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Dreaming about the schedule in the process they go to without realizing the people are desperate for a pay rise, for jobs. daniel. sorry for the rant. i want to get your take on one particular thing that mcconnell said. that frankly, really angered me. when he was talking about steve bannons efforts to recruit republicans to against the incumbent in the senate, mitch mcconnell said the most important thing is winning and the way you would make is choosing the right candidate. what he didnt say w...

Populace populists in? >> i know a lot of people are saying it was another crazy donald trump press conference but i think really he was trying to play peacemaker between mitch mcconnell and steve bannon, calling them both his great friend and saying very nicely he was going to try to talk steve bannon out of these challenges and the president are on the same page and they are fighting for the same thing. that it represents a real turn for donald trump, finally understand strategy. >> steve: las...

Balance. real frustration for republican voters. get this stuff done already. >> steve: thank you very much. good to see you. its bringing in our guest to talk about the dramatic news conference, aaron mcknight. white house correspondent for the independent journal review. and daniel halper, contributing editor for the washington free beacon. erin, i want to start with you. having heard from the president and mcconnell, what is their best guest about whether we are going to get the tax reform an...

Lowest unemployment in 16 years he is touting and he says if congress gives us the massive tax cuts and reform im asking for, those numbers will grow by leaps and bounds #make america great again. daniel halper is a contributing editor for "the weekly standard". set up this evening for us. this is a big, long-awaited speech. the details of the presidents tax plan really coming into play here after theyve been quite vague. what does today look like and whats at stake? >> the stakes are very, very...

The corruption trial of senator robert menendez. he is accused of accepting gifts from a wealthy donor in exchange for political favors. the senator said moments ago to reporters that he never dishonored his public office. menendez is facing 12 counts related to corruption. six of which are bribery charges. some of which could land him in prison for a long time. lets bring in daniel halper, contributing editor at the free beacon and weekly standard. lets go through the bribery accusations. menen...

Security council gathered to condemn the launch of the ballistic missile by north korea which flew over japan. yesterday north korea announced it had succeeded in miniatureizing a nuclear warhead attached to an icbm. hours later -- >> ed: some have strong words from the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley. you heard her a moment ago saying enough is enough. that the u.n. has spoken with one voice for a long time in standing up to north korea but north korea has been defying the u.n. for a co...

Dissuade these groups that he is their friend. >> president trump certainly has a chance to do that today. >> shannon: kristin fisher live at the white house. thank you. >> lets bring in daniel halper for more on this. good monday to you. busy weekend for sure. from your former colleague at the weekly standard, steve hayes righting on saturday we know by now what it looks like when donald trump wants to condemn someone, brit hume is a dope and no nothing, bill and hillary clinton were real preda...

The top of the white house when president trump isnt clear with his words. >> we heard from kristin fisher the neo-nazi groups seem to be emboldened by the lack of response from president trump personally. does that become a continuing problem for the white house or is this over after this bond hearing after attorney general sessions begins his investigation as a federal civil rights investigation? >> i think it continues until president trump uses his language to clearly denounce them. he have ...

Were staying here, not taking our august recess. >> bill: good morning, im bill hemmer. this could be the last day the senate meets until september and when congress returns after labor day theyll be facing urgent deadlines. senator james lankford suggesting a way to speed things along last hour when he said this. >> what im proposing is taking away the first thing where it takes a simple majority to open up debate. debate any issue, topic or bill. if the minority is not heard you keep the 60 vo...

President does. john kelly when it came to border protection can get things done. >> true. even there, still short as well. we dont have plans to build a wall. there was some funding in the house bill. it was not nearly enough. it was like 26 miles or something like that. theres thousands of miles of wall to be built. theres a lot -- were still short of that. of course, its only been 6 months. only been a certain amount of time. they should have a moment to get things together. even on that -- e...