>> OKAY. >> THANK YOU, LAWRENCE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, RACHEL.
APPRECIATE IT.
APPRECIATE IT. WELL, IN THIS HOUR, WE HAVE
IMPORTANT ANALYSIS AND NECESSARY
FACT CORRECTION AND CHECKING OF
THED PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS FROM T
OVAL OFFICE TONIGHT.
AND EVEN THOUGH IT WAS EMPTY IN
TERMS OF ANY NEW COMMENTS BY THE
PRESIDENT OR ANY NEWS MADE BY
THE BYPRESIDENT, IT WAS AN
EXTRAORDINARY EVENT IN AND OF
ITSELF AND IT MUST BE ANALYZED
IN TERMS OFT WHAT IT MEANS TO O
POLITICS AND OUR GOVERNING. G
WE WILL ALSO CONSIDER THE
SPEECHES MADE IN RESPONSE TO THE
PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS TONIGHT BY
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE NANCY
PELOSI AND DEMOCRATIC LEADER OF
THE SENATE CHUCK SCHUMER.
JOINED BY DEMOCRATIC
SENATOR CHRIS VAN HOLLEN AND
CONGRESSMAN ADAM.DAM SCHIFF.
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE
INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE.
INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE. WE WILL BE JOINED BY A FORMER
ACTING DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION
AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT THE
TOBY
TOBY HELP US FACT CHECK THE
PRESIDENT’S SPEECH.
PRESIDENT’S SPEECH. AND WE WILL BE JOINED BY A PANEL
OFBY ANALYSTS WHO HAVE SEEN AND
ANALYZED MANY PRESIDENTIAL
ADDRESSES FROM THE OVAL OFFICE
BUT NONE QUITE LIKE THIS.
IN THE PRESIDENT’S 9 1/2 MINUTE
SPEECH 9TONIGHT, HE MANAGED TO
SAY NOTED ONE NEW THING THAT HE
HASN’T SAID BEFORE.
IT WAS AS IF AFTER WATCHING
SENATOR ELIZABETH WARREN MAKE
HER FIRST PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN
SPEECHES IN IOWA THIS WEEKEND,
THE PRESIDENT DECIDED TO MAKE
HIS FIRST PRESIDENTIAL
RE-ELECTIONID CAMPAIGN SPEECH FR
THEPE OVAL OFFICE TONIGHT
BEFORE -- AND BEFORE MAKING THAT
SPEECH RETODAY, THE PRESIDENT’S
CAMPAIGN SENT OUT A FRAUDULENT
E-MAIL TO TRUMP SUPPORTERS
SAYING, "FRIEND, I WILL BE
ADDRESSINGIL THE NATION TONIGHT
9:00 P.M. EASTERN STANDARD TIME
ONN THE HUMANITARIAN AND NATION
SECURITY CRISIS ON OUR SOUTHERN
BORDER.
BORDER. WE NEED TO RAISE $500,000 IN ONE
DAY.
DAY. I WANT TO KNOW EVERYONE WHO
STOOD WITH MEOW WHEN IT MATTERED
MOST SO I’VE ASKED MY TEAM TO
SEND ME A LIST OF EVERY AMERICAN
PATRIOTEV WHO DONATES TO THE
OFFICIAL SECURE THE BORDER FUND.
PLEASEBO MAKE A SPECIAL
CONTRIBUTION OF $5 BY 9:00 P.M.
EASTERN00 TIME TO OUR OFFICIAL
SECURE THE BORDER FUND TO HAVE
YOUR NAME SENT TO ME AFTER MY
SPEECH."
SPEECH." THAT WAS ALL A LIE.
IN THE FINER PRINT OF THE
E-MAIL, IT SAYS THE
CONTRIBUTIONS ARE TO THE TRUMP
MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN
COMMITTEE.
COMMITTEE. THAT IS THE PRESIDENT’S
RE-ELECTION COMMITTEE.
RE-ELECTION COMMITTEE. THE PRESIDENT LIED TO HIS
SUPPORT
SUPPORT SUPPORTERS IN THAT E-MAIL TODAY
TELLING THEM THEIR CONTRIBUTION
WOULDON BE TO AN OFFICIAL SECURE
THE BORDER FUND.
IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE SPEECH,
THE PRESIDENT THEN SENT OUT
ANOTHER FUND-RAISING E-MAIL
SAYING, "FRIEND, PRESIDENT TRUMP
JUST FINISHED HIS SPEECH
ADDRESSING OURD NATIONAL SECURI
CRISIS ON THE SOUTHERN BORDER
AND EXPLAINING WHY HE WILL NOT
CAVE TO THE DEMOCRATS.
WE SENT HIM A LIST OF ALL
PATRIOTS WHO DONATED TO OUR
OFFICIAL SECURE THE BORDER FUND
AND HE NOTICED YOUR NAME WASN’T
ON THE LIST."
SINCE YOU’VE BEEN SUCH A STRONG
SUPPORTER AND ONE OF OUR
GREATEST ADVOCATES FOR THEAN WAL
WE HAVE DECIDED TO EXTEND YOUR
DEADLINE TO GET ON THE LIST."
AND THAT, THAT IS WHAT THE
PRESIDENT’S REQUEST FOR NETWORK
BROADCAST TIME TONIGHT WAS ALL
ABOUT.
ABOUT. HEAS USED IT TO RAISE MONEY FOR
HIS RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN,
PRETENDING TO HIS SUPPORTERS
THAT THE MONEY THEY WOULD
CONTRIBUTE WOULDEY BE USED TO
SECURE THE BORDER AND HE DID NOT
SAY ONE NEW THING IN THAT SPEECH
THATIN HE READ FROM THAT
TELEPROMPTER IN THE OVAL OFFICE
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT. HERE’S THE ESSENCE OF THE
PRESIDENT’S SPEECH.
PRESIDENT’S SPEECH. >> MY FELLOW AMERICANS, TONIGHT,
I AM SPEAKING TO YOU BECAUSE
THERE IS A GROWING HUMANITARIAN
AND SECURITY CRISIS AT OUR
SOUTHERNSE BORDER.
SOUTHERNSE BORDER. AS PART OF AN OVERALL APPROACH
TO BORDER SECURITY, LAW
ENFORCEMENT PROFESSIONALS HAVE
REQUESTED LA$5.7 BILLION FOR A
PHYSICAL BARRIER AT THE REQUEST
OF DEMOCRATS, IT WILL BE A STEEL
BARRIER RATHER THAN A CONCRETE I
WALL.
WALL. THISER BARRIER IS ABSOLUTELY
CRITICAL TO BORDER SECURITY.
IT’S ALSO WHAT OUR PROFESSIONALS
AT THE BORDER WANT AND NEED.
THIS SITUATION COULD BE SOLVED
IN A 45-MINUTE MEETING.
I HAVE INVITED CONGRESSIONAL
LEADERSHIP TO THE WHITE HOUSE
TOMORROW TO GET THIS DONE.
>> LEADING OFF OUR DISCUSSION
NOW, STEVEFF SCHMIDT, A FORMER
REPUBLICAN STRATEGIST, AND MSNB
POLITICAL ANALYST.
POLITICAL ANALYST. STEVE, MANYAN REASONS WHY I WANT
YOU TO LEADEV OFF TONIGHT.
BUT AS A FORMER PRESIDENTIAL
CAMPAIGN STRATEGIST, I DON’T
KNOW IF YOU HAVE THEMP FEELING I
DID WHEN I SAW THE PRESIDENT
COMPLETE HIS SPEECH TONIGHT.
BUT I BELIEVED I WAS WATCHING
THE FIRST TRUMP NATIONALLY
TELEVISED RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN
SPEECH.
SPEECH. >> I THINK YOU’RE CERTAINLY
RIGHT ABOUT THAT, LAWRENCE.
I WAS STRUCK, THOUGH, BY THE
VENUE, THE OVAL AUTOPSY.OFFICE.
I THOUGHT ABOUT FDR AND
CHURCHILL IN THE EARLY HOURS OF
THE SECOND WORLD WARLY IN THE
SPACEND INCHES FROM WHERE TRUMP
ADDRESSED THE NATION.
PLOTTING TOE SAVE DEMOCRACY.
AND WESTERN CIVILIZATION.
AND YOU CONSIDER THAT SPEECH,
WHAT A POWERFUL ARGUMENT IT
MAKES AGAINST THE THEORY OF
EVOLUTION.
EVOLUTION. AS WE LOOK AT THE CONTINUING
DEBASEMENT OF THE OFFICE OF THE
PRESIDENCY OF THE UNITED STATES.
WE SAW FROM TRUMP TODAY THE
TYPICAL LYING, THE RACIAL
DEMAGOGUE
DEMAGOGUE DEMAGOGUERY.
DEMAGOGUERY. THE NONSENSE.
THE NONSENSE. THE SPINNING OF CRISES OUT OF
WHOLE
WHOLE WHOLECLOTH.
WHOLECLOTH. WHAT WAS MOST APPARENT WAS THE
DEGREE IN WHICH HE APPEARS TO BE
AN UTTERLY DEFEATED AND BROKEN
MAN.
MAN. SOMEBODY WHO FEELS THE WALLS
CLOSING IN ON HIM.
IT WAS THE LOW-ENERGY SPEECH.
I SUSPECT AM. POLITICAL
CONSEQUENCE OF ITLI WILL BE THAT
REPUBLICANS ARE GOING TO CRACK.
THEY’RE GOING TO TAKE A WALK IN
THE SERIOUS WAY FOR THE FIRST
TIME DURINGE THE TRUMP
PRESIDENCY.
PRESIDENCY. THEY’RE GOING TO STARTE TO LOSE
THEIR FEAR OF HIM.
WHAT THEY SAW IN 2018 WAS 40
REPUBLICANS LOSE THEIR SEATS.
THEYIR SAW THE HOUSE FLIP TO
DEMOCRATIC CONTROL IN THE MAP IN
2020 IS AN MAP THAT’S VERY
FAVORABLE TO THE DEMOCRATS
UNLIKEHE THIS MAP IN 2018.
SO THIS ISP A DISASTER.
OF COURSE, TRUMP CLAIMED FULL
CREDIT FOR IT,IM CELEBRATED IT,
SAID HE WOULD BE PROUD OF THE
SHUTDOWN.
SHUTDOWN. AND SO WE SEE NOW REPUBLICANS
LIVING WITH THE CONSEQUENCES OF
HAVING AN INEPT LYING,
INCOMPETENT, RACIALLY
INCOMPETENT, RACIALLY DEMAGOGUING PRESIDENT TALKING
ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND LAST THING,
LAWRENCE, THERE IS A
HUMANITARIAN CRISIS AT THE
BORDER.
BORDER. WE HAVE CHILDREN IN INTERNMENT
CAMPS ANDE WE HAVE TWO MINOR
CHILDREN, THE LAST ONE A
7-YEAR-OLD LITTLE GIRL WHO DIED
IN W THE CUSTODY OF FEDERAL
AUTHORITIES OF THE GOVERNMENT OF
THE UNITED STATES.ER
IT STAINS OUR NATIONAL HONOR AND
DISGRACES THIS ADMINISTRATION.
>>TH STEVE, YOUR REACTION TO THE
PRESIDENT, USING TONIGHT’S
NETWORK PREEMPTION OF
ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMMING TO
BASICALLY LAUNCH A SPEECH THAT
WAS BOOKHENDENDED BY FUND-RAISIN
APPEALS.
APPEALS. FUND-RAISING DURING THE DAY
SAYING WE DESPERATELY NEED YOUR
CONTRIBUTION BY 9:00 P.M.
THAT’SE THE DEADLINE.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, AFTER THE
SPEECH, TELLING THE VERY SAME
PEOPLE OUT THERETE WHO HAD NOT Y
CONTRIBUTED, THAT WE’RE GOING TO
EXTENDTE THE DEADLINE FOR YOU.
THAT STRUCK ME AS A CLASSIC
TRUMP SALESMANSHIP.
TRUMP SALESMANSHIP. >> OF COURSE.
YOU DESCRIBE THEM AS SUPPORTERS
EARLIER, LAWRENCE, AND I DON’T
MEAN TO QUIBBLE, BUT THEY’RE
LESS SUPPORTERS THAN THERE ARE
MARKS AND THE ONLY THINGS
MISSING FROM THEAN E-MAIL WAS,
HEY, I’LL THROW IN A CASE OF
TRUMP WINE AND A COUPLE TRUMP
STEAKS AND AUM MASTER’S DEGREE
FROM TRUMP UNIVERSITY.
THIS ISASDE A CON MAN AT WORK.
AND WHAT WE’RE SEEING HERE IS
THAT THEEE WIZARD HAS BEEN
EXPOSED.
EXPOSED. AT RALLY AFTER RALLY, WHAT DID
HELY SAY?
HELY SAY? MANY BILLIONS OF TIMES THE
MEXICANS WOULD PAY FOR THE WALL.
WHERE ARE THE PESOS?
HE’S TALKING ABOUT $5 BILLION
WHEN HE TOLD THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
OVER AND OVER AGAIN THAT THERE
WOULD BE A WALL, A WALL PAID FOR
BY MEXICO.
BY MEXICO. THERE IS NO WALL.
THERE WILL NEVER BE A WALL.
NO WALL WILL EVER BE FUNDED.
AND HE HAS DENIED THIS CENTRAL
VICTORY AGAINST ALL THE RACIAL
DEMAGOGUERY WE SAWAL FROM THE
MOMENT HE F DESCENDED THE
ESCALATOR AT TRUMP TOWER.
IT’S ALL BECOMING UNDONE.
AND THAT DESPERATION, I THINK,
WAS ONTI FULL DISPLAY TODAY.
AND OF ALL THE THINGS YOU COULD
SAY ABOUTU TRUMP UNTIL TONIGHT,
THE ONE THING YOU REALLY
COULDN’T SAY IS THAT HE’S
BORING.
BORING. HE WAS JUST BORING TONIGHT.
THE SHTICK IS GETTING OLD.
IT WAS TO SOME DEGREE LIKE THE
EPISODE WHEN FONZIE JUMPED THE
SHARK TONIGHT.
SHARK TONIGHT. COINING THAT FAMOUS PHRASEOLOGY.
I THINK TONIGHT WASG A SPEECH
WHERE TRUMP JUMPED THE SHARK.
>> STEVE, I NEED TO HEAR MORE
FROM YOU AS A REPUBLICAN EXPERT
ABOUT THE POSSIBLE MOVEMENTS IN
THETH SENATE ON THIS.
WE’VE SEEN SENATOR LISA
MURKOWSKI NOW DEFECT FROM THE
TRUMP SIDE OFW THIS.UM
SHE HAS NOW JOINED SO THERE ARE
OFFICIALLY THREE REPUBLICAN
SENATORS WHO R HAVE PUBLICLY SAI
THEY WANT TO GO FORWARD THE WAY
CHUCK SCHUMER AND NANCY PELOSI
WANT TO GO FORWARD.ME
HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE FOR MORE
TO JOIN THEM?
>> I DON’T THINK VERY LONG.
THERE’S NO UPSIDE TO THIS.
I THINK THAT A LOT OF THE
SENATORS, A LOT OF THE SURVIVEIN
REPUBLICAN MEMBERS OF CONGRESS,
WATCHED A LOT OF THEIR
COLLEAGUES GO OVER THE CLIFF
LIKE LEMMINGS, TO PAINFUL ANDING
A AGONIZING POLITICAL DEATHS.
A LOT OF INCUMBENTS LOOKING
AHEAD TO 2020 LOOKING AT THE
NEWS THAT BROKE TODAY, FOR
EXAMPLE, WITH COLLUSION BETWEEN
THE RUSSIANS ANDTO THE CAMPAIGN
WHICH BECOMES MORE AND MORE
APPARENT EVERY DAY.
I THINK THAT FROM A -- IF YOU
WERERO LOOKING AT THIS FROM AN
INVESTMENT PERSPECTIVE, I THINK
INCREASINGLY, REPUBLICAN
INCREASINGLY, REPUBLICAN SENATORS ARE GOING TO SAY, LET’S
SHORT THE TRUMP STOCK.
HOW DO WE CUT THE ROPES?
HOW DO WEE GET OUT OF THIS?
AND SO IE DON’T THINK IT’S GOIN
TO BE’T TOO MANY MORE DAYS.
NOT TOO MANY MORE DAYS AFTER THE
FIRST MISSED PAYCHECK BEFORE YOU
START TO SEE THE REAL CLEAVING
OF REPUBLICAN SUPPORT AWAY FROM
TRUMP.
TRUMP. THIS WON’T LAST, I SUSPECT, TOO
MUCH LONGER BECAUSE REPUBLICANS
SO LONG AS THE DEMOCRATIC
LEADERSHIP HOLDS THE LINE, THEY
WILL DEFECT ANDER THEY WILL JOIN
THEL DEMOCRATS.
THEL DEMOCRATS. THEY WILL RE-OPEN THE GOVERNMENT
AND AT THAT POINT, WHAT WILL
BECOME CLEAR IS THAT EVEN THE
REPUBLICAN MINORITY IN THE
HOUSE, THE REPUBLICAN MAJORITY
IN THE SENATE, WILL HAVE JOINED
EVERY WORLD LEADER, MOST OF THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE, AS A GROUP WHO
DO NOT TAKE THIS MAN SERIOUSLY
AT SALL.
AT SALL. THEY LOOK AT HIM AS A JOKE, A
CLOWN, AND A FARCE.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT EVERYBODY FROM
THE PRIME MINISTER OF TURKEY, TO
THE CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER, THE
BRITISH PRIME MINISTER, THE LIST
OF PEOPLE WHO BOTH FEAR TRUMP
AND TAKEE HIM SERIOUSLY IS