i will be more patient and take your admonition to heart. check the number on the screen. you can be mean, nice, it doesn't matter. 877-225-8587. that's all the time we have left this evening. see you back here on monday. see how he does tonight. ♪ >> eric: hi, i am eric bolling in for bill o'reilly. thanks for watching this special edition of "the factor," the trump agenda. straight to our top story. president trump's first 50 days, it has been a whirlwind start for the administration, to say the least, and with us now, counselor to the president, kellyanne conway. kellyanne, let's start, the pressing thing of the week was the obamacare bill, what's going on, where do you see it, what is the president see it? >> the president is very confident that he will repeal and replace obamacare, i love the fact that this is the first major legislative action while

he's been president, most has been executive in nature. you really see donald trump the negotiator, decision-maker, the dealmaker, the great listener, different members of senate and congress into the oval office and the white house. working the phones with them, vice president pence on the hill almost every day, secretary price, it's been a full court press, also really a house and senate bill. we know it is going to, three-pronged, we want people to know it will be much improved, getting rid of this mandate, penalty, et cetera. >> eric: i think the big question is, is he willing to negotiate with the freedom caucus? need the freedom caucus to get that bill through the house and onto the senate. will he negotiate? paul ryan seems to be fairly rigid on, this is it, take it or leave it. >> the president is a great negotiator and great listener.

he has been very open this week to listening to people's concerns and considerations, their best practices, he has been incredibly open-minded in giving an olive branch to all of them.iv i would point out to you, eric, we are really heartened by the fact that in energy and commerce and ways and means, the bill passed with unanimous support, ly54 republicans including some house freedom caucus members, when they had to actually put it to a vote and not on tv or twitter, they are supportive of it. we also point out that this has been an entitlement for seven years. some people live under it and like it, president promised to them that they maybe canse continue with the exchanges as they are, but for the vast majority of americans, they want something more patient-centric. they want the penalties gone, they want health savings accounts, which will happen in prong three, getting the drug pricing under control, they want the interstate mobility of health care, everything he has promised to do is part of this.

>> eric: we want to get to this. we can go on for hours on all the stuff. but the trump tower wiretaps, now, this has been all over the board. first they said there were no wiretaps, then they say they were wiretaps, then they say it wasn't ordered by former president obama, where is the administration right now? >> what president trump has asked for and received is for the house and senate intelligence committees to add to their investigation this piece of it, and they have agreed to do that. we will wait until that oversight and investigations are complete. then we will have further comments. >> eric: look, i remember a "new york times" front page on january 20th using the word wiretap about the trump tower, someone at the trump tower, sending that information back to president obama. >> eric, we know there are many ways to surveille people now, you had reports about just this week.

i would note because the really aufrustrating part are all the leaks coming from intelligence security sources, that is really the frustration here that the frequently. president talks about frequently. the day after his widely heralded session, they ran a story the next day talking about how members of the obama administration rushed to preserve and sprinkle around foe government these intelligence information. that is not a partisan issue. that is about national security intelligence, and it affects all of us. so the president has had that very much on his mind. but when it comes to this particular issue, he has called for an investigation. it seems like that will be underway, and we will await them findings. >> eric: if it turns out valerie jarrett was maybe the one to suggest that it might be a good idea -- what is the difference if it is valerie jarrett or president obama? f it still came from the upper levels of the obamart administration. >> i don't want to answer

hypotheticals, and i certainly don't want to get people's names involved in hypotheticals. w let me just say, kevin lewis is a spokesman for president obama, said last saturday that it was a cardinal rule that the president and people in the white house never interfered in the department of justice investigations. okay. let's take that as fact for the moment. but what about the rest of the huge government? that's the point. even when director clapper said "nothing under my purview." he couldn't close the door on everything. director comey at the fbi almost ahe week ago said what he said almost a week ago now to make a statement announcing this, if he has something to say, we're willing to hear it. we just haven't seen it. we have seen reports of it. we>> eric: a little bit of a controversy the last couple of weeks. president trump gave the communications department a c-. now, sean spicer had a bit of a

rough time. does sean spicer have the president's full confidence? >> yes, he does, and he told his colleagues that he would give himself an a on substance, the issues, and we should, but jobs created including in manufacturing, construction, and unemployment at 4.7%, economic markets. give that an a, and a c or c- on the communication. he says he thinks he can do a better job. i think that meaning we all could. i think donald trump is his own best spokesperson. we all agree when he gets out there, when he addresses a joint session of congress, when he does cpac, it isg the best way to communicate with people directly. i've never seen a more brilliant communicator than donald trump, i think it is in large part how

he got elected. in the white house, i have been the loudest voice for having gotten the president and vice p president out there more, cabinet secretary, sean spicer does a daily briefing, i think i'm present when the president is commending the job he's doing. we all know that we are also representing the president and we all know that the media can be rough on the president. we think they are often unfair and often incomplete in their coverage.tt but it is a two-way street and a we hope it improves. i am very pro-press. i hope it improves because we need to have a fair and free press, butfa we also need the president of the united statesfr to be shown respect. >> eric: i'd like you to comment on the travel ban, the new executive order for the travel ban. it looks like it is going to be again pushed back, several states look like they're goings to mount a challenge to it. your thoughts? >> we expected it would be challenged, but this will pass legal muster. it has a new effective date of march 16th, next week, and iraq is no longer on the list, and i

think it is great thing on how to get yourself all the list. lsix countries on the list, countries that either harbor, trained, or export terrorists. they cannot prove that they are not ridden by terrorists, but all of them will put on a list earlier by president andt congress, and i think that secretary of state rex tillerson and secretary kelly and others have worked with, as i understand, have worked with iraq to find a way to get a w better policy moving forward in reporting and putting so that -- reporting and vetting vso that iraq is off the list. the otherds thing the executive order does is make very clear that legal permanent residents, those who have proper travel and visa documentation, are not covered by this travel halt. they are fine. >> eric: that was the one that the ninth circuit was hung up on.

>> it was always true that they were exempt from this, but it wasn't made clear perhaps. also, syrian refugees are treated, along with all refugees.. religious persecution, anyone persecution exemptions, anyone can apply under hardship. >> eric: we have got good news, kellyanne is going to stick around. we will be back with kellyanne. sit there, sit tight, be sure to stick around for that.o wil next, on this "o'reilly factor" special, congress duking it out over replacing and repealing obamacare. senator rand paul joins us with his predictions on the final outcome moments away. safe drivers who switch to esurance could save money on car insurance. in fact, safe drivers who switch from geico to esurance could save hundreds. so if you switch to esurance, saving is a pretty safe bet. auto and home insurance for the modern world. esurance. an allstate company. click or call. there's nothing more than my vacation.me

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>> eric: in the "impact" segment tonight, the fight over health care. mounting resistance from the left and even some conservatives on how to do it. today, president trump is makine

clear where he stands in the battle. >> i want every american to know that action on obamacare is an urgent necessity. house republicans have put forward a plan that gets rid of this terrible law and replaces it with reforms that empower states and consumers. the house plan follows the guidelines i laid out in my recentre address to congress. expanding choice, lowering costs, and providing health care access for all. >> eric: joining us with reaction from washington, senator rand paul of kentucky. thanks for joining us on a big night. you heard that address that president trump laid out. he said that the house plan lays out his plan as well. now, i understand you spoke to the president recently. can you tell us about that? >> you know, i've been out there saying the house plan is obamacare lite, and the t president called and wanted to

discuss that with me. i got very much the impression or sort of a different impression from the president than i'm getting from paul ryan. paul ryan give a 45-minute press conference during which he said the choices are binary, which basically means you can either take what he is offering or keep hhe status quo. i think from the president i am hearing that he is much more open to negotiation. conservatives across the land dn not like paul ryan's proposal because it is obamacare lite. it keeps the subsidies, keeps the taxes, keeps the mandate, and has an insurance company bailout in it. we don't like it, we never have liked obamacare, obamacare is a disaster. ithe only thing that has really united over time is repeal. if obamacare lite as a replacement, conservatives are not going to accept it.

>> eric: paul ryan is "trying to pull the wool over their eyes." why do you think the speaker is lying to the president? >> i wouldn't put it that he is lying.s i would put it that paul ryan has presented something that, it is a slam dunk, my plan, everybody loves it. paul keeps telling us all, and we ran on it, but i didn't run on paul ryan's plan of obamacare lite. i think most conservatives across the country didn't run on obamacare lite. i think that is misrepresenting it to the president. i think that there is a lot we agree on. we agree on repeal, but we do not agree on replace, that is why i keep saying, why don't we separate repeale from replace,on then let's vote on replacement, same day, just a different bill. >> eric: let's talk about that. let's say you do get the house, then the senate, to repeal and doesn't that leave the lot of people in the lurch? >> the only reason i'm saying

separate them is that i don't think all republicans agree on replacement, i don't think democrats and republicans agree on replacement. if you give several varieties, let's vote on paul ryan's obamacare lite, let's vote on the conservative versiarket rept reforms, and let's let theve democrats have a proposal as well. maybe we have four or five different replacements, we come to some coalition or coalescing where some replacement can pass. no, i am still for voting on both on the same day, i just think they need to be in a separate bill.nhi >> eric: forgive me, but i am confused. if you do repeal and you basically come to a agreement on the replacement, don't you risk many, many months perhaps before a replacement bill is actually acceptable to everyone? the freedom caucus and the more ?establishment republicans? >> no, i think the debates can occur simultaneously. i really think the votes can occur simultaneously. so for example, debate a long time on replacement, let's

debate. let's bring them to the floor, let's have amendments, let's have votes, and let's vote on the final passage on both repeal and replacement on the same day. republicans have some great ideas on replacement. some of these i agree with paul ryan on. for example, letting individuals join a co-op or a buying group or what we call an association health plan. this will guarantee issue, meaning that you won't be excluded if you are already sick or have a pre-existing condition, but it does something that no other plan does so far. it gives you leverage to get a cheaper price.iv right now, my fear is, if you pass the obamacare lite proposal, the individual price of insurance premiums is going to continue to skyrocket. that is my fear.l i don't want any part of obamacare,e so i'm not going to vote for obamacare lite, because i think it still allows the prices to continue to rise. >> eric: senator paul, thank you for joining us tonight. >> thank you. >> eric: up next, how much is

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>> eric: in the "factor followup" segment tonight, reaction to the other side of ourto interviews with kellyanne conway and senator rand paul. joining us, congressman brad sherman, welcome, congressman. first of all, did you listen to these interviews, and your, thoughts -- especially, let's talk a little bit about the health care and what you'rewh hearing from rand paul, from the freedom caucus, saying, i'm not so sure i'm ready to sign onto

paul ryan's plan. >> well, it sounds like what rand paul wants to do is repeal and not replace. he is saying the republicans can't agree on what to replace obamacare with. if they can't -- they're not going to be getting democratic votes for repeal and replace program. if they don't agree on a replacement and they go ahead with repeal, that's repeal and repeal. i'd like to see repeal and republish or not repeal at all. >> eric: maybe those on the left are hoping obamacare sticks around for a while. >> absolutely. what we have seen since obamacare was adopted is 16 million new private sector jobs in a time when employers were required to provide health coverage. now, under the republican proposals, employers don't have to provide health coverage, and many of them won't. what you saw before obamacare was fewer and fewer employers were providing health care coverage. most americans get their healthh coverage through their employer. > eric: the only problem with

that theory is, and it's not just theory going forward, obamacare literally is collapsing from within itself, because they backloaded some of the costs so it didn't look so expensive up front. some of these bills are coming due.lo now, this year, next year, c 2019-2020. >> obamacare is working quite well. and you have the majority of americans getting their health coverage from their employer because employers are required to provide it. >> eric: but insurers are pulling out of the system. next year there could be, i don't know, five or six states with only one insurer and then maybe down the road there may be no one to insure these people. >> the majority of americans get their policies through their employer, and the employers havs dozens of choices. >> eric: 15 to 20 million people who they say are covered who don't get insurance from their employer. insurance saying, we can't afford to do this anymore, you are going to have no health care for those people. >> certainly under the republican plan you're not going to have many insurance companies, probably none,

because people aren't required to have the insurance until them get their cancer diagnosis. so who is going to sell insurance at any reasonable price to a pool like that?t? obamacare is working well. we have an all-time high level of coverage, and the vast majority of people are getting that coverage through their employer. and if you take away the employer mandate, they're not going to have that coverage. talking about tens and tens of millions of people. >> eric: take it to kkellyanne conway's interview. talked about the leaks and the investigations going on. your thoughts from the left on what is going on? october, november, december time frame. >> well, this wiretap chargeov comes out of thin air. it is part of the trump approach of ready, shoot, aim. he announces and declares that obama is sick or bad because obama had trump tower bugged and then says, i don't have any

evidence that it was bugged at all, but let's have an investigation. that's absurd. >> eric: someone tapped trump tower, someone was going after information from the trump tower. >> if you read breitbart, yeah. >> eric: i read "the new york times," that's where i read it, january 20th, clearly, on the front page. they said there was a wiretap to trump tower and that president obama was notified of it. >> i certainly haven't heard that. >> eric: you know the author of that piece? michael schmidt, the same guy that exposed hillary clinton's private email server. >> you can cite an individual article. the fact is that if trump had proof that the obama administration had bugged him, edhe would produce that proof. instead, first he makes the ldcharge, then he calls for the investigation. what we need is a special counsel or special prosecutor to look as to whether there was coordination between the trump campaign and russia.

>> eric: the democrats have said there is proof that the russians coordinated with donald trump. i haven't seen proof of that either, and i am hearing a lot of that accusation as well. >> that is why you need theee investigation. if you want an investigation of both charges, fine. let's have a special counsel to investigate both trump's charge -- but the thing is, in real life, when you see somebody benefit from a theft, they usually had something to do with the thief. so there is a reason to do the investigation. let's have an investigation. >> eric: i think that is what donald trump, president trump, is calling for. an investigation on both of theset charges. >> it has got to be independent, it's got to be a special counsel. >> eric: going to leave itt there, thank you for being with us tonight. president trump versus the deep state government bureaucracy in washington. why the white house believes there is a concerted effort to undermine the trump administration. stay tuned.

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i don't think it should come as any surprise that there are people that burrowed into government during eight years of the last administration and may have believed in that agenda and want to continue it to seek it. >> eric: and join us now to analyze from california, ric grenell, ambassador for the spokesperson to the u.n., and from washington, former state department official, david tafuri. we know there are a lot of hangovers in the trump administration, but is it a concerted conspiracy effort? >> look, whatever you want tod call it, a deep state, the media try to make this mocking term,e the simple fact is that donald trump campaigned on a policy difference from where the direction of the government was going. i think that democracy now demands that he must implement exactly what he promised.th anyone who is trying to subvert

donald trump's policy positions at this point who is also employed by the federalmp government is really the one who is trying to subvert democracy. they are the ones who are trying stand in the way of what the american people voted for. it was president barack obama who famously said, elections have consequences. so i don't think republicans are trying to be mean-spirited. not just trying to push people oout. no one should be surprised thato an obama political appointee doesn't get to work for a change in government and a change in direction and policy. >> eric: let me cut you off a little here. david, here's the issue. when there are leaks, a lot of leaks coming out of d.c. right now, it goes beyond just being a deep state undermining campaign to, could be illegal. first of all, wikileaks has got their hands on thousands of documents that are very damaging.cu that came from a leak, not from wikileaks.

someone leaked that to them. >> there are certainly holdovers into this administration, and some of them may not agree with donald trump. but to suggest that there is some sort of deep stateh conspiracy that they areer organizing together to oppose our state is pure paranoia. t we shouldn't be talking about that, there is absolutely no evidence. really, really unconstructive. the mistakes the trump administration has made so far have been their fault. >> eric: who is leaking? who is leaking the alleged trump dossier, the cia leaks to wikileaks, the wiretap to the trump tower? these are all leaks that have occurred. >> came from a british former intelligence agent, didn't come from the u.s. government.. there are leaks in every administration. >> eric: not like this. >> talk about wikileaks, wikileaks has been a provocateur

and agent of russia which the trump administration, who is communicating with, releasing information that was intended to interfere with the election. so what i think we should all take a deep breath.h. look at what the evidence is. there have been some mistakes by the trump administration, but the mistakes are their own. for instance -- >> eric: david, let me -- >> that's not true at all. no one should be surprised that the bureaucracy is liberal. i have never heard anyone argue federal government bureaucracy is not liberal. david would be the first person who has ever argued in front favor of that. but the political appointees is quite another issue. if you are a political appointee of barack obama, it is notot mean-spirited to say that you are done on the day donald trump comes into office. that is not -- that shouldn't be a problem for anyone. by the way, the media are not going to help us, because they benefit from the leaks from the liberal bureaucracy.

again, we are not trying to be mean-spirited, we're trying to face reality. donald trump won, elections have consequences. political appointees should all be from donald trump and conservative -- >> eric: stay with you for a second. what are they still doing there? donald trump famously saying, saying, get out of there, get out of there. get these guys out. >> look, any appointees that are still there are still there because the trump administration has not yet replaced them. and the trump administration will replace them. but i was at the state department this morning. most of the political appointees have been removed. most of the top echelon of people under secretary of state tillerson have been removed. i didn't say it doesn't tend to be liberal. it does. what i said is that they are not engaged in a deep conspiracy to oppose our government, and foroo you to say otherwise is really misleading. i don't think the american people --

>> for you to take those types of views into government is very dangerous. >> listen, listen. dial it back. no one is saying these individuals are meeting together. those are your words. that is conspiracy theory. what we are saying, innately liberal. innately against the trump administration. that is not new news. >> eric: thank you, david. thank you, ric. when this special edition of "the o'reilly factor" continues, billll clinton coming out of seclusion to take a shot at president trump, and later, we'll have much more with counselor to the president, kellyanne conway. don't miss it. it.

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like a not-so-thinly veiled shot at president trump. >> people who claim to want the nation-state are actually trying to have a pan-national movement to institutionalize separatism and division within the world. it's like we are all having an identity crisis at once, and it is the inevitable consequence of the economic and social changes which have occurred at an increasingly rapid pace. >> eric: joining us with reaction from washington, kristen soltis anderson, columnist for the " "washington examiner"," along with simon rosenberg, president of the centerleftst think tank. we will start with you. you listen to that, first of all, deconstruct that for us, would you? >> the last piece of what he said where he talks a lot about how there has been economic and cultural change and that is what is causing a lot of this friction and division,ee oddly enough, the most correct piecee

of what he said, and explainsn, much more than some kind of pan-national attempt at a movement to divide people to explain why people are feeling the way they are feeling. look, if you have been someone who, say, holds evangelical beliefs, you often told that your beliefs need to get with the times, you are a relic of the past. if you work a blue-collar job, you've been told, you are a relic of the past, need to get with the times. donald trump said, you don't need to get with the times,wi times need to get with you. i think that is what has been causing frustration, not just here in the u.s., but around the world where people are frustrated with elites. they feele like the system has failed them. and that anxiety is leading to leaders to say things kind of similar to trump. >> eric: two types of nationalism, the ethnic cleansing of the past, i think the trump administration has pointed out that that is what they are talking about, the financial, the economic nationalism, that is what they are going for.

>> well, i think it is very important to realize that part of the whole story of i america was that great virtuous war that we fought in world war ii, the world that we build afterwards, but what came before world war ii was a period of rising nationalism in europe. >> eric: that is the prior type of nationalism that i'm pointing out. >> i don't agree with what you're saying. i don't agree with what you're saying. the distinction doesn't reallyat exist. i mean, there is nationalism -- i know you're trying to create a distinction. i don't see it that way. >> eric: was anti-globalism pro-nationalism? >> it was. look, you make this distinction, all that bill clinton was saying, and i think it is reasonable observation, the last time the west went through a period where many people were leading towards nationalism, led to the greatest world war in human history and tens of millions of deaths. i think this is a fairt admonition that, as we move into this era, the last time we try

this, it didn't work out so well. >> eric: kristin, do you think this is what this is all about, this neo-nationalism which, in the past, has meant something different from what it meansis today. brexit, our populist new president donald trump. >> there are a lot of folks in europe right now who are feeling very insecure, they are feeling very unsettled, and as simon pointed out, there have been times in human history where the population feels unsettled, feels unsafe, that can be channeled in a very negative direction. i don't think it means it has to necessarily be channeled in an' negative direction. i don't think we're there yet. if you live in a country like france and seeing an awful lot of immigration, seen your country take in an awful lot of refugees, you may think it would is a lovely thing, but it can create anxiety. feel like this doesn't look like the place i grew up. i think that anxiety can be channeled in ugly ways for sure, but i don't get that it necessarily has to mean that.

if, instead, people are saying, i want to feel a connection to other people in our country, the shared values and shared culture. >> eric: i've got to leave it right there. simon, i cut you off there at little short, i'm sorry about that. >> thank you, eric. >> eric: a crucial week, joinri us, impact on the president's agenda. back in a moment. break through . introducing flonase sensimist. more complete allergy relief in a gentle mist you may not even notice. using unique mistpro technology, new flonase sensimist delivers a gentle mist to help block six key inflammatory substances that cause your symptoms. most allergy pills only block one. and six is greater than one. break through your allergies. new flonase sensimist. ♪ could save money on car insurance.nce you know, the kind of driver who always buckles up... comes to a complete stop... and looks both ways, no matter what.

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>> eric: in the second "factor followup" segment tonight, the biggest impact stories of the week. from boston, to analyze, james pindell from "the boston globe," and from washington, erin mcpike. okay, erin, start with you. >> i have to admit that i was wrong last week when i thought it was going to be the investigation into the russian

connection. it was health care. bob cusack was with me.ea i think this rollout was a huge deal in part because we have seen a lot of chaos over the past two months coming from the white house, a lot more coordination between both the white house and house republicans on the rollout through the entire week. now, it also showed the fissures in the republican party but they are going to have over taxan credits and rolling back the medicaid expansion. we also saw the president try to woo those conservatives rather than try to make demands, and i think we saw them being a little more nimble on the messaging as they admitted later in the week that they had to do a better job communicating, even to rank and file republicans, and how the process would work. >> eric: nimble on the messaging, james, i think that lines up with your story of the week. >> on one level, obviously, i don't disagree at all with what erin mentioned. the health care bill was big as well as the revised travel ban. let's not lose sight of the different donald trump that we saw this week. we have known him for decades as

this loud and almost brash and blunt sort of person and personality and then a politician. many people, when he began running for president, they liked him, said he said things that was on their mind that they were too scared to save themselves. wbut this week, we saw a kinder and quieter donald trump. on monday, he had zero public appearances. twitter feed very much on message, talking about jobs numbers or the international women's day, even, my goodness, praising rand paul. then, of course, throughout the week, talking about the health care bill, he met privately with lindsey graham, marco rubio. kinder and quieter. >> eric: it kind of blows my mind a little bit, you guys.. i'll start with erin. health care, travel ban, wiretaps. we are not talking about wiretaps. i thought that was a big story. >> i think that's right.

throughout the weekend, you saw sean spicer get very animated talking about health care. it was clear that that was supposed to be the message, he didn't want to talk about much else. they brought out the obamacare bill, the 1800 pages or so, then 123 pages of thee house trepublican bill. this was supposed to be the message of the week. i think they nailed it in terms of getting some of the stories that they wanted. >> eric: what about it, james? your thoughts? big, news. >> the whole central -- the way you framed this, goes to the central question about the early days of the trump presidency. will he be able to get out of his own way? obviously, last weekend, he tried the distraction with the wiretapping. thgot out of his own way, was beginning to govern this week. i think it was an important moment in the trump presidency. >> eric: erin, how is spicers doing? >> [laughs] i have known sean spicer for a long time, and i think he is doing his best with a tough situation.

what i was pointing out there is that when there is a message he wants to drive, he is really good at that. what i have noticed is, when there are topics he doesn't want to talk about, he shies away. we've seen him deflect a lot when it comes to foreign foreiy and national security. he says often, i will refer you to the department of the defense, state. we are seeing that spicer, like the president, was wanting to push those issues out to other parts of the administration. >> eric: james,ue former white house spokesman josh earnest said today that the media is too thin-skinned. do you believe him? >> i think in a lot of ways, they are.yi also john roberts from fox saying, time to stop whining and do their jobs, and i think he is probably right. >> eric: you know what i'm looking forward to, erin? next week when angela merkel comeshe and meets president tru.

theer press conference after. ipr hope it's a robust one. i'm looking forward to that. >> i hope so too. a situation where generally the german press will get two questions, the american press will get two questions. it won't be be a very involved press conference, but we did have a reporter ask sean spicer earlier in the week if donald trump would do a separate press conference like he did a couple of weeks ago because, as james mentioned, we haven't heard very much from the president. >>pr eric: james, last thoughts, about 20 seconds, go. >> is going to have a big rally next week in nashville. i think the quiet will be over for a little bit.in >> eric: let's not forget, vice president mike pence goes to kentucky. they're going to spread out that health care bill and see if they can get that one done. james, erin, thank you very much. straight ahead, counselor to president trump kellyanne conway rejoins us in the "no spin zone." don't go away. they keep coming back.

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>> eric: in the "back of the book" segment tonight, rejoining us now, counselor to the president, kellyanne conway. let's get to president trump's high-stakes meeting with german chancellor angela merkel set for tuesday. what is that all about? >> going to be very exciting to welcome her to the white house. two leaders that will get to know each other, forge a positive relationship, perhaps talk about nato, talk about what they can do together as two nations that have many common interests around the globe. >> eric: going to talk about immigration, perhaps? >> they might. >> eric: because that is the elephant in the room is that angela merkel allowed up to a million refugees, and now she may have regrets about that. maybe she can give president trump a little advice on maybe not going so aggressivi on that. >> or vice versa. and president trump has stated his position on that publicly in

the past. but i'll leave it to these two leaders whether they will talk about that publicly or address that privately. obviously, we'll have a press conference as well. >> eric: you mentioned nato. germany is one of the nato countries may be underperforming their obligation to finance nato. >> some people may see it that way.y. we said earlier today in a i briefing to the press, a senior administration official indicated the president is heartened to hear he can discuss that issue surrounding nato. anyway, we're very, very excited that she's coming, excited for this fifth or so visit since he's been president. keobviously has spoken to dozens of others. these bilateral visits are very important, and he has talked about trade deals, talked about how important it is to have bilateral trade deals. you know, he took this country out of tpp, to the pleasure of many american workers who felt like it was a bad deal for them. but he has made very clear that

he entertains the ability to do a fair trade deal. >> eric: so it is friday. tomorrow is saturday. what happens on saturday?tu at 11:30 eastern? the "snl," a lot of people are wondering, what is your reaction to the "snl" skits? >> oh, i see some of them. oh, there we are. i'm usually asleep by the time they come on. i confess. i think most of them areti good-humored. what is my reaction about me? i thought that the kellyanne conway's day off was truly funny and spectacular in its accuracy in terms of how i try to -- how every woman who is out there who has got kids tries to squeeze in every moment, kids in the backyard, grocery store, doing a little exercise with friends, et cetera. anyway, we know what we're doing in the white house. we know the difference between fact and fiction. i think the ones that are good-humored and good-natured aree great. i think the ones that are little more dark are inaccurate.

>> eric: does the president get a kick out of them? >> he has stated what he thinks of them. i'm really happy that someone 15 years younger than me is playing me. thank you, kate mckinnon. perhaps we will meet at some point. >> eric: and sean spicer? how's spicy? >> if you work in this white house, you are of good inmor when you need to be. sean spicer, he is a guy who is very comfortable with himself and the job he is doing as press secretary, as we are. we all know how to laugh, we all know how to take a joke. >> eric: kellyanne, we'll leave it right there. thank you for joining us for two big segments tonight. and a quick reminder, check out a brand-new "contributing factor" podcast up todayfocusing on the threat from the brutal central american gang ms-13. download that on itunes. and don't forget to catch my job "cashin' in." airing at 11:30 a.m. eastern tomorrow right here on the fox news channel.

again, thanks for watching this special edition of "the o'reillt factor," the trump agenda, i am eric bolling in for bill o'reilly, who will be back on monday, please remember, the spin stops right here, we are looking out for you. >> tucker: good evening. welcome to "tucker carlson tonight" it's been a wild week in the news. republicans are in a civil war over the obamware -- obamacare appeal. wikileaks humiliated the cia. the headlines overshadowed a bunch of stories, one of which we're going to open with tonig tonight. the effort to kill obamacare isn't the only contentious part of the new republican health care bill. american health care act would cut off federal funding for planned parenthood that amounts to $500 million a year, 40% of its budget. planned parenthood is the nation's largest abortion provider by far so unsurprisingly, those who view abortion as the linpi