i'm joined now by matt welch, editor at large for reason magazine, jake sherman senior writer for politicoake, president trump once again echoing the calls for this unity. a short time ago, here's what he said. >> steve, in his own way, may have brought some unity to our long-divided country. we've had a very, very divided country for many years. and i have a feeling that steve has made a great sacrifice, but there could be some unity being brought to our country. let's hope so. >> you've covered the hill for some time now. do you think this is an inflection point? do you think this is one of those instances where we actually see change and unity? >> i'm skeptical. i've seen -- we've seen this before, right. gabby giffords shot in the head and that was 2011, just months after republicans won the majority and we haven't seen much unity and much healing since then. it's easy to say, right. easy to say that the parties are going to come together, there are deep differences, and i don't think that any specific incident is going to wash away those instances. maybe the tone will be brought down

. >> jon: let's begin jake sherman. that meeting at the white house, the president is very engaged in this process. the meeting at the white house didn't get the job done. >> mitch mcconnell had already pulled this bill before they went to the white house, but listen, you had rand paul on here saying the conservatives run the gamut. if you introduce democrats into the equation, which the president has floated before and some members of the house have floated already, you introduce an entirely new set of issues. democrats do not want to repeal the health care bill, they will not vote for anything that does repeal the health care bill. what they will do is tweak around the edges, make some modest changes. i'm being skeptical of that. mitch mcconnell has a very, very narrow plank to walk here. he has someone like rand paul who seems to be a pretty firm no one anything resembling earlier this week. susan collins is skeptical and on the moderate side. at this point, i wouldn't count out mcconnell either, but this is a very d

tweet jake sherman also. he always likes those.fish reference. good afternoon to you. i'm ali velshi. the clock is ticking closer to a senate vote on health care. where is the bill, you ask? cloak of secrecy on that bill has not been lifted. we did learn a few moments ago, senate republicans will be given a discussion draft of the bill during an all republican closed door meeting at 9:30 am. you know, guys, we'll all have to see this bill eventually. why not just show it to us? i'll talk to one of the organizations demanding to meet with mitch mcconnell over what cuts would mean for the 29 million americans with diabetes. >>> also on capitol hill today, house and senate designed to pinpoint russia's role in the hacking of the 2016 general election and how we can be spared from having the same what happened conversations in future elections. secretary of state rex tillerson, secretary of defense james mattis holding a press conference alongside chinese leaders at the capitol. perhaps the most important topic of the discussion today,

. >> let's bring in jake sherman. the senate intelligence committee, do you have any idea what questions they will be asking and do we know if he is going to be producing those memos that he wrote about his conversations with the president, james comey? >> so the intelligence community is pretty tight lipped. we know he will be asked about them and will talk about them. i think this is going to be a very backward looki ing hearing they will try to talk about what happened in the conversations with the president perhaps, what happened during the 2016 election. this is political theater probably like we have never seen before on capitol hill. >> the chief investigative correspondent with yahoo news. we know that donald trump isn't going to do the war room inside the white house as was initially reported. it will be shuttled off to his outside legal team. your new reporting says that a number of legal firms to represent donald trump in the russia investigation. part of the reason was that they were worried they weren't g

msnbc analyst steven brill, senior writer for politico jake sherman, and my panel, msnbc contributor, former vermont governor and former dnc chairman howard dean and republican strategist noelle nickmore. jake, at least five republicans are a no on this. nine more are expressing some concern. how does mitch mcconnell convince them to vote yes? >> he puts out another bill or does something incredibly drastic to change the dynamics. i'm very bearish today about this passing. >> why? >> given the information at hand. because start out with this opposition of five, the cbo score is going to come out today. everybody that we talked to does not expect the cbo score to look great for senate republicans. and then let's take a step back. the house has to pass this bill. the house needs time to kind of look at this, to absorb it, to -- >> who has suggested they need time to do it? listen to mitch mcconnell, they have six, seven years to look at it. you should know it by now. >> but that's not true. they've had six or seven years to consider consider replacing obamacare. republicans took many ye

. >> jon: joining us now is jake sherman, senior writer for politico and co-author of politico's playbook. all of a sudden, you know that the testimony in front of the senate judiciary committee by the attorney general yesterday, all of that is yesterday's news when some thing like this happens. the >> i think the stunning thing for many members of congress and why people been talking about since gabby giffords was shot is most members of congress did not have security detail. they roam around washington and around their district basically on their own and is a huge problem many people feel because political rhetoric is hot and some members of congress protest. that's getting a new discussion right now. again, we don't know much about this shooting yet, but i can tell you from the people i've spoken to this morning, they kind of feel like we are walking around all over the place without big security presence and maybe we should rethink that. >> jon: this is one of those moments where everybody on capitol hill manages to come together. there has been so much partisan rancor lately and when

anne guerin from "the washington post," jonathan swan, action yous political reporter, jake sherman,editor and elise jordan, former adviser to senator rand paul's campaign, also an msnbc political analyst. let's start with health care and we'll talk about other news of the day here. as we listen to senator warren there on the floor, jake sherman, this would seem to be a preview of what we're going to see and hear play out over the next week or so as this bill is debated publicly. if you were a betting man, would you bet this bill gets a vote before july 4th? that's my first bet question. my second, if you were a betting man would you bet this bill or a bill like it gets passed out of the senate? >> i'm not a betting man, as you know. >> i didn't know actually. >> i'm kidding. it's illegal. number one, i would say that's the beginning of elizabeth warren's presidential campaign, it certainly sounds like. that's a pretty sharp speech about health care. number two, listen, the one thing, if i were mitch mcconnell that i would be worried about is members of congress saying i'm going to g

supporter, lucy -- political senior brightest a playbook, that's what you need to read every morning, jake sherman. and of course, we are so excited she has come all of the way across the country to be with us tonight, kimberly. jake, i want to start with you. i would never call you decadent, but you really know what is going on, what i would love you to try to explain is the back-and-forth of the coney comey hearings. what were generally interested in is when we see this going on the have these problems and they see this circus, why do you think they seem so obsessed in d.c., the politicians and the people around them with talking about scandals rather than getting on with things that affect people's lives. was behind that? >> my father told me when i was young and he was right that politician wants to keep our, increase power. he is right. this is a way bipartisan way for republicans and democrats to score points. deeper what we are seeing is the political class in the political system rebel against the person who is the president but acts like he is in private business. what he did and what he

>> jake sherman has a question. jake? >> congresswoman, who would you put at the top of your party?und raising prowess, her allies oftentimes say she's criticized because she's a strong woman. what do you make of the attacks and who do you think should be the top house democrat? >> well, that's not going to be for me to decide, but we have to as a caucus, have this conversation. and i'm not going to pretend this is an easy conversation to have. it's not easy speaking truth to power. nancy pelosi was a great speaker. she is a great leader. her time as come and gone. she's a great fundraiser, but if the money we're raising through her leadership is not helping us win election, we have to have this difficult conversation now. >> congresswoman, do you think that's unfair to nancy pelosi? what you're adopting is the framework of the conservatives that criticize her? she's out of touch from san francisco. do you agree and what's your rationale? >> we've been losing since 2010. that's it. >> hold on. you said you need new leadership at the top. presumably you mean someone else to lead the

i want to bring in politico senior writer jake sherman. that's because house speaker paul ryan is also addressing health care today at his presser. he says he's optimistic the senate can reach a compromise. take a listen. >> i'm familiar with this. this is exactly what he did in the house. we brought it to the floor and pulled it back and brought it and passed it. that's basically the process the senate is going through so some deja vu. i told senator mcconnell i know how he feels but i think they'll persevere. >> it's what happened in the house, couldn't get a vote, went to the white house, came back and were successful with a vote. kasie, are republicans confident they'll be able to get things done by tomorrow or even after that? >> reporter: hallie -- katy, sorry, i have to say. sorry, i was talking to hallie a couple hours ago. they have not really been particularly optimistic that this is something that they can get done by tomorrow. i talked to senator rob portman. he has been in meetings all day on health care. he is somebody who ha

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. >> we have jake sherman joins us on the phone, covers capitol hill. jake, what can you add?een practicing on the same field in del ray section of alexandria, virginia for many years. the stunning thing here is that i just spoke to a member who left a couple minutes before this incident. capitol police blocked the entrance to this park, to this baseball field for every single practice. there is a dog park that's adjacent that is not blocked. but these are armed police officers who protect steve scalise, the house majority whip. so this is a situation in which you have police officers armed on the scene and a guy just walked up, allegedly, with a rifle and started shooting. we don't have any confirmed reports at this point about how many people were shot. republican leadership aides are being very cautious at the moment. but the congressional baseball game is kind of a legendary thing in washington. it's been going on for years. a bipartisan thing. they practice every morning in the spring. a very stunning moment for us here in washington. >> we have david wood rouruff oe phon