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Obstructing government every step of the way . Theres an element they need to be held accountable as well. They held certain standards in place for their nominees, both for the bench and for the cabinet. And the question is, are they going to live up to the same standards that they imposed on republicans when they had nominees in a Democratic White House . Does the president think by personally insulting Chuck Schumer, thats again, kristen, i think the goal is to get when the when again, i would...

This strategic patience didnt work. One of the reasons that a lot of us put donald trump in office and voted for him is that he doesnt do things in the usual way. President trump hitting back after the Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell said that the president has excessive expectations about passing bills in congress. Senator, if you cant get it done, get out of the way. Retire. Leave washington. Go play golf. Go fishing. The troubling thing about it is i think it suggests that republicans ...

Million jobs. The Unemployment Rate is at a 16year low and Consumer Confidence is at a 16year high, all while the dow jones continues to break records. President trump has clearly steered the economy back in the right direction. On wednesday, the president introduced the r. A. I. S. E. Act. For decades a steady rise in immigration has depressed the wages of American Workers. The r. A. I. S. E. Act will increase wages, decrease poverty and save the taxpayers billions. Americans deserve a raise an...

Against police pahis partys bi. Its interesting. I voted for obamacare. It cost me an election. I came back and the tables have turned. Now people have the benefits, they dont want you to take them away and the overall sympathy in nevada is for keeping obamacare and they see how bad both the house and senate bills are. I think he realizes that he is in a box. He has to keep his base motivated, but he knows overwhelming support is for keeping obama care. And if you have a popular governor like sa...

Several Senior Administration officials including the attorney general, including the director of National Intelligence and a couple of others, this weird refusal to discuss the nature of their conversations with the president about whether the president tried to stop this investigation which, of course, is something that points to the question, and i do say the question of obstruction of justice. You dont get to refuse to answer a question to the United States Congress Unless youre claiming you...

First to Kristen Welker with the breaking news out of the white house. The release of this student. Walk us through the nuts and bolts here. I know this has just come out in the last few minutes. This is significant because we have seen all of those recent provocations by north korea. Let me tell you what the white house is saying at this hour. They just released a statement that says, at the direction of the president , the department of state has secured the release of otto warbeir from north ...

And how the senate will calculate the distribution of kaks credits which are expected to be more generous than the house plan. Already some republicans are expressing frustrations. I cant imagine quite honestly id have the information to validate and justify a yes vote within a week. Are you satisfied with the process . Of course not. Reporter whatever the phenyl draft, aides tell cnn leaders want President Trump to stay far away from the negotiations, describing the earlier meeting a, quote, ki...

Something get done by august so they feel like they have a little time. I dont know the administration was all that set on having a vote this week. But i think members are kind of waiting to see what they hear from this president. I think they anticipate that this is an executive who above all really wants a deal to get done. They saw the process play out similarly when the bill went through the house, first it was withdrawn. They had to meet and get together and president had to hear a lot of c...

The future of federal Health Care Policy is uncertain this morning after republicans were forced to pull their overhaul plan yesterday. It became clear the votes simply would not be there. To get the bill to the floor and maur Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell addressed the press. We will not be on the bill this week but were still working toward getting at least 50 people in a comfortable place. Mr. Leader, is your effort to repeal obamacare dead . No, were still talking about it. I remember how ...

Back for a vote next week. Tuesday, republican senators met with President Trump at the white house to strategize just a short time ago, the president talked about the chances of passage. I think we are going to get at least very close and i think were going to get it over the line. There was a great, great feeling in that room yesterday. Passage is going to require assistance from the top down. Executive to legislative which might be tough. As republican senators in public, what they think of P...