commentator and strategist alice stewart and senator from pennsylvania, rick santorum. thank you for being here. angela, we had passionate conversations about this. i want to get your reaction. >> this is just a tough moment. given what's happening in the culture, a lot of people are facing reckoning. i continue to say to you what i have been saying since last week. i look forward to the day whether the position of power in politics or position of power in entertainment or position of power if you are the most senior

let's welcome rick santorum.e in the room as you talked about the obamacare repeal and replace and how would you characterize president trump's grasp of policy? >> i think it depends. on the issue of taxes i wouldn't doubt the president has a good grasp of the tax code and how that would affect the business community. that's something he is familiar with. i couldn't argue with the fact he understood that re-write pretty well. on the issue of health care, probably less so and i don't think that's his wheelhouse. i think he understands the principle that they were trying to get accomplished earlier this year on graham/cassidy. he continues to push for it, and that's try to get the money out of washington and back to the states and give the states to be hr hraf tories. >> in terms of working with democrats, he touched on this a little bit and then a recent tweet. let's start with him saying they should come to me on infrastructure, them being democrats. they have come to me on daca. we are trying to do something abo

and to rick santorum's point, i agree.at i talked are nervous like you are. >> it has gotten a lot closer. it's now just 20,000 votes with roy moor in the lead with 50.5% and 48.1%. so just as you've been talking -- >> stop talking. >> i would say one thing regardless of who wins this race, i think we should be looking at how the women's vote has eroded among republicans. and my question is will republican leaders care. i'm not so sure because regardless of what happens donald trump is picking a fight with women as shown with tweets directed at senator gillibrand today. i believe he's picking a fight with the me too movement -- i'm not so sure. >> you're not so sure because things have changed. >> i think things have changed, and i think there's more women who have banded together, become more conscious, willing to fight back, willing to vocalize their concerns and they're organizing. there's more women running now, and it saddens me deeply they're not republicans. they're mostly democrats. >> gloria, just on this particul

i want to go now to rick santorum from pennsylvania. our senior political commentator and gene sperlg, speakersperlin. now we have the drama. oftentimes you see them and say okay, they'll figure it out. the track record thus far is there is huge failures. they're going to figure this out or not? >> oh, yeah. obviously, there is ligit drama. they're tl are serious issues here. but there is no doubt in my mind that there will be 50 votes whether it's late tonight or whether it's tomorrow. there will be 50 votes to pass a bill out of the united states senate. and the one thing that i think you need to pay attention to is the two names and the people that are the most problematic right now, bob cork easteer and flake. throws are the two people that the president has gone after and attacked. you can say that had nothing to do with the other, maybe it didn't. but neither of them feel a particular affinity to the president that they have to do something to help him. both of them are now leaving office. in part because of president trump's oppo

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commission on whether a baker can refuse to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple based on rick santorumbeliefs. then at 9:30 p.m., interview with counselor to the president, kellyanne conway. >> you have to subvert your ego to the greater good. i'm not here to read about myself, i'm not here to think about myself, i'm here for something so much bigger than me, and that is a lesson a lot of folks don't understand. i've said often publicly and certainly privately that there are only two people who work here who were elected to anything and their names are donald j. trump and michael r. pence. so if you're not on that list, you ought to get with the program or get out. >> watch friday beginning at 8:00 p.m. on c-span, c-span.org and with the free c-span radio app. >>> this weekend on "american history tv" on c-span, saturday at 7:00 p.m. eastern, yale university historian joanne freeman on alexander hamilton. >> now when washington became president in 1789, he made hamilton the nation's first secretary of the treasury, and in that post hamilton structured a national financial system and pu

i did the race in 2012 against mitt romney in the primary when rick santorum was running. >> that doesn'tnse to be an ass and a hypocrite and talk about someone's service. why is he measuring mitt romney -- >> i'm giving you the rationale and context. >> okay. >> i think steve was wrong to do it. >> all right. >> i got to know mitt romney personally as an honorable man. he's done great things for this country. i think he cares a lot about the country. it was unfair criticism. i think that was the motivation of why steve was doing it. >> it's interesting you said it's something he needed to say -- >> can you hold on, kirsten? i want to get to break. we'll be right back. i have been diagnosed with stage 4 prostate cancer. when i met my team at ctca, they put together a comprehensive plan, that gave me an opportunity to accomplish my goals, and my dreams. learn more at cancercenter.com i'm not really a, i thought wall street guy.ns. what's the hesitation? eh, it just feels too complicated, you know? well sure, at first, but jj can help you with that. jj, will you break it down for this gentl

. >> just to be clear, rick santorum, a staunch supporter of the president yesterday saying he too hadeaction. >> in terms of the dollars by the way, the president at the time who was not the president did giver gillibrand's campaign $4,800 in 2010 to her senate campaign and 2,100 in 2007 so this is the republican who was giving money -- >> long time democratic donor. >> let's listen to what sarah huckabee sanders said about this very issue yesterday and whether this was an insinuation on the president's part. >> including some of the things that it's about, sexual innuendos. >> i think only if your mind is in gutter would you have read it that way and -- so no. >> you know, our minds have been in the gutter for about, i don't know, a year and a half? there's been a lot of kind of what you never would talk about in polite conversation in the political sphere. is she right? has she said this about male candidates too? >> look, the white house sent a lust list of examples of showing similar language and of course he's said begging for campaign funds before. but that really did stand out

but if you are rick santorum and someone who is ta consultant, you can't set up a pass through organization. if you are an investor, you can't set up a pass through corporation. you will pay at the rates you were before. >> chris, i want your response to that. but i do want to point out in the middle of that what senator said in terms of companies, he's correct, specifically wells fargo, the third bank course said they plan to raise minimum wage to 15 bucks an hour. >> so if you would be working for msnbc you would be getting a bonus. make talk to time warner. >> that's a good thing for the administration trying to sneak that in there. >> go ahead, chris. >> i'm glad i work for cnn for the record. >> me too. >> i think there were falsehoods in what the senator said. and i'm not going to comment on miss disney financial situation. but the majority of people, 83% of americans who will get a tax break from this, a sustained tax break are from the 1%. there are some americans, middle class americans who will get about a 1,500 to $1800 tax break to start. in less than a decade, that basically on

joining us now are senior political commentators, rick santorum and jennifer granholm. and david gergen. let me start with you, david. this is a legislative victory for the president, a big tax bill, a repeal of the obamacare mandate among other things. do you think this pays off for the white house politically? >> well, i think the president absolutely is legitimate in proclaiming a major legislative victory. this is on his timetable and basically a tax bill that he has wanted. it also send a message that with a majority they can govern and this is what he promised on be the campaign trail. i think the surprise is as he achieves this great victory is how unpopular it is with the country. i can't remember a major achievement like this that is met with disapproval. cnn polls, 33% approve the tax bill, 55% oppose it. >> it isn't exactly what he promised first of all. he did promise on the campaign trail that he would be a big loser in this. in fact, he's not. >> no. >> he promised he would do away with cuts of uncarried interest. he did away with that. senator santorum, t

with me now hillary rossen and rick santorum, former senator from pennsylvania.see both you. welcome, welcome. >> great to be here. >> on a day we thought we would be talking taxes. >> notice the little box there on there. >> it's great new. >> mitch mcconnell says we have votes for tax reform. >> good try senator. >> we do a little pivot here. >> the white house is downplaying this whole thing. >> yes, they are. >> we know the photo op was canceled. we know that the white house has been sort of saying all along this is a low level investigation. wrapping soon. i mean, you are seeing the news here. michael flynn is no coffee boy, senator. >> no, look, this is serious move not in the right direction for the trump folks. i don't think any question about that. the question is, i was listening to some of the earlier parts of the show, and i just think we have to be very careful about how much speculation is fueled on top of this fire. >> there is a lot we don't know. >> yeah. it could be this and that. >> sure. >> and the answer is even from the all the documents rel

. >> joining us now our senior political commentators rick santorum and cnn's senior political analyst david gergen, former advisor to presidents, republicans and democrats dating back a long, long time. david, let me start with you. this is legislative victory for the president, a big tax bill, a repeal of the obamacare mandate among other things. do you think this pays off for the white house politically? >> well, i think the president absolutely is legitimate in proclaiming a major legislative victory on his timetable and basically the tax bill that he has wanted. it also shows and sends a message that republicans have been desperate to show, and that is with a majority in washington they can govern, they can make changes. and this is after all what he promised on the campaign trail. i think the surprise, you know, as he achieves this great victory is how unpopular it is with the country. i can't remember a major achievement like this that is met with disapproval. but the cnn polls not unlike others, 33% of approve this tax bill, 55% oppose it. >> it isn't exactly what he promised,

i did the race in 2012 against mitt romney in the primary when rick santorum was running.> license to be an ass and a hypocrite and talk about someone's service. why is he measuring mitt romney by -- >> i'm giving you the rationale and context. >> okay. >> with that saying, i think steve was wrong to do it. >> all right. >> i got to know mitt romney personally as an honorable man. i think he's done great things for this country. i think he cares a lot about the country. so i think it was an unfair criticism. i think that was the motivation of why steve was doing it. >> it's interesting you said that, that you said it's something he needed to say -- >> can you hold on, kirsten? i want to get to break. we'll be right back. don't go anywhere. ♪ if you have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis,... ...isn't it time to let the real you shine through? maybe it's time for otezla (apremilast). otezla is not an injection or a cream. it's a pill that treats plaque psoriasis differently. with otezla, 75% clearer skin is achievable after just 4 months,... ...with reduced redness,... ...

commentator and strategist alice stewart and senator from pennsylvania, rick santorum.ngela, we had passionate conversations about this. i want to get your reaction. >> this is just a tough moment. given what's happening in the culture, a lot of people are facing reckoning. i continue to say to you what i have been saying since last week. i look forward to the day whether the position of power in politics or position of power in entertainment or position of power if you are the most senior ranking in a big corporation. i want for whatever punishment is dolled out to be fair. i eagerly await the opportunity for shn omeone to call on blake with three times that amount of the confidential settlement. i wait to call for al franken's resignation. this is not a partisan issue. if politics is going to be accountable in the same way, i eagerly await for donald trump to resign amid the accusations of 16 women. >> angela raises an important point. if you want to go as apples to apples as you can, john conyers had a settlement in congress. blake is a republican from texas and had

let's discuss this and more with rick santorum and to former president obama.you see all the concerns and they could lose the house and the senate. how worried should your fellow republicans be? >> less worried now that they got the bill passed. this will be their signature accomplishment and i hope they get more done. if you listened to mitch mcconnell, they don't sound like they want to do any more. he said we are pretty much done unless they get bipartisan things done. the chances are pretty small. this is what mitch mcconnell thinks they will run on. it will help them, but my recommendation is, keep working. you have a lot more work to do and people will take a crack at health care and do something on infrastructure. there a lot of other things that need to be done. >> for seven or eight years, middle class families will see a little bit bigger paycheck. that will have a positive impact for the republicans. >> i was in the obama administration when we gave a bigger tangs timeout can many little and lower class americans. we saw what happened in the 2010 mid

they had a message, rick santorum said on cnn, their message was woeful. just admit, everyone should get a tax cut, but they kept saying middle class, middle class, and that's why they've been attacked and open to those attacks, honestly. >> yeah, okay. thank you, all. >>> just ahead, a leading democratic senator puts president trump on notice, fire special counsel robert mueller and provoke a constitutional crisis. i'm going to discuss his warning with my legal experts. >>> and up next, a big win for the president on taxes gets him a whole lot of love from his party. republicans standing by their man and they pour on the flattery. businesses are thinkin. factories are thinking. even your toaster is thinking. honey, clive owen's in our kitchen. i'm leaving. oh never mind, he's leaving. but what if a business could turn all that thinking... thinking... endless thinking into doing? to make better decisions. make a difference. make the future. not next week while you think about it a little more. but right now. is there a company that can help you do all that

people who came in in that gingrich area was rick santorum, several years before he left the senate one of my friends and great heroes alan simpson, conservative republican from wyoming came back to visit the senate and walked in the capital and santorum saw him and alan simpson saw across the chamber, a former democratic senator from arkansas, and almeda beeline over to bumpers and had a warm embrace and chatting warmly and then he saw santorum back where they come in looking agitated, and motioned him over and simpson ambled back and, yeah, santorum said what's that all about? >> that's bumpers, we're like brothers, and work on many things and santorum said we don't do things like that anymore. that's tribalism. when i saw simpson to validate the story and said it happened. i said was he agitated because you were embracing a democrat or because you were embracing a guy? [laughter] >> i won't tell you his response, but maybe a little bit of both. but that tribalism mattersment and at the same time the pay raise that i mentioned matters as well. that was in 1988 and what we had was the

former pennsylvania senator republican rick santorum with us. i would love to hear your thoughts on this. what do you make of that tweet? >> well, i certainly read it the way that everybody else read it unfortunate. could it be read somehow else? i'm sure that wasn't part of president's point to make it ambiguous and use language that lease used before. look, these kinds of tweets are certainly something that donald trump does a lot of. something that i this i i've uniformally said i wish he wouldn't do. and we have very important things that are being decided today. we have a tax bill that may be finalized in the next day or two. very important alabama special election. and here we are talking about the president's attacking the senator and using terms that could be read as sexual in yin you endo. >> he's tweeting about the other things to be fair, but also tweeting these very personal attacks, specifically on this female senator. maria, your thoughts. >> you know, what was interesting to me t i said at the beginning that i thought it was horre

bakari sellers, rick santorum, jen psaki. you were down there campaigning for doug jones? >> i was down there, which ironically enough was the 62nd anniversary of rosa parks in the sit-in. people saying about the black vote in the south, in alabama particularly, being somewhat dom style or docile just wasn't the case. >> you were seeing enthusiasm -- >> and to think that voters in alabama, you're talking about voters, many of which are just one generation away from seeing selma, one generation away from hearing and seeing about rosa parks and the montgomery bus boycott or the tuskegee airmen were going to sit at home on such an important day when they knew the cost that was paid just to get the right to vote i thought was intellectually dishonest and lazy. we knew those people were coming out. the question is whether or not he will get the number of college educated white voters he needs, whi needs, college educated white women like he needs. particularly we need to look at jefferson county, which is birmingham and we also need to look at huntsville. those are the two most

rick santorum/cnn contributor "this has been a done deal since health failed.was just no way this congress was going to leave town by the end of this year without having passed this bill."there are some glaring differences between the respective bills passed by the house and senate. for example: most individual provisions expire in 2025 in the senate bill.most are permanent in the house bill. the senate version eliminates the mandate to purchase health insurance.the house preserves it.and the senate bill maintains seven tax brackets but changes the rates.the house has four brackets.talks about merging the bills comes as congress faces a deadline. if lawmakers can't pass spending legislation, not related to the tax bills, by friday, there may be a government shutdown.and there's a chance republicans will need some democratic votes to prevent that.mike rogers/cnn contributor"if going into next year the economy hasn't gotten better for the vast majority of americans, that's where the paid." (robin) california senator dianne feinstein says she is starting to see a

picks of the most underreported stories of 2017 freelance writer and press assistant for senator rick santorumhave been covered extensive at fox news challenge or fox business, but the mainstream media may not have given it the notice they should. what's the first one? >> good morning. first of all, the tremendous economy, you know, just with the president's tax cuts just passed this week, but however, the tax cuts just with the release of the tax cuts that he -- he talked about passing the tax cuts before and with the roll back of regulations, that started to fuel the economy a long time ago. and that started to roll back president obama's failed economic policy and his economic legacy. and that was nonexistent. there was no growth under president obama, and even his treasury secretary, jack lew, said, you know what, folks, get used to it, this is the new normal. you're only gonna see 2% economic growth from now on every year. and that's just not the case. under president trump just in the first year alone we saw two consecutive sessions of 3% economic growth. molly: and it's hard to talk abo