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Wolf blitzer melted down on camera and said he didnt want to discuss the contents of the memo with the republican congressman who he was interviewing because he said the content was the memo was too political. cnns phil mud said this memo would drop like a lead balloon and it was a gift to democrats, which is silly. well continue to see this type of coverage and the minimalization of the memo and deciding to cover other stories over this memo because it doesnt fit their narrative about mueller, ...

>> harris: you put a fence line while in where it makes sense. >> katie: we are going to put a ball on this topic and move along. going forward, it went over like a lead balloon, nancy pelosis dig aimed at a group of lawmakers negotiating and immigration deal and even when fellow democrats are upset about it, you know its a problem. heres the remark that kicked off the controversy. >> five white guys i called the them. you open a hamburger stand. that couldve been done four months ago. the very ...

They expire in seven or eight years. so youre dooming whoever is in power in congress or who is in the white house to potentially, if theres not this extraordinary growth thats being promised here, raise taxes on everybody. >> yes. >> thats going to go over like a lead balloon. >> and that actually, alex, has been somewhat the cycle as weve seen. republicans have cut taxes and democrat administrations have had to come in and raise it. we saw it with clinton after reagan. we saw it with obama aft...

Hard place with donald trump. because the congressional caucuses and his representative, they cant abandoned him. hes a lead balloon for them at this point. >> its fascinating to see how big that drop is with evangelicals. what he has not done which i think has been obvious to all of us is since the election he has not converted any person who hasnt voted for donald trump, no ones been converted to donald trump which is the business youre in when you come in second in the vote, which is what he ...

Broadly speaking, but it isnt dropping quite as fast. theyre basically creating a situation between a rock and a hard place with donald trump. because the congressional caucuses and his representative, they cant abandoned him. hes a lead balloon for them at this point. >> its fascinating to see how big that drop is with evangelicals. what he has not done which i think has been obvious to all of us is since the election he has not converted any person who hasnt voted for donald trump, no ones bee...

Hard place with donald trump. because the congressional caucuses and his representative, they cant abandoned him. hes a lead balloon for them at this point. >> its fascinating to see how big that drop is with evangelicals. what he has not done which i think has been obvious to all of us is since the election he has not converted any person who hasnt voted for donald trump, no ones been converted to donald trump which is the business youre in when you come in second in the vote, which is what he ...

Talking about this? >> yes. thats indisputably what he did. you saw it in the body loanguag of the governor there. he made a joke about the debt and nobody laughed. it went over like a lead balloon, that one and when he equated the tragedy of puerto rico to a real tragedy like katrina, again, you know, thats not what people who are in the midst of a -- basically an apock l -- area outside of san juan, thats not what they want to hear. >> we saw the president give the floor to people who he knew ...

As he describes it. he actually brought this up in a closed door meeting yesterday and pumped to members, after the meeting went ahead and described the reception, landed like a lead balloon. tell you where the idea is here. >> the rest us, stupid enough to think its a smart -- >> hes in -- rand paul is not the leader of republicans in the senate. theres a reason. >> and crazy, everybody up here thats seen this happen. crazy ideas sometimes end up being the answer to things. saw it in the debt l...

Watch. >> republicans ran for office and four elections, saying that obamacare should be repealed. they eventually amended that to say it should be repealed and her place. conservatives are going to feel awfully hoodwinked, held to pay, if they dont pass some version of health care reform. >> if we dont reach agreement on friday, it is probably the end of a sole party effort for health care, then if we dont reach by friday, then some of the way forward is obamacare collapse, challenging democrat...

Talking, went over like a lead balloon, i think were your words. then, you spoke to the president about the possibility of splitting the bill. how much support is that? have you spoken to mitch mcconnell? >> the idea has been talked about for i think at least a year in private that there may be another opportunity of a separate bill that has more bipartisan support that would include some of the spending that people in the republican caucus launch. i think if you separated it into two bills, you...