cnn political commentators kevin madden, matt lewis, andre bower.easy when it comes to washington and politics. that's something we can all agree on, correct? >> yeah. >> in washington, they do two things well. do nothing, or overreact. >> let's talk about all of that. kevin, conservatives are lining up against this, house republicans plan to repeal and replace obamacare. here's what senator tom cotton tweeted. he said, house health care bill can't peace senate without major changes. to my friends in the house, pause, start off, get it right, don't get it fast. i mean, that sounds like a pretty smart idea. do they need to start over here? or do they need to slow down at least? >> look, you know, one of the things that the house is very aware of and i think the white house too, not so much the senate, is that the pressure is on. house republicans spent the last eight years talking about what they wanted to do in order to repeal what they believed was the wrong direction of health care reform in obamacare. the president ran promising every single day

cnn political commentators kevin madden, matt lewis, andre bower.is easy when it comes to washington and politics. that's something we can all agree on, correct? >> yeah. >> in washington, they do two things well. do nothing, or overreact. >> let's talk about all of that. kevin, conservatives are lining up against this, house republicans plan to repeal and rebrace obamacare. here's what senator tom cotton told me. house bill can't pass senate without major changes. pause, start off, get it right, don't get it fast. i mean, that sounds like a pretty smart idea. did they need to start over? or do they need to slow down at least? >> look, you know, one of the things that the house is very aware of and i think the white house too, not so much the senate, is that the pressure is on. house republicans spent the last eight years talking about what they wanted to do in order to repeal. what they believed was the wrong direction of health care reform and obamacare. the president ran promising every single day on the campaign trail that he wanted to repeal ob

. >> shot out to andre bower. he's a bad andre sometimes. >> so i'm back with my panel now.he first lady melania trump gave the keynote speech today at 2017 international women of courage awards and said in her speech this. >> we must continue to work towards gender empowerment and respect for people for people from all back grounds and ethnicities remembering always we are all ultimately members of one race, the human race. >> do you think she can be an asset to her husband when it comes to women issues? >> i think she needs to grow into the position of first lady she's clearly uncomfortable in this position. >> she didn't sign up for that. >> no she didn't but she should be honored to be in this position. i don't have sympathy. you were a billionaire's wife before this and now have the honor to be first lady of the united states she should embrace this, i have tough time singing the blues for melania trump because she didn't sign up for this. >> you don't think it's hard to be the first lady. >> but you don't live there. >> she's embracing it. i have had conversations with

so let's discuss all of this with the former republican lieutenant governor of south carolina andre bowernn commentator mahmoria cardona. . thank you both for coming on. many democrats see sessions amending his testimony as admission he did not tell the truth. how do you see it? >> well, i don't know that a particular circumstances, u be i don't think he would have lied a about it intentionally. it was an open forum. . there were many people present. . so it wasn't something he was trying to hide a a secret meet ing. this was a public forum in a a government office so there was no reason to. i don't know exact ly what transpired, but it seems like he may have forgotten a about the meeting or didn't think it was actually a meeting on behalf of the campaign. i wasn't there. i don't know. i haven't talked to jeff sessions. >> so maria, a as a democrat, sessions is amending his testimony. he's recused himself from trump campaign-related fbi investigations. is that enough for you? >> i think that the fact that he recused himself and he's amending his testimony is proof that he didn't tell the

here's bakari sellers and andre bowers.senior adviser to the trump campaign, and cnn political contributor, maria cardona. good evening, ladies and gentlemen about. >> vilders understands that culture and demographics are our destination. we can't restore our civilization with somebody else's babies. then he doubled down on new day. >> you cannot rebuild your civilization with somebody else's babies, you have to keep your birth rate up, and teach your children your values, in doing so, you can grow your population, and you can strengthen your culture and your way of life. you go down the road a few generations or centuries with the intermarriage, i'd like to see an america that's just so homogenous we look the same. this western civilization is a superior civilization. >> does he understand that those comments are -- what do you think? >> i think steve king was racist a year ago, he's racist today and eel he'll be racist tomorrow. let's cut through the bs he spewed and reinforced today. that language is very, very dangerous

political reporter, nia-malika henderson, former communications director in the white house, and andre bowerlieutenant governor of south carolina. and jim acosta. i think we have enough people. >> jim had enough face time. >> i'll get out. >> they kicked him off. don't believe that. i'm kidding. let's talk about sean spicer's wild and angry press conference. this administration has gone out of its way to attack the media and then provides a laundry list of reports to try to prove the case. are you kidding me? >> it was bizarre, ironic. if you print out that whole page of filibuster it's four pages long, 1,600 words, going on and on, quoting from the "new york times," quoting from an outlet called circa ne"circa news", bb. as jim acosta and sitting there in his cool way pointing out to sean spicer that none of this backs up donald trump's original claims about wiretapping president obama supposedly wiretapping trump tower. here we have a white house who is in many ways the least curious party in this, right? at any moment president trump can pick up the phone, call doj, call the fbi and get i