know, a flawed person like all of us. so, and he was in the political world where you spend half your time trying to navigate mindfields with honor and the other half of your time suffering fools which it took him some patience to do. so it was a lot of fun. >> i'm not sure he actually had the patience. i don't know that -- >> i think he had pretty remarkable patience. i was around a lot of the fools he was suffering and it was pretty remarkable in 2000. i think the whole temper thing's overrated. i think people miss it which is mccain -- what mccain never liked in life, excuse me, were -- his

he was running a maverick campaign back then and i guess one of his politicos was mike murphy and they were, before it got real serious, they were enjoying themselves and able to let it all hang out. and once he became a viable candidate, it's almost like, in the article there he actually caught the bus and now what do i do do you see that to some extent, it was the challenge of going for it that drove him at one point and then, i'm not sure what happened in 2000 or 2008, i think president obama doubled his electoral, the electoral vote so, probably disappointing to him. but he definitely gave it a go >> i think you're right. i think when he started out here in new hampshire, he didn't really expect to win, but he was going to have a lot of fun and made some points and he had some points to make straight talk express and he went to town meetings and anybody could ask him any question they wanted and he was blunt and forthcoming and definitive in his answers and that caught on here in new hampshire. that is a new hampshire style that people liked. and then he became the candidate that w

mike murphy back with us by popular request, susan li and ashley webster on the company.n, we are in it. what are the speed bums? see anything ahead that will slow this thing down? >> near term, no. we talked a lot, stuart, any pullbacks are buying opportunities. you had an economy. great guest on talking about the economy, larry kudlow. the economy is ways hitting on cylinders we didn't think existed 12, 18 months ago. economy is strong. corporate earnings are strong. profits are strong. as long as this continues you have opportunity for companies to keep going higher. stuart: two points, you got it right. you consistently said buy the dips. people may money in if they followed you. larry kudlow wouldn't be surprised by rapid rate of growth 4.6% in the third quarter. he wouldn't be surprised into we didn't know those numbers would exist, 2% growth is the new normal. ashley: becoming growthier, no such word like impactful. do you see anything on the immediate horizon that slows things down? >> i don't see anything on the near term horizon. any tariff tiff can come along,

murphy part of cubs and -- mike rizzo said the team is notd giving up anding quote, i still think we able to play competitive games. pitcher stephen strasburg is back. they're 7.5 games in the division behind the braves right now. asstill plenty ofall to play, though. >> that's right. trades going on.ut talking a the preseason game already. >> adrian peterson. oklahoma. absolutely right. >> boomer sooner, right? >> boomer sooner. i'm glad to see another member of crimson and cream joining the burgundy and gold. hopefully he helps lead the nal kins to an except season. i remember his 2004, 5, 6 d playings at oklahoma ending with that crazy fiesta bowl. wow. anyway, i digress. outside on a mostly clear sky morning here to get your wednesday started. the heavy rain and i mean heavy rain from yesterday is gone. we still have a chance for a few more mid afternoon showers. nothing like what we saw yesterday. this is rainfall since june 1str su rainfall. just under 20 inches of rain at ndnational dulles airports. that's about double a orage amount. bwi marshall x almost 24.5 inches of rain

murphy part of the cubs. adams one. cardinals players.ra ge manager mike rizzo says the team is not giving up. he said, we have the talent base to play competitive games at the end of the season. one more positive note heading into the game today. stephen strasburg is back. they're 7.5 games behind in the vision. fire sale. >>> bring your party hat, aaron. special birthday wishes for one of the most beloved residents. bei bei the pandaeb ctes 3 years today. he's very much still a cub. playings having a lot of fun, hanging on the trees. oh, hope he's okay. can't get enough of that. he the national zoo will give him a panda friendly birthday cake at 11:00 this morning. >> everybody is invited to attend his celebration. as always, the zoo is free to visit. >>> it's 4:37 right now. still ahead, another celebration in d.c. today. a local landmark marks 60 years of half smoked and chili take you back to the years of ben's chili bowl >>> yum. >>> this may be one of the most creative criminals in a while. a lookt the tunnel digging crook who climbed his way >>> this moing, a 3-year-old boy in arkansas

murphy with the cuband adams with the cardinals. general manager mike rizzo says the team is n giving up. added we have the talent base on the team to play competitive games at the endf the season. pitcher stephen strasburg is back. they're 7.5 games behind the braves in the divion right now. >>> 6:37. we're celebrating 60 years of ben's chili bowl. >> molette green is there to show us how the festivities are kicking off. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. as part of the celebration, a new face is going up on ben's chili bowl. famous mural. we're going to show you the surprise face coming up o next does your business internet provider promise aot? let's see who delivers more. comcast business gives you gig-speed in more places. the others don't. f we offer up to 6 hours 4g wireless network backup. everyone ee, no way. we let calls from any of your devices come from your business nuer. them, not so much. we let you keep an eye on your business from anywhere. the others? nope! get internet on our gig-speenetwork and add voice and tv for $34.9