| | | | | President Trump feeding koi fish with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson looks on. Credit: Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images | | | The 2016 Plot to Swap Out Clinton-Kaine for Biden-Booker: The latest bombshell from Donna Brazile's upcoming book
Trump Administration Report Acknowledges Climate Change: There is "no convincing alternative explanation" other than human activity, report says
Rand Paul Assaulted in His Kentucky Home: The Republican Senator suffered five rib fractures | | | | Kate Bennett is off. Her section will return next week. | | What Washington is Talking About:
The House Ways and Means Committee begins markup of the Republican tax reform proposal today.
What America is Talking About:
Twenty-six people were killed and about 20 injured in a shooting at a Baptist church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, on Sunday. It's the deadliest shooting in Texas history and the fifth-deadliest shooting in modern US history. It comes just 35 days after the deadliest shooting in modern US history, in Las Vegas.
Reminder:
The 2018 midterm elections are a year from today. Tomorrow's also Election Day for some voters, with races including for governor in Virginia and New Jersey and to replace former Rep. Jason Chaffetz's seat in Utah.
Poll of the Day:
Registered voters are more likely to say they'd vote for a generic Democratic candidate over a Republican one if the election were held today,, according to a Washington Post-ABC news poll. | | Credit: Washington Post
Trump Weighs in on Texas Shooting:
"This isn't a guns situation. This is a mental health problem at the highest level. It's a very, very sad event," President Trump said this morning at a joint press conference in Tokyo with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
In February, Trump signed a regulation undoing a rule signed by President Obama that required the Social Security Administration to share information about people with mental illness with the national gun background check system.
A Trump Administration Report Acknowledges Climate Change:
The Climate Science Special Report, released Friday, (you can read it here) concluded it is "extremely likely" that human activity is the "dominant cause" of global warming and other climate changes since the mid 20th century. "There is no convincing alternative explanation supported by the extent of the observational evidence," the report reads
White House spokesman Raj Shah said in a statement, "The climate has changed and is always changing. In the United States, energy related carbon dioxide emissions have been declining, are expected to remain flat through 2040, and will also continue to decline as a share of world emissions."
Rand Paul Was Assaulted in His Home:
A neighbor allegedly assaulted Paul in his home in Bowling Green, Kentucky, on Friday. An adviser to Paul told CNN the Republican Senator suffered five rib fractures. Paul tweeted that he and his wife Kelley appreciate "the overwhelming support after Friday's unfortunate event. Thank you for your thoughts and prayers."
Brazile Considered Swapping Clinton for Biden in 2016:
In her upcoming book "Hacks," out tomorrow, Donna Brazile writes that she considered initiating a process to replace Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine as the Dems' nominees after Clinton fainted in September, according to a copy of the book obtained by the Washington Post. Her dream replacement team: Joe Biden with Corey Booker as his running mate. But Brazile later changed her mind. "I thought of Hillary, and all the women in the country who were so proud of and excited about her," she wrote. "I could not do this to them."
The former interim DNC chair was on ABC's "This Week" Sunday and said she found "no evidence" the Democratic primary was rigged.
Our Daily Melania:
Kate's out this week and will be traveling with the first lady on her leg of the Asia trip. Before she left, Kate wrote this piece on Melania's "fashion diplomacy." This is what Melania's communications director Stephanie Grisham told her:
"Mrs. Trump always wants to be thoughtful and respect the traditions and protocols of the countries she visits. She knows she is representing the United States, and wants to be sure she is appropriate in all that she does. She is planning her wardrobe around each stop and visit, which I believe is pretty typical of anyone who is packing for a trip."
Melania and Akie Abe, wife of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, visited a store in Tokyo's Ginza district and a Tokyo school, where they attended a 4th-grade calligraphy class and wrote the Chinese characters for "peace" ☮️... | | Credit: AFP/Getty Images
... and posed for a photo with students, holding up a peace sign. ✌️ | | Credit: Ping Ma/AFP/Getty Images
Comey Gets the @Comey Handle:
No more Reinhold Niebuhr/@FormerBu. James Comey is now @Comey on Twitter. And he's verified. In his first tweet as @Comey, the former FBI director thanked Niebuhr, an American theologian who died in 1971, for giving him "cover" as his alter ego "these last few years." | | Credit: @Comey/Twitter
Daily Caller Drops Milo as Columnist After a Single Column:
Just one day after Milo Yiannopoulos published what he said was the first of what would be a weekly column for the Daily Caller, his column has been canceled and the Daily Caller opinion editor has been fired. Our Oliver Darcy has the deets on what went down at the DC. The cancellation came just two days after conservative mega-donor and Breitbart bankroller Robert Mercer announced he was distancing himself Yiannopoulos.
Britney Spears Has a Children's Cancer Facility Named After Her:
The Nevada Childhood Cancer Foundation Britney Spears Campus held its grand opening Saturday in Las Vegas, and its namesake was on hand to deliver remarks, be presented with a proclamation from Clark County Commissioner Steve Sisolak, and cut the ceremonial red ribbon with oversized golden scissors. The facility opened with a $1 million donation from Britney, which came from ticket sales to her "Piece of Me" show since 2014.
Here she is delivering remarks, looking like she's about to announce her candidacy for California's 33rd district, or perhaps, for mayor of Calabasas: | | Credit: Gabe Ginsberg/Getty Images
Congratulations to Our David Chalian:
CNN Political Director David Chalian married Justin Bernstine Saturday at the Parker Palm Springs in Palm Springs, California. You can read the couple's wedding announcement here. ❤️❤️❤️
There is Truly Nothing Americans Can't Do When We're Working Together:
A woman at the Houston Astro's victory parade Friday dropped her hat from one of the top floors of a parking garage, and fans worked together to throw it back up to her, floor by floor. You can watch the whole scene unfold here. | | | | | | |
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