george ryan was a republican. he wasn't actually perceived as a terrible governor in illinois, but he was right at the center of that absolutely corrosive corruption scandal. that election day back in 1994 when the willis family lost six kids on that highway, that day, that election day, george ryan had just been reelected to the secretary of state's office in illinois, which was in charge of issuing things like commercial driver's licenses. after that tragedy, an internal review found that the truck driver in the willis family crash should not have been licensed, and in fact he probably paid a bribe to get his commercial license. when that internal investigation came up with that finding, good old george ryan, in the secretary of state's office, shut down that internal state investigation and he fired the investigators. harder to get these things done when people are shutting it down along the way. but a good investigation team, good prosecutors, good law enforcement doesn't stop. it ultimately took years of inve

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. >> john, to pick up on that point, here's what ned ryan, a former speechwriter for president george w. bush told me about this earlier this morning. >> if republicans do not pass a piece of major legislation by the end of the year, whether it's health care, whether it's tax reform, let's face it, speaker pelosi is not out of the question. so i'm also convinced that if speaker pelosi does happen that in january of 2019, democrats will be a significant part of democrats in the house that will want to pursue impeachment proceedings against donald trump. >> i'm curious, john, do you think that's a stretch? do you think he could be right? the two pieces of legislation he discussed getting passed, health care and tax reform are huge lifts. >> there's no question that he's right, alex. if you have a democratic congress in 2019, i would expect a very strong push within the democratic caucus. i don't know that pelosi would go there herself, but you're going to have a push to impeach president trump. the other thing related to what charlie dent was saying earlier is the lower donald trump goe

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george's county. everybody in d.c., virginia, robert ryan whitney. it feels good to see it come full circle.urant day.kevin after the parade, the town scheduled a lot of events including a festival, a concert, even a one-on-one street basketball tournament. but things have changed a bit. and for scene circumstances and scheduling conflicts have caused the postponement of some of these events. this is the join us. unfortunately cannot have the full day of kevin durant day. >> we would have liked to have had the concert today, but as you mentioned, there was some conflicts in schedules. to ensure we put on a good event, we have postponed it until may of next year. john: what does kevin durant mean for this town? >> a great deal to this community. he is given back. he continues to promote this community and show love to this community. for us, we are very excited. john: the parade starts at 10:00 this morning at the montessori school. end at goodwin park. it is going to be a fun time with kevin durant and his family. autria: thank you. last night, a painful first pitch in boston. mono over to y

in republic and, ned ryan, former writer for george w.and writer for a political training institute. thank you both for being here. ned, i will start with you. what you think are the prospects are democrats and republicans sitting down together and, i don't know, breaking bread and getting something done for a budget deal? >> i will say this. democrats have been good at being obstructionist. at the same time, republicans have two come-to-jesus moment. there in the driver's seat. voters have put them in the driver's seat. if you look at the poll from last week, congress approval rating is 10%. the staggering part of that 14% of republicans approved a republican-led congress. when they come back in september, they have to do something. they have to sit down. i would advise him after the whole health care debacle, jon. they have trouble seemingly walking and chewing gum. keep it simple, stupid. come in with a short list that they can actually have discussions with democrats. there are ten democrats in red states and reelection in 2018. conve

ned ryan, speech writer for george w. bush and scott jennings commentator and formal special assistant to george w. bush. hello, everyone. let's get to it. amanda, ho is right and who is wrong here? >> trump is right. mitch mcconnell has been talking about doing this so long. there's a myth that he's a master technician and genius. if this was it, you have washington on the easiest setting. you have the house. you have the white house. you have the process to allow you to repeal obamacare with 51 votes. where is the repeal? throughout the process, i think trump is wrong to put blame on paul ryan. no. mitch mcconnell is the obstacle in this process. the house passed all kinds of bills. they need to pressure mcconnell to get it done. he gets rolled by the moderates in the white house. conservative that is are ready to support it. mitch mcconnell is the block. >> scott, it's all mitch mcconnell's fault, go. >> spoken like a true ted cruz staffer. >> yeah. >> it is a miracle the repeal got to the floor in the first place and

became the third left-handed position player to man third base in cubs history, joining george decker in 1895 and jimmy ryann 1886. the last left-handed major league third baseman was mario valdez for the 1997 white sox. (mark) the red sox have picked up another outfielder after placing jackie bradley jr. on the disabled list with a sprained left thumb. boston has acquired rajai (rah'-zhay) davis from the athletics for 18-year-old outfield prospect rafael rincones. the 36-year-old davis is hitting .233 with five home runs, 18 rbis and 26 stolen bases in 100 games this season. (mark) klay thompson would be in a cleveland jersey right now if the cavaliers general manager had it his way. before kyrie irving was traded to the boston celtics, the cavaliers reached out to the warriors about a possible deal. the cavs would have given up irving and the warriors would have had to send the splash brother to cleveland. thompson has been in trade rumors before. a few years ago, he was nearly for cavs forward kevin love. the warriors were not interested in the deal for irving. yesterday, thompson addressed the media and

ryan: a very exciting day in prince george's county. day of school for 90,000 students here in the county. for 530 of them, they will be starting the year inside of a brand-new building. at covington here harbor just gave us a tour in fantastic, huge, amazing building. i know you have been working hard all summer long to get prepared and you said it was important to have the first day of school be like a normal day for everybody. a levelow that there is of anxiety involved in the first day of school. tot's not unique administrators, teachers, or parents. the goal was to make the transition from three different schools into this one. we had a bunch of fifth graders come in this and as parents came in, we open for two straight weeks. this school, k through five, state-of-the-art, talk about the technology you will be using. very fortunate, every student will have a laptop that follows them throughout the day. ryan: thank you so much. we have lots of new students coming, teachers, already for the start of a brand-new school year. guys, bac

george w. bush speaker writer, ned ryan and bob costa and vivian -- let's start there. of giggling at one of the president's critics in west virginia. >> we're 190 days in and people are looking what he's been able to do by himself without obstructionists on the other side of the aisle or lack of leadership on the republican side. >> you're talking about executive orders. >> he's rolled back 1,000 regulations from the obama era. he's put in the keystone dakota pipelines and neil gorsuch on sc scotus and scott pruitt at epa and deregulators. we like what he's been able to do when he's able to do it by himself. at the same time they have to get tax reform and health care reform done sometime before 2018. >> is there unlimited patience when it comes to conservative groups. jeremy peters, friend of the show has a piece out talking about this. mr. trump has strained relations with a lot of people these days but through the drama and dis y dismay, one group has never waivered, the leaders of the conservative moment. is that sentence going to hold six months from now? >> if he

ryan. >>> and george, we know that harvey is impacting so much across the country, including air travel. hundreds of passengers stranded at houston's two busiest airports on sunday with roads to both airports underwater. southwest airlines was able to evacuate. many of them to dallas but overall more than 1500 flights have been canceled. houston's hobby airport is closed until at least wednesday. and officials say bush intercontinental airport could re-open today depending on whether there's transportation access and available staffing at this point. united airlines has been hit very hard by this storm with 18% of its flights canceled. >>> so let's turn back now to ginger with the very latest on this historic rainfall in that area. >> and beyond the rainfall, amy, 50,000 homes have been asked for mandatory evacuation by 4:00 p.m. because even when the rain slows down the rivers, the creeks they all and bayous start to fill up. the select cities brought to you by sprint now. >>> good monday morning, i'm mike nicco. for today, heat and air quality concerns. clouds a little milder tonight,

let's bring in ned ryan and former writer for george w. bush. welcome back to the broadcast.u agree with bannon? is this a turning point for the administration? >> i think there is some concern that again donald trump was an outside the box candidate, his message was not necessarily a traditional republican campaign message, not a traditional republican campaign and i would think, i haven't talked to bannon specifically about that quote but i would think what he's trying to hint out and warn is, people did not vote for the more traditional republican status quo approach. they voted for donald trump and america first and bannon is probably expressing concern that we don't want the trump white house to revert back to more of a status quo traditional republican agenda whether it's on foreign policy or domestic policy. the america first agenda was a winning agenda and this is what i think bannon is going to be doing with breitbart and he even texted me this morning and said steve bannon and breitbart have trump's back with regard to the american first agenda. i think he did that

here at the disable, is a former advisor to mitt romney and paul ryan, also an official in george w.'m pleased to have both on the program. greg, first of all, what was the first reaction you had when you discovered these transcripts, when you realized you had access to them, what they said? >> so, you know, we'd written stories earlier in the year, about this sort of readouts from the calls. we'd gotten word that they were chaotic and tense and heated. we sort of knew that going in. to me the thing that jumped out right away was reading through the mexico call, and what a sort of distance there was between what trump has said publicly about mexico, i'm going to build a wall and mexico's going to pay for it, and what he was telling the mexico president in his very first call as president that went completely in the opposite direction. >> charlie: basically what did he say in the call to the president of mexico? >> i mean, the call amounts to an attempt to enlist the mexican president in a bit of a political chair raid. look, the money has to come from other places. i realize that. at

he is a former advisor to mitt romney and paul ryan, also an official with the george w.h administration. i'm pleased to have both on the program. greg, first of all, what was the first reaction you had when you discovered these transcripts? when you realized you had access to them, and what they said? >> we had written stories earlier in the year about the readouts from these calls. we had gotten word they were really chaotic and heated. we sort of knew that going in. to me the thing that jumped out right away was reading through the mexico call and what a distance there was between what trump has said publicly about mexico, "i'm going to build a wall in mexico is going to pay for it," and what he was telling the mexican president in his first call as president that went completely in the opposite direction. charlie: what did he say in the call to the president of mexico? >> it was an attempt to enlist the mexican president in a bit of a political charade. the moneynt he says will have to come out of the wash, but you need to stop saying you are not going to pay for the

i'm pretty certain, too, george this is not something that will threaten our constitutional order. >> that is being -- disputed by the speaker of the house, paul ryan, senator john mccain as well. the president, you say he's been clear in defending the sheriff arpaio and his pardon, he called him a patriot who kept us safe also praised his admirable service. he held inmates in horrible conditions. humiliated them. promoted the birther lie about president obama. how is that admirable service? >> i'm sure those are all assertions that you're much more familiar with than me. right now, i'm focused on not only the 4.6 million people in the houston area, but the millions of people around the country trying to bring together outside of these divisive political questions, their efforts and their prayers to help those people who are in need. my guess is not too many people care about this one guy right now. they care about the millions of guys that are -- >> but wait. wait a second, tom. i understand that. and you have been praised for the work you're doing on the flood. but you're also the adviser of homeland security. sheriff arpaio's actions come within

targets, a george washington university poll shows that mitch mcconnell and paul ryan had high unfavorableings. john mccain is seen as favorable by majority of respondents to the poll. i feel like this is in some way president trump doing well what got him elected in the first place and that is expressing his utter disgust and disdain with the way washington operates in the establishment g.o.p. >> david: smart political strategy. any president who goes to the american people, that reaches past congress, reagan did it very well. the people elected you and they're going to support you regardless of party. he is running against failure and lindsey graham, it's interesting to hear him speak because there is a little bit of heat and his own backyard from people who are saying we're sick of you not supporting, not representing the people of carolina. mitch mcconnell, he is at 18% in his home state of kentucky and he is the majority leader in the senate. these people have been feeling the american people. the american people want action on tax reform and they've got a small window to get it done.

george bush. someone who's government today. >> not paul ryan. it's all right. what was your driver's name this morning? paul ryan? it's in the administration today. it's the vice president of the united states, mike pence. two more to go. i have a statement on social security, i consider it a breach of faith to renege on its promise, it would be a rotten thing to do. >> this goes back a long time. congressman, the most powerful congressmen of his time in the early 80s. >> tip o'neill, who said to o'neill, excellence. here's the last one, this one and you all guess. i'm going to keep social security without change. >> and instead i'm going to get rid of the waste, who do you think senate? candidate donald trump, now president donald trump. the point of all this is a lot of things have been said about social security, a lot of it based on misconception andmyth . that's why today weare demystifying the program so i hope you have a meaningful day , and he will start next time. >>. >>. [applause]. thank you bill. >> good morning everyone, thank you for coming today.

. >> yesterday, i spoke with ned ryan, who's a former speechwriter for president george w.rediction about next year's midterms. here it is. >> if republicans do not pass a piece of major legislation by the end of the year, whether it's health care, whether it's tax reform, let's face it, speaker pelosi is not out of the question. so i'm also convinced that if speaker pelosi does happen, that in january of 2019, democrats, there will be a significant part of the democrats in the house that will want to pursue impeachment proceedings against donald trump. >> is it too soon, howard, to start talking impeachment? >> i think it's foolish to talk impeachment at this point until bob mueller has his say. you know, he could be impeached in a democratic house, i have no doubt. but he could not be removed from office. you need 67 votes in the united states senate. and i'm one of the biggest optimists in washington about our a built to take over the senate, but we're certainly not going to get 67 seats. so i think the talk of impeachment is foolish. i really do think that we ought to f

george w. bush, who'd spent 67 days on vacation. ryan nobles, cnn, washington. >>> all right. the u.s.ent on vacation. i guess a working vacation, as he calls it. but not to be outdone, the russian president vladimir putin is showing the world how r&r should be done there. no golf on the agenda in siberia. the russian leader is shown here shirtless as he fished and swam. the kremlin also released video of mr. putin wearing a camouflage dive suit, spear fishing in a murky lake. as you can see, he caught a pretty big fish there. >>> still ahead here on "newsroom," a career swan song for the fastest man in history. a shocking upset. coming up, how usain bolt fared in his last individual race. what if we could bring you better value by having better values? at blue apron, we work directly with more than a hundred family farms. so instead of spending on costly middlemen and supermarkets, we can invest in the things that matter most: making farmland healthier. cutting down on food waste. and bringing you higher quality, fresher ingredients for less than you pay at the store. because food is

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mccain to ronald reagan, everyone a nazi or hitler like george bush because their words really can't be taken seriously. >> bill: quickly, paul ryan must be clear white supremacy is repulsive. bigotry is counter to all this country stands for there do knob ambiguity. mitch mcconnell. american ideals and freedom. we all have responsibility to stand against hate and violence wherever it raises its evil head. as molly is talking you are shaking your head in agreement to what she is talking about. >> look. there is no question there is a double standard in the media. what molly is referring to is a tweet by eric lipton a reporter with the "new york times" who said he was cynical about ted cruz and marco rubio actually condemning donald trump or urging donald trump to condemn white supremacists on the merits. he thought they were just positioning for 2020. so it was the case in this instance and in many others that if republicans do the right thing, they're treated as political actors and when they don't do the right thing then they are condemned or criticized for being silent by the mainstream media. that's an entirely valid point. it

joining me now, ceo of american majority, ned ryan, who is also a former speechwriter for president georgeith w. bush. ned, big welcome. in light of the latest firing at the national security council, here's what you tweeted, if @realdonaldtrump chooses mcmaster over bannon, guarantee parts of the base walk and some of his stronger defenders fade away. so you're calling among those -- rather, you are among those calling for mcmaster's ouster. your reaction to the president's comments there. how do you feel? >> this is a very,, you know -- trump has to understand that a lot of his base, in many ways, his base was a rejection of the neocon approach to the world. and we view mcmasters very much in the neocon mold. we're not into nation building and, alex, as you look at some of the debate that's taking place inside the west wing, mcmaster wanting more troops in afghanistan and steve bannon is actually arguing against that. you look at the iranian deal. we want out of the iranian deal. that, again, was one of trump's campaign pledges. and reports are coming out that mcmaster has been stalling

>> firefighters and doctors gathered outside george washington hospital to tell us what happened last wednesday when the premature baby twins arrived. ryan and the sister riley. in the parking lot of a stanfon glen apartments in southeast. >> they were trying to get her to the hospital. in a car. the babies didn't want to wait. >> the ambulance happened to be passing by. >> the firefighters say they were on the way to a stabbing when a crowd stopped her saying a woman was having a baby in the back of a van. >> as the mom tells us, it wasn't easy. ryan wanted out. >> his head got stuck. so the e.m.c. pushing, keep pushing until the baby was officially out. >> had two legs sticking out. the woman was giving it all she had trying to push it out. >> they succeeded with a breach birth ready to transport. >> she told us there was another one coming behind it. >> it was riley's turn. >> they decided they wanted to come out. >> riley was not breach but it was busy there. >> trying to deliver two children and take care of the mother at the same time. it's kind of difficult. you don't have enough hands to do that. >> they made it to g.w. and two a

ryan smith with the story. >> good morning, george.alk about this but less than two weeks before the nfl regular season kicks off protesters are going to gather at the nfl's doorstep rallying for colin kaepernick, the former star quarterback, some believe has been sidelined for his beliefs. >> will he show poise in the pocket? >> reporter: this morning the quarterback who led the san francisco 49ers to a super bowl four years ago can't find an nfl team. 19 teams across the country have signed new quarterbacks in the off-season. many pointing to colin kaepernick's refusal to stand for the national anthem last year and his vocal stance against racial injustice primary reasons he is unemployed. >> a lot of things you can look at and say this is a guy at the least deselves an invite to a camp to see if he has anything yet. >> reporter: the quarterback speaking out about his stance last october. >> it was something that was really just a personal decision where, you know, i didn't agree with what was going on. >> reporter: and already this

george bush, that's what he wanted to do. it's someone in government today. not paul ryan. going to keep saying paul ryan until he's right. what was your driver's name this morning? paul ryan? he's in the administration today. he is the vice-president of the united states. mike pence. two more to go. i have a statement on social security, i consider it a breach of faith to renege on its promise, it would be a rotten thing to do. who do you think said that? this goes back a long time in history. he with as a congressman, one of the most powerful congressmen of his time in the early '80s. who said tip o'neill? excellent. and the last one i bet you all guess. i'm going to keep social security without change, except i'm going to get rid of the waste, the fraud and the abuse. candidate donald trump, now president donald trump. point is a lot has been said about social security, a lot based on misconception and misunderstanding and myth. that's why today we're demystifying this program. and we will have a very busy day and let me turn it over to the next panel. thank you. [applaus [applause] >> thank you, bill. so, good morning

george washington the next week and thomas jefferson the week after. >> reporter: the president's comments comes after facing criticism. movements after the president's comments, house speaker paul ryan tweeted this. we must be clear, white supremacy is repulsive. this bigotry is counter to all this country stands for. there can be no moral ambiguity. >> the violence in charlottesville hits home. eli harold says he was shocked and horrified of what happened. he said i don't understand why the world is still this way. it's 2017, you'll think these days are over. >>> street fight leads to a hate crime. it happened. two men seen arguing and then they got into a fight. accused a man of stealing from his car. he spit in his face and called him racial slurs during that fight. >>> former governor arnold schwarzenegger wants to do his part in fighting hate. the organization is the simon wiesenthal center. >>> could cooler heads prevail. new reports out of north korea suggest kim jong-un may be softening some of his tough talk. pulling back on some of its threats on firing missiles to guam. his new plan is to quote wait and see what the foolish yankees do. the trump administration says what h

ryan mclaurin staying positive. >> it could be worse. i could be stuck in south america. at least i'm back in the united states. i'll figure it out kevin: and at this hour, houston and george bush airports remain close with some reports of passengers trapped in terminals own there. kimberly: the situation in texas might have an effect on gas prices. ri analyst -- industry analysts will determine how much that will jump and also a serge in demand in labor day as millions of americans will hit the roads. now, you can get the latest updates on harvey any time and on our local forecast no matter where you are. all you have o do is download that storm warn weather app for the forecast at your fingertips. breaking news right now, a second person has been pulled from the potomac river near key bridge. let's take a live look at the scene right now as crews are another person was pulled from the river earlier and was take on the the hospital in critical condition. we know at least two people might have been in the river. we don't have the details as to why they were in it. at least one of them had to be rescued. as we get more information, we'll bring that to you. new at 11:00, the

no, you would've thought it would of been george bush because that's what he tried to do but it's someone who is in government today. not paul ryan. you'll keep saying paul ryan until you get it right. [laughter] he is in the administration today. he is the vice president of the united states. mike pence. two more to go. i have a statement on social security and i consider it a breach of faith to renege on its promise that it would be a rotten thing to do. do you think said that? this goes back a long time in history. he was a congressman, one of the most powerful congressmen of his time in the early '80s. tip o'neill. excellent. here's the last one. i'm going to keep social security without change except i'm going to get rid of the waste, fraud and abuse. candidate donald trump. point of all of this is that a lot of things have been said about social security and a lot of it based on misconception, misunderstanding and myth. that is why today we are demystifying this program. i hope you have a meaningful day. let me turn it over to the executive and will start the next panel. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, bill. good mornin

we've got prince george's county representing as well as d.c. fire. bill keenan this is chris and ryanall of you here for a fellow brother. tell us what brought you here. >> just being close knit group, um, one much our brothers when they go down we all try to support everybody. >> reporter: that's right. and you made -- did you ride the train down here this morning. >> group of us came down from union this morning we wanted to show our spo metropolitan area people live everywhere. so there's a lot of dc guys live in baltimore. we all know each other much guys that are good friends of mine new him and, you know, we try to keep in touch and look out for each other. >> reporter: bill, you act actually new his uncles because dane' twos uncles are currently d.c. firefighters. so you personally know them. >> that's correct. i work with them. i don't know them personally but i've seen them on scenes and calls and i know of them, and a lot of the firemen here are multi generational firefighters. so, um, we're just out here to show our support for the smothers family we're keeping them in our

preston, april ryan, tom hamburger, who broke the story on president trump dictating donald trump jr.'s misleading statement on that meeting and former white house ethics lawyer under george w. bush richard painter. the white house says, and now you have seen from kellyanne conway and sarah huckabee sanders the president didn't dictate the statement, that he weighed in as any father would. you broke the story in the washington post. they say weighed in. you say dictated. which is it? >> well, erin, thanks. i think the first thing to point out is that, as you noted earlier, this story and the explanations for it are evolving. we had yesterday before our story appeared is that the president played effectively no role whatsoever in drafting the statement. now we're told that he weighed in. we have multiple sources that we worked with in developing this story, and i was one of four reporters on it. and our many sources from many walks of life and many aspects of the trump world tell us that, in fact, this -- excuse me. i just lost my train of thought there. >> that's okay. april, i want you to jump in here because obviously this is crucial. this is an evolving story they're g

also took aim at both mcconnell and house speaker paul ryan over the looming budget battle calling it a mess. the shutdown threat is real, georgeans on capitol hill acknowledge that it is virtually pay for the wall in the upcoming budget negotiations. that means either the president backs down or there is a shutdown and white house officials insist he has no intention of backing down. >> yeah, and, we're seeing a sustained campaign against the leaders of his own party and looks as if he's filing for divorce from congressional republicans but doesn't seem to make sense. he needs them more than ever now. it's almost as if he's trying to lay blame because he's worried something is not going to get done. >> reporter: he absolutely cannot get any of his agenda through without those republican leaders leading the way because, george, the president has done virtually nothing to reach out to democrats so he's certainly not going to get help interest them. he needs mitch mcconnell, you could argue more than mitch mcconnell needs him. >> on another front the president's top economic adviser gary cohn has been under some pressure to resig

george w. bush. also back with us is adam who worked for senator harry reid in the senate. peter, this is the president running into immediate resistance, obvious public resistance. paul ryantom cole, saying no we're not going to shut down the government or come close to shutting down the government over paying for the wall that you said mexico would pay for. >> yeah, and ryan and cole and all the rest are right. this is an insane strategy to try and shut down the government for a wall that 60% of the public doesn't want. but this is part of a growing phenomenon and really a growing collision between trump and the republicans. you can just see it and feel it over the last three or four weeks. trump is going after republicans. they're starting to go back after him. and i have thought for a long time, as you know, that the republican party has to break with trump. that's bookkeeping more urgent not only because of his mental instability which is so obvious, but i also think what's going to happen if they don't break with trump, trump is going to break with them. i think trump is showing he has no institutional loyalty to the republican party and positioning himself something

george washington now lose his status? how about thomas jefferson? what do you think of thomas jefferson? you're charging history. >> so, immediate criticism including from this person, marco rubio, paul ryan, they put out some tweets, messages, ryan saying we must be cleve, the bigotry is counter that all this country stands for, there can be no moral ambiguity. then also we have this comment from senator marco rubio, the white supremacy groups will see being aside only 50% of the blame is a win? we can now allow this old evil to be resurrected, right now, 6:06. >> well then there is this tweet. it was from the former kkk leader david duke. praising his remarks saying: thank you, president trump for your honest at any and courage to tell the truth. >> former president barack obama has been pretty much staying out of the public eye but in the wake of everything that's been hang he sent out a tweet in which he quoted nelson mandela, now that has become the most like tweet ever. the 44th president tweeted: after the events in charlottesville this weekend saying, quote, no one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin or the background or religion, so now they have like t

ryan we always appreciate talking to you. >>> protesters have postpone a march on google. plus, this week it's robert e lee, i noticed that stonewall jackson is coming down. i wondered if george washington next week at thomas jefferson the week after ? >> president trump comparing george washington to robert e lee. is that fair ? >> >>> protest plan this weekend at google offices across the country being postponed. organizers of the event march on google announced overnight that they are postponing the rally due to credible alt last terrorist threat. president trump scheduled the google marches and the rallies are in support of a google engineer who was fired after say why women are not equally represented in the tech industry. >>> university 40 has denied a request by richard spencer to speak on the campus. he helped lead the rally in charlottesville over the weekend. he was supposed to speak on the campus on september 12. the statement, the president said the decision was made after assessing risk to the campus, community and law enforcement. this follows the decision by texas a&m to cancel a similar event. >> the question of the day should our ship -- should rallies be den

george h.w. bush. he had an objective yesterday. he was putting all the onus on mitch mcconnell and paul ryan. is he right about that so far?it was good to hear from bossie a reaffirmation of the fact that bannon will continue to be a strong supporter of president trump and his agenda. but i think the president, the white house, and the supporters of president trump have to understand that congress is moved by a combination of the stick and the carrot. and if bannon is going to be part of the stick, that's good, but the white house has to really step up and be a significant part of the carrot. and you do this by negotiating with people, by making adjustments to legislation. but you also do it by the inherent perks of the white house. talking to the president, visiting with the president, riding on air force one. all those tools that are available should be used and have to be used in a smart way. >> bill: so you're saying the white house hasn't utilized that to date. you would put how much of the responsibility at the foot of the president so far? >> look, it's in the constitution. it's the executive branch and the legislat

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