breitbart, on the ascent at least as a brand, you have a lot of conservatives, erick erickson, charlie sykes, hugh hewitt, who have become regular figures within the msm, see 'em on television, hear about them all the time. can you assess all this for me? i mean, you're part of this universe. conservatives have moved into view probably because of trump and his administration. - well it's really weird, i think there are a couple things happening that are almost contradictory. on one hand, i think that we have seen some really positive development, i mean, i heard that bob costa, robert costa, is taking over. - washington week in review. - right, which, gwen ifill's show. - pbs program, he has been one of the very best political reporters in the country at the washington post but came from national review. - came from national review, bill buckley's conservative outlet, i'm now at the daily beast, i used to work at townhall.com. - ivana johnson is now at politico, she had been at national review before. - yeah, and then there are several of my colleagues that i worked with at the daily c

. >> so jackie, before i come to you, i want you to see something that erick erickson said.erickson, a conservative and also is somebody extremely critical of president trump and then candidate trump. one of the last never trumper, but here's what he said, in his, in his publication "the resurgent." you might not like it but that's sleazy politics. it is not illegal. it was foreign interference in an american election. so, too, was the british spy circulating a dossier to ruin president trump's campaign. now, again, he's trying to make a point that politics is dirty and nobody out there would be surprised about that. but is it different when it comes to a foreign national and specifically a foreign adversary? >> i'm not a lawyer, but is serm seems different. this isn't just a foreign entity. this is an adversary. an entity that the u.s. intelligence agencies say tried to meddle in u.s. elections. this is a much bigger deal than someone in iowa finding, you know, some dirt on hillary clinton and sliding it to the trump campaign. yeah, politics is sleazy like that. this is ver

. >> melissa: erick erickson said something similar, listen to how he reacts. >> wears tax reform, it goes to the senate and all of the sudden it dies. the way they structured obamacare repeal, they only needed 50 votes plus the president. they can even get that done. >> melissa: is mcconnell in jeopardy? >> i don't think he is and i don't agree with his analysis. the votes are not there. mcconnell may not be the leader you want, but he doesn't get to choose who is in the senate, the voters choose that. you have a couple republican senators who have been campaigning on repealing obamacare. you can find the speeches in the past. and then all of a sudden, it's time to repeal it, and suddenly there against it. that's the problem here. to say is mcconnell is pretending he is the one who decides who is in the senate. >> melissa: what do you think happens here especially after calling out those senators? >> to be clear, the person to blame and the people to blame are the leaders and that includes mitch o'connell mccon. for now, starting today, the question will be, who will voters pin obama

let's bring in commentator and radio host erick erickson. good morning. it's been a good morning.ryl: it's now been six months on health care there's nothing to show for it. you now have republican senators sayed hands are thrown up in the air. can the gop get it together? >> it's frustrating as a conservative who for years bought into that they wanted to repeal it. it's a sign they don't want to repeal obama kerry. they want to fix it. the democrats are more as that governing because they were ideologically very consistent. there is much more ideological diversity in the republican party which isn't a bad thing. at the state level they are governing very well. they could use my leadership that the federal level on a cohesive agenda that get around the partisan divide. not necessarily a bad ring as a whole lot of opinions and the gop right now. cheryl: it is creating division within the party. he said mcconnell has no real plans. no longer has the trust of the conference, which a lot of other republican analysts are saying as well but he really can't get together unified plan. is

erick erickson says yes. and he joins us next to explain why.ream media slamming the president for a secret meeting with vladimir putin. one problem, everybody knew about it. the second meeting. steve: the second meeting? brian: yeah, there was. ♪ i smell t-r-o-u-b-l-e ♪ and we don't want something like meningitis b getting in their way. meningococcal group b disease, or meningitis b, is real. bexsero is a vaccine to help prevent meningitis b in 10 to 25 year olds. even if meningitis b is uncommon, that's not a chance we're willing to take. meningitis b is different from the meningitis most teens were probably vaccinated against when younger. we're getting the word out against meningitis b. our teens are getting bexsero. bexsero should not be given if you had a severe allergic reaction after a previous dose. most common side effects are pain, redness or hardness at the injection site; muscle pain; fatigue; headache; nausea; and joint pain. bexsero may not protect all individuals. tell your healthcare professional if you're pregnant or if you hav

donald trump, and i'm trying to remember who maybe it was johnny goldberg, it might have been erick ericksonery problem donald trump is having right now in the russian investigation and the reason he has mueller is because of one self inflicted wound after another. he and jared kushner were pushing to fire james comey. they should have known and if they knew anything about washington, they would have known. >> that would have just amped up the pressure on people like rod rosenstein and other professionals to actually find somebody like muler who is beyond reproach. now they're talking about firing the attorney general of the united states, a man that jared kushner and donald trump spent 2016 praising as the greatest mind in washington, d.c., the smartest man they had ever met. the most loyal and honest person they ever knew. now donald trump is trying to throw, just like flynn, just like they defended flynn, non-stop, now they're trying to throw the attorney general of the united states overboard. a man who by the way let us not forget, clint, a former member of the united states senate with