that's amy walter of the cook political report with amy walter and tamara keith of npr.you both, as always. so donald trump is rapidly remaking the federal government as we know it. he's expected to sign two more executive orders today. one would prohibit transgender americans from serving in the military. the other would eliminate diversity programs in the armed forces. tam, how does the trump administration view these initial days? and what does all of this suggest about how the next, let's say, two years will go going into the midterm? tamara keith, national public radio: yes. and those are definitely two different questions. president trump in his remarks today to house republicans, it was very clear that he was taking a victory lap. you might as well put up the mission accomplished banner already, because he is talking about what he's done in the last week like he has already succeeded at everything he set out to do. one thing is very clear from all of these executive actions. these are largely things that he talked about in the campaign. these are largely things th

still to come on the "newshour", tamara keith and amy walter break down the latest political headlinesrmoil at the washington post serves as a microcosm of the news media industry. and we remember those killed in last week's new orleans attack. ♪ >> this is the pbs news hour from the david rubenstein studio at weta in washington and in the west, from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. amna: today, canada's justin trudeau announced that he intends to resign as prime minister and leader of the liberal party, under tremendous pressure from his own caucus and among his closest allies. here's part of his remarks making the announcement earlier today. >> i have always been driven by my love for canada, by my desire to serve canadians and by what is in the best interests of canadians. and canadians deserve a real choice in the next election. and it has become obvious to me with the internal battles that i cannot be the one to carry the liberal standard into the next election. amna: trudeau will remain prime minister until the new liberal leader is selected b

we turn to our politics monday duo, amy walter and tamara keith . great to see you both.earlier, we have the certification of the election results passing without incident today. when you look at recent polling from the economist, it shows that less than half of all americans, 49%, believe donald trump bears some or a lot of the responsibility for the january 6 attack including 83% democrats and 17% republicans. you feel donald trump and republicans have rewritten political history? >> in a lot of these questions the answers that people give is a reflection of their views on donald trump matter what the question is. i don't know if that is the keys here but it could be. views of january 6 have begun tracking with views of donald trump. he says it was a day of love. he says it wasn't a big deal. he has also said he is going to pardon some share of the people who stormed the capital that day and have pled guilty or been found guilty of crimes. it isn't clear yet whether it will truly be considered on a case-by-case basis or if this will be blanket pardons. but she and repub

for the political stakes of the moment, we are joined tonight by tamara keith of npr and andrew desiderionews. amy walter is away. welcome to you both. as we continue covering these destructive wildfires out west, the state's governor and los angeles's mayor are fending off attacks from donald trump and his allies, namely elon musk. how is this unfolding and what is at stake if donald cuts off or withholds federal disaster relief? tamara: to be fair, they are also fending off criticism from residents of their own states, who are frustrated with the response and, you know, the reality is that these fires move so fast and so furious, it was like hundreds of simultaneous house fires they were trying to fight, so there's only so much that can or could be done in that moment. but, yeah, the politics broke out immediately. i mean, the fires were 0% contained when the politicization of the fires was well underway. the question is what does that mean for california? and, you know, it probably does not help california that there is a republican trifecta in washington and california is a blue state

that's amy walter of "the cook political report with amy walter" and tamara keith of npr.o see you both. amy, we were speaking earlier about how the idea that american politics is different, the republican party is different. perceptions of mr. trump have changed over time. amy: it is remarkable looking at what has now been a 10 year political career of donald trump where he started when he came down that escalator to where he is today. where he was at this .4 years ago, sitting about 36% favorable rating, one of the lowest for a one term president in modern history. certainly, most folks would have thought that was the end of donald trump's political career. today, he comes into office with, for the first time, really in the history of his time as president, with a higher favorable than unfavorable rating, slightly. somewhere around 47%, 48%. it is not like he's jumped up into the stratosphere in terms of opinions about him. i think how people view him now is with really clear-eyed. they are clear eyed about who he is, even though they may not like him personally. they do

tamara keith of npr, leanne caldwell of the washington post, and nia-malika henderson of bloomberg, andcourse, cnn. what a day. um, i want to start with you, tamara, because you cover the white house, the outgoing and the and the incoming, obviously. and it's not there's no surprise here that donald trump's response to to these fires, which are still very out of control, is to blame. the democratic governor. we saw when he was in office the firs time around, there were when there were fires. he blamed him for different as the other governor for different aspects, including not taking the, the, the so for just kind of knowing a little bit about this put into context, never mind the sort of the politics and the questions of the timing of it, but the substance of his accusation. >> yeah. so what he's talking about is an endangered fish that is at the center of a very long water war in california, about how much water can flow out of the the delta in northern california and go to southern california. like trying to explain water politics in california is almost impossible. it goes back gene

joining me now to talk about all of this, npr's tamara keith john, president of punchbowl news, the new yorker, susan glasser, still with us. and we're also joined by cnn's david chalian. good morning to you all. all right, david, you are a connoisseur an expert. as someone who has been through many, many inaugurations, tell us what this one you expect tomorrow. what are you going to be watching to unfold? and how are you going to be watching trump's speech? >> yeah, i mean, first and foremost, the tone and tenor of the speech is something that i'm curious to see what it is, because that first speech in 2017 from trump, you remember, it was so dark, everyone observing. i mean, you played the clip there of american carnage, which was sort of the headline from it, but the the picture he was painting of america that he was taking over. it was not an uplifting kind of speech at all. and so his transition has had a totally different tone than his transition did eight years ago. and i'm curious to see if that carries through in the way he sets forth the course ahead for the nation at this ina