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Michael singleton, cnn political commentator ben ferguson, and sports editor keith reed, good to see you, gentlemen. michael, the president tweets, he applauds some of the show of solidarity but is this show of unity more of a message, you know, a response to him? and if so, is the president receiving it? >> i think the presidents tweet surely is -- clearly is an indication that hes walking back his statement of friday night. with everything the president has on his plate, again, with the repeal...

In on the holiday. but lets talk chris christie. absolutely unapologetic, the new jersey governor, once a republican star, caught on camera relaxing in the sun on a state-run beach that he himself closed because of this budget battle with new jersey lawmakers. he didnt close beaches on just any summer weekend, keep in mind. this is the fourth of july. perhaps the summers biggest celebration, and social media criticism exploded. here is how chris christie dismissed it. >> sitting there with a b...

Commentator and contributor for the hill. michael singleton. good to see both of you. michael, lets begin with you. as a republican who was fired from hud after criticizing trump, you have a clear understanding or perhaps more clear understanding of the expected backlash sometimes when criticizing the president. is it your feeling that some gop members are worried about the potential backlash when you hear some democrats using words like, you know, describing republicans as being cowardly by not...

Group of 30% that really disapprove of what the president has done. >> so one republican who has been consider critical of the president is senator ben stassi. heres what he has to say about the impact of the president firing comey is having. >> im not sure how this president makes lots of decision, so i honestly dont know. but i do know that we are in the midst midst of a civilization warping of public trust and we know to talk about our institutions that need to be restored and need to have th...

Would be influential of president trump? >> you know, fredricka, im not certain if it would be or if its not going to be, but i think that we as a party have to try. presidents come to go. as a party, we have been here through good presidents and through bad presidents. i think history would not be a good judge of the republican party if we sit by and allow democracy to get shot down in flames because of the presidents inability to be disciplined. >> kaley, how deeply is the party being hurt by ...

And when im telling you i would rather eat than -- or some people, the priority for them is to eat rather than where theyre going to go to college. >> all im saying, don, is that on the graphic that you put up, you showed that where there were cuts, and i was pointing out to your audience that there might have been a 13.5% cut to the department of education, but within that cut as it relates to african-americans, no cuts to hbcus, no cuts to pale. when you look at other department things such as...

>> you said they werent important. >> thats a lie. i said there were more important things. >> i dont like to qualify things as more important. >> ill tell you whats more important. its more important that you come here and tell the truth, okay? now, go ahead -- >> did the president cut hbcu funding? >> go ahead, sir michael. >> if i could interject, the president did not cut hbcus. the fund remains the same as it did prior to the president being sworn in. thats fine. but i want to talk about so...

This hour, in the next couple of hours on cnn. i want to begin with cnns chief political reporter, gloria borger. the weekly standard political commentator michael singleton, republican political consultant. gloria, i want to get this right. the president is fighting on two fronts here. still no one is answering questions about the supposed, you know, tweet. >> sean spicer said hes not under investigation so far as he knows. >> well discuss it. also on obamacare, i have information from jim acco...

A dinner invitation to the white house tonight that most observers did not expect. back with me gloria borger, bill crystal and michael singleton. president trump had dinner with heidi and ted cruz at the white house. can we take a stroll through memory lane here? which was -- it happened on womens day, too. and by the way, just for a full disclosure, this is the point in the campaign where i kind of just -- i couldnt believe it. this is the one that -- the straw that broke the camels back for m...

Ben carson beginning his first full week as housing secretary. it may not be going exactly as he planned, so lets discuss now. kayleigh mcenany is here. simone sanders and kevin madden and sir michael singleton. here we are back to the fun and games, everyone. good evening. thank you for coming on. im sure you heard the conversation i had with michael eric dyson. right now, i want to play the comments from ben carson, where he appears to compare slaves to immigrants. he begins to talk about the ...