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They are squirming and squirming. in fact, senator corker introduced an amendment that said let's delay repeal so we can come up with a replace. but so far, not a single republican has come up with a replace that has drawn even a small consensus on the republican side. so they're stuck. and i'll tell you something, chris -- >> and your message is, we're not going to unstick you, is your understanding? >> our message is, you break it, you own it. if they want to keep aca, we'll work with them on improvements. of course it can be improved. but if they are going to repeal it, they better figure o...

Completely effective. >> it worked. >> michael, this is what is the most interesting part of this story. it's not that the trump folks are doing this because of what rebecca said. they operate in a post scandal atmosphere. there is no such thing as a scandal for them. it is at some level fascinating to me that mcconnell is doing this. if you look at his opposition years of barack obama, he sees senate norms as no longer binding. >> well, yeah. and i don't know if that's wholly true but it does come off that way and it's disappointing. i've known mitch for a long time and he's really about the ...

And get -- >> that's true exactly. >> to get an answer for and get ahead of before the hearing. >> although, and here is the unifying theory, which is if you go back to the tom daschle example that we started with, and tom is watching this like, how did that happen? how did i -- this guy released his taxes. daschle was shamed into withdrawing. >> that's right. >> if he hadn't been ashamed, if the administration said, we don't care, maybe he gets confirmed and ultimately that -- if you take that approach, we're going to see how far that gets you. michael steele, rebecca traister, thank you for ...

>> we do. >> other than sort of trolling mitch mcconnell with a letter, what do you have to hold this up? >> well, we don't have the power to prevent the hearings from happening although again the republicans are making a shambles of the rule. the tradition, not a rule, you don't schedule the hearing until they agree and they've trampled all over that. the one thing we do have is the ability still to demand 30 hours for each nominee on the floor. and those 30 hours -- let's say there are 15 cabinet nominees. that's 450 hours. if you work 24/7, it would still take three weeks to it. we don't wa...

Restaurant that prompted trump to kweet "as anyone looked at the poor numbers of "vanity fair" magazine in way down, big trouble, dead. gray don carter, no talent, will be out." despite that, other journalists showed up at trump grill to confirm the quality of the food and drink was horrible, which is how we got this photo from the daily beast olivia nuzzi of a trump grill martini served extra, extra, extra dirty -- on the rocks and in a wine glass. now if that doesn't look appetizing to you, maybe you'd prefer this slightly less disgusting looking drink from trump's cocktail bar in d.c. that ...