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Earlier in the day. he labeled the fbi as "tainted" and boasted about essentially repealing the affordable care act. we will have a lot more on both of those stories. but we begin with some stark warnings for the president and for the republican party from some fellow republicans. congressman charlie dent of pennsylvania and senator jeff flake of arizona are both retiring in 2018 and both are on record as outspoken critics of the president. but over the weekend they sounded huge alarm bells about their party's future under the leadership of president trump. >> clearly, you know, republican -- ...

Continues in that direction, the bannon direction, the trump direction, that you could lose -- could you lose the senate? could you lose the house? >> most definitely. most definitely. when you start to look at some of the audiences cheering for republicans sometimes, you look out there and you say, those are the spasms of a dying party, when you look at the lack of diversity sometimes. and it depends on where you are, obviously, but by and large, we're appealing to older, white men, and they're just, you know, a limited number of them. and anger and resentment are not a governing philosophy. ...

Just out from senator jeff flake. he's not a fan of the president. here he is speaking out what he calls the ethno nationalists protection of the republican party. >> what's the risk if the party continues in that direction? the bannon direction? the trump direction? could you lose the senate? >> most definitely. when you look at some of the audiences cheering for republicans sometimes, you look out there and you say, those are the spasms of a dying party. when you look at the lack of diversity sometimes and depends on what you are, obviously, but by in large we're appealing to older white men...