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>> ayes are 49, neys are 51. the motion is not agreed to. >> this is clearly a disappointing moment. >> im disappointed. we still came up short. im disappointed. its not a loss for the republican party. its a loss for the american people. >> clayton: next guest says this also shows why americans are so fed up with lawmakers from both sides. joining us now is former u.s. army ranger. author of outlaw platoon sean parnell. great to see you this morning. >> good morning. great to be here. clayton: ...

>> i dont think it would have changed if he played nicely with john mccain. >> its not if he played nicely, its if he had known whats in the bill. >> speaker ryan cant even control his own freedom caucus. >> they passed legislation in the house. they cant pass it in the senate. >> all this week what weve been talking about is the infighting in the white house and not much attention has actually been given to this. >> it does seem like the president has some issues with managing the message. >> t...

Face approach of fellow new yorkers, and the article talks about scaramucci being one of them, he does not discourage it. what do you think he thinks about this? does he like it or encourage her? >> well, competition yes, and i think he likes scaramucci is manner, he would not have made him the communication director if he hadnt, this is all before this broke in the new yorker, and salty is really an understatement, this was extremely, extremely vulgar language, i am no choir boy, and i have nev...

>> but can i also just say that part of where the president has got engine a real danger zone over the past week or so since hes been going after his attorney general is he is encroaching on the conversation that is being had among the people who support him in the base. >> agreed. >> and eroding that support by attacking jeff sessions, who is a hero among those people. and i can just say, as weve been talking a little bit more of jeff sessions a.p. interview came out where he, jeff sessions, ag...

Threats, like were going to play hardball, were going to put it all out there. >> how much of this messy -- how much does this affects presidents standing in the sense, throw brack to the campaign here. president said this would get done and the president repeatedly says to the candidate, wouldnt be that hard. >> under senate rules, that bill can be passed with 51 votes. 51. not a big deal. especially if we hold the senate, and i think we will. meaning, a republican congress and a republican pre...

Startled about donald trump and in your face. you mentioned this with andrew jackson with his own cabinet. but jackson had a pretty successful presidency, youd agree with that. how do you think this is going? its a bumpy six months. thats an understatement. >> i dont know. andrew jackson landed on his feet. he had the war with his own cabinet. he started meeting with informal advisers in the back room of the white house. it leaked. they called it the kitchen cabinet. they said this is unconstitu...

From john cornyn, whos is top senate republican, talking about sessions being disruptive. the question has been over and over again when are republicans on capitol hill going to say, stop, enough? maybe this is the point where its going to happen, maybe this is the point where they are genuinely going to go to the white house and say you cannot do this. i dont care if your back up against the wall on the investigation. you cannot do this. >> work will come to a screeching halt if he fires jeff s...

Understatement of at least the day. you dont want the say the year anymore because things happen so fast. you have the new commune kicati director scaramucci saying about trump and sessions, obviously theres an issue in the relationship. when you hear somebody like an alabama republican senator who said what he just said about the president and his concerns about the way all of this has been handled, you have more and more senators coming out and talking about this. do you think theres anything ...

Perae -- repeal. thats not happening now. get on with all the amendments but without an agreement upon -- >> see what they do after they start the process going. the president, he tweeted this. he said this, chris. any senator to votes against starting debate is telling america that you are fine with the obamacare nightmare. >> yeah. i mean, hes never been one for understatement. so i dont think we should be terribly surprised about that. im 100% with gloria in that this is the one vote currentl...

Watching kevin mccarthy he is speaking -- paul ryan took the pedium. we will listen in, when he starts to take questions, we will bring that to you live to pick up where sabrina is leaving off, lets say attorney general sessions gets so frustrate thad he quits although at this point our reporting from the department of justice, thats not the case, or lets say the president does fire him, tim, who is the next attorney general? >> i dont think we have any idea. i think obviously there was a report...