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The hill for anything. that's one thing. but, two, you know, this white house said clearly, you know, the people of alabama will decide. and then the president weighed in and it points the finger back to him. you can't have it both ways. this president has accusers, and al franken came out and said yes he did wrong. but the president has not fully addressed beyond talking to billy bush and saying locker room all these issues that are still looming. this president is going to have to come out and address it, because the longer and the more stories come out, and they keep coming, it goes back to...

Angela, one area which -- one place they haven't come out with a definitive response is the white house. the white house put out a statement early on saying if the allegations are true, moore should step down, but this weekend, kellyane conway and mark shore went on tv and said we need to hear more from roy moore. that's as far as we're going to go. is that far enough? >> of course it's not. what's mostly interesting on folks on the other side of the aisle is the way in which we will politicize these issues when it comes to democrats, right. there's a no tolerance policy when it comes to democ...

Strategy from the white house going forward on this? i know mark shore told us democrats were a must have on this bill, on tax reform. is that where things are? >> i think it's pretty simple, the strategy is to get enough votes to pass tax cuts. >> can you elaborate on getting democrats on board? >> look, we don't know why any democrat would be against providing tax relief and tax cuts to middle class america. i don't know why anybody wouldn't want to get on board with that. >> hunter? >> thank you, sarah. it's been almost a month since hurricane maria hit puerto rico. 80% of the island still ...

Senator patty murray to stabilize obamacare. has the white house been involved in those negotiations and will you support that deal? >> yes, we have been involved and this is a short-term deal for a year or two years and it will get us over this hump. it is a short-term solution so that we don't have this very dangerous little period including dangerous period for insurance companies by the way. they are working together, and i know very much what they're doing, okay? >> okay. a sudden turn. but if that's where it ends, some would like to give credit to president trump for at least landing on ...

Insanity? they saying to the same thing over and over gn and expecting the same result. i don't see how health care happens. they have to keep going through motions in order to make it look like they're trying. there's no single issue that had been more galvanizing for conservative base than health care. they have taken hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars from their constituents over the years. both houses of congress on the promise that they would repeal. they haven't done it. but you know what, the white house is already moving on. mark shore, the president's legislative director, w...