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Bipartisan compromise. we hear a lot of talk about that. but i want to test you on what really you would be willing to give up to help work with republicans. as you know, youre on the committee that is trying to tackle all of this. youre chairman, he has some ideas. let me see which ones youre cup table. funding he would like for the cost sharing subsidies this is the one et present doesnt like. this is where it sounds like president alexander is crossing the divide to agree with democrats. >> a...

Hes decided to be the pug nations champion the president feels hes lacked. >> and also in this white house if people get -- people other than the president get too much attention, is that something the president doesnt like. >> thats true but i think what we witnessed in the last 48 hours is you had two people at war with each other, theyve been at war for months but now they were both working in the white house. one of them went out and completely mowed down the other in public. and a day later...

Shouse person out there. and on the things he cares about like leaks. but right now, it seems to me that he more than anybody has doped out what disturbs the president and hes decided to be the champion that the president feels hes liked. >> although ryan, also in this white house is people get -- people other than the president get too much attention, that is something the president doesnt like. >> thats true. but i think what we witnessed in the last 48 hours is, you had two people at war with...

Tweeting doesnt help his agenda and stuff. the night before whatever he tweets out is like a reality show. it sets the next topic or task that well talk about. >> neil: you think the president likes what scaramucci said? >> oh, yeah. >> probably why he was brought in. >> this is going to make it tough, i think, coupled with what weve seen going on with sessions for him to get top level talent. its just drama, drama. this is already a white house under siege. the white house the media doesnt like...

I know he said it was a reference that they were all working together. it seems to me, if you say -- thats a challenge. if reince wants to come on and say hes not the leaker, he can do that. it seems to me hes throwing down a challenge to reince priebus. >> of course he is. >> and not one of working together which is the excuse he gave this morning. >> theres so many different layers to this, a.b. stoddard -- we thank anthony scaramucci for coming on. access is critical to covering the white hou...

Of the campaign. and anyone who has a personal or political relationship with a target of the investigation must recuse themselves. so, if he was to aupon say june yan knee or anyone who else that was in the campaign, they too by regulation have to recuse themselves. and third, with respect to mueller, the code federal regulations that governors his behavior is that he can be fired only if there is cause. theres no cause demonstrated in public domain yet. the presidents desire to have there be a...

Now. i have some friends who work there and im sure its not pleasant. >> rob, "the washington post" as weve been reporting. theres the pobt of replacing sessions. do you think this is being ending the russian investigation? >> i think theres a component to it where the president is considering where his options are. i think he strongly believes that this investigation, special counsels investigation drifts from its mandate and starts to get into, for example, an investigation of trump real estat...

President expressed his displeasure and threw him under the bus i guess the first time, if you will. they have not spoken. anthony scaramucci told us this afternoon they need to have a face to face conversation and essentially work this out and have a discussion going forward. but the president would of course have to call that meeting and hes not yet done so, don. >> laura i want to read more from the reporting. the trump assessment is being reported by -- and end his investigation into whether...

Intended included anything about the campaign. there was no follow up to the meeting that i am aware of. so were suppose to believe that kushner did not read the e-mail subject line which read, russia, clinton, private and confidential and didnt ask don junior what the meeting was about? does this add up to you? >> well, could be. but the point was what unfolded during the meeting seems to be cross corroborated with what donald juniors recollection was which is they thought the meeting was one t...

Deputy attorney general under the circumstances. the presidents view would be listen, the special counsel was appointed because mia g refused himself. if i have an attorney general that doesnt have to recuse who do we need a special counsel for anyway? >> michael is that likely to happen? because were well down the road with the special counsel already. >> i take a different view. first is with respect to scope, the mandate is clear. its on paper that hes investigating collusion and anything tha...