. >> politico's anna palmer, good to have you on the program. thanks. >> thanks. >>> a teacher rebellion. the latest example in oklahoma where teachers are among the lowest paid in the country. thousands walking out of school to demand better pay. it's happening in kentucky, too. we'll talk to a teacher there who took part in a big protest asking for not just more money for themselves but for their

joining me now politico's anna palmer covering all these fast changes. let's talk about shulkin. we've never seen a resignation letter from him and the white house didn't dispute his account that he was fired. why does it matter? >> it's been interesting they've shifted their narrative. first they said he resigned and

russia to talk about all of these stories of the week, i have james holman of the "washington post", anna palmerlitico, hope speck of military.com. and al weaver of the washington examiner. welcome to you all. where you sit determines what you see and what you think is the most important story of the week. james, what do you think? i think it is pompeo and his nomination going to north korea. what say you? >> i agree it was the biggest story of the week. the most consequential. they pose the biggest, most direct threat to our national security. this has been so far one of trump's greatest successes. he has brought the north koreans to the table through maximum pressure. and the most recent news going into the weekend is that north korea is now saying negotiations removing u.s. troops from south korea is off the table. they are no longer demanding that as a condition for denuclearization. it is a huge breakthrough. i think the summit will happen. i think trump will drive a hard bargain. there is a possibility of a huge breakthrough deal. >> phillip brucker said that the north korea breakthrough p

joining me now politico's anna palmer covering all these fast changes. let's talk about shulkin.e've never seen a resignation letter from him and the white house didn't dispute his account that he was fired. why does it matter? >> it's been interesting they've shifted their narrative. first they said he resigned and then was offered the opportunity to resign. the reason it does matter the president has chosen to bypass secretary shulkin's next in line and put in robert wilke in the interim period and because he has nominated his doctor ryan jackson who has been very controversial, there have been some senators who have raised questions about whether or not he had equipped to be the next va secretary, you could have this person actually be in the position running the va for several months potentially. >> yeah, and my understanding is the va's number two, almost any other situation would move in is somebody who at least the white house believes is against privatization as shulkin was and something the white house and president trump has suggested he wants to see more of. >> clearly

russia to talk about all of these stories of the week, i have james holman of the "washington post", anna palmer

anna palmer and ken vogel are back with me. teeing up the arizona segment, you said can i talk? i have something to say. so -- >> actually, vaughn stole my thunder a little bit. but it's important. it's a key point. the rnc and the nrcc have spent 1 million combined on the race. that's unheard of to be having to spend that much money, hard dollars. we call it hard dollars because these are limited contributions that are rnc can only accept so much from an individual donor per cycle and they're using this valuable money to defend against this seat they should be able to win easily. that's money that they won't be able to spend in other targeted races come the actual midterms. >> i agree with everything you're saying. i think the big question is is that reason voter. you have a republican that says she's a long republican voter and voting for a democrat. the thing that democrats and republicans don't know about the midterm election is what drag will donald trump be across the country. >> donald trump doesn't think he's a drag in

associated press who i say court ericaly lucy and anna pam palmer are here.e president is going through there play book of playing up m immigration right now. why? >> he has been on a twitter scare for several days. attacked everything in sight from amazon to daca. congress is out right now so we're in a -- >> congress isn't on the hill. >> there isn't going to be a meeting on doaca. i'd proposed it'll be difficult for them to do anything before the election. >> over the the weekend he spent the weekend at mar-a-largo with his supporter, watching t.v. shows, dealing with this. we know he was frustrated with the spending bill that didn't include all the things he wanted on immigration and a border wall and he seeps to be lashing out. >> could that backfire? he's blaming the democrats. is that a risky strategy or does t play well with his base? >> a lot of his calculation is dealing with his base. this is an issue as he cares deeply have been. >> let me pull up this headline from "the wall street journal." immigration judges will start to be evaluated on how qu