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Party. if there is a serious fight between the two of them, more republican voters are going to side with trump than are going to side with mitch mcconnell and paul ryan. but trump cant get anything done in congress without the congressional republicans. so the question is at what point has trump just -- does trump just give up on getting anything done in congress and just decide he, a, enjoys and b, can have some political profit from having a constant fight with these guys. hes not even talkin...

He is almost certainly not getting that approved by this congress. the president holds firm, does he veto a bill passed by congress that doesnt include border wall money? dont know that yet. interesting signal from sarah huckabee sanders today suggesting a debt ceiling increase without strings attached to cut spending. thats what conservatives demanded. the white house sticks to that position, theyre willing to fight with conservatives on that key issue, wolf, were not even talking about things ...

David in the corner. talk to me about september. you get the sense the white house, everyone knows theres a lot at stake here. >> i dont think we are doing to see donald trump doing that iconic lift with mitch mcconnell anytime soon. september is going to be tricky. we have deadlines coming up with just keeping the government open and funded. we have a debt ceiling increase that is going to be required if america is not going to default on its debt, which could royal markets and the economy if t...

>> and nobody wants me to talk about your other senator, who is weak on borders, weak on crime. so i wont talk about him. nobody wants me to talk about him. nobody knows who the hell he is. >> well, this morning, however, he attacked flake by name, tweeting phoenix crowd last night was amazing. a packed house. i love the great state of arizona. not a fan of jeff flake. weak on crime and border. well, president trumps list of legislative accomplishments is very short, of course. in his recent rem...

Campaign and a white house source now says bannon will continue to work from the outside to advance the presidents agenda. we shall see. meantime, back with democratic senator brian shotz of hawaii. senator, the senate has very, very serious battles coming up. in the coming months, congress will need to raise the nations debt ceiling, and try to pass a budget. theres tax reform. theres an infrastructure bill. there are a lot of substantive issues that will be coming up your consideration. heres ...

So on one level i think theres an opportunity for us to sort of hit singles, do the basic stuff. when it comes to tax reform and infrastructure, i think that the president and the white house and the cabinet is going to be at least delayed, if not delayed indefinitely when it comes to the big ticket items. >> hitting a single, better than striking out. look at this picture, senator. there are now by our count at least 23 republicans who have publicly denounced president trump by name as a result...

Wants to pass big ticket items. jeff flake is is one of the most conservative senators. he should be looking foreways to work with him and then long-term, if he want to -- absolutely vital. absolutely vital to the future of trumps presidency that republicans maintain control of the house and senate next fall. hes spent more time attacking senators up for reelection than he spent attacking -- if anything, its just incredibly selfish and short sighted. >> all right. the justin, you have the tough ...

>> yeah. thats what i thought. >> gorsuch. >> the gorsuch confirmation is the go-to call. i think the time dimension is really important. try to tie up things together. we talked earlier about the presidents approval ratings, about whats going on on capitol hill, controlling the narrative. the window, were six months in, but the window is closing rapidly. the first year of a presidency is the year in which historically stuff gets done. you do the big things in that first year. you then head into...

Commands great, great public approval. >> always needed enemies. during the campaign, it was the media and hillary clinton. he doesnt need hillary clinton even though he attacks her from time to time. a week ago it was jeff sessions. theres always somebody. theres a melodrama happening around this president and i think with mitch mcconnell the difference, this carries larger stakes for the big ticket items on the legislative agenda. >> let me bring in robert costa. you have a white house staff w...

Closer together. will never change. this president cares about who he considers his true constituents. even among supporters there are real signs of erosion. in the quinnipiac poll for example the president has fallen sharply from 67% who strongly approved of his job performance last month down to 43% today, 14-point drop. even white house counsellor kellyanne conway who coined the term facts there is a problem. >> his approval rating among trump voters is down slightly. it needs to go up. they ...