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That was general kenneth mckenzie, theyve moved off the niger. were going to continue talking about niger now. joining me now one of the lawmakers who attended the senate briefing this morning. michigan democratic senator gary peters, member of the armed services committee. good to talk to you. i listened to all of the senators and mens of congress who had different briefings coming out saying theyre disturbed. they should let the military, cut the military more slack. dont know, have more quest...

Senate. everyone were talking about is, you know, not one of the republicans who sadly in the case of john mccain is planning a long-term necessarily career. so what is it going to take for the people who want to stay in the senate to speak out? >> people out there are obviously frustrated at the ability of the congress and the administration to work together on things like health care reform. i can tell you if we dont get some type of tax reform, not just tax cuts but tax reform, theres going t...

Republican congress, republican senate and they still couldnt do it. so your point is taken. but doesnt the buck stop at the head? like when youre the -- when youre the boss, something happens at newsmax, youre going to get blamed for it, right? >> its a certain truth over time. but i think the american people are giving him a lot more slack than you are. this is the first year, hes going in there, hes just learning, hes fighting a lot of people in the establishment and the republican party, the...

Finish. >> hes on the verge of the tax bill. and the tax bill will be huge. >> im trying to give you some due here -- >> you let me finish by interrupting. >> no, no. because i want to make a point here. i think youre right in that they have been -- >> of course you want to make a point. >> they have been trying it for seven years, right, to repeal and replace and now that they have a republican white house, republican congress, republican senate and they still couldnt do it. so your point is ta...

President right now in dealing with this? this is such a sensitive issue, especially for those gold-star families. >> oh, 100%. look, wolf, i can see how -- now, we know sort of the contours of the conversation between the president and mrs. johns johnson in the first instance and you can understand how he might have said the words that might have been reported and she might have interpreted them completely differently than he meant them. lets just stipulate that. but now we know how she interpr...

Happen this year. but remember, obama did not get most of his big ticket item done until the second year either. but give us some slack. this is probably going to go into january and february. >> bret: which is what senator mcconnell said in the rose garden as well. >> theyve been moving the goalpost all year long, but ive heard from a number of democratic members in congress who do believe they will be successful, republicans, that is, in tax reform. may be in the end of the year, but they are ...

That said, people are closely watching the race between former rnc chair and the democratic governor because it may measure the effects of president trumps coattails. mr. trump may campaign for gillespie. vice president pence has already done so on saturday. >> ed gillespie is pro-jobs, pro-growth. pro-life, pro-second amendment. folks, you name it. ed gillespie is on the right side of every issue. the same cant be said of his opponent. >> former vice president biden campaigned for northiam. he ...

Future. the republicans say they dont necessarily recognize the republican party under trump and theyre disappointed in you. >> all i can do is pass an agenda that improves peoples lives. we have an agenda we agree on. i think its really important we make this unified government work. imagine if we just decided to have internal food fighting, how does that help people get a job? how does that help people get more take-home pay? how does that help anybody who is living paycheck to paycheck? it do...

The last couple days havent helped. those are actually fairly short-term implications. i think the long-term implications are is this the new normal? will the next president be a celebrity who attacks people on twitter? donald trump didnt completely come out of nowhere. weve had a degradation over time. and even things like norms -- violation of norms, like ross pero announcing on a tv show he is going to run for president. not -- today not shocking, but will this begin something very dark in th...

Republicans could lose the majority. not going to do tax reforms. the last couple days havent helped. the long-term implications are is this the new normal, will the next president be a celebrity who attacks people on twitter? you know, this didnt -- donald trump didnt completely come out of nowhere. i mean, weve had a degradation, i think, over time. even things like norms -- violation of norms like ross perot announcing on a tv show hes going to run for president, right? today, not shocking. w...