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>> sandra: members of the conservative house freedom conference nearly derailing last night's vote to conference effectively holding the vote hostage until they were promised a bigger role in crafting the gop's spending strategy in the form of negotiators. republican senator john barrasso is joining us. chairman of the policy committee. thank you for joining us this morning. things took a dramatic turn on the house floor last night. was anybody expecting this or did anybody see this coming? >> thanks for having me, sandra. beyond that there is agreement. we need to do tax reform, tax relief, t...

Here. we have to have a healthcare outcome, a tax plan and a spending strategy and be disciplineed and not be distracted by things. >> the republican congressman from new york says on twitter "i voted for potus last november and want him and u.s.a. to succeed but that meeting given that e-mail chain just released is a big no-no." so republicans are not saying they're going to stop supporting the president but they're concerned about these new revelations, shep. >> shepard: what the from democrats? >> the top democrat, senator mark warner, says this jives with other evidence and testimony that ...

It is unacceptable to fiscal conservatives, deficit hawks on the republican side, and tea party conservatives particularly. so it's going to be a real battle, and the democrats in the senate are making the suggestion that their proposal of a $20 billion additional cut was actually being seriously contemplated by gop leaders over their congressional recess last week. republican leadership sources say that's a fairy tale and no such consideration was ever very serious. gregg: are there republicans who are saying, hey, wait a minute, this is actually working for us quite nicely. we've had two sho...

Lash out at the source of insecurity. president obama bearing of anger these days. -- there is no question that president obama's massive spending strategy has not improved things and we americans are an impatient people. so, we have displays like this one yesterday. >> unbelievable recession. [you are a liar! [shouting] >> i continue to believe that all presidents should be respected but there is no question there is anger in the air. no rasmussen poll asks americans how angry are you at the policies of the federal government. a whopping 43% say very angry. 20% say somewhat angry. 1% not very...

Listening, however bottom line, republican senator saint, we need more time, we should work through the august recess, so senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell responded with r august recess will be bumped. that is to get health reform done. >> it is time to vote. put it out there. let them offer amendments. let's hit it head on. it is not going to get less complex a formal act is not innate change. 's >> donald trump, jr.,'s interactions with a russian lawyer, some lawmakers have expressed them losing focus. >> does exactly what we need to not be distracted by. we have things we need to do ...