erica warner is the chief congressional reporter for the "associated press." ank you for coming back this week. erica: my pleasure. >> al weaver joins us for the first time. he is a political reporter for the "washington examiner." erica, why don't you start? erica: steve, i think we have to kickoff with asking about the trump-mcconnell feud. what did you think about seeing the president lay into your former boss when you were chief of staff? does it do anything to forward republican goals and any thoughts how it will play into the 2018 midterms? steven: i feel like the kid who is listening to his kids arguing upstairs and just wishing everybody could get along. the "wall street journal" editorial has almost always nailed exactly by focusing on what is really at stake. obviously the journal sympathizes with the president's anger and frustration over the the other of republicans to pass obamacare. incidentally if you watch the , final vote happen in the senate where the repeal effort failed, no one was more angry and frustrated then senator mcconnell, who spent

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erica warner of the ap and al weaver of the washington examiner. all of the political world is buzzing right now about president trump's feud with the senate majority leader. what is your take from all of the people you have been talking to about the president and game with this? erica: it is really hard to know. it has become an issue in washington trying to figure out what the president is doing at any given moment and why he is doing it right. i don't think anyone can really say for sure. we do know some elements of his base are very excited and really cheering him on for attacking mcconnell. that has been circulating out there among conservative commentators and conservative groups, the "ditch mitch effort." some polls show the president's base support is weakening. i don't think anyone can say for sure what he is trying to accomplish. susan: the president seems to be encouraging the leader to pick up health care. is there any truth to that? al: they have to do something before 2018 to go back to the voters and say we promised you this and we d