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Interferes in elections as he did here in 2016 and as i write in the book we underestimated the challenge that putin and his regime faces both for the united states and our security, but also for democracy around the world. did we underestimate the disinformation tactics, first used against you? at least you were quite aware of it at the time, but we were always looking at cyber at the newest way of waging war by russia against us. but disinformation has been taking place now for years leading up to the 2016 campaign, of course. >> you're right. i experienced it personally firsthand when i was...

O'connor public strategies with the washington beacon. thank you for joining me. i want to start with you. were you surprised when you heard this? >> not really. steve bennett is doing what he said he was going to do once he led the white house, waging war with the republican establishment. the speech president bush, and and they base them on their own voters. and talking about issues, important to the republican base like securing the border and fighting for american workers left behind, and when president bush gets up there and says these things, it is empty

And mcconnell yesterday in two different settings, to your point, they have two very different visions of where they think the parties should go in areas related to tax reform and other issues. how president trump is going to get both of them on the same page and please all parties is just not even clear right now if that's possible. >> all right. highlighting this war, if you will, john mccain in a speech last night made remarks, didn't mention the name steve bannon but clearly was talking about this battle. >> to fear the world we have organized and led for three quarters of a century, to ab...

1:30 in the rose garden. perhaps then we'll get a little more clarity on which end of the president's party he's actually backing. meanwhile cnn's jeff zeleny has more. >>reporter: president trump and senate majority leader meeting to talk about tax reform. of course these have been add odds for weeks if not months. they are coming together to push tax cuts, tax reform. they know it's key to keeping the republicans agenda. the president said there's no civil war. >> i have a fantastic relationship with the people in the senate and people in congress. i mean i have -- with our house of represen...

Republican establishment, waging war specifically with mitch mcconnell, which made the meeting in the rose garden all the more awkward. smaerts mcconnell said republican victory is the most important. >> the goal here is to win elections in november. you have to nominate people who can actually win, because winners make policy and losers go home. >>reporter: so the president came to south carolina late monday evening for a republican fundraiser for the governor. he's focused on midterm races and tax reform. the challenge is getting some type of legislative achievement. health care collapsed. o...