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Entitlement stuff, mitch mcconnell said yeah. >> i think one thing to really look at here is whatever happens with the mueller pro. if the mueller broke peters out or doesnt deliver impeachable goods, so to speak, then i think at that point there will be a lot of democrats who will reassess whether they can work with trump. if he does infrastructure, that the democrat agenda. a lot of republicans are going to be uneasy about that and its going to give the president more leverage. he needs to fig...

President trump handles it. >> bill: well be watching. thank you, kristin. setting the table on the north lawn. >> shannon: lets bring in digital politics editor chris stirewalt and charlie hurt. welcome to you, gentlemen. >> bill: you did a great job with this, by the way. shannon tried to take credit. im giving it to the -- what do you expect tonight, charlie? >> one of those things where donald trump usually shines pretty well. the stakes are pretty high. he will be talking as he often does o...

There are issues. lets bring in cnn political commentator, republican consultant and sirius xm host margaret hoover and cnn commentator and editor of the "daily beast," john avlon. there are two different kinds of gop hawks, the defense hawks who want more military spending and the budget hawks who want to tighten the belt. who wins? >> its interesting, because you even have hybrids, you have people like paul ryan who is sort of both. right he understands the value, our gop for military spending...

Mainly, yet they keep saying we got to cut back on government. weve got to cut back on this entitlement stuff. and yet they dont pay a price for it politically. im determined that they pay a price for their words, like every politician should. your thoughts. it seems like republicans better be focusing on what democrats promise to do on issues like choice or theyre going to get their asses handed to them this november. your thoughts. >> boy, there is a lot to say there, chris. >> i have a lot to...

They actually control the house of represents. all the revenue bills, all the entitlement stuff, all goes through them. they can set anything they want. why dont they pass to the government they think they believe in and send it to the president and the senate for approval? but they dont do that. >> no. its mysterious. their response to obama care is indicative of the whole thing. i mean, keep in mind they want to repeal obama care, but they dont present any alternative. thats because the altern...

Its not some type of entitlement. its a right to vote. and we have a right to vote and we have a right to have our votes counted. and clearly, when he talks that entitlement stuff, that is far, far off to the right. and clearly, what he is trying to do is trying to figure out a way to do away with section 5 of the voting rights act. but i can tell you, ed, i dont think thats going to happen. but when you listen to the questions and the discussions that happened today in the supreme court, i can ...

And we have a right to vote and we have a right to have our votes counted. and clearly, when he talks that entitlement stuff, that is far, far off to the right. and clearly, what he is trying to do is trying to figure out a way to do away with section 5 of the voting rights act. but i can tell you, ed, i dont think thats going to happen. but when you listen to the questions and the discussions that happened today in the supreme court, i can tell you as a lawyer, it does concern me where the cour...

Where the president has the upper hand, given the results of the election, and on the entitlement stuff, let republicans go first. you guys want entitlement cuts? bring it on. tell us what you want. >> kelly, whose degree of difficulty is higher? the president in dealing with the left of his party or speaker boehner in dealing with the tea party republicans in the house? >> reporter: i think at first blush, i think youd have to say boehner because speaker boehner doesnt get the moment like the c...

Of this stuff, entitlements, be it social security, medicare, medicaid, look at it all and see how we could extend the life. i would like to see if social security is made solvent for 75 years, out into the future. i would like to see about 45, at least 40 years on medicare, and there are ways to do this. remember, last year, we extended the life of medicare by 14 years with what we did. we didnt get credit for it. >> you may make some changes to social security? >> well, i dont know whether we ...

Defense and i think that could be where we end up only because i think from the left and right that could be more palatable to the left as it leaves entitlement stuff with the big question mark and take as big chunk from defense. >>neil: but it is changing the measurements we use and we called all 12 of the super committee members, six democrats and six republicans, the reason why they did not respond they heard you were going to be on and it could be that we are not getting at this tit for tat....