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The two most powerful republicans in congress. in phoenix, he made a point of not mentioning their names. hes threatening to shut down the government if congress doesnt fund the wall on the mexican border and hes drawing criticism on a number of fronts from his fellow republicans. heres mitch mcconnell a little more than two weeks ago. >> our new president of course has not been in this line of work before and i think had excessive expectations about how quickly things happen in the democratic p...

Mcconnell, including a heated phone call that shouted into an expletive-laden shouting match were told. both issuing statements trying to smooth over the rift talking about tax reform and infrastructure. one reporter says the presidents attacks on senators flake, mccain, and mcconnell are not helpful and had the effect of rallying republican senators behind the majority leader. house speaker paul ryan warning the president not to shut down the government in order to force congress to fund a bord...

Flynn. then he fired comey. he lashed out as his, at his attorney general for recusing himself in the investigation allowing robert mueller to be appointed. and now he is call up u.s. senators to express his frustration with their refusal to protect him from mueller. as one senior aide said, it seems hes always focused on russia. well, he is working on legislation i know what senator chris kuhns to shield mueller in case he tries on fire him. that trump was unhappy with the legislation and didnt...

I think thats entirely what his focus is on. as for the supposed spat they had, i think that having worked for leader micconnell more thana decade i think i probably heard him yell once. the it was deliberate. he does not raise his voice in those situations and the idea they had a shouting match is not credible. >> its clearly it wasnt a comfortable phone call. it was during that call that the president was critical of the senators handling are not just obamacare but also the russia investigatio...

Just right around now. you and i remember covering katrina at the time pap very different type of hurricane. right? >> it was. because katrina had a cat 5 with it a long time in the gulf of mexico. a lot of water. a 30-foot storm surge in spots. 22 feet storm surge in bay st. louis itself. this doesnt have the water under it yet, because it hasnt been in the gulf of mexico that long. its just developing now. if this sits out here for 30 more hours it will get that surge and the surge numbers may...

Recognize that the speech in phoenix was not meant for the press, it was not meant for his critics. it was meant for his base. >> jason in reno. thanks. still no plans for a face-to-face meeting between president trump and senate republican leader mitch mcconnell. a white house official says aides are working to get the two together, possibly as soon as congress returns from the recess after labor day. in the meantime, there arent any phone calls set, though the official says its possible they...

Sarah huckabee sanders in her first on-camera briefing of the month. it comes after different speeches in president trump and a series of tweets taking to republicans. lets go to josh gershstein from politco. sarah says the relations are fine between the president and mitch mcconnell. is that true? >> thats not true. the last conversation they had was a shouting match and disagreement from the president over the senates failure to pass the obamacare legislation and even the fact theres investiga...

That is not the reason. according to our reporting and joshs and others, there was a bit of a shouting match on the phone. theres an impasse there. believe it or not. the reports say it is the case. whether they patch things up remains to be seen. in charleston, south carolina, weve been reporting at a hostage situation with an active shooter situation. took hostages. its come to an end. the citys mayor says moments ago the gunman was a disgruntled worker who had taken hostages in this restauran...

Republicans are coming up on a number of really important governing deadlines in september. at this stage of things, you would expect to have direct conversation with the president. really the most important man in congress, that is not happening. >> based on your reporting, part of the shouting match was over the presidents anger that mitch mcconnell wasnt doing enough to protect him from the russian investigation? >> thats right. a couple of people briefed on the phone call said there was fumi...

Trump does have character issues, does have a problem with impulse control, does seem prone to fly off the handle and just be reactive rather than thinking things through. i dont think that six months is premature to say -- to give this analysis. i think six months -- we have seen every single day the chaos that this man has brought to this country. i dont think thats premature. >> matt, i want to follow up. get my voice in there. i had to jump in quickly. matt, one person who is dissatisfied af...