, michigan, pennsylvania, to be sure that he wins florida again, for example, to try to be competitive if some of these other swing states like north carolina, he's going to have to expand beyond the base and what we've not seen yet from the president in these last few months since the midterm election defeat is an expansion of his appeal. is an attempt to reach out to people who are not on board the trump train today, and get them onboard for november of 2020. we'll see if in the state of the union he tries to do that. he's talked about delivering a unifying message tomorrow night, but the focus on the border wall and immigration and the government shutdown is really geared at the base and trump's going to need to go beyond the base to win re-election. >> robert, right there, we'll take philip's point and that is this message about unity. if worst case tomorrow night is that we get a boilerplate paragraph about unity and starting in the limousine over to the white house, he is tweeting about the idiot democrats, if that's worst case, what is best case for this president at this time in h

pennsylvania avenue. it's very possible, we have split-screen coverage next week of one donald trump in vietnam with the dictator of north korea and his long-time personal family company lawyer in washington, d.c., that has to be at very minimum a distraction for the traveling white house? >> yeah, absolutely. it's a big deal when a president goes overseas to meet with a foreign leader, particularly one like north korea. no president had met with any north korean dictator until donald trump came along. to have this split-screen story going on, is rather extraordinary. not novel in this particular administration. i was on the plane with him when he left for saudi arabia amid reports that he had just met with the russian minister after firing jim comey. he said that releases the pressure on me and another report that jared kushner might or might not be under scrutiny. another time when he was meeting with the queen, it was the moment when rod rosenstein came out and announced the indictment of russian agents who interfered in the election. so he's seen this before and it's a distraction b

ohio, should have said pennsylvania, that they're going to nominate someone even donald trump could beat. so that causes them to become more cautious about fixing the trump political problem. it's a converse thing, but it's a feedback loop that's happening right now. >> as long as we keep inviting you, will you keep coming back? >> absolutely. i love it here. >> mike murphy, always a pleasure. >>> coming up, a man who made his bones in the comedy business now fighting for those who don't normally have a voice in washington but certainly should. that story, his story when we come back. >>> i'm embarrassed that you, after serving so selflessly with such heroism have to come down here and convince people to do what's right. >> that was jon stewart's message on behalf of first responders. that was four years ago. today, now 18 years after the attacks on september 11th, he's making the same argument. john's been fighting alongside members of congress and first responders for almost a decade trying to make sure our government funds medical monitoring and treatment for tens of thousands of

power of the purpose strings has been at that end of pennsylvania avenue not with the white house. >> one of the consequences we face is the machinery of government that goes on every day and i will quote you to you. a piece you filed last night that just knocked me over when i read it. after nearly two years of delays the trump administration is moving ahead with it's plan to stop granting work permits to the spouses of many high-skilled visa workers. it could jeopardize tens of thousands of families in our community alone. rolling back permits could have sweeping consequences for the bay area where tech companies heavily rely on high skilled imgranti immigrants. it could imperil the family's ability to stay in the country or get jobs here to begin with. is what you're saying if you're a ph.d, engineer, working for microsoft, a two income family, your spouse works, this takes away the aublt for your spoubile to make a living? >> yeah, they're caught in a weird lope hole, they're legal immigrants approved for green cards but are yet to receive them because for countries, mainly in

anxious to pull the pin out of this grenade. get a pass and toss it down pennsylvania avenue. >> i think so, that's why you are seeing people on both sides, saying, yep, we are okay with the deal even though we haven't seen the text yet. we are seeing the bill rushed s through. of course it has to be thee on president's desk before friday at midnight because part of the government would lose funding after that. so we'll see the senate move tomorrow, then the house. and they are just kind of trying to move things along reallylo hoping that the president doesn't change his mind at the last minute, which he has done before. >> now, eliza, it's -- if you are a-- viewer of broadcasts lie bill mar, you know the left has fun revving to president coulter, there is that pressure on thisr, president, on the rig, there is ann coulter, sean hannity and others at fox news who he listens to and cares about. and then there is mark meadowshe of the house freedom caucus, let us in on their thinking and how this could still gnaw at and influence the president? >> this is a group that helped him in t

. there was a trump hotel that was conveniently five blocks down pennsylvania avenue, opened just before the inauguration, and they wanted to host events at this trump hotel. i reviewed an e-mail from a trump organization member who had quoted for the use of the ballroom in the trump hotel, $3.6 million. >> that seems cheap -- i'm kidding. >> for a ballroom. >> the rental of a ballroom in the hotel. >> and food and beverage, i want to add that. >> this is money that's going from the presidential inaugural committee directly to the trump organization. now, the cost ultimately was scaled down to $1.5 million, but this was the initial quote. this is something that walcoff raised with ivanka trump. these things are going to become public because they're going to be audited. we have to think, is this the most seemly thing we could do paying this amount of money. she responded, make sure that we're paying fair market rate. they still paid the family business $1.5 million for the use of a ballroom for i believe one event. >> also i see in your article, the name tom barrick, he has potentially a

end of pennsylvania avenue and not the white house. >> chasing the story of the day as we often miss the machinery of government that goes on every day and i'm going to quote you to you. a piece you filed last night that knocked me over when i read it. after nearly two years of delays, the trump administration is moving ahead with its plan to stop granting work permits to the spouses of many highly skilled visa holders, an effort that could jeopardize ten thousands in california alone. rolling back permits could have sweeping consequences for the bay area where tech companies heavily rely on high-skilled immigrants. many come with spouse children and loss of the spouzal work permits could imparl their opportunity stay or deter workers from accepting jobs there begin with. is what you're saying -- if you're a ph.d. an engineer, let's say from india. you're a two-income family, your spouse works. this is going to take away the ability and the right of your spouse to make a living? >> that's right in some circumstances. they're caught in a really interesting loophole in the law and

has been at that end of pennsylvania avenue not with the white house. >> one of the consequences we face around here chasing the story of the day is we face the machinery of government that goes on every day and i will quote you to you. a piece you filed last night that just knocked me over when i read it. after nearly two years of delays the trump administration is moving ahead with its plan to stop granting work permits to the spouses of many high-skilled visa holders, an effort that would jeopardize tens of thousands of immigrant families in california alone. tal writes for the "san francisco chronicle." rolling back permits could have sweeping consequences for the bay area where tech companies heavily rely on high-skilled immigrants. many of those workers come to the u.s. with spouses and children, and the loss of the spousal work permits could deter workers from accepting jobs here to begin with. is what you're saying if you're a ph.d, engineer, working for microsoft, a two income family, two kids, your spouse works, this is going to take away the ability and the right of your