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He may be just a passenger on this train. but that's where the party is going. and flake and corker are the casualties. >> hardly have time to get programs printed up in this world. thank you for making our lead off. coming up as we approach our first break, more on the president's fight with a respective republican senator, the other one, that is, retiring senator bob corker, went out of his way today to talk about the president in front of just about every camera crew he encountered. that and much more as "the 11th hour" continues on another busy tuesday night.

August. >> some big things they have to get done. they have to pass. the government funding bill. they have to raise the debt ceiling. really difficult things. >> charlie, i had a conversation yesterday with the top administration administration official. the question was like, dude, september is going to be intense. >> it's going to be very, very intense. lead-off with this debt ceiling. you can't get that through with just republican votes. are there going to hot butt issues. is the trump administration going to draw a line drawing a wall. by insisting on cost sharing payments. you can imagi...

>> bill: and one of the issues is lowering cost. what would you say to him 30 minutes before he appears? >> what i would say to congressman meadows who i respect is obamacare exploded costs and reduced choices and the quality of care. that needs to be fixed. at some level there's going to be a binary choice you make good on the promise to repeal and replace obamacare or you're not. we appreciate the fact that others offering their ideas but this has been worked on over a series of weeks if not months and the president and vice president have taken leadership. i want to say this is a piece of l...

Be a binary choice you make good on the promise to repeal and replace obamacare or you're not. we appreciate the fact that others offering their ideas but this has been worked on over a series of weeks if not months and the president and vice president have taken leadership. i want to say this is a piece of legislation also that has presidential leadership. he's really husbanding this through. some suggested he be the closer or the lead-off. the president and vice president are all in here. they are working on this more than anything day by day. >> bill: if that's the case sean spicer asked if...

Of poisonous toxins. >> do you believe they knew in advance -- >> they. >> you don't believe they intensionally wanted to poison flynn. >> yes -- i don't believe that they sat down at a meeting said, let's poison everyone in flint. but, but, it's just like a drunk driver gets behind the wheel of a car and runs over a 4-year-old on the sidewalk. he didn't intend to kill the 4-year-old but the reckless driving has consequences. she's reckless actions, they knew almost a year ago that what this water, the corrosive water was doing, it was tearing lead off of the aging pipes underground and puttin...