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Before. and i think had excessive expectations about how quickly things happen. >> i said mitch, get to work and lets get it done. they shouldve had this last one done. they lost by one vote. for a thing like that to happen is a disgrace. >> wednesday, mcconnell issued a statement saying he and the president share an agenda focused on tax reform and infrastructure, adding with respect to the times report, anyone who suggests otherwise is clearly not part of the conversation. ryan maguire served ...

Before. and i think had excessive expectations about how quickly things happen. >> i said mitch, get to work and lets get it done. they shouldve had this last one done. they lost by one vote. for a thing like that to happen is a disgrace. >> wednesday, mcconnell issued a statement saying he and the president share an agenda focused on tax reform and infrastructure, adding with respect to the times report, anyone who suggests otherwise is clearly not part of the conversation. ryan maguire served ...

Relations and having been in china. i think its a very good, very good pick and probably a pick that will go through the senate without too much trouble. >> stanley and michael, thank you to the both of you for joining us here. ill make ashley and ken hang out for the next 50 minutes or so. in two hours andrea mitchell reports live from the 2017 aspen security forum. that is where some of the top national security experts answer questions about whats happening here at home and around the world...

For a strategy session with the president to talk about their next move after the dramatic collapse of their effort to overhaul obamacare. you see the bus there, carrying all of the senators, save richard burr, the chairman of the senate intelligence committee. he has said he wont go to the white house while he conducts his investigation into russias meddling in the u.s. election. president trump presumably going to try to revive his efforts to at least repeal obamacare for now. his strategy, he...

Care plan will start from a clean slate. dems will join in. earlier in the evening, president trump held a dinner with several republican lawmakers, officials described it as a collaborative strategy session with senior members familiar with tough legislative battles. according to politico, president trump told republicans at the dinner the party would look like, quote, dopes, if they couldnt pass the health care bill after passing a repeal bill in 2015. is that -- i dont know. it just seems lik...

Happens to them on the special counsel, do they continue on? because theres a number of them. >> reporter: they will continue on but the question is what happens, because there is a fair amount of information sharing between the intelligence community and these committees on capitol hill in order to move forward. how will the new special counsel deal with these investigations on capitol hill. we dont know that yet, the senate intelligence committee leaders issued a statement tonight saying they ...

Investigations that we have been talking about in congress on russian interference, what happens to them on the special counsel, do they continue on? because theres a number of them. >> reporter: they will continue on but the question is what happens, because there is a fair amount of information sharing between the intelligence community and these committees on capitol hill in order to move forward. how will the new special counsel deal with these investigations on capitol hill. we dont know th...

Challenging. you can prepare but you still dont know exactly whats coming at you and its live. so i think in my judgment, comey was right to be transparent about it. he was right to convey a sense of honesty i think. one could quarrel with his words, but i would rather he did that than not do it. >> and peter alexander, how unsettling is all of this for the white house? with the criticism that the chief of staff, the white house counsel, none of them anticipated just how dramatically this would ...

There? >> at this point in time, it is more of a strategy session. given that tomorrows public meeting was canceled late last week twoefl decide how to move forward. it includes just continuing the investigation, reviewing documents and making sure the proper people are interviewed. >> so discontinuing the investigation. is that one of the options? a lot of preeople are calling f an independent investigation. >> i believe we should have both. there are benefits to having an independent investiga...

This is going to be a break with past republican orthodoxy when it comes to that. again, the increase in spending is something the president has been talking about for quite some time. as you pointed out at the top, in a short time, hes going to meet with the governors association. later on this morning, a meeting with the ceos of top health care companies, humana, aetna. will we get a health care proposal out of that meeting? likely not. this is going to be a strategy session. expect the focus ...