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Goes. and he attributed it to the president. this is republican mark sanford attributing it to the president, not some whacky left wing pundit. >> this is mark sanford who also probably was the most eloquent person in denouncing the monopoly money budget that the president decides to send up to congress this week as well. this is a mark sanford that many of us are surprised to find, you know, ourselves agreeing with a great deal of the time. chuck, youknow, the republican party has had a history...

Control -- howie: what about the coverage? has trump put all on himself? you have two people hysteria in coverage, do you disagree with that? >> the way one story was put out and then the next day its completely erased by trump giving an interview, yes, that was a very poor way to do it and its self-destructive. by the way, trump would have been a perfect foil for trump. howie: is there a degree of media hysteria as molly have said? >> theres media hysteria. howie: let us know what you think, me...

Control -- howie: what about the coverage? has trump put all on himself? you have two people hysteria in coverage, do you disagree with that? >> the way one story was put out and then the next day its completely erased by trump giving an interview, yes, that was a very poor way to do it and its self-destructive. by the way, trump would have been a perfect foil for trump. howie: is there a degree of media hysteria as molly have said? >> theres media hysteria. howie: let us know what you think, me...

Bret stephens, what has failed in france? macrons challenge wont simply be political. le pen has offered him a relatively easy foil, given how thoroughly tainted her party is by xenophobia and anti-semitism. yet it is one thing to make the abstract case for openness, competitiveness and globalization in the face of a bigot. the harder climb will be to press for changes that inevitably take thing as way from people. the pair docks of france is that it is desperate for reform and desperate not to ...

Im just curious, do you think all of this talk about the blame game and all of these questions about hillary clinton, do you think in the end that actually helps the president politically, bringing all of this up again? >> yeah, i think so. and in seans reply about this, he relished getting into this. this is a fight that the white house would quite like in many ways. and he wants to exert his personality on washington, very much a learning experience for him. lots of centers of power. he seemed...

>> president trump: the great obstructionists. look where the democrats have ended up again. they had everything going. now they dont have the presidency, they dont have the house, they dont have the senate, and schumer is going around making a fool out of himself. >> bill: he says the leading democrat is leading his party to doom. mary anne marsh will not be doomed. former senior advisor to john kerry and katie pavlich. does he win by making chuck schumer the political foil in washington >> i t...

An immigrant. its how it always goes down. no one wanted this gig. no one. >> as you can imagine, being a muslim, there were a lot of muslim jokes, as well. he took down all of us in the media, all of the networks, the cable networks and also president trump. well received in the room. very edgy. >> uh-huh. >> but again, the presidents war with washington and the media is, i mean, you see it from the white house perspective. it is tense going. >> its very tense going. >> you guys have a lot more...

The media before you get to the people of pennsylvania? >> i think its vintage trump and this is what were going to see him do over and over again. he needs a foil. he cant really, you know, obamas foil was a republican congress in his last years in the white house. donald trump doesnt have that because he controls the different branches of government or his party controls the different branches of government, so he needs that foil. i mean, did he talk at some point about democrats a little bit,...

Hobby horse but this is a political stance by donald trump. in his heart of hearts, donald trump watches more television, consumes more media than any former president of the united states. >> he always needs a foil. >> completely. >> lets not forget. were not liked by the american people. how often do we deliver good news? we dont often deliver good news. we deliver bad news. everything he has done has been through executive order except for the supreme court pick and we could have a discussion...

And paul ryans plan after a mere 18 days. now the supposedly new and improved version of trumpcare has failed, too. two swings, two misses. despite republican control of the house, the votes just arent there. sabrina is still with me. i want to welcome former republican congressman from florida david jolly, and janel smith, senior correspondent. thank you all. david i want to start with you. i need somebody from the republican side of the aisle to explain to me this determination, this zeal to r...