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Tougher position, to not agree to a bipartisan deal that frankly could probably pass easily in both the house and senate if leadership were to put it on the floor. then you have this other faction of the white house which is watching everything they tried to do at the end of last year on tax reform. the one legislative vic their the president had get completely overshadowed by this controversy and its worth emphasizing the white house didnt push back on this. the white house tried to defend the ...

Michael cohen denying the sexual encounter took place, telling nbc news, president trump once again vehemently denies any such occurrence as has ms. daniels. in a statement provided to nbc news, which cohen says is signed by daniels, she calls the journal article absolutely false, adding, rumors that i received hush money from donald trump are completely false. nbc news has not independently verified the statement. and neither the white house nor cohen deny or acknowledge the six-figure payment....

White house statement on thursday after this report came out in "the washington post." a white house spokesman did not deny the report, further didnt push back against the report. that spokesman said the president feels like he is putting americans first by controlling whos allowed into the country. he said that the criteria is based on who best can fit in, prosper here, and assimilate. now, 12 hours later, we saw that narrative change. early in the morning, we saw the president come out and say...

The justice department to look at the merits of the case. if the merits of the case warranted special prosecutor, then he wont stand in the way of that. he is saying the president didnt push him into it. the calls upon him have been coming not just from the president but from capitol hill. sessions as being very careful. talked about literally doing it by the book because his answer is, its in the manual of the department of justice. hes trying to be steady and be the attorney general he promise...

>> pretty tough on the establishment. quite franky will, someone needs to be tough on them. >> why? >> in some cases theyre behaving more like democrats than republicans. >> i dont think a lot of them meant what they said. i think when push came to shove a lot of them didnt push. >> is it donald trump? is it mitch mcconnelling? is it paul ryan? is it every member of congress? who hasnt sold their beliefs? >> donald trump. absolutely. i mean, hes the head of the party, needs to be out there leadi...

>> i mean, the low propensity voter that is a big part of this conversation and a big part of, of course, any 2018, any midterm conversation. let me ask you the same question i just asked eric, where are you seeing evidence that mitch mcconnell, who is the establishment here, is working against donald trump? >> well, i think the argument would be in terms of priorities and in terms of willingness to compromise. the reason that health care didnt go through because mitch mcconnell didnt push effec...

Will more lawmakers and senators speak out against this president? and what does it mean for the presidents agenda? they are rolling out a new immigration plan and trying to get tax reform done. we are expecting the president to announce a new policy toward iran. he needs bob corker for all of that. so this face-off could have very practical implications for a president whose legislative agenda is already stalled. hallie? >> kristen welker live at the white house. well see you on the north lawn ...

Factual. lets also be clear. there have been many much harder on this white house and pushing the fact they cannot stand donald trump by attacking him every chance they get. thats a double standard. theres a lot of people who didnt push near as hard as they are pushing every day on donald trump as they did on the president. i just remember one issue you had come out and say in benghazi a youtube video that caused an attack. there wasnt near this kind of pushback. that was an international incide...

Their disappointment that the original bill wasnt more free market and didnt push more aggressively toward the kind of real reforms we needed -- we need in our health care system. if the republicans dont work together and get health care back on the agenda, it will be a broken promise from republicans of historic proportions. >> shannon: sean spicer and others have said its not gone away. saying the health care fight is not over. but they are barreling forward with other things like tax reform t...

Their disappointment that the original bill wasnt more free market and didnt push more aggressively toward the kind of real reforms we needed -- we need in our health care system. if the republicans dont work together and get health care back on the agenda, it will be a broken promise from republicans of historic proportions. >> shannon: sean spicer and others have said its not gone away. saying the health care fight is not over. but they are barreling forward with other things like tax reform t...