gary cohn is one of my contacts at the white house. we re working on a banking bill to figure out ways to get it across the finish line. on that side of the equation, i m sad. he s not a point of contact for me. he s going to be replaced by somebody. we ll have to figure out who that is and develop a relationship with the next person that comes in. trish: so business as usual. yep. trish: okay. there s been a lot made of all of these departures in the white house. your sense of how things are going there. well, i mean, i think predictability and memory of things that have transpired over the last 15 months are important going forward. you know, gary cohn is a straight-up guy. i like him a lot. i m sorry to see him go. nonetheless trish: someone good will come in. that s correct. trish: let s take a look here
bipartisan work that s going on and right now over my shoulder in the united states senate as i think you know they re supposed to take up a very important banking bill that we look forward to negotiating. we re going to talk about that. the more that you guys do by working together down there, the men and women in d.c., the harder it is to just focus on all the reason you give us to criticize what s not going on down there. the tariffs first and then the banking bill. this is not conservative orthodoxy that you use tariffs not in the least. that you use a tariff as bait to a trade negotiation because of the fear of retaliation. do you believe the president will go through with this? and if he is seriously considering it, what is your message to him? well, i ve already sent a message to the president. i haven t had a chance to talk to him directly about this. but the president has got to be very, very careful here. and if he follows through with it, and it appears that he doe
i don t feel if you look at the donations, they re not, some of the bigger donations to a lot of these people, so a lot of people aren t as beholden to them as the narrative would make it seem, but they still maintain their level of relevance that they had beforehand. arthel: meanwhile, gun control s not on the docket this week. no, it s not. mitch mcconnell said we re going to do a banking bill this week and maybe next week or the week after. there s a big cry for action in the immediate aftermath, and then a few things happen, major news happens, and people put it on the back burner. arthel: well, let s hope that lawmakers are just going back to their quarters and sort of devising a plan that ll be beneficial to most and that the president can put his stamp of approval on. certainly. arthel: alan smith, business insider senior political reporter. always nice to have you. love being on, arthel. arthel: thank you. eric: now to something that will shock and even sicken you.
rollout of measures to curb gun violence will not be released today as planned. mitch mcconnell says the senate will take up a banking bill next week. dashing hopes of quick action on guns in the wake of the school shooting in parkland, florida. a lot to talk about. joining us is cnn analyst julian zelizer. author of the book the presidency of barack obama. congratulations. edited by you. looks fantastic. let s start with the big story of the morning. tariffs. this is a good time to bring this in. barack obama opposed tariffs on chinese steel. exports plunged in 2016. george w. bush imposed. are we hyperventilating? i think that is what president trump is banking on. he may have looked at the history and saw two presidents
stocks and background checks and buying age, he will sign it. the nra met with the president and vice president. do you think the president may tack back to his original positions which were more in line with the nra positions? i certainly hope not. you know he had a great deal of strength on this issue telling all of the other lawmakers you have to be strong and you cannot be afraid. you have to go with your gut and do what is right. you cannot say that and walk away from that. does appear to be where this is headed. many of the president s suggestions at the meeting were more in line with democratic positions. now with officials scrambling, the rollout of measures to curb gun violence will not be released today as planned. mitch mcconnell says the senate will take up a banking bill next week dashing hopes of quick action on guns in the wake of the school shooting in florida. chances are you are happy it is friday. now imagine if you are working at the white house. certainly y