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excerpt from the book. speaker boehner saying under the new rules of crazy town, i may have been speaker, but i did not hold all the power. by 2013, the chaos caucus in the house had bit up -- had built up their own power base thanks to fawning right ways -- right wing media. they had a new lunatic leading the way who is not even a house member. there is nothing more dangerous than a reckless a whole who thinks he is smarter than everybody else. ladies and gentlemen, meet senator ted cruz. he enlisted the crazy caucus of the gop in what was truly a dumbass idea, not that anybody asked me. sitting down on cbs's sunday morning and the speaker was asked about that reference. >> you write in your book that you became mayor of crazy town. what does that mean? >> by 2010, talk radio had been around for a while. by 2010 we had the internet and we started to have apps, and

people really didn't need the party as much as they used to need them. members, candidates could create themselves out of nothing. >> the new modes of indication gained those rebellious members a direct line to the party base, playing to the crowd rather than accomplish things in congress became the route to success. >> there is a lure to be a noisemaker, instead of a policymaker. >> making policy means finding common ground with the opposition. for noisemakers, that was assigned sign that boehner was a sellout. >> i thought if i could get half of a loaf and live to fight for the rest, that was a deal. no way, no way, sellout. when under percent all my way or nothing. >> from partisan media attacking -- for partisan media, attacking boehner was good for business. host: cbs from sunday morning and the interview with former

house speaker john boehner. jonathan swan with this tweet. when speaker boehner was recording his audiobook, i was told by sources that during these sessions, he would deviate from the book text and insert random violent attacks on senator ted cruz and he includes some of that. we won't listen to it because it includes profanity but you can go to jonathan swan's twitter handle. more from the book on the house, speaker boehner saying taking control of the house represented is in 2010 put me in line to be the next speaker of the house over the largest freshman republican class in history, 87 newly elected members of the gop. as i was presiding over a large group of people who never sat in congress, i felt i owed them a little tutorial on governing. i had to explain how to get things done. a lot of that went straight through the ears of most of them, especially the ones who did not have the brains that got in the way. incrementalism, compromise, that wasn't there thing. a lot of them wanted to blow up washington.

insider has this, ted cruz deriding former speaker been are -- former speaker boehner, calling it a drunken bloated scorn. that from insider. more from the interview on cbs's sunday morning, and which the former house speaker talked about what it was like to negotiate with president obama and kratz on any legislation. [video clip] >> i am negotiating with the white house and i've got no position. because my guys would not vote for anything. some of these members, i'm not quite sure what they are for. they are against everything, but i've never been able to determine what they are for. when you are in the majority party, you've got a responsibility to govern, not just make noise. >> boehner is describing a system still in place where ideologues create a culture of fear. >> a good member tried to do the right thing and sometimes it was hard to do the right thing because they were hearing from the far right, or the crazy

right, the knucklehead right, that they were sellouts. they didn't want to be accused of that, so it put all of these members in a really tough spot. host: that is from john boehner the former house speaker. our phone lines are open. republicans, (202)-748-8001. democrats, (202)-748-8000. bob is joining us from tennessee on the republican line. welcome to the conversation. caller: thank you for taking my call. all i've got to say about john boehner is if he wants to start calling people dumb masses -- dumbasses, he should look in the mirror. host: on the state of the union yesterday, governor asa hutchinson was asked about boehner's book. he served in the house when boehner was also in the house of representatives. this is the arkansas governor on cnn. [video clip] >> in his new memoir, your former house colleague, john boehner writes that the current

republican is unrecognizable to him. he writes quote, i don't think i could get elected in today's republican party. i don't think ronald reagan could either. you are not to similar from boehner in the fact that you are a pro-business, small government rating conservative -- reagan conservative. is this still your republican party? >> it is, and you think about the republican party today, we need to remind ourselves, let's get back to our principles, let's stop the personality decisions that we have and focus on the historic role that we have played, which is a voice for smaller government, not bigger government, not government solutions but free enterprise solutions. while i am also a social conservative, i do believe we have to balance that with the important question, is this a fight that government needs to get in, or is this a role of the church or is this the restraint

of government that we need, to not only preach but to practice as well, and that led me to the veto that you described. it is a conservative position to say that is not the role of government. host: reaction from john boehner's book on the sunday programs, including cnn's state of the union. the divided mind and politics of john boehner. tell us what you think about the former speaker's comments. linda is joining us from mississippi, democrats line. caller: good morning. john boehner is speaking about the way it was, when he was speaker of the house, but he hasn't changed. republicans do not want to get anything done. they want to be allowed. nothing will ever get done, because they stand on the

sidelines and throw rocks and bottles, but no legislation, no work for the people. i think someone is finally telling the truth, and that is him. host: this is from ngm, a tweet saying john boehner is better than any gop in office. he is 100% frank and honest, unlike the rest of his party. don't forget, he is no saint now that he is retired. he led crazy town. that is from edward. let's go to gary, joining us from ohio. good morning. caller: good morning. i watched john boehner back when he was speaker of the house under obama, and i compared him to who we have now and in his book, i think he is right about ted cruz and jim jordan. it seems like all they do is complain, and when they get criticized, they just try to run away from it with their tail

between their legs. i support john boehner and his book, because i think what he said about crews and jordan -- cruz and jordan, all they do is complain, they don't take time to fix the situation. i support him, i think he is right on the money, with what he is talking about. that's all i've got to say. host: stephen ohio sent us a text message. you can do so at (202)-748-8003. getting a -- giving a hated republican his 15 minutes of fame as long as he criticizes ella republicans. sophia is joining us next from new york, republican line. caller: good morning steve. it is the happiest week for me. i'm going to say something about john boehner, because that is the subject. we always jump to something else.

the day of the first of april was a good day. i knew they were going to do to you and shepard smith from fox news, that william barr, tucker carlsen and president trump pushed him to retire. now he's got a job with whoever. anywhere -- anyway, what they did to you was because the 12 months you have primetime 8:00 p.m., you took their slot. that is when they run out of the end. they did everything -- savannah guthrie -- thank you for coming back. we missed you.

[inaudible] i moved here four years ago, so i asked myself, why is that they always ask me if i am a republican? they go by the zip code. anyway, i am so happy it is you. all of them anchor people, they are jealous of you. that is right. thank you and have a nice weekend. host: sophia from the bronx in new york. francesca chambers is joining us. a busy week in washington. let's begin with some action on capitol hill and at the white house. a meeting the president is going to have with members of congress, democrats and republicans. give us details, who will be at the table and what is on the agenda in terms of the issue of

bipartisanship? guest: it is truly in for structure week in washington as lawmakers come back from the recess, and it is kicking off with a meeting at the white house with the president, vice president and a bicameral and bipartisan group of lawmakers. that meeting will have california's senator and also democrats and republicans. you can expect to hear from -- hear about the corporate tax rate. president biden is proposing to raise it from the current 21% to 28%. that is something republicans have said they've but he mentally oppose. you can also hear a lot of conversation about whether or not this planned the president has put forward pays for itself. the white house proposes to pay for eight years of spending and we have seen that emerge as a sticking point.

meanwhile you have moderate democrats asking for the $10,000 deduction cap on state and local taxes. -- septa put forth, -- set to put forth, that they might not be able to get to pass. host: when it comes to that tax hike from 21% to 28% over the next 15 years,, is there room for compromise? would republicans agree to any tax hike to pay for this? guest: the white house has said that they are willing to compromise on this package, and that is what we are waiting to see, just how much either side really is willing to compromise on something like this. chris coons said he spoke to republicans who can just not get behind that corporate tax increase, that they could get

something -- get behind something like a mileage or gas tax, but the white house does not want to go that route because the president said he will not raise taxes on anyone making under $400,000 a year in this country, and such taxes could be seen as an indirect tax on those individuals. host: we learned the president will have an official visit by the japanese promised her, his first face-to-face meeting with the world leader. that will take place at the white house on friday. caller: that's right. it speaks to the strategic and economic military alliance that the two countries have amid a rising china. you can expect a hear the president talk more about that. last week, he raised the concept of a rising china during a speech about his interceptor bill, saying the chinese are not waiting to invest in their infrastructure and their digital infrastructure. one would expect that president biden could use the meeting with the japanese promised her this friday to continue to raise that

argument is a reason why his infrastructure package needs to be passed. host: we also learned that the wife of the late senator, john mccain will be nominated to the u.s. ambassador to the world food program, based in rome. what other nominations can we expect to see confirmed this week? guest: nominations are something that haven't been going through quickly right now, given that both the white house and -- have been focused on covid relief and the infrastructure package. it is a shorter week here in washington. not clear how many of them will get through, certainly something the senate and white house say they are focused on. host: the president delivering a speech before a joint session of congress, initially scheduled for earlier this spring. now we are hearing at the end of this month. what do you know about that? guest: could you repeat that? host: whether or not the president will deliver a speech

before a joint session of congress? guest: we heard from the white house on wednesday, we expect it to take place but certainly much later than we expected. first we had been told that the white house was looking to get the president's relief package passed first. we have seen that and now we are working on the infra-structure package. that is absolutely in time. we will hear about him putting out a budget and how he sees his priorities playing into his larger priorities over the next four years. host: for those who watch the regular daily briefing with the press secretary, they will see the room half empty because of covid protocols. can you ask plane the process for you and others to be in the room and how it is determined? guest: within the room, there were 14 seats on a rotation. we have several pools of reporters, the folks who were there meeting with the president. you have a radio floor, a tv

floor, a print floor every single day during those briefings, but you also have reporters from networks and other print reporters in that room, and they are all on rotation. we are not able to have the full 49 seat briefing room, given the covid restrictions but certainly as vaccinations increase, we hope we could return to some sort of normal and the briefing room soon. host: francesca chambers, thanks very much for being with us. guest: thanks so much. host: this is from david who said i wish he spoke like that when he was the speaker. he would have gotten respect. easy to say things now when there are no consequences. it is all about party alignment. they could care less about being brave because their careers would be very short. host: this is the headline from the new york times. in the new book, speaker boehner saying he regrets the clinton impeachment.

an excerpt from the book, he says i know we said at the time, bill clinton was impeached for lying under oath. in my view, republicans impeached him for one reason only. tom delay leaved impeaching clinton would win us all of these health seats and be a big win politically and he commenced enough of the membership in the gop base that that was true. back to your phone calls. steve is joining us from california, republican line. caller: let's start with a little levity. why can't democrats unscrew light bulbs? because they are too busy screwing every thing else up. why can't republicans unscrew a lightbulb? that is because they only know how to turn to the left. both parties have never come ou