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Chuck schumer. the republicans are going to end up bailing out obamacare. theres no other way. >> bret: thats fascinating. a lot of talk about what it does for the republican party, the brand heading into 2018. i want to put up this picture. monday in the oval office. evangelical ministers praying for and with the president, it got a lot of attention on social media. you look at for example, they are pretty lockstep with the administration basically because of the supreme court. it will be inter...

Experience is limited to new york real estate. its a different game and its a different deal. >> bret: listening to senator warner, they dont have a lot of answers. at least not once are going to talk about. >> its frustrating for everyone because the nature of the investigation means that theres not much they can say publicly. the leaks come out only get pieces of the puzzle without knowing what the big picture is. i do think charles put his finger on the central point. what was the reaction to...

Significant accomplishments per theyve already have the victory party for the house bill but now it looks premature. its got to be incredibly frustrating that with all these institutional advantages they have, they might be hitting a dead end on this. and they will go home for summer recess. >> bret: this alternative put forth by lindsey graham and senator cassidy, take a listen to senator graham. >> $500 billion of taxes in place that will not be repealed. we are going to take that $500 billion...

Lawyer, not a government lawyer, but a russian lawyer. they say she was in the halls of congress also. somebody said her visa or her passport to come into the country was approved by attorney general lynch. i think the press made a big deal over something that really a lot of people -- ive had a lot of people come up. we have information on this factor or this person or frankly, hillary. thats very standard in politics. politics is not the nicest business in the world. >> bret: president trump i...

We keep hearing that europeans dont like him, that is really unpopular. a lot of our friends in the media were saying similar thing about president reagan in the 1980s. i am not saying donald trump is president reagan but im saying that american presidents have often, when they stand for american interests first, theyve often gotten rocky receptions in europe. that having been said, i think donald trump is actually had some great interactions with foreign leaders. its swept under the rug by a me...

Another state department official tells fox news the u.s. will work with foreign governments to design a plan to comply. the memo asks diplomats to "underscore that while its not our goal to impose a ban on immigration benefits, including visas, for citizens of any country, these standards are designed to mitigate risk." it also asks countries to avoid placing their citizens on any type of watch list because of their political or religious beliefs. >> bret: rich edson at the state department. th...

Facing scandal in trouble. bill clinton was constantly surrounded by ministers during the lewinsky scandal talking about sin and redemption. its a little bit of a part of life in washington but certainly thats helping to support him right now. >> bret: thank you. we will see how it folds out. when we come back, senator who always

Across the conference. >> do you think the new version is better? >> no, i think its worse. i think we are keeping obamacare as much of anything, and thats not the promise. >> bret: the new version into the senate health care repeal and replace bill is out. it will be scored by the congressional budget office, expected to get that on monday. senators rand paul, you heard its worse, according to him. and susan collins. they are nos for very different reasons. the republicans can only afford to lo...

Being in the room. to the degree that paul manafort read through the email and saw the language. he says he didnt. it also speaks to the fact that the trump campaign was not a highly professionalized one, and you are seeing it manifesting even now that theyve come into government, slow to staff the government. a lot of confusion and no into problems. >> bret: charles, newt gingrich defending the president, says the media and democrats are essentially rushing past a bank robbery to get trump admi...

White house, either at verdant or inadvertent. nobody knew about this meeting. im assuming the president did not know about the meeting. dave said for six months they had no meetings, no interaction interactions. here, in black-and-white, and admission of, we want to help your campaign. the state prosecutor has stuff in the kremlin and the response is "i love it." that contradicts the whole line of defense. >> bret: whether they got it or didnt. >> whether its a crime or not is a totally differe...