steve scully: niels lesniewski? mr. lesniewski: are you going to relay that message to anyone that becomes the nominee of president trump to become the fbi director? and if you do not get what you need in the confirmation process, is president trump going to have a difficulty getting a new fbi director confirmed? sen. grassley: the trouble is i will get the proper answers and proper documents prior to confirmation but then it is afterwards that you have the problem. and it is not just with the fbi. i traditionally ask, both in my office when they come around for a prehearing interview, and then when they are in the formal interview so it is on the record -- i only say -- will you answer our phone calls? will you answer our letters? we you come and testify when we ask you? we always get a firm yes. not this secretary of hhs, but i did say to a recent secretary of hhs, that you really ought to answer the question, because you do not always deliver on the promises. last year, i wrote 550 letters, mostly to bureaucrats, in

steve scully: joining us on "newsmakers" is senator chuck grassley. thank you for joining us. and joining us with the questioning is erica werner who covers congress for the associated press and niels lesniewski for cq roll call. senator, let me ask you about the news from this past week. you have concerns about the meeting between director comey

steve scully's way in and as the clock ticks down to a possible vote before a recess that last 11 days >> are bill protects people with preexisting conditions and provides multiple layers of protection in ways that obamacare doesn't do. >> some white house officials want to vote in the health care bill tomorrow. that decision not just victor paul ryan and majority leader kevin mccarthy. drink at the white house blasting democrats after victory over the announced budget agreement and defends the $1 trillion spending bill. more right here from blake burman. reporter: the senate to vote today and tomorrow any government funding bill that would fund the government through september. questions have arisen about what might happen in october and beyond. on tuesday, president trump treated out the following quote. the reason between republicans and democrats is they need 60 votes in the senate which are not there. we either elect more republican senators and 28 team that changed the rules now to 51%. our country needs a good shot down in september to fix the mess. facing a string of questions

this morning, representative steve scully said he knew donald trump would get the job done. >> for allit couldn't pass the house i knew there was a path out of the house and it would not be easy but it would take a lot of work and that is why we are here. i talked to john cornyn the senate majority whip. they can only you lose two senators over there and mike pence will break the tie. >> donald trump setting the record straight about a phone call with the australian prime minister come reporting a heated talk between the two in january, quote, a big exaggeration. >> we didn't have a rough phone call, talking about this phone call the media saying what do you think about the phone call, we had a very nice call. now the record is straight. got a little bit testy but that is okay. we had a good relationship and i am proud of the relationship, thank you very much. >> giving a speech on the uss intrepid honoring world war zero mac heroes on his first trip to new york city since taking office. terrifying video firefighters rescuing riders from a roller coaster stuck in my defeat in the air,

and i always knew they saw what had happened with john scully and steve jobs in the 1980's, it was theirompany, and my job was to make their company successful. david: when you were interviewed, was it the normal interview? eric: well, what happened is, i walked into their office and it was a tiny office in this incredibly crowded building, which google still has by the way, and this tiny little office, they have lots of food, and they had my biography on the wall. and they proceeded to ask each and every question that was possible against the biography. and i had never been so thoroughly questioned, and i had just gone to visit. and they came to a product that i was building at novell, and they said, this is the stupidest product ever made. which i of course had to respond to. david: and you didn't think you were going to get the job after they said that? eric: i did not realize it was a job interview. as i left the building, which was curiously a building i had when i worked at the sun years earlier, to show you how history repeats itself, i knew i would be back. david: so when you did

steve scully: joining us on newsmakers is senator chuck grassley. republican of violent.senator thank you for being with us. and joining us with the questioning is erica werner who covers congress for the associated press and niels lesniewski for cq roll call. senator, let me ask you about the news from this past week. do you have any concerns about the meeting between director comey and the deputy attorney general in