steve bannon s worldview.what happens when steve bannon s worldview and the white house policy conflict? your breitbart which is his pulpit he will be up to get the message out there and other parts of the media. i think that donald trump s big problem beyond that is just waiting in his agenda finished and he can make all the voters that voted republican happy about that. and he needs to think like a president. working with congress. i mean people capitol hill i talked about not willing to follow him because they are not sure what kind of president he is in we have certainly heard him during the healthcare debate. i think if he was a strong leader and there was such controversy around him all the time he could ve probably pulled off the obamacare repeal and replacement. tax reform, all the things that he needs really did key people. not want to follow me say in some ways they are actively undermining them.
they pick up both of the republican seats at risk. they win arizona, they win nevada. they keep all of their competitive states. steve: all those blue places. they sweep all the competitive states. if that happens, we end up a 50-50 tie. that s a good outcome for the democrats. mike pence, of course, still vice president would break the tie. republicans would maintain control in that scenario. if it s 50/50. take a look at the board good night for republicans would be oh have you a lot of states. all of a sudden republicans pick up those seats. steve: 60? this is a great night. a good night they pick up a toss-up state. and a good night they maybe pick up indiana, montana, a couple of the toss-up states plus protect their own. this is a very credible scenario. republicans end up with 55 seats as we saw in the healthcare debate big difference between having a 52 seat majority and 55 seat majority.
single bill, sometimes the more potential areas there are for it to get slowed down. but i m looking at the bill and i applaud both of them for their efforts. sandra: you are looking at the bigger crisis, the bigger problem that we are facing with the opioid crisis. the rise in the opioid overdose deaths we have witnessed in this country and the effect that it is having on the healthcare debate. we re looking at a map, senator, and it s really showing how this is no longer a problem concentrated to one area in this country. it is spreading. yes. the vice chairman of the joint economic committee in congress have been spearheading an effort called the social capital project. we have been looking at what are called deaths of despair. death brought about as a result of opioid overdose. what we ve seen is a stunning public health epidemic, one that we haven t seen the likes of in decades. not since the aids/hiv epidemic
there s a desire to move past the acrimony of the healthcare debate around get to a place where we can work together to advance legislation that helps the american people. i m hopeful that the discussions between the republican leader and i will produce a package of nominees we can pass today. it s worth noting the senate has confirmed 78 nominees today ranging from the u.s. ambassador to nato to the u.s. ambassador to the united kingdom. mcconnell notes they confirmed more people this week than the senate has all year, shep. shepard: mike emanuel live on capitol hill. thanks very much. the president tweeted this morning about the united states relations with russia. he talked about how they are add a very low level. one of the lowest he can remember and how or remember, i should say and how largely you can thank congress for that. the same congress as he put it that can t get healthcare done. so the president is saying the fact that relations with russia are bad is the fault of
the great state of alaska really let the republicans and our country down yesterday. too bad. this because she did not vote in favor of the repeal of obamacare that the president was eager to see happen. adam, every president twists some arms. this president seems to like to do it publicly. is that helpful? well, it s happening, whether it s helpful or not. i can tell you, anything an elected representative does or doesn t say, does or doesn t do, is open for second-guessing and obviously criticism. in this situation, senator murkowski, she s campaigned for repeal of obamacare. she has voted for repeal of obamacare. i think it s more than a little frustrating for other members of the republican caucus, and for everyone looking at the healthcare debate, who feel there s sig problems with obamacare, that she significant problems with obamacare, that she doesn t seem to be going to the starting line, showing the backbone she