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THIS WEEK ON BACKROOM POLITICS, PRESSURE CONTINUES TO GROW WITHIN THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AS IT BECOMES HARDER AND HARDER FOR THE WHITE HOUSE TO DISTANCE ITSELF FROM RUSSIAN CONNECTIONS...AND JUST AS THE PRESSURE ON THE RUSSIAN FRONT BEGINS TO GROW, .PRESIDENT TRUMP ACCUSES THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION OF TAPPING PHONE LINES AT TRUMP TOWER USING ILLEGAL MEANS...COULD THIS BE TRUE OR IS THIS A DIVERSION FROM THE RUSSIA PROBLEM?  THE GOP ROLLS OUT IT'S OBAMACARE SOLUTION...WELL KINDA....AND TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS ( read TRAVEL BAN) 2.0 UNCEREMONIOUSLY ROLLED OUT BY ..WELL, EVERYONE BUT THE PRESIDENT...ALL THIS WEEK ON BACKROOM POLITICS LIVE FROM WASHINGTON, DC!!

SPECIAL EDITION.... As President Trump addresses the Joint Session of Congress for the first time, we look at the highs (and lows)... the hits (and misses)...the winners (and losers).  We look at the tone, the message, and the aftermath of this key speech in the President's First 100 Days.  Also, we will discuss the disjointed relationship between this administration and the media.  How can these very open wounds heal and will the relationship ever be the same?  

TRUMP AND THE WHITE HOUSE TAKES IT'S MESSAGE TO THE ROAD BY GIVING A MAJOR "RALLY" IN MELBOURNE, FLORIDA... HE HAS DOUBLED DOWN ON IMMIGRATION, THE MEDIA, JOBS, AND HOW SUCCESSFUL HIS ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN IN THE FIRST 30 DAYS!   ARE TWEETING AND RALLIES THE NEW WHITE HOUSE COMMS STRATEGY?  HOW DISCONNECTED ARE THE PRESIDENT'S CABINET FROM THE MESSAGE TRUMP IS PUSHING? IS THERE CHAOS IN THE TOP RANKS AT 1600 PENNSYLVANIA AVE?  HOW BAD ARE THE RELATIONS WITH OUR CLOSEST ALLIES?  ISSUES WITH MEXICO, CANADA...AND NOW LEGISLTAITON FOR THE BRITISH PM TO RESCIND THE STATE INVITATION TO PRESIDENT TRUMP (AND IT IS BEING DEBATED).... AND HOW DANGEROUS IS SWEEDEN? 

SINCE WE LAST TALKED, WE HAVE A NEW PRESIDENT AND WE ARE NOW MORE THAN 30 DAYS INTO THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY...AND WE HAVE A LOT OF THOUGHTS ON THIS.  FROM CABINET PICKS TO FILLING THE SCOTUS VACANCY.... FROM SEAN SPICER TO GENERAL FLYNN... FROM MAKING FRIENDS OF OUR ENEMIES TO MAKING ENEMIES OF OUR FRIENDS....  THIS ADMINISTRATION IS ON A ROLL!!!  WE WILL COVER THE GOOD....THE BAD ...AND THE UGLY.  THIS ON A SPECIAL EDITION OF BACKROOM POLTICS....LIVE FROM THE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB!!

THIS WEEK ON BACKROOM POLITICS... TRUMP BEGINS HIS TRANSITION NAMING SOME KEY (AND CONTROVERSIAL) FIGURES IN KEY SPOTS OF THE ADMINISTRATION.....IS HE READY FOR THIS?  WILL HIS TEAM BE READY ON DAY 1?  THE DEMS CONTINUE TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT THE MAJOR LOSS THIS ELECTION CYCLE...AND THE ROUGH WEATHER DRAINS DOWN INTO CONGRESS.... CAN THE DEMS RECOVER FROM THIS?   WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO LEADERSHIP IN CONGRESS?  FINALLY, WAS THIS A MANDATE?  DID TRUMP GET A GREEN LIGHT FROM THE ELECTORATE TO SHAKE THINGS UP?  THIS AND "TELL ME A STORY" THIS WEEK ON BACKROOM POLITICS!

This week on BACKROOM POLITICS... we recap the 2016 ELECTION CYCLE.... who were the winners?  Who were the losers?  What are the next moves for both parties?  How does the result of the Election effect the country?  Can these wounds be healed?   The BACKROOM POLITICS team will break down all of the election results and separate the real from the noise. THE LATEST LIVE FROM WASHINGTON, DC... plus TELL ME A STORY!!!

Topics for 1 November Show The Latest Email Twist (4-4:30PM) -Could this cost Clinton the election? -Will Huma Abedin be forced out? -Alberto Gonzalez says this was a mistake. Did Dir Comey screw up? -Has Comey besmirched the FBI? -Hatch Act Violation - Intent? What did the FBI saw in the emails? Media Bias -Does Trump have a point? -Candy Crowley in the Obama-Romney debate. -Does Hollywood count as part of the The Media? The Electoral Map/Polls/Predictions Email Discipline -Wikileaks’ newest victim Donna Brazille -Podesta -Wasserman-Schultz -Anthony Weiner Tell Me A Story

THIS WEEK ON BACKROOM POLITICS...TWO WEEKS LEFT UNTIL ELECTION DAY... TRUMP CONTINUES TO TRY TO GAIN GROUND ON HILLARY'S LEAD... IS THERE A PATH TO 270 FOR THE DONALD?  CAN HE WIN WITHOUT RUNNING THE TABLE IN OHIO / FLORIDA?... IS HILLARY FEELING THE EFFECTS OF THE EMAIL DRIPS OR IS SHE TAKING A VICTORY LAP WAY TOO EARLY?... "DOWN BALLOT", HOW ARE THE CANDIDATES FOR POTUS SHIFTING THE MOMENTUM FOR PARTY CANDIDATES FURTHER DOWN THE SLATE... COULD THE DRAG OR THRUST CHANGE LOCAL AND STATE RACES?  BAD NEWS FOR DEMS AND SUPPORTERS OF "OBAMACARE"... PRICES ARE GOING UP...WAY UP.....HAS OBAMACARE LOST IT'S ALLURE?  WHAT HAS TO CHANGE WITH OBAMACARE TO REALLY MAKE IT AFFORDABLE AND EFFECTIVE? ... THE LATEST POLITICAL NEWS...AND "TELL ME A STORY"...THIS WEEK ON BACKROOM POLITICS!!!

THIS WEEK ON BACKROOM POLITICS...TRUMP DOUBLES DOWN ON HIS ACCUSATIONS ABOUT THE ELECTION BEING "RIGGED"... IS THIS A REAL CONCERN OR DANGEROUS RHETORIC? MELANIA TRUMP SPEAKS TO ANDERSON COOPER...SHE ACCEPTS DONALD'S APOLOGY...AND SO SHOULD AMERICA?  HILLARY'S EMAIL PROBLEM CONTINUES TO PLAGUE THE CAMPAIGN...COULD THIS PROBLEM BE THE ONE FACTOR THAT COULD GIVE TRUMP THE PRESIDENCY? HOW CONCERNED SHOULD HER CAMP BE?...WE WILL ALSO PREVIEW THE 3RD AND (THANKFULLY) LAST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE IN THE 2016 ELECTION CYCLE...WHAT COULD POSSIBLY HAPPEN? ALL OF THIS AND "TELL ME A STORY"...THIS WEEK ON BACKROOM POLITICS!

THIS WEEK ON BACKROOM POLITICS...WE DISCUSS THE SECOND PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE... WHO WON?  WHO LOST? DOES IT REALLY MATTER AT THIS POINT?  WE WILL ALSO TALK ABOUT THE TRUMP TAPE.... HOW DOES THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN SURVIVE WITH THE FALLOUT AND TURMOIL SURROUNDING THE ACCESS HOLLYWOOD HOT MIC TAPE?...WE WILL ALSO LOOK AT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AS A WHOLE....IT THE GOP IN TROUBLE?....ALSO, HILLARY'S EMAIL PROBLEM CONTINUES TO HAUNT THE DEMS...ARE THE LATEST ROUNDS OF RELEASES BY WIKI-LEAKS VERY DAMAGING?  ALL OF THIS AND "TELL ME A STORY".... THIS WEEK ON BACKROOM POLITICS

THIS WEEK ON BACKROOM POLITICS... IN WHAT COULD BE THE WORST POLITICAL WEEK SINCE, WELL, THE LAST POLITICAL WEEK FOR TRUMP...COULD IT GET WORSE?  HILLARY SEEMS TO BE RIDING A LITTLE WAVE OF POST-DEBATE HIGH...CAN SHE CONTINUE THE MOMENTUM INTO NOVEMBER OR WILL THERE BE ANOTHER POLITICAL CHALLENGE?... WE WILL ALSO PREVIEW THE VEEP DEBATE BETWEEN REPUBLICAN VP CANDIDATE GOV. MIKE PENCE (INDIANA) AND DEMOCRAT SEN. TIM KAINE (VIRGINIA)....CAN PENSE HELP THE GOP CAUSE? CAN KAINE SEAL THE DEAL FOR TEAM HILLARY?  ALL OF THIS AND "TELL ME A STORY"...THIS WEEK ON BACKROOM POLITICS!

THIS WEEK ON BACKROOM POLITICS..."THE HORROR IN HEPMSTEAD" ... TRUMP VS. CLINTON.... IT IS THE FIRST DEBATE...AND WHAT A DOOZY IT WAS!  THE BACKROOM POLITICS TEAM WILL GIVE ANALYSIS ON THE DEBATE...THE WINNERS....THE LOSERS....WHO GOT WHO....AND WHAT IS THE FALL OUT FROM LAST NIGHT'S EVENT AT HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY IN NEW YORK!!  THE POLITICS OF PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES....THIS WEEK ON BACKROOM POLITICS!

THIS WEEK ON BACKROOM POLITICS... THE LATEST ON THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE NEW YORK CITY & NEW JERSEY BOMBINGS...  WE WILL DISCUSS THE POLITICS OF TERROR,  AND OF COURSE, WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE LATEST FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL.  THE UNTIED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY OPENS THIS WEEK...IS THE U.N. STILL NECESSARY?  ALL OF THIS...AND "TELL ME A STORY"... ON BACKROOM POLITICS!

THIS WEEK ON BACKROOM POLITICS...AFTER WATCHING THE NBC COMMANDER-IN CHIEF RALLY...WHO IS BETTER TO SERVE AS C IN C.... OR IS THERE SOMEONE BETTER OR DID ANYONE REALLY MAKE A COMPELLING CASE?  HILLARY TAKES A SICK DAY....BUT CAN THE MEDIA LET HER REST OR ARE THEY PART OF THE INHERENT PROBLEM?....TRUMP HAS BASKETS FULL OF DEPLOREABLES (AT LEAST ACCORDING TO HILLARY).... IS THIS HER MITT ROMNEY MOMENT OR IS THIS NOT A BIG DEAL???  SPEAKING OF BIG DEALS...STILL WAITING ON THE HOUSE AND SENATE TO PASS A SPENDING OMNIBUS BILL FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR....CAN IT GET DONE WITHOUT FIREWORKS? 

THIS WEEK ON BACKROOM POLITICS....THE POLLS ARE SHOWING A RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE THAT IS A STATISTICAL DEAD HEAT...  IS THIS A REFERENDUM ON HILLARY OR TRUMP? OR IS IT BOTH? THE DRAMA THAT WAS THE G20 SUMMIT IN CHINA SHOWS SOME DEEP ROOTED TENSION BETWEEN THE US AND CHINA....CONGRESS RETURNS (BUT TO DO WHAT?)...AND WHAT IS HAPPENING AT FOX NEWS? WE WILL DISCUSS THE LATEST!  THIS WEEK ON BACKROOM POLITICS!

THIS WEEK ON BACKROOM POLITICS....THE POLLS ARE SHOWING A RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE THAT IS A STATISTICAL DEAD HEAT...  IS THIS A REFERENDUM ON HILLARY OR TRUMP? OR IS IT BOTH? THE DRAMA THAT WAS THE G20 SUMMIT IN CHINA SHOWS SOME DEEP ROOTED TENSION BETWEEN THE US AND CHINA....CONGRESS RETURNS (BUT TO DO WHAT?)...AND WHAT IS HAPPENING AT FOX NEWS? WE WILL DISCUSS THE LATEST!  THIS WEEK ON BACKROOM POLITICS!

Continuation of our Tuesday 8/30/2016 show...

THIS WEEK ON BACKROOM POLITICS....RACE TAKES A KEY ROLE IN THE ELECTION OF 2016... CAN TRUMP CONVERT A NEGATIVE INTO A POSITIVE WITH HIS APPEARANCE IN DETROIT?  WILL HIS IMMIGRATION SPEECH TURN THE TABLES WITH THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY?  IS HILLARY RELYING TOO MUCH ON THE MINORITY VOTERS?  KEY PRIMARIES TODAY IN RACES INVOLVING SEN. McCAIN, REP. WASSERMAN-SCHULTZ, AND SEN. RUBIO....ALL OF THIS AND THE LATEST FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL....THIS WEEK ON BACKROOM POLITICS

This Week on Backroom Politics -Hillary's Emails, The gift that keeps on giving! -Trump's Outreach to African Americans and Latinos, Clumsy, Ignorant, or Hateful? -The New Political Football-The Louisiana Floods -The Olympics, American Dominance -Tell Me A Story

THIS WEEK ON BACKROOM POLITICS...TRUMP TRIES TO RE-RIGHT THE CAMPAIGN SHIP...IS THIS TOO LITTLE TOO LATE OR CAN HE GAMBLE ON HILLARY'S CREDIBILITY PROBLEM?  SPEAKING OF HILLARY, IS SHE STAYING UNDER THE MEDIA RADAR A GOOD MOVE OR IS THE CLINTON FOUNDATION AN ACHILLES HEEL FOR HER WINNING IN NOVEMBER?  ALSO, AETNA DROPS OBAMACARE COVERAGE IN 70% OF THOSE COVERED IN THE US...CLAIMING A $200 MILLION LOSS LAST YEAR...IS THIS THE BEGINNING OF THE END FOR OBAMACARE? WITH RINCE PRIEBUS NOW RE-CONSIDERING A RE-ELECTION AS CHAIR OF THE GOP...CALLS FOR THE RNC TO DIVERT FUNDING TO DOWN BALLOT CANDIDATES...WHY HASN'T THE GOP IMPLODED?...ALL OF THIS AND TELL ME A STORY...THIS WEEK ON BACKROOM POLITICS!