lauren: for more on this, brad blakeman. good morning, brad. >> good morning. lauren: would the healthcare bill ever become law? what are the chances that they can pick it up later, would they pick it up later in. >> they have to, obamacare as it exists is doomed for failure. it must be dealt with within the first four years of the trump presidency, there's no choice. it does fail, how are they going to attack it, is it going to be done peace meal. nicole: how about four hours, because you have an election? >> exactly. i think it's the will of the house and the senate. certainly they have just this year to get done because they're not going to do it before the next midterms because there's two radioactives, they would have wait until the midterms are over, seeing where the chips fall and if republicans -- nicole: sounds like it's 2017 or nothing? >> basically, yeah. lauren: that's something what chris said last night, if you're going to fail on this one, fail fast and get it over with and move on. >> right, again, what do they move onto, the omb director signal

brad blakeman former deputy assistant to george w. bush, among many other things. >> thanks. >> jon: so you might have heard julian in that speech president trump said the law and the constitution give the president power to suspend immigration when he deems it necessary. so, if he has deemed it necessary, why did the court shoot this one down? >> that's an excellent question, jon. i agree with that the president has enormous power on immigration, particularly when it effects national security. but this administration has been so incompetent, so understaffed and so overheated in the rhetoric that it has managed to accomplish in the courts a roll back executive power and just extraordinary ways. you would just never think that a president's order would be checked like this by the courts but because the president's rhetoric has been so strong. he was out saying he wants the original muslim ban, which was struck down as unconstitutional, then is he attacking the courts. he has become his own worst enemy. this should have never -- this should have never been gotten to

bush brad blakeman is here to weigh in. thank you for joining us. >> pleasure.d the president, president trump say that this is a witch hunt and then this morning the russian foreign minister agreeing, saying as well that it is a witch hunt. is it? >> yes, it is. this is a continued effort after the election to delegitimize donald trump as president and they are trying to throw him off message, trying to em baa roos. >> embarrass him. there are holdovers from the obama administration and won't accept this president. >> look, donald trump had a great night on tuesday night. it was probably one of the best speeches a president has given before congress and that's not only republicans opinion but also independent and conservatives believe the president did a good job. heather: at the same time it's not just democrats, there are also republicans that seem to be jumping on the same bus. >> there are but few and far between. republicans control the presidency and both houses of congress. at any time we can get a republican agenda through congress it's now. abby: you a

here now is brad blakeman former bush 43 staffer. brad, what do you think?them as much pain as possible in order to get the otheres. >> line. it's one thing to deny funds, let's see how that goes, there are tools in the federal toolbox on cities to follow the law. isn't it amazing that we have to do that? the laws are for everyone, you can't pick and choose laws that you wish to enforce. i believe that this president, our attorney general, are going to make sure that there's pain to be caused to those cities who do not follow the law. melissa: steve, what do you think? >> brad, that's not what trump promised during the campaign. he said he was going to rebuild all the cities and the inner cities were going blossom under his administration. melissa: stick to the issue at hand here. >> the issue at hand is this. there isn't going to be funding cuts for any cities. the president doesn't have the authority to do that. melissa: of course they do, it's grants that are coming out. >> there aren't going to be any new laws passed because two-thirds of americans want

here now is brad blakeman, former bush 43 senior staffer and capri cafaro, former ohio state senate minority. she is also a washington examine are contributor. thanks to both of you for joining us. >> thanks. melissa: what is your take on this. >> my take since the election, obama even prior to the election has tried to undermine donald trump. why? because he saw his signature piece of legislation, obamacare, would be totally repealed and replaced. that is it his legacy. without that there is much less barack obama will be remembered for. that continued even after the election to undermine the president to say donald trump was not legitimate. donald trump is finding troubling things about his predecessor he made public. now it is up to congress to investigate. melissa: capri, do you think there is really, i guess, do you think this is so out of the ordinary, or do we just not hear about it, in normal transition times people pretend to be lovey-dovey and this is behind the scenes and we don't know about it? >> i have no idea. i think everything about the 2016 election as well as the new occup

i want to bring in brad blakeman, former adviser to president george w.sh, and i was really struck with senator grassley's opening, the chairman of the committee, you know, talking about the rule of law and that, you know, in my mind reading through his opening statement that he gave this morning was basically, you know, you're looking for someone that's going to follow the law, not their own personal policy perspective. is that neil gorsuch. >> >> that is neil gorsuch. you want a separation of powers between the judiciary, the legislative and the executive branch. you don't want people legislating from the bench who have never been elected. remember, judges in america are appointed at the federal bench. they're not elected by the people. and they are confirmed by the senate. and this isn't a litmus test for a judge to rule on every opinion that he's yet to come before the court. what he needs to do is be fair and true to the constitution as written, not as the if it's being rewritten today. cheryl: how much political capital do you think democrats are wi

let's bring in brad blakeman and joe trippi a fox news contributor. lot going on in washington. joe, for you, you love getting up in the morning. >> it seems to not get better and it does and nunes has created a lot of questions about his ability to lead the investigation on the intelligence committee. >> shannon: that's something you agree with. content aside maybe the process there's been some missteps. >> i think nunes would be lucky to keep his chairmanship at this point and think he should voluntarily step down. there comes a time -- and i'm putting on my lawyer hat where a person becomes a witness and he's acting as an investigator and having meeting with the white house that maybe are material to the investigation itself so when you become a witness you lose your objectivity and become the target of the information you're supposed to be investigation. i think it's in the best interest of the committee for him to recuse himself from the investigation and remain chair and let it proceed in a bipartisan manner. >> shannon: let's parse this. which

bush, brad blakeman. brad, good morning to you. >> good morning.le weeks ago and you explained how looking forward, for instance, at this replacement bill for obamacare all you have to do to know what donald trump is going to do is read the artery of the deal. so, tell us, from your analysis of reading donald trump's art of the deal, what's going on right now in washington? >> what's going on is donald trump has put a marker down, based on what the american people called for in the election. that is obamacare must go. must be repealed and replaced. we will start there, thinking big, part of the deal. now he brings the parties together who are interested in making the deal. it's the house. it's the senate. both republicans and democrats. and if you're at the table you get something to eat. if you are not, you go hungry. if democrats are smart get to the table. because there are a lot of things in the bill that's being krafted that you are going to like, like keeping your kid on your insurance plan until they are 26. steve: sure. >> or being able to

julie:brad blakeman served as deputy assistant to president george w. bush. brad, let me start with you in regard to is not doing a good job, making these investigations public and compare it to the 9/11 commission the 15th responsible for coming up with ways to better improve our national security. how good of a job do we do dealing with criminal investigations hands would this be treated like a criminal investigation? 's >> it shouldn't be treated as a couple investigation because the justice department and fbi do that and they should. it should be a multifaceted investigation into whether the russians had an influence on our election. with regard to congress's will congress have a constitutional location on its oversight as trey gowdy said to find out who, what, when, where, how, the resident allegedly did this and they are absolutely equipped to do that, a bipartisan committee in the senate, they shouldn't shirk the response ability, that is what they are paid to do and they should do it and do it well. julie:what is your reaction? >> speaking to what trey gow