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Were writing this bill, they were quietly having parts of it scored so they could test things and see how it came out. if there was a piece they didnt like, didnt like the score, they tweaked it and made some changes. theyre not going to be completely surprised by the cbo score the way house republicans were. having said that, theyre not expecting to get a score that makes it looks all rosie and wonderful and gets the votes. what theyre looking to do is make changes via amendments or other writt...

Again just so the reporter can get a clip of themselves yelling at someone. there is a mix. cameras are fine and there is an opportunity to have that. but on days when the president is speaking you can have a substantive engagement on policy issues. to suggest if its not on television its nonsensical. we engage with the press corps very robustly from early in the morning to late at night. the briefing is one small part of what this staff does. you have taken some heat for saying i havent had the...

Again just so the reporter can get a clip of themselves yelling at someone. there is a mix. cameras are fine and there is an opportunity to have that. but on days when the president is speaking you can have a substantive engagement on policy issues. to suggest if its not on television its nonsensical. we engage with the press corps very robustly from early in the morning to late at night. the briefing is one small part of what this staff does. you have taken some heat for saying i havent had the...

On the campaign, somebody very high up in the campaign. so that is why it is so problematic right now for president trump who should be you know, i would say is trying to but i dont necessarily believe it trying to focus on his policy agenda. he seems so consumed by this investigation, that he isnt trying to move forward on major policy issues in trying to work with the special counsel and trying to work with congress to clean this all up. davids right. this does, if youre going to look at the n...

President has left because you cant argue the facts thim. >> richard fisyou are mike pence what worries you enough to hire a personalawyer? how does this get splesh splashed up against him? >> well its absolutely critical for to have a good personal lawyer, to talk with that lawyer about what he may have known about what was going on with respect to russia during the campaign. if he did know. we dont know what he knew at the time. but also to get good advice, to distance himself from the preside...

But also to get good advice, to distance himself from the president with respect to the presidents tweets, the presidents communications about this investigation. the president is making all of the wrong choices for someone who is under criminal investigation. and the vice president needs to steer clear of that and make absolutely sure he focuses on the agenda, he focuses on getting bills through congress and on policy issues and stays away from the russia investigation. no comment should be his...

Debates and while strong words are often used to express the positions we hold, after we have been in that arena, we can go out and have lunch together. our spouses and the congress members can go on trips together and we can have really good times. you have two different personalities. overall, the relationship with the republicans and democrats is quite, quite goo on a social level and personal level. we have disagreements on the policy issues. we have to get the american people to understand ...

Him this way. but its really all that the president has left because you cant argue the facts with him. >> richard fiscal you are mike pence what worries you enough to hire a personal lawyer? how does this get splesh splashed up against him? >> well its absolutely critical for to have a good personal lawyer, to talk with that lawyer about what he may have known about what was going on with respect to russia during the campaign. if he did know. we dont know what he knew at the time. but also to g...

Imagine the terror of having your kids there when something like that happened. he said something i thought about all night last night, it was like they had 25 dads, all my colleagues in the house were there, i knew they would protect them like their own kids. why do we see so little of that? >> i think thats true among democrats and republicans. look, what we see are the fisty cuffs that happen at the high level on major policy issues. we dont see the day to day working and humanity of members ...

Demonizing and vitriol and hateeral. i think we can disagree and have sincere debates on policy issues and listen to one another. thats throughout the country, here and also throughout our communities. i know neighbors who are mad at each other and family members over politics. knock it off. there are things that unite us that are far greater than the things that divide us. like a frog in the boiling water, if you keep turning it up one degree at a time, threats of violence and acts of violence ...