we will talk to the architect of it senator bill cassidy is going to be with us in an hour and 20 minutes. brian: senator will be here. yesterday the senator graham will be here. if you have questions, get them to us. the president had a speaking gig yesterday at which time he was asked about the future of oklahoma. the fact is it s not working. if it was, not one republican would be looking to take it down because they have so much to focus on. here is what he said about the latest effort. when i see people trying to undo that hard won progress for the 50th or 60th time it is aggravating. all of this being done without any demonstrable, economic or actuarial or common sense rationale it frustrates. and it is certainly frustrating to have to mobilize every couple of months to keep our leaders from inflicting real human suffering on our constituents. steve: and the former
out his package of print-outs so much that mr. trump plantively asked asked a friend where the daily caller and breitbart were, adding that kelly has listened in on calls from bannon and the white house tweeted that general john kelly is doing great job adding i could not be happier or more impressed. and sean spicer is going on the world speaking tour. his first speaking gig will be
they criticize him for making about $400,000 on a speaking gig. more on that in a moment, but we return to president trump s speech in atlanta. reinfluencing the big group that became one of his big supporters, one of his early supporters as well in 2015. he reversed course on a number of campaign promises. we ll get to those broken campaign pledges in just a moment, but jacob rascon is in atlanta where that speech will take place any minute now. also washington bureau chief susan page and white house reporter for the washington post, ashley parker. a big thanks to all of you. jacob, let me start with you there inside the room. what are folks there hoping to hear from president trump? reporter: i ll tell you, craig, that the president will
it, now everybody likes it. you may have to have some boots on the ground for a period of time until you get rid of the cancer. that s number one. we re going to bring in a panel to talk about this. we have brian fallon, amanda carpenter, and matt lewis. matt, to you first on that. it s just what s happened to cpac here in two years, you saw the reception he got just a moment ago. that was the reception that he got two years ago. yeah, and it s pretty amazing. i think that video from two years ago really highlights how the conservative movement and the conservative entertainment wing were complicit in helping make donald trump be successful. he had that cpac speaking gig, that really did help launch him. softball interview there with sean hannity who really gave trump a lot of access to a pretty wide audience on his show. what we saw today was a speech that was not really a conservative speech.
trump s transition team says the men did not discuss sanctions on russia. instead their conversation was focused on arranging a call between rgs president vladimir putin and president-elect trump after the inauguration. today the white house says its reaction depends. you could imagine why these kinds of interactions may take place. why the incoming national security advisor may have the need to contact the representative of a foreign government based here in washington, d.c. depend op what they discussed. de did he understand on what he said. reporter: flynn s ties to russia have been scrutinized since the moment trump tapped him to be the closest adviser on national security. flynn was seated right next to president putin at a russian media gala in december of 2015 and had a paid speaking gig with russia today, the kremlin s tv network, before taking on a formal campaign role.