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Its if you are with the president. i cant be with the president at all times. i am sorry. i just think that when the president is wrong you ought to call him out and sometimes hes wrong, and thats what i tried to point out in the speech yesterday. >> are you an outlier, senator, in the republican party now? what about the second half of what the president just tweeted, the meeting with the republican senators outside of flake and corker was a lovefest. is that how you see it? >> i will not descr...

Divided and theres blame on the right and on the left, and i think there are too many people in the country getting information only from sources on the right and left, and not realizing how to move forward as a people is getting information from the right and the left. this is an opportunity, for instance, on the opioid crisis to keep it not just bipartisan but even nonpartisan. >> i get you on the issues. you talked about opioids, and we just did a documentary on the issue, and ohio is not imm...

This president, jeff flake has never supported the president. corker was just like no, wont go up there again. i think hes irresponsible. i think hes a liar. i dont say the l word, but he has a problem with the truth. he was blistering. >> he definitely was. and youre right, hes been a recent supporter of donald trump. he was golfing with him and peyton manning as recently as july. so -- >> why do you think now? >> well, i think its pretty clear that the situation is that theyre both in hopeless...

Steinle walking near him. steinles father testified monday that before his daughter died she asked him for help and those were her last words. while the prosecution says the shooting was intentional, the defense claims it was an accident that happened when zarate stumbled upon the gun that killed kate steinle. >> jon: just in as republican senators flake and corker hit president trump, white house budget director mick mulvaney said it is confident republicans will close ranks and pass a tax plan...

Ultimately. this exercise in tax reform is pass/fail. if congress doesnt get it done they will be in huge trouble. what is the point? why are they there? >> jon: in the middle of a war of words between president trump and senators flake and corker republicans try to put the focus back on tax reform. a key congresswoman joins us next. plus day three of the kate steinle murder trial. witnesses recounting what happened on a san francisco pier two years ago. what one woman captured in a picture she ...

Washington post, its enough for us to stop pretending that this is somehow normal and we are on the verge of some sort of pivot to governing to stability. nine months is more than enough for us to say loudly and clearly, enough. >> you know who else said that? bill buckly, who was a hero of the moderate republican government. who are critical of calling out donald trump for what it is, bill busily said, if conservatives roll with this yell stop, standing afort history yelling stop when no one el...

Comprised of a bunch of allies who are trying to move us in a better direction for united states and who appreciate the presidents leadership. >> so does the presidents character -- because this is what is obviously the issue for senators flake and corker. does his character bother you? does it bother you the way the president conducts himself in office? this is not about policy positions. i think its pretty clear this is about character. >> well, okay, you have characterized their statements as...

These comparisons, we know the message is similar. what senators flake and corker seem to be saying, big difference in the messengers. >> no doubt. i dont think you can see two guys that are more different in styles and approach and especially to congress where he needs the votes. but i would say that i -- per some of your previous guests, i think the interest in tax reform and tax cuts are so incredibly strong, i think president trump will likely get what he wants. >> neil: the dirty secret wit...

Commentator who then as now, has absolutely no idea what he is talking about. >> dorian? >> so, i appreciate bruce because he was out there long before both senators flake and corker. and in terms of senator flake, i probably disagree with him on almost every issue. except for immigration. im not going to revel in him stepping down. he wanted to make the republican party better and he had two options. switch parties or take his ball and go home and he chose the latter. thats unfortunate, actuall...

Support and endorsement. >> today mcconnell is that his , and his allies responded. ward wasted your. at a dollars for a town hall on chem trail could not spoercys. she has her head in the clouds with crazy ideas. she bizarrely blamed john mccain for isis. >> john mccain is directly responsible for the rise of isis. >> embarrassing behavior, dangerous ideas. no wonder republicans rejected her just one year ago. not conservative, just crazy ideas. >> senators flake and mccain are both staying awa...