that's why she was asked to leave. >> robert costa, what light can you shed on this decision process, how this went down. >> the president was looking for an ally weeks ago, that's why he nominated john ratcliffe the congressman to be his nominee. now you have a president searching around but reluctant to engage with the intelligence community. he's being told by allies daily that he was burned by their eyes mueller report. you saw donald trump jr. tweet about ms. gordon and her association with mr. brennan. you have a group of people inside and outside the white house who are saying to the president push for somebody on your side. people close to the president, are saying pete hookstra, republican for michigan, an ambassador in the trump administration could be the nominee. someone like what the president sought in john ratcliffe. >> that's an interesting name in the hopper. anita this gets us to your beat in the white house. this is yet another acting position for this administration. >> right. it definitely is. the president, as you know, there have been so many acting, currently s

. >> robert costa, talk about the well worn theory about trump blowing off steam. today whether it was casually passing off a conspiracy theory or attacking chris cuomo, or all the items, the grievances in his prepared and unprepared remarks today, the theory that donald trump needs this release even as he is on summer vacation. >> based on my conversations with white house officials, it's evident that the barriers around president trump's conduct, that former chiefs of staff reince priebus, john kelly tried to erect, are no longer there. it's the president free form day in and day out. his advisors are at least trying to prod him to go to places like pennsylvania, to go to a manufacturing center, because they know his anti-establishment style, his free wheeling speeches, his racist tweets, these have a whole anti-establishment persona that could help rouse his base in places like western pennsylvania and they know it's not going to play in places like the philadelphia suburbs on the other side of the state. but they're not making an overt play for the suburbs at t

thank you.e announcer: o again, from washington, moderator robert costa. robert: democratic presidential contenders certainly u revvedp their attacks on each other at the debates in the motor city this week and had exchanges on policy and race. the debates revealed a party reunited againstdent trump but at odds over parts of the president's record. that president obama and whether an overhall of the nation's health care system necessary. >> it covers all health care needs for senior citizens. it will finally include tent -- dental care, hearing aids and eyeglasses. >> you don't know that >> i do know, i wrote the damn bill. >> the notion that you're going to take private insurance awayo -- >> we were the democrats, we're not about trying to take away health care from main. robert: joe biden fended off rivals, including a former member of the obama cabinet. >> if you cross the border illegally -- illegally, you should bee abl be sent back. tfrls a crime. >> it looks like one of us has learned the lessons of the past and one hasn't. robert: the "washington po

thanyou. >> once again from washington, moderator robert costa. robert: on w friday, the tra raged.na announced it would soon levy new tariffs on $ 5 blion in u.s. goods. president trump demanded that american compalyes immedia start looking for an alternative to china. s thatndoff sent the duh jens industrialverage tumbling 600 points, nearly 2.4%. after the markets closed, the president, as usual, punched hiking up his tariffs on china. it capped off a turbulent week offe presidentia and indecision on the economy and other issues right before the president heads to france f the g-7 meeting. joining me tonight for our discussion, anita kumar, white house correspondent and associate editor f politico. martha raddatz, abc news chief global affairsorspondent and co-anchor of "this week." dan balz, chief correspondent for "the washington post." and jim taxer lee, tax and economics reporter forrt "the n york times." dan, the president veering from advisor t advisor, idea to idea, whatlloes it reveal about president trump? day i think what we've see-- dan: i think what we'veeen this week

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thank you. >> once again, moderator robert costa. bert: president trump will we the weekend at camatp vid to information about hurricane dorian. vice psident pence will go to poland instead. he's still dealing with criticism othan hising of hurricane maria which devastating puerto rico in 2017w here'st president trump said today. president trump: i like the word acting. i think acting is g at. r as i'm concerned, acting, to me is gd. anf i like the people, i make them permanent. actingives you great flexibility you don't have with permanent. rort: joining tonight to shawna thomas, washington bureau chieie for vice news. john harris, founding editor of politico. vivian salama, editor for the "wall street journal," and times." schear, of "the new york presidents are often tested by storms. what kind of test is hurcane rian for president trump? shawna: i think really what people will be looking for kind of basically what does he tweet over the course of the weekend?e what does h encourage people to do? is he the person who says everyone

here for our leadoff discussion on a tuesday night, robert costa, national plit ka reporter for "the washington post," moderator of "washington week" on pbs. e.b. stoddard, columnist and associate editor at "real clear politics." thanks to all of you for being with us. robert, let me start with you. it's not your story, your paper is reporting, though, we just quoted from it, the president apparently feeling some urgency to show tangible progress on this border wall by election day 2020. obviously the signature promise of his 2016 campaign. behind the scenes, how big a concern is that for trump, that so little progress has been made in 2 1/2 years as president? >> inside the white house tonight, they're bracing for a fall where the u.s. mca trade deal may not even be brought to the floor for a vote, where a china trade deal may be long away on the horizon. so they're trying to look at executive authority as a way to try to galvanize that republican base, the president's core voters for 2020. and that's why they're going to put an emphasis this fall as "the washington post" reports ton

joining me now is nbc white house correspondent kristen welker, robert costa, national political reporter at the washington post, and moderator of washington week on pbs. mara gaines, msnbc contributor. jeremy benami, president of j street, a non-profit advocacy group and susan paige, usa today's washington bureau chief. well, i could not have a better panel to talk about a very controversial decision today. kristen welker, the president's tweet seeming to certainly trigger this decision by prime minister netanyahu which followed shortly afterwards. he has made a number of points here. let me read in the english translation. he says that if congresswoman tlaib asked to see her president, he would consider the request. the point being that anybody who comes to israel that supports the boycott against israel, the bds movement can be denied a visa. this is an elected member of congress. we've been previously told that the door would be open. and then the president intervened. >> reporter: it is remarkable, andrea. of course president trump, prime minister netanyahu, two very close allies. th

on robert costa. welcome to "washington week." president trump: payroll tax is something we think about, a lot of people would like w to see tt -- i'm not looking at a tax cut now, we don't need it.on we have a seconomy. robert: president trump pinballs on policy an lashes out at the fed chair. and china. president trump: we could be greatly helped with the fed would do its job and do a substantial rate cut. whether it's good or bad, short term, is irrelevan we have to solve the problem with china. on guns as he talks with the n.r.a. next in this is "washington week." fundis provided by -- ♪ ♪ >> oh. >> whatever they went through they went through together.el life planned. e what a raymond james financial advisor can do for you. app that uses voice recchogniti logy and teaches conversations. daily 10 to 15 minute lessons are voiced by native speakers and are at babbel.com. >> additional funding provided by koo and patricia yuen, through the yuen foundation,it cod to bridging cultural differences in our community. the corporation f

robert costa, what are you hearing? >> i have heard from top white house officials and friends of president trump that he is serious about having the next g 7 summit at doral, his miami resort. he's talked through it with aides about how it's a site, one of many, that's been presented to him. but he has rallied around it in private conversations. that's solid reporting on my end. >> and you know what would be the reaction against that? the emoluments clause? >> nearby the mayor or tourist commission has heard anything about the g 7 coming to miami. trump sounded like a huckster, pushing this -- it's near the airport. you can have these things we call bungalows where you can spread out, all your aides can be. never thinking for a second what about camp david? isn't that what presidents do when they invite foreign leaders to this country? it sounded so unserious. >> the 2012, the last time the u.s. hosted the g 8 was at camp david. they try to move them around. moving it somewhere else might not sense. >> one i attended i

robert costa, national political reporter for "the washington post," and former democratic congresswomanwards and robert steele. very familiar with ohio and the areas that have been so tragically affected here. let's talk about joe biden first. a new poll yesterday showing that 49% of democrats believe the former vice president has the best chance to defeat president trump and 50% of democrats were saying electability is more important to them than nominating a candidate who shares their views. let's talk about what biden was trying to accomplish yesterday in that speech. going after the president on white supremacy. using a teleprompter, staying very much on message, and not bowing down to the pressure from the president. >> reporter: yeah, well, it turns out that the most effective strategy for the biden campaign is really the reason joe biden got into the race in the first place. his campaign has always felt that the clearer the stakes of the election are, the clearer it is to democrats what a threat donald trump poses to the country in their view. the better that joe biden will do. t

robert costa, jason johnson, mimi roger, think all. >>> coming up we told you so because the new polls are out showing a much different story than the earlier outlier poll that showed him in a tie with the rest of the top front-runners. even that outlying post nowed a might it was an outlier. and president trump now goes before republicans who have plans to challenge them. he is going after them, calling them the three stooges. and worth, does he feel threatened? i don't think so. there they are. one of the president's challengers is going to join. walsh is going to join us. up next, the latest update from the national hurricane center. hurricane dorian is moving toward north of puerto rico now in the virgin islands and apparently heading for florida. right now it's a category 1. on the current track it could reach the east coast by sunday or month. possibly as a category 3 by then. we're back after this. but you're not, because you have e*trade whose tech makes life easier by automatically adding technical patterns on charts and helping you understand what they mean. don't get mad, ge

>> robert costa, we do have a u.s. air base there. but the fact of buying greenland, harry truman thought about it in 1946 and also in 1867, there was talk about it. but in this day and age, it would be crazy. >> my spourss -- >> well, can i talk? >> yes. >> robert first and then let gillian in, too. >> my sources on capitol hill think this is a distraction that the president, whether or not he pursues this or not would generate public interest and he likes the idea of purchasing property coming out of the real estate business. in terms of the geopolitical strategy, this greenland issue is not something that's part of the whole u.s. approach to the world. it's more of an issue for president trump to talk about, like he would talk about some sort of cultural flashpoint this week. >> and gillian? >> well with, all due respect, i think the idea has been tossed around quite a bit in recent months. people i've been speaking to in washington have been talking about this. it's something which wasn't on the table at all a year ago. in fact, t

she was asked about the presidential race, gun violence, and the presidential agenda by reporter robert costa. mr. >> good afternoon, everyone. i am fred ryan, publisher, and am happy to have you here with us this morning. through these in-depth one-on-one conversations, we are learning more and more about the men and women seeking to become next president of the united states and what inspires them to serve the american people. our guest this morning is new york's america resting gillibrand. in. 2006, she captured the attention of the political e

and that's what we want in the next president of the united states. >> let me go to robert costa. political analysis here, not just reporting. there are two ways to look at this fight for the democratic nomination. one is we run the safest bet we've got, biden. i know the argument. it may be wrong. some people think that's the argument. he is the safest bet. he may not be. he may be too old. he may not be strong enough on the argument. the other argument is here is the chance for a real progressive to win because we have an unsightly president now. this guy expect get reelected. he's awful. and here is our chance. like reagan did when carter was weak. here is a chance to put a conservative in there like we never could before, like in '76. which one's right? what is the smartest analysis or are they equally valid until one is proven? >> the energy in the democratic ranks is with those on night one, senator sanders, senator woyrn. >> they got the applause. >> the rank and file. when i go to south carolina and go to historically black church or go to a suburban area, the energy is mo

. >> robert costa, we heard people a lot of them democrats over the weekend call for the senate to be brought back from the summer recess, gavelled into order and forced to pass some sort of legislation. a lot of people quickly answered that by saying we don't have that kind of u.s. senate. what country are they living in? are republicans telling you tonight? >> advisors to top senate republicans say the only legislation at this point that's realistic is a red flag law that's being worked on by senator gram of south carolina and senator blumenthal from connecticut. those close to senator tumy of connecticut and west virginia about their proportional which would expand background checks universally say that could not pass this mitch mcconnell lead senate at this moment. until there is more political capital behind gun control, whether it comes from the outside or house democrats, it's only going to be a red flag law at this point. my sources in the white house and in the senate say that's the only thing that's possible at least here on monday night. >> we knew they were all there, but

am robert costa we appreciate you taking the time. thank you so much for being here. sen: gillibrand: my pleasure. bob: a few weeks before labor day and you were struggling in the polls nationally. what is your path ahead? sen: gillibrand: i am really proud of for our campaign is. we had our first qualifying paul and i expect to get what i need in the next few weeks. we are leading the debate on a lot of important issues. what we have seen over the last year and a half from president trump is an all-out assault on women's reproductive freedom and we went to the front lines to talk about what this means for women. it is a health care issue for they don't have the ability to make their own decisions about whether to have children, how may children they can have. it is an issue of economics, not having the health care they need. this will fall to the women who do not have enough money to travel out of state. issues of basic human rights. you are telling women that cannot have agency over their own bodies to make hard decisions. i also went to the front lines in georgia.

i am robert costa. we appreciate you taking the time. thank you so much for being here. busy of the campaign trail, you are in missouri yesterday, thank you for being here. sen: gillibrand: my pleasure. bob: a few weeks before labor day and you were struggling in the polls both nationally and in early states. what is your path ahead? sen: gillibrand: i am really proud of where our campaign is. we just had our first qualifying poll and i expect to get what i need to next few weeks. we are leading the debate on a lot of important issues. yesterday, as you said, we were in missouri, because what we have seen in the past year and half from president trump is an all-out assault on women's reproductive freedom and we went to the front lines to talk about what this means for women. it is a health care issue for where they don't have the ability to make their own decisions about whether to have children, how many children they are having, under what circumstances. it is an issue of economics, not having access to the health care they need. meaning that disproportionate harm will

i'm robert costa. welcome to "washingtonk. deadly shootings in two cities leave the nation shaken. president trump says he ispen to tougher gun laws. president trump: we need intelligent background checks. robert: but makes no commitments, and the n.r.a. pressures him to back off.cr des insist the targeted attack on latinos in el paso is a reckoning. >> this president has fanned the flames of white supmacy i this nation. trump offers no moral leadership. robert: aocus on domestic terrorism as tensions continue between the president

i'm robert costa, political reporter here at the washington post. really appreciate you taking the time, senator gillibrand, busy on the campaign trail. you were in missouri yesterday, heading to the early states this week. thank you very much for being here. >> my pleasure. >> we're a few days, a few weeks before labor day, and you are struggling in the polls both nationally and in early states what's your path ahead? >> so i'm really proud of where our campaign is. we just had our first qualifying poll, and i expect to get the rest i need in the next few weeks because we're leading the debate on a lot of important national issues. yesterday as you said i was in missouri because what we've seen over the last year and a half by president trump is an all-out assault on women's reproductive freedom and we went to the front lines to talk about what does an attack on women's reproductive rights mean for women. it is a healthcare issue where they don't have the ability to make their own decisions about when they are having children, how many children the

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i have two great reporters with me, robert costa, national political reporter for the "washington post," and moderator of washington week on pbs and correspondent jeff mason. roberto, what is your take on what happened over the last two weeks? >> what happened over the last two weeks is the nra made a concerted effort to hold president trump to his pro-gun position, gun rights position. and you had wayne lapierre, despite all of the scandals at the nra over personnel and his personal spending having these long phone calls with president trump, underscoring that his political base in the eyes of the nra is the nra, and he better stick with them. >> all right, jeff, let's get a reality check from you. the white house is still saying meaningful background checks are on the table. is that real, or are they just trying to save face here? >> well, i mean, they are saying that, you're absolutely right, steph, and i think it depends on what the definition ends up being of meaningful. gun control advocates would consider meaningful to be a universal background check of some kind, something that

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i'm robert costa.no choice but to vote for me, because four 401(k)'s, down the tubes. everything is going to be down the tubes. whether you love me or hate me, gotta vote for me. >> after months of growth, thet stock mars rattled. but the president sticks with his trade war. >>hina, how you doing? they're not too happy. not too happy. long millions of jobs. the tariffs are working and they're eating the tariffs, by there's no price increase. >> are there tensions inside the administration? and the president, once again clashes with minority women in congress. this time on israel. next.

analysis, nbc news white house correspondent kristen welker, hugh hewitt, maria teresa kumar, and robert costa, national political reporter for "the washington post." welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press." >> announcer: from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history, this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >>> good sunday morning. as the country struggles to process the events of the last weekend, as we grapple once again with our gun culture, this wound feels deeper and a bit rawer. it was a week that the country needed a president to do what presidents have done in the past, to provide solace and healing, and to remind us all that the american story travels on that arc of history that bends toward justice. instead, president trump delivered a teleprompter message of unity on monday and spent most of the rest of the week attacking his perceived political foes, calling the dayton mayor's news conference a fraud, saying joaquin castro makes a fool of himself every time he opens his mouth, and telling beto o'rourke of el paso, texas, to shut his mouth. democrats

hugh hewitt, maria teresa kumar, white house correspondent kristen welker, and robert costa, national political reporter for "the washington post" and moderator of washington week on pbs. before we get to the issue of guns, kristen welker, i think we heard interesting news there from secretary mcaleenan where he admitted that in hindsight, the mississippi raids, the timing was unfortunate. contrast that to the president of the united states almost cheerleading them and saying, hey, this is what we're doing, it's a deterrent. how is that going to go over? >> well, i thought it was a striking discrepancy in tone after you pressed him a number of times. he finally said the timing was unfortunate. again when i asked president trump about this the other day, he said, yes, it's a deterrent. he really leaned into this strategy. the bottom line is there wasn't a plan for dealing with these kids. the trump administration had promised there weren't going to be any more family separations. there clearly were, even though some of those families have been put back together. i think the focus does

on robert costa. welcome to "washington week." president trump: payroll tax is something we think about, a lot of people wouldikeo see that -- i'm not looking at a tax cut now, we don't need it. we have a strong economy. robert: president trump pinballs on policy an lashes out at the chair. and china. president trump: we could be greatly helped with the fed would do its job and do a substantial rate cut. whetr it's good or bad, short term, is irrelevant. we have to solve the problem with china.: robert and faces a crossroads on guns as he talks withthe n.r. next.

i'm robert costa. welcome to "washington week." direct their sharpest jabs at joe biden. >> you do nothing to hold the insurance companies to task for what they have been doing to american families. >> you're ditching to the cool aide and you don't even know the flavor. robert: but the former vice president fought back and decaded the obama administration. >> i was surprised about how much incominghere was about barack. robert: and responses to a trade cut and the china talks hit a

i'm robert costa, welcome to "washington week."urricaneorian heads toward florida and p psident tt mp reassures residents his administration is ready president trump: our highest priority is the safety and nsecurity of t peoplehe path of the hurricane. robert: political storms hover. uncertainty other his trade war with china keeps investors. on ed director james comey is back on. followg a watchdog report. and democrats face storms too. as the iowa caucuses a a suddenly challd. next. >> this is "washington week." funding is

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robert costa, national political reporter at the washington post and post of washington week in review and member of the club as well. dr. maya rockeymoore cummings, chair of the maryland democratic party and spouse of congressman elijah cummings. lori russo, president of stanton communications and co-chair of the national press club's headliners team. >> sam is on his way, breaking news. jeff: as always, sam feist is the washington bureau chief at cnn. he is rushing over here. we will introduce him when the time comes. alayna treene, white house reporter at axios. bob weiner, president of weiner public news and the national press club member who organized today's luncheon. thank you, bob. jennifer cummings, daughter of the congressman. nikki schwab, washington reporter at the new york post. and jennifer jacobs, white house reporter at bloomberg news. [applause] jeff: we welcome our headliner, congressman elijah cummings, democrat from the state of maryland, chairman of the house and houseon oversight reform. his remarks come in the wake of president trump's comments about his district