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Cause. its turned into another one. >> at least ten storm related deaths in orange county. 70 state wide. there have been 200,000 homes damaged or destroyed by the storm storm and up to a million vehicles ruined. fema has received 600,000 registrations for assistance. >> bret: a long recovery. gasoline prices have jumped since harvey made landfall. the current national average $2.66 a gallon. it was $2.35 a month ago. >> great meeting with chuck schumer, nancy pelosi. and the whole republican le...

Move forward on fixing the problems that we work collaboratively between the executive and congressional blanch. >> mitch mcconnell says he understands why president trump gave democrats a win. stiglitz feeling was we needed to come together to not create >> nfeeling was we needed to a picture of divisiveness the time of genuine national crisis. >> even though it was chuck schumers idea, mcconnell says he will offer and vote for a three-month extension to to the debt ceilin ceiling. the big ques...

Negotiators in history have offered to suspend the debt ceiling for four months. pathetic." its a different time when you are running the show. >> democrats are probably thinking if this is what we can expect to get and turn -- in return, they are going to be lined up outside the oval offic. there is a reason they are grinning from ear to ear. they got their clean debt ceiling increase and the spending increase to boot in the form of harvey relief. i dont think its just a matter of bruised egos ...

This newsbreak as someone whos been in the room for these deals and been around them, what was your reaction when you heard this st. >> once again im here to tell you i cant believe how poorly equipped this president is to legislate. hes given democrats two bites at the apple. they get to spend what they want upfront, and then in december theyre going to come back and exact more out of the next vote. its just an incredibly bad deal. and another thing to say, again, im used to republican presiden...

Exact more out of the next vote. its just an incredibly bad deal. and another thing to say, again, im used to republican presidents poking it in the eye of the democratic senators i work for. and him to stick it to the republican leaders like this, again, its just absolutely amazing. >> let me play delves advocate or at least suggest an alternate interpretation. its only a bad deal if the president cares about the outcomes. but i dont think he does. if the outcome hes thinking of is screwing mit...

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>> we had a great meeting with chuck schumer, nancy pelosi and the whole republican leadership group. and ill tell you what, we walked out of there mitch and paul and everybody, kevin. and we walked out and everybody was happy. not too happy because you can never be too happen, but they were happy enough. >> im joined by someone now very familiar of the complicated relationships in the white house. jim, i thought of you when i saw this newsbreak as someone whos been in the room for these deals a...