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And all indications are thus far hes doing the right things. eric: at the news conference earlier, let me play that sound bite in which a reporter talked about katrina to governor abbott. here it is. >> is this going to be katrina part two, instead of new orleans, houston? >> well, as far as the evacuation, now is not the time to second guess the decisions that were made. whats important is that everybody work together to insure that we are going to, first, save lives and then, second, help peop...

Joins us and evan seeing freed, a gop strategist. evan, its very early. critics saying thisll be a test of the trump administration and fema and not to have another katrina ii, which was a question asked of greg abbott during the news conference. is that fair? considering the fact that in these type of cases usually the first response, the immediate response are state and local officials? >> i think there is some fairness, but lets look at whatsoever has happened. the president and fema, with di...

House. and what we need is a strong voice from the republican party right now from republican leadership saying that this is not okay. a tweet is not enough. we actually need them to follow through. you could have progress ives an other folks putting pressure on it but we need the republican leadership. racial profiling and throwing the book at the law is not okay. we actually need to be -- if you truly believe that you are part of the law and order branch of the party, then you have to come for...

Expected, so that was with steve bannon there. >> steve bannon wanted to pull back, he was against any possible involvement on the korean peninsula. anything in europe, steve bannon was basically antigloballist. melissa: it was, but it didnt seem like the president was listening on that front. >> we dont need the chief strategists for the president of the united states to be somebody articulating isolationist message. thank goodness the president is talking today at camp david about how we could...

Try to evicerate the social safety net. we need inclusive presidency that seeks sides together to confront adversaries and challenges both here and abroad. melissa: evan, how do you interpret that comment? >> i think that the presidency, every presidency goes through a different phase and this is a new phase with the president can have fresh start with people who have been critics of this. all right, you didnt want steve bannon, hes no longer here. lets get about doing the business of the americ...

Emotions havent been impacted by this. if we can do that, i think will be a better off nation. >> jon: a couple of suggestions from each of you as to what the president should do. >> absolutely should do the oval office asap to begin the healing process. evan is right that the president should meet with those who are opposed and reiterated his opposition to white supremacy and to nazism in no uncertain terms. all good things, all important. >> i think anyone who was trying to equate the presiden...

Doug schoen, former advisor to bill clinton. evan siegfried is a republican strategist and the author of g.o.p. gps. doug, lets start with you. he wrote an interesting piece on foxnews.com. obviously youre a democrat. you suggested that president trump has missed an opportunity. >> absolutely. the real issue is not assessing blame but bringing the country together. i suggested an oval office addressed by the president where he goes beyond his remarks and seeks to address the need to hill, to com...

Was it just one person, is that person already in custody, and so is this essentially over, or is that person not connected in terms of the actual attack itself, and might there be other people still out there. theyre looking at that with great ferocity right now. youre always worried there could be follow-on attacks from copy cats, from other people connected to the group, it could be part of a larger cell that could move forward with attacks in the city or elsewhere in spain. and so, this is a...

Big mistake. >> bill: jessica? >> i agree with evans assessment. i add that nikki haley is a critical piece of this and she will be meeting with the president alongside his cabinet secretaries. so im hopeful there will be no military conflict there. its nerve racking to be hearing this kind of language from both sides and this is certainly a unity moment. this has to be somewhere where everybody steps back and realizes the seriousness and severity and cool our jets. >> bill: from another time. >...

Disgraceful and offensive to me, my family and our entire team. meantime, new york times also reports that conservative bill cri crystal has begun informal conversations about not renominating the president. tara, evan, katelynn, katelynn, lets start with you. they were not too happy in the presidents office. saying mike pence is do an awful lot of political work out there, trying to make sure set candidate. one thing we know for sure, donald trump doesnt like this kind of story. >> exactly. way...