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Contributo contributors. from the "washington post," where he is the recipient of a pulitzer prize, our columnist eugene robinson. and on the right-hand side of your screen, steve schmidt rejoins us after an absence of way too long. a veteran of gop politics, senior strategist and adviser to the '08 mccain/palin campaign. among them, eugene, proximity has its advantages. you are across the table from me, so you get to go first. >> all right. >> you are going to hear people who have been involved in the fight. they could be diplomats, politicians, ngos say that we've watched this war almost hal...

We have been told time and again by senior administration officials that we should not expect too many dramatic developments during what is only going to be a 24 hour meeting here in florida. they obviously won't be meeting that entire 24 hours. that's the amount of time that president xi is going to be on the ground here. they went so far as to say during a background briefing earlier this week there won't even be time for golf down here. you'll recall that was something president trump did with shinzo abe earlier on in this administration. this is going to be very interesting to watch not ju...

Weekend. and they are going to try to find a way forward. i'm not going to expose every member that is had this. those conversations are happening at several levels within the white house to see if. we can find a way forward to get the number of requisite votes. the president continues to work hard. he's having these conversations. members have reached out to him to make their suggestions known. and so that's -- we continue to feel optimistic in the sense that there's a lot of constructive ideas coming to the table to get us to a way forward on health care. i want to make one announcement. tom...

Earnest and fulfill the mission of this report. transportation secretary who yesterday celebrated the 50th birthday of the department of transportation today $10 million in emergency relief funds to help begin repairs on atlanta's collapsed i-85 overpass. this will help ensure the bridge is replaced safely and in a timely manner. the white house office of intergovernment affairs has spoke with the governor. the financial reports as filed by commissioned officers here in the white house, right after i'm done here we're going to have a background briefing with senior white house compliance and e...

What are appropriate? >> the president made it clear. this issue came up with caitlyn jenner came to trump tower and he said he didn't really care. i think it is a state and local issue, not one that he believes needs federal attention. >> given that it's financial disclosure day, why will the white house not -- >> not sure if there's a proclamation on that. >> why will the white house not be releasing the president's 2016 tax returns given that conceivably those can't be under audit yet while the audit has obviously been the reason for why you haven't released the past returns. >> the preside...