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Care. >> yeah. they have an operating majority. >> they do. they control the senate. yet this president has not been able, in conjunction with the majority leader, to marshal members of his own party to get his agenda passed. attacking yet again a sitting senator seems to endanger that going forward. this is a white house often tripped up by the president's tweets. there is great frustration there. there has not been more done on tax reforms. the hill is frustrated why the white house keeps getting their way on this. we have at least two significant foreign policy crises right now. the preside...

We saw that he was short republican votes for health care. >> yeah. they have an operating majority. >> they do. they control the senate. yet this president has not been able, in conjunction with the majority leader, to marshal members of his own party. attacking the former general seems to consider that going forward. this is a white house often tripped up by the president's tweets. there is great frustration there. there has not been more done on tax reforms. the hill is frustrated why the white house keeps getting their way on this. we have at least two significant foreign policy crises rig...

>> their argument is there is a filibuster problem and you need republican votes. what do you say to that? >> when we got the majority if you were with me and i had gone to the new majority, you know what they told me? get me 50 republican votes. i hear the echo of the democrats. bernie is an independent, but he sounds like a democrat in the house or the senate leadership. if you would only get me the votes. this is about fighting. >> the fighting -- i hear that, but the fighting, there has to be some strategy. >> okay. 70 republicans didn't vote for the debt ceiling. didn't vote for the conti...

What do you say to that? >> when we got the majority if you were with me and i had gone to the new majority, you know what they told me? get me 50 republican votes. i hear the echo of the democrats. bernie is an independent, but he sounds like a democrat in the house or the senate leadership. if you would only get me the votes. this is about fighting. >> the fighting -- i hear that, but the fighting, there has to be some strategy. >> okay. 70 republicans didn't vote for the debt ceiling. didn't vote for the continuing resolution and didn't vote for relief for the texas hurricane relief in harv...

Out here and out here that won't agree with that. but i think you'll have an operating majority to do something. i believe that will happen. still ahead, we're joined by actor and director ben affleck and the emmy-winning star of "veep," julia louis-dreyfus. first, caroline kennedy with her new book on her father's presidency. we'll hear audio from jfk himself inside the oval office. irping ]hon