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>> he said exactly as he did in that room, lets work together. >> our thanks to peter alexander. president trump promised to be a dealmaker president and he told the bipartisan gathering yesterday. take a listen. >> our system lends itself to not getting things done. i hear about earmarks, the old earmarks system how there was a great friendliness with earmarks. maybe all of you should start thinking about going back to a form of earmarks. because this system -- this system -- no, then he shou...

House. >> not me. >> we can say theres been some scrum inside the white house. lets look at the results. by and large, when we get to the 2018 election, i know the democrats are quote/unquote savoring that, but i think theyre going to get routed in the 2018 election. the economy will be growing. the president is probably going to get something done on daca and possibly something done on health care. people will look to him and say i like the strategy. so thats the reason why i would say to someb...

Democrats the next election. michael needs to take a step back and ask how can i better this country and work with president trump who has invited chuck and nancy to the white house? lets work together, lets make life or for the people better. >> julie: just to be fair, the reason they stop showing up is because president trump was bashing them on twitter. i think they started to get enough of that and i believe the personal back and forth will hopefully come to an end so the president can actua...

Pass this bill in an almost unprecedented way without asking democrats to become involved. if you want to do 60 votes, lets work together. you want tax breaks for the middle class, lets work together. >> but bernie, youre right, reagan cut taxes. you had a democrat tip oneal as speaker of the house. then a conservative democrat in the senate it was bill bradley. then a liberal democrat. the difference from the 80s and now, we had democrats willing to cut your taxes. every single democrat is unwi...

The senate and even in the house dont know the basics of politics, which is, it doesnt matter how powerful somebody is in washington, d.c., if they say theyre coming after you, you say you may be more powerful than me, im going to stay awake 24 hours a day and i will physical out how to make your life a living hell, i will stay unand hond you and leak stories about you. i will come at you in the prime -- you know what happens when you do that? they call you into the office and they say, lets wor...

>> yeah, largely. the fans agree. a reuters poll finds that most americans, of course, do not agree with the president. 57% say the nfl should not fire players who kneel during the national anthem. only 29% agree with the president. and joining us now, colin allred, a civil rights attorney and also with us jason johnson, politics editor at the root.com and msnbc contributor. colin allred, you reaction to what the president had to say today and this week? >> hey, lawrence. thank you for having me...

Donald trump famously failed at running a football business in the 1980s. you remember the united states football league, right? well, football business expert donald trump said this today. >> you cannot have people disrespecting our national anthem, our flag, our country and thats what theyre doing and in my opinion the nfl has to change or you know whats going to happen? their business is going to go to hell. most importantly, the fans agree with me. largely, the fans agree. >> yeah, largely. ...

For this in the senate now that hes supporting a new alabama senate candidate who is opposed to it. >> sure. lawrence, he doesnt have the votes and that was a lie today. outright lie. the president has been redefining two major losses in the last 24 hours. health care, he is suggesting its a matter of the calendar, thats all. in alabama, clearly stepping back from the endorsement of luther strange that i think he was led to by the establishment and made a decision against his own political compa...

Luther strange that i think he was led to by the establishment and made a decision against his own political compass. you hit on something else interesting, lawrence. the comments in march. one of the things donald trump said in march they were going to let health care fail and democrats were going to come groveling to him. >> yes. >> to say, lets work together. what did he do today walking towards marine one? he said, im going to have to work with democrats. tail between his legs groveling sayi...

So eventually you have to say and then after that point we will not allow people to come in, you know, illegally into this country and they will not be grabbed fathered in if they came in with their parents. at some point the legislation has to articulate where the boundary is on this program. or else not have any boundaries at all. >> thats what needs to be negotiated. thats why we need six months for congress to do something. by the way donald trump gave away his leverage and said if we dont w...