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It is a busy september coming for the president as well as congress. here are some of the issues for the agenda, securing the aid funding, and relief for harvey. there is also passing a federal budget, there is finally tackling tax reform in addition to that and possible another attempt in healthcare reform. of course, the feud between the president and lawmakers from not only his own party but democrats. there is still uncertainty of what the president will be able to accomplish. lets bring in ...

These people came over here to the united states as children from working here and a lot of republicans and democrats want to see immigration reform as president bush did. and i think the president trump needs to seriously consider whether an extremist agenda approach and so forth is productive. if he works with members of congress, he can get it done. he needs to reach out and work with them. >> hang on a second, robert. >> i do want to get over to dave here, as we saw in the maobama administra...

Health insurance program. the flood insurance program runs out in september. there are all sorts of things have to be put together. >> all of the end of this coming this month rather as they return to congress. >> robert, are those the extra urgency thatll push some sort of solutions whether you are a democrat or republican and i am going back to david saying those will be north korea and harvey >> yes, there are three things here, they are all related. first, there is harvey relief for texas an...

Former director of strategic communications for hillary for america and robert tranum, an anybody anybody analyst. we welcome you. ladies first with you, adrian. does gorka have a point? how much does the average american care about this russia story line? >> look, im not sure that the average american out in the middle of america whos focused on raising families and providing for families every day cares as much. but what they do care about is the fact that donald trump is not focused on making...

What is in the base. the reality is that -- the reality is that a lot of democrats and senators that represent purple states are not hearing the same thing. >> okay. adrian, robert, guys, thanks so much. thats a wrap for me this hour. up next, the congressman whose extraordinary actions ensure that e-mails from donald trump become a part of the nations record. (flourish spray noise) (flourish spray noise) (flourish spray noise) (flourish spray noise)

Throughout and be able to get our positive message out there about what democrats will do to improve the lives of americans and i think youll see that going forward as our party continues to rebuild and we get closer to 2018 mid terms. >> so robert, the abc polls shows some waning support for the republican health care plan. in this case, 24% versus 50% who say they like the aca. why is the gop continuing to fight for it? >> because their base is screaming for this. its because for the last eigh...

America. robert tranum, and hadas gold. good to have you. heres trumps future press secretary. i want to get your reaction to what he said. take a listen. >> if theres going to be an arms race -- >> theres not going to be. theres not going to be. hes going to ensure that other countries get the message that hes not going to sit back and allow it. and theyll come to their senses and well all be just fine. >> how should the media cover the discrepancy between the president-elect who is saying let ...

Is on the nuclear codes and how much time you have to respond, i highly recommend you go out there and read a politico article that came out in politico magazine over the summer, june 11th, "what would it mean to have trumps finger on the nuclear button?" it lays out in great detail the steps the president would need to take to launch a nuclear weapon. its a must-read in these times. governor rendell, robert tranum. thank you. >> happy holidays. trains, planes, automobiles. navigating what cou...

Joining me is bob shrum a democratic strategist. also joining us msnbc contributor and former bush/chainy senior adviser robert tranum. bob, the piece on donald trump is critical. it uses the subline as we zoom in on the front page, "president of the divided states of america." he still feels honored by this, but is it a bigger wake-up call? >> well, look, first of all, he is the person of the year. he shattered every convention imaginable. theres supposed to be a basic threshold you have to pas...

Wing ideologues, people far to the right of the kind of people george w. bush appointed. in the end personnel is policy. i think were going to see some policy thats very much at odds with what he promised during the campaign. he said he would never touch medicare. now they may privatize it. >> i want to point out that the reporting is scott pruitt, who is the oklahoma a.g., is going to be heading up the epa picked by donald trump. nbc news is working to independently confirm that. also sean spic...