with me now, republican congressman charlie dent of pennsylvania. would you characterize senior members of the campaign taking a meeting with someone described as a foreign agent of a foreign power to provide derogatory information about their campaign opponent? how would you characterize that? >> at the very least, problematic. damaging. >> problematic. damaging. i would say. it's not something i could ever explain or deny and i won't even try. i think it is a serious problem and that's why bob mueller is investigating and he will make a determination if there is any collusion or if laws were broken. it is a serious matter. i'm not going to whitewash this by any means. >> is there anything, i don't know how the ask this. the question that everybody wants to know. is there anything that would happen that would say, that would make you, charlie dent, say i cannot support donald trump as president of the united states? i can't vote for his agenda. i can't be on board with him. >> well, let me answer it this way. i think when we get beyond the day to d

charlie dent, the republican congressman from pennsylvania told me a few minutes ago that this white taking the fun out of dysfunction, which is to say that they really don't have their act together. do you think that's fair? >> they came into the white house without enough public service experience in the game and that showed the first six months. even though this last week may have been one of the most difficult for them, i really do think on the conversations i've had with some of the people involved that they're beginning to bds that they've got to tighten it up. i have great hopes going forward that this change provides a milestone for moving forward. i think general kelly brings an age maturity that might be useful in bringing the president some confidence that things will calm down. >> thank you so much for being with us. interesting. if the president and general kelly were watching, pretty good advice. >>> "the good stuff" is next. stick around for that. flo: [ amplified ] i got this. guys, i know being a first-time homeowner is scary, but you don't have to do this. man #2: w

. >> let's bridge in republican charlie dent to it and. do want prrng frn frnl -- will the me say i am deep le concerned about the never ending drama, palacin treeg, chaos, call it what you will. it very distracting and many times exhausting. we're talking about the tweet against attorney general sessions or mr. scaramucci's comments, whatever the case may be, it distracting. many of us are trying to deal with real issues. i'm on the appropriations government seen puerto ricans and i hope that general kelly, a bhan man can bring some during there people who voted for drfted skbrrn zbrrnl i think that many but at the same time there is western and i think that's what i articulated as there as a lot hope out there for this country pnd prn it makes our jobs that month more difficult. >> leon panetta spoke with my colleag colleague an drew. >> i never in my lifetime frrngs and sp sfrsh everybody's kret, from sfrrnl they've got to restore some sense of discipline. >> todd: reent panetta a sfrshlg. >> bas: prsh those are the key word, discipline

charlie dent / -r- pennsylvania: "right now i think there is a great opportunity to enter a bipartisan discussion on health care reform."a bipartisan discussion on health care may be an option as mitch mcconnell said it was time to move on.. i'm ashley corum reporting. (philippe djegal) during his "hike-and-talk" town hall here on the trails of lake chabot regional park in castro valley... congressman eric swalwell touched on a wide variety of issues with his constituents... including health care, and the status of attorney general of the united states -- jeff sessions. in castro valley, philippe djegal, kron four news. (jr stone) still ahead... it's been a scorching hot weekend in parts of the bay...and it's not over yet. (justine) meteorologist lawrence karnow is back with your complete forecast. who are these people? the energy conscious people among us say small actions can add up to something... humongous. a little thing here. a little thing there. starts to feel like a badge maybe millions can wear. who are all these caretakers, advocates too? turns out, it's californians it's me

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here's what gop congressman charlie dent told me earlier. >> i'd be less than honest with you if i didn't say that a lot of my republican colleagues are very concerned about this. we clearly -- we want to get on with the business of this country, and like some of us right now are actually talking about doing things in a bipartisan nature on health care, coming up with some ideas that will probably be announced on monday so we have a lot going on, but it's hard to break through on those types of issues if we're talking about the latest drama in the white house. >> meanwhile, white house officials are hoping now that reince priebus is out, incoming chief of staff general john kelly will bring discipline and order to the west wing. >> many of us are very excited about this new infusion of energy and discipline, and i can just speak for myself. even if that means that there is more protocol, there's more pecking order and that there's less regular access in and out of the oval office. >> general kelly is expected to begin his new role on monday. no word yet on a replacement permanently for hi

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here's what gop congressman charlie dent told me earlier. >> i'd be less than honest with you if i didn'tay to you that a lot of my republican colleagues are very concerned about this. we clearly -- we want to get on with the business of this country. and like some of us right now, we are actually talking about doing things in a bipartisan nature on health care coming up with some ideas that

congressman charlie dent a republican from pennsylvania and the chair of the tuesday group. congressman, good to see you. >> good to be with you, ali. >> all right, look. i think peter alexander made the point and glen flush made the point that's great that anthony scaramucci knows everybody and has a nice relationship with the press. the problem, if donald trump -- and sarah said it and anthony said it. donald trump seems to think the problem is the communications operation at the white house. do you share that view? >> no, i don't, actually. i think mr. scaramucci made a great presentation, but substance and policy do matter and the role of the communications shop, as far as i'm concerned, is to provide a focused and disciplined message. but that can't happen unless the president is on board. it's great that mr. scaramucci has a good relationship with the president. he's going to need it but we've seen several examples over is the past several months before the president has contradicted his communications people over whatever it was, crowd size, the firing of jim comey, t

charlie dent / -r- pennsylvania: "right now i think there is a great opportunity to enter a bipartisanscussion on health care reform."a bipartisan discussion on health care may be an option as mitch mcconnell said it was time to move on.. i'm ashley corum reporting. ( marty ) rallies to support the nation's healthcare law were held across the country. in washington, d.c.-- the "our lives on the line" rally brought out advocates, celebrity activists and lawmakers. the events came after the latest failed gop-led senate effort to repeal the affordable care act. house minority leader nancy pelosi offered many thanks to those who helped defeat the plan. ( marty ) in a break from holding a traditional town hall meeting... east bay congressman eric swalwell took a hike with his supporters. kron four's philippe djegal reports... people had a lot of questions about what's going on in washington and how it will impact their lives. (philippe) during his "hike-and-talk" town hall here on the trails of lake chabot regional park in castro valley... congressman eric swalwell touched on a wide variety

still ahead on "morning joe," the president told congressman charlie dent he was destroying the gop for'll talk to the pennsylvania republican straight ahead. plus member of the house intel committee, congressman erik swalwell joins us. you're watching moing. we'll be right back. i no longer live with the uncertainties of hep c. wondering, what if? i let go of all those feelings. because i am cured with harvoni. harvoni is a revolutionary treatment for the most common type of chronic hepatitis c. it's been prescribed to more than a quarter million people. and is proven to cure up to 99% of patients who have had no prior treatment with 12 weeks. certain patients can be cured with just 8 weeks of harvoni. before starting harvoni, your doctor will test to see if you've ever had hepatitis b, which may flare up and cause serious liver problems during and after harvoni treatment. tell your doctor if you've ever had hepatitis b, a liver transplant, other liver or kidney problems, hiv or any other medical conditions and about all the medicines you take including herbal supplements. taking amiod

charlie dent / -r- pennsylvania: "right now i think there is a great opportunity to enter a bipartisan discussion on health care reform."a bipartisan discussion on health care may be an option as mitch mcconnell said it was time to move on.. i'm ashley corum reporting. (jrstone) president donald trump tweeted about the healthcare battele today saying.... "unless the republican senators are total quitters, repeal & replace is not dead! demand another vote before voting on any other bill!" coming up at eight. the emotional way the san jose earthquakes ...honored the men who saved one of their star players from drowning in lake tahoe. plus we're learning more about what caused a deadly accident on an ohio carnival ride. why the ride's owners say they are not at fault. and a brush fire is burning right now in southern california. how many acres have burned so far and where containment efforts stand tonight. the san jose earthquakes honored some local heroes today who rescued a professional soccer player from drowning over the fourth of july holiday.kron four's spencer blake brings us a loo

charlie dent / -r- pennsylvania: "right now i think there is a great opportunity to enter a bipartisan discussion on health care reform."a bipartisan discussion on health care may be an option as mitch mcconnell said it was time to move on.. i'm ashley corum reporting. (justine) rallies to support the nation's healthcare law were held across the country today. in washington, d.c.-- the "our lives on the line" rally brought out advocates, celebrity activists and lawmakers. the events came in the wake of the failed gop-led senate effort to repeal the affordable care act. house minority leader nancy pelosi offered many thanks to those who helped. (rep. nancy pelosi / house minority leader): "i also want to thank each and every one of you - that is my main purpose. to thank ben and moveon, and to thank hub project for bringing people together all over the country." the washington rally and others across the u-s had been planned since june. the 'our lives on the line' effort is made up of progressive and healthcare groups. (jr stone) in a break from holding a traditional town hall meeting..

take a listen to what charlie dent had to say about what went wrong. >> i was not surprised. it's pretty clear to me that this process was not a good one. i think one of the issues was the president never laid out core principles. i think that was a big part of it. there's a lot that went wrong. they should never force it on a partisan basis. i think that's why we are where we are. >> reporter: that's a good rundown of complaints of realities of how things went south. i can tell you republicans frustrated here and in the senate. something i heard a lot last night leading up to the vote and afterward, a lot of republican senators didn't want to take the vote. they didn't want to sink it, but didn't want the vote. there was a lot of concern if it would pass or senate republicans could agree on something more. it frustrated a lot of senators, they want to repeal and replace obamacare. not everybody was sobbing. >> the question is now, what's next, phil? what are you hearing? >> reporter: that's the biggest question. they want the senate to do something. they stand here ready wit

. >> then hearing from chum schumer, hearing from charlie dent, the list goes on where there does seemonsensus. that there can be some bipartisan, bipartisan effort to promote a fixing of the existing plan. you still feel even after hearing this in the course of the past 24, to 48 hours, that -- you don't think there will be a consensus? now and impetus for bipartisanship? >> yeah. how could there be? look john mccain is a friend of mine. i would say senator point to me one democrat who wants to get rid of anything in obamacare? they want to expand it. the democrats plan to fix it. obamacare is falling apart. there's no question about it, jonathan is wrong. it wasn't just a one-year increase in premiums. the premiums have doubled for people over the last three years. and they're going up by another 20 to 25% in 2018. next year, we're going to have 40% of americans that don't either have one or no insurance plan in their county. so -- >> if there's no change now. but if we're hearing from all of of these lawmakers, we just played some of their sound, who did agree that something can be

listen to what republican charlie dent had to say as he came out of the meeting. >> i was not surprised. it's pretty clear to me this process was not a good one. i think one of the issues was the president never laid out core principles and didn't sell them to the american people. that is a big part of it. there's a lot that went wrong. they should never force this on a partisan basis. i think that's why we are where we are. >> reporter: that's as concise a rundown as things that went wrong that you will here. the process was poor. the white house wasn't involved enough. as we watch these dramatic moments play out, culminating with the thumbs down. they couldn't agree on what health care policy should be for the republican party. that's the biggest take away here. the president responded last night, blaming the republicans and democrats for not moving forward. he's up tweeting this morning saying, quote, if republicans are going to pass great legislation in the senate, they must go to a 51-vote majority, not senseless 60. i want to break that down a little bit right now. republicans fai

. >> so, that's republican representative charlie dent laying out part of this plan. but, hallie, even that plan is unlikely to get any traction because the house has made it very clear, speaker ryan has made it very clear that they considered their part of this drama over for now until the senate passes something that can happen on the senate side, the house is moving on from health care. >> garrett haake on capitol hill after what has been a busy week for him. >>> talking about the president's comments and to set the table for this discussion. issues with health care and as we speak in a cabinet meeting right now along with attorney general jeff sessions, the rest of the president's top advisors. here's what the president said just moments before that cabinet meeting started. listen. >> we just swore in general kelly. he will do a spectacular job. i have no doubt, as chief of staff. what he's done in terms of homeland security is record shattering. you look at the border, you look at the tremendous results we had and you look at the spirit. and with a very controver

. >> well, congressman charlie dent is out front now.reciate your taking the time, congressman. do you agree with senator mccain that this latest controversy in his words is, quote, sucking the oxygen out of the room? >> i do, actually. this russia issue has been a big distraction away from legislative business, no question about that. i also agree with what trey gowdy said, that if you have information or e-mails about your campaign and russia, turn them over to the special prosecutor, turn them over to the committees rather than having the media die vuling these things. in this case i guess it was "the new york times." so, yeah, i think this is a very big problem. it's not only disturbing and in some cases it is a bit alarming that this is going on and bottom line is all of us are -- i think are very concerned about what's happening. we have to let the special prosecutor do his work and then he'll determine, you know, whether or not to make any criminal referrals. >> and, look, you are giving an honest answer to the question. i guess t

here's what gop congressman charlie dent told me earlier. >> i'd be less than honest with you if i didn't say to you that a lot of my republican colleagues are very concerned about this. we clearly -- we want to get on with the business of this country. and like some of us right now, we are actually talking about doing things in a bipartisan nature on health care coming up with some ideas that will probably be announced on monday. so we have a lot going on, but it's hard to break through on those types of issues if we're talking about the latest -- the latest drama in the white house. >>> meanwhile, there are reports that the ousting of reince priebus and the installation of general john kelly as chief of staff may be part of a bigger plan. >> republicans and conservatives that came to jeff sessions' defense this week all said but he's doing the best on the issue we care about the most and that is immigration. well, where can jeff sessions do even more on immigration? as the secretary of homeland security. so i think that what they're going to try to do is to -- >> he's playing chess -- >

. >> congressman charlie dent, republican of pennsylvania, appreciate your time.>>> still ahead donald trump jr.'s ties to russia long before he exchanged e-mails with russians about hillary clinton. he had already cemented deep ties within moscow. up next, new reporting on his time there that reads like a quote, scene from a cold war spy movie. ♪ ♪ isaac hou has mastered gravity defying moves to amaze his audience. great show. here you go. now he's added a new routine. making depositing a check seem so effortless. easy to use chase technology, for whatever you're trying to master. isaac, are you ready? yeah. chase. so you can. great-granddaughter of benjamin rush.h he was actually the only medical doctor that signed the declaration of independence. i myself am a nurse, my daughter is going to physician's assistant school. we're passing on family traditions. ♪ only tylenol® rapid release gels have laser drilled holes. they release medicine fast, for fast pain relief. tylenol® >>> donald trump jr. was no strapger to russia, politico reported that he quote spent far

. >> reporter: so there you had charlie dent, moderate republican from pennsylvania, being pretty critical of the president, saying, look, he didn't sell this to americans. and the sale effort on this bill was really quite different than we have seen in the future. and by the late last night, it had devolved into an argument that republicans should vote for something, as long as there was a commitment that it would never become law. which i have to tell you, i've seen -- look, like a debt ceiling vote, a lot of times members don't want to vote to raise the debt ceiling, but they do it anyway because they have to. that's a calculation that makes sense. this was something by the end where everyone was scratching their heads. and i think, you know, it was -- very bizarre narrative, quite frankly. and john mccain was the one in the end who took it to its final resolution and said, hey, look, i'm just not going to do this. he put out a statement this morning saying that he hopes that they can return to regular order, actually start to work together, and as we know, he is set to start treatment

chairman, i'm pleased to recognize chairman charlie dent from pennsylvania, the chairman of the military construction and veterans' affairs subcommittee on appropriations, for five minutes. the chair: the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized for five minutes. mr. dent: thank you, mr. speaker. the appropriations act before you today includes division c appropriations for military construction, veterans' affairs, and related agencies, for fiscal year 201. division c is exactly the same as the milcon v.a. bill reported favorably out of the full committee on june 15. thanks to the leadership of chairman rodney frelinghuysen of new jersey, ranking member nita lowey of new york, and the partnership of the subcommittee ranking member, debbie wasserman schultz, the gentlewoman from florida, this division will provide necessary funding for the department of veterans affairs and military construction projects. we were able to include the vast majority of the subcommittee's over 1,000-member requests. the division demonstrates our firm commitment to fully supporting our nation's veterans and s

chairman, i'm pleased to recognize chairman charlie dent from pennsylvania, the chairman of the military construction and veterans' affairs subcommittee on appropriations, for five minutes. the chair: the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized for five minutes. mr. dent: thank you, mr. speaker. the appropriations act before you today includes division c appropriations for military construction, veterans' affairs, and related agencies, for fiscal year 201. division c is exactly the same as the milcon v.a. bill reported favorably out of the full committee on june 15. thanks to the leadership of chairman rodney frelinghuysen of new jersey, ranking member nita lowey of new york, and the partnership of the subcommittee ranking member, debbie wasserman schultz, the gentlewoman from florida, this division will provide necessary funding for the department of veterans affairs and military construction projects. we were able to include the vast majority of the subcommittee's over 1,000-member requests. the division demonstrates our firm commitment to fully supporting our nation's veterans and s

here's what gop congressman charlie dent told me earlier. >> i'd be less than honest with you if i didn'tan colleagues are very concerned about this. we clearly -- we want to get on with the business of this country, and like some of us right now are actually talking about doing things in a

once again, i want to thank chairwoman kay granger, chairman mike simpson, charlie dent, kevin yoder, all chairmen and their ranking counterparts and our remarkable staff for bringing us to the finish line this afternoon. earlier than we thought. i also want to thank the rest of the members of the appropriations committee and staff for their extraordinary efforts over the past several months. it was full speed ahead and they performed in a remarkable way. i'd like to note the work of our clerk, nancy fox, and her team, stephen, , shannon, marie, jennifer, martha, tammy, rachel, david, and my personal office katy. and those who worked with mrs. lowey this may be the short adam, andanda, chris, also becky, who has been here, i didn't mean to leave out chairman carter, chairman of the homeland security committee for the work he's done. my colleagues, each and every one of these bills deserved to be sent to the president's desk. i look forward to completing our work on all 12 appropriations bills when we return from the recess, or perhaps even before then. i urge support of the bill, mr.