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Welcome back to "mtp daily." we just heard from house speaker paul ryan about his relationship with the trump white house and the challenges facing republicans trying to get the agenda going. tonight's agenda. amy. matt and karene. welcome all. >> thank you. >> i'll start with the wiretapping stuff. because i guess we'll call it wiretap dancing for speaker ryan. i wasn't expecting another answer other than the one i got. >> yep. >> to me, you know, he -- what, some 300-odd republicans that have to answer this question because president trump won't concede that he was wrong. >> so the only hope...

Sick. what about that? >> what about the rest of the obama administration. >> what about calling him bad or sick? was that right for the president to say? >> chris, i'll let the president speak for himself. he's perfectly capable of that. he's the president of the united states. do you think he's covered -- >> does that make it right? >> i want to ask you a question. the level of disrespect for the president of the united states and the way he is described by people, people whose approval rating is half of his frankly, is beyond the pale. >> his polls have gone the wrong way since he said the ...

>> his polls have gone the wrong way since he said the wiretapping, lowest level since the wiretapping stuff. >> i wrote an article 15 or 18 years ago, when people think you're making a difference in their lives. he will be judged by his accomplishments. he's being judged by people saying he's making good on his promises to get things done. people like the job numbers, people like the unemployment numbers, people like the consumer confidence. they like the fact that people feel good about the direction of the economy. they heard him in his joint address two weeks ago. that doesn't wash away be...

On the wiretapping stuff. he's taken a strong stand on the russian stuff, the white house is enraged about john mccain and they are trying to find ways to politically marginalize him and elevate other voices within the party like senator named tom cotton. they want mccain sidelined. >> i'm with mccain on that one. by the way, mccain will never be forgot within what he accused with that woman that accused obama being arrogant. that's profile in courage stuff. trump hasn't done one of those yet. >> i talked to health experts about trumpcare today and what it would do. >> you're saying it, aren't...