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Theyre two real estate guys from new york and they think everybody in washington, d.c. is stupid. >> a tale of two trips. if he were responsible for the first part of the trip, i think you can argue addition. >> more than anybody else in the white house, he was responsible for the first leg of that trip. >> i want robert to react, to glenns point, hes been a convener of people, brought ceos in, labor people in, tried to shape the agenda. the front pages of the "wall street journal" today suggest...

Budget that is "morally bankrupt,," he fired right back. >> right now, my unborn grandchildren are paying for it and i think that is morally bankrupt. >> congress has little time to tackle all these big ticket items. it has this week off, another week off for the fourth of july, and a six week august recess ending september 4th, with only weeks to go before the fiscal weeks and after that. >> sandra: journeyman ill of a representative sean duffy and isaac wright come a democratic strategist. goo...

Reporter: earlier this week president trump asked his team to expand the search for a new f.b.i. director in a line of more candidates to consider when he gets back. at the end of his foreign trip he had other jobs on his mind. tweeting, bringing hundreds of billions of dollars back to the u.s.a. from the middle east, which will mean jobs, jobs, jobs. the white house says it plans to use the momentum from this trip to push the big ticket items along including the budget, tax reform and healthcar...

Reform. those are the two big ticket items legislatively. as we heard from senator corker, the senate is working their own process here. i think that its clear we the report from hhs with premiums on the individual market in the federal exchanges more than doubling since 2013. the current law is failing but what comes next? republicans still trying to figure out what that looks like. the president showed some leadership there. if they want to pivot onto tax reform, big disagreements on the right...

Blake burman at the white house with more. hey, blake. >> hi, neil. a treasury official said theyre still optimistic that they will get tax reform done at some point this year. that kind of echos what weve been hearing from top leaders that are closest to trying to get that done. for example, steve mnuchin said yesterday that they feel that there is confidence that they can get it done this year. paul ryan said theyre making progress. kevin brady on your show saying his committee work continues ...

If they cant get these legislators to move on big ticket items, then those big ticket items dont get through, those legislators and lawmakers go home and they lose the race. democrats control both chambers and the investigations are run by democrats, which is a different scenario. more with the panel after a short break. you sound just came in. ..u sound just came in.

If they cant get these legislators to move on big ticket items, then those big ticket items dont get through, those legislators and lawmakers go home and they lose the race. democrats control both chambers and the investigations are run by democrats, which is a different scenario. more with the panel after a short break. you sound just came in.

Wrongdoing that is found." california congressman, he expressed support for selecting bob muller. talked about his integrity, his experience. this is breaking news this hour. lawmakers are learning about the selection of a special counsel and so far the early reaction we are getting is positive. theres been great anticipation about the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein coming to theyll tomorrow. we are expecting democrats will be saying we need a special counsel. now they have one. someone ...

There is a criticism especially for me, im an older guy and a little cynical at the end of the day. this business of making drugs is getting out of hand. when you look how long it takes for a drug to get approved, takes millions of dollars seeking imagine its an investment and has to pay off at some point in time. its about six months from the time a drug gets invented by the scientist in a clinical trial takes typically 1000 patients or so. the fda which is a good agency looks at the big ticket...

Republicans in his chamber will, quote, take the time to get it right. and senator lindsey graham taking to twitter tweeting, a bill -- finalized yesterday, has not been scored, amendments not allowed and three hours final debate -- should be viewed with caution. senator robb portman also getting into the saying simply i dont support the house bill as currently constructed. nbcs mike is live on capitol hill. mike, what is the lay of the land in the senate for this bill? >> greta, when the senate...