so john boehner has his finger on the pulse of the american culture.k, this is a guy who -- i'll tell you, brooke -- >> smokes a lot of cigarettes. >> smokes a lot of cigarettes. i have six brother-in-laws and one of my favorite just had a birthday and he's around the same age of john boehner and when you arrive at a certain age, 67, you get comfortable. you figure out what you like and don't like, what you're going to put up with, what you're not going to and on a human level, it's very interesting and gratifying to see somebody who has found where he wants to be in life and has no regrets or backward looks or anything like that. >> you know, as we cover the twists and turns in washington and paul ryan with the issues that john boehner struggled with, do you ever imagine what it would have been like with trump in the oval office and john boehner as speaker of the house? >> i think honestly the structural problems that paul ryan faces are the same ones that drove john boehner out of the speakership. the reality is, as long as you have a hard core, the

john boehner is always john boehner and is always blunt. he saw this coming.saw the rise of the tea party. saw the rise of the freedom caucus and he knew this tension that obviously paul ryan inherited. he saw that this president, at least right now, isn't able to deal with it. >> what do you think? >> i think he has is this you know sitting back drinking his glass of wine and enjoying it all unfold. i think it speaks to internal divisions in the republican party right now. it is astonishing to hear boehner say what probably a lot of republicans are currently thinking. i do think that speaks to the current climate in congress and lack of candor we're seeing as republicans themselves are grappling and confronting a president that they don't necessarily recognize as one of their own. >> it is interesting. just now the white house is pushing back on this wall street journal report. they are suggesting that this report is not necessarily true. what would be wrong if there are certa certain white house things need needed shaken up. >> i want to go back to what we t

it's up to you. >> this is the john boehner i remember when we would brief him. ething privately and we'd say whoa, john, you can't say that out there, because you have a responsibility to the conference, a responsibility to focus on the issue agenda. this is john boehner unfilterered and i think a lot of what he's saying is a reflection, not a perfect reflection. there are members of congress that are exasperated that there hasn't been more of a focus. they're left to litigate the day by day news coming out. >> you might think the jared story is not a big one, but it's hard to disagree with the former gang of 7 member, john boehner. going back in time. >> 26 years. >> about the notion that the agenda is off track. >> they're both right. the fact is that this administration should be doing so well and could be doing so well if they just focused on getting their agenda passed. last nine days hopefully have shown the president that if you stay on message, you stick to the script, you focus on policy, you drive home the messages you talked about during the campaign a

apparently had a man that had been at one point pretty good friends with donald trump. >> john boehnere he's left he hasn't real he a lot of the constraints that he had when he was in office. even when he was in office frankly john bain worry get the candid bug, so perhaps he's getting some choice words from trump at this point, but new john boehner, happy to be out of office and speaking his truth. >> you're smiling. go ahead. >> no, i love it. we have an american political process that's so stabled and john boehner, whether you like him or not, i think he's a replrkable politician and says i want to smoke cigarettes and drink wine and i'm never running for president. almost a vote to say he should be running for president because maybe we can get somebody to speak the truth. >> offer him some merlot. all about merlot. >> wants to smoke a cigarette, he can smoke a cigarette. >> coming cup, we always see them with the north korean leader kim jong-un so who are the three men in his inner circle and how are they helping his leader become a more dangerous threat to the united states? yeah

>> armstrong: during the administration of president obama, he and then speak john boehner decided to the kick the can down the road and not do much about the national debt. the national debt, what is it, how does impact you, can they get it under control? today. george goodman, and bruce, and stephen pruitt join us to discuss it on the national forum. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> armstrong: hello, everyone, it's today that we finally get down to the business to talk about the national debt, america's money man, george goodman, joyce us, and devaye stephen l pruitt, managing partner. let's first define. let's go to our skype guest. goodman, explain to our listeners what the national debt is? >> it's the amount we have borrowed for many, many years and there's a debt ceiling which is currently about $20 trillion but has to be raids rayed by congress or we can't borrow hormoney to pay for the spending in the past basically. so back in 2015, there was a a deal between president obama and john boehner the head of the house, who said, we will raise $20 trillion, and put up with they have to raise it back in 2

especially when john boehner becomes a rock star. so there are, the committees in congress and you knowthem, you are than in passing, the intelligence committee, committee on foreign relations . the transportation infrastructure, or in affairs but they go on and on and whether or not, hi. there are a committees and b committee.a committees are the stellar committees, that's life south beach's hottest club that you want to try to get on but you got the big bouncer with the velvet rope won't let you in. a committees are committees like energy , and i'm having a total brain. [bleep] here. ways and means, thank you. ways and means is the best committee to get on because you control what affects everybody in theunited states , tax policy. so if you're affecting tax policy, there's a whole lot of vested interest. i'm going to try to keep this as tight as possible. vested interest meaning where the government inserts itself with the introduction of lobbyists. lobbyists are bad people, the only reason lobbyists exist is because government is

>> john boehner wasn't ousted, he left, probably because he couldn't control the caucus.cus either. >> sandra: answer the question. >> i wouldn't say it's acomplete disaster shockingly. there some parts of the trip that were very well done, he was great in saudi arabia, the speech on is almost was great. when he got to europe, that, sandra, is where things become problematic. >> sandra: what do you have a problem with? >> not invoking article 5 in the speeches, number two, i believe diplomacy is an art. the speech he gave to sort of bashing european leaders in public, they need to pay more, isn't howdy ploem si is done. you do it behind the scenes, in these meetings, your staff and their staff, work together to find the middle ground. then you come out and tremendous strength. he didn't do that. that's why it was a disaster. >> sandra: all right, it's not just john boehner taking a hit at donald trump, hillary clinton a little while ago, took a jab at the sitting president at a commencement speech she was giving apartment her alma mater, wellesley. listen to this. >> we w

john boehner striking back against the former house speaker boldly declaring president trump's tenorthe. nicole: complete disaster while he still learning how to be present for joining me to discuss ron christie and gina loudon. let me start with you gina. boehner like a whole lot of these other folks who just won't go away and those are some really biting comments on the persons whose only been on the job a few more than 100 days. >> e, john who? do we even remember him? is he not the footnotes of footnotes? is he not a swamp monster charles? he's the guy whose approval rating in his congress was lower than president trump's ever has been or ever will be. you can pretty much count on that. i'm not sure those who remember him care to remember him and others who do really much defined them as establishment extraordinaire. charles: do we look jan doll that and say here's a guy who probably has a serious connection to washington d.c. and understand how things work that he is essentially saying that president trump's agenda is not going to get done. >> e and he has been pro-trump certain

i am going to take the next three days and live a little of john boehner's life. it sounds fantastic if you ask me. >> don't smoke. >> well no, i won't smoke. >> other than that, have yourself -- >> the candy cigarettes, the gum ones. >> you deserve a little rest. get it and i will see you next week. we begin with two former politicians from opposite sides of the office going on the offensive against president trump today. hillary clinton calling his budget a lie while the former house speaker last night referring to the trump presidency as a complete disaster. let's start withological hillary. she went to wellesley college, her alma mater. one of the main topics she addressed were the major deficiencies in the proposed gop budget. >> it is an attack of unimaginable cruelty on the most vulnerable among us, the youngest, the oldest, and hard working people. and to top it off, it is shrouded in a trillion-dollar mathematical lie. let's call it what it is. it is a con. it matters because if our leaders lie about the problems we face, we'll never solve them. we were f

reportedly called john boehner this month to talk to the president about signing .he bill john boehner said that he should avoid a government shutdown and be thankful that the bill came with an increase in military spending. larry: vice president mike pence got the cold shoulder from the notre dame the stage. students behind the protest said that his policies as the former governor of indiana targeted marginalized people in the basis of their religion, skin color, or sexual orientation. he continued his speech, advocating for more free speech on college campuses. atria: the search is on for fairfax county firefighter that has been missing for over a week. has not been seen since saturday, may 14. he was last spotted on embassy in northwest. he was wearing a white tank top and blue pants. if you have seen brian woods. larry: your first shot at $100, all our long we are giving out $100 on the sevens. here's the number. 703-528-7334. call a number seven walks away with the benjamin. if you don't win now, your next chance is coming up and about 10 minutes. stay tuned for that. to counsel t

. >>> one more thing, john boehner 2020? maybe not.t part, trump's time in office has been, quote, a complete disaster. when asked if he would like to replace trump one day, i drink red wine, i smoke cigarettes, i golf, i cut my own grass, i iron my own clothes and i'll not willing to give all that up to be prest. askefor whether or not he misses capitol hill, i wokep every day, drink my morning coffee and say hallelujah, hallelujah. i am going to take the next three days and live a little of john boehner's life. it sounds fantastic if you ask me. >> don't smoke. >> well no, i won't smoke. >> other than that, have yourself -- >> the candy cigarettes, the gum ones. >> you deserve a little rest. get it and i will see you next week. we begin with two former politicians from opposite sides of the office going on the offensive against president trump today. hillary clinton calling his budget a lie while the former house speaker last night referring to the trump

john boehner just disappear.it's like he's not -- nancy pelosi comes rent and introduced her to senator obama and that was the first time she met barack obama. hillary clinton wasn't there, joe biden biden pick it was like, and she is very good at playing congress. she was praying on the phone with chris coons delaware. she does a lot of the homework. >> host: you mentioned the tiptapes i want to see that dat. >> guest: i wasn't there. i thought you talk about george weah naked tape. >> host: no. i would love to see her, you know, give that speech and imagined that in congress. that must've been a very great exciting time trying to a cool scene. a really cool scene. >> host: absolutely. it will be very interesting to see what she does next and i like that she told me she's going to be on the speaker circuit. maybe i will see both on the speaker circuit. >> guest: i most other plugging this or that, but i've been really enjoying, i really enjoyed working on the book and it would now because it took me four years t

i go by the wise words of former speaker john boehner. he's like this is a pipe dream.e tried this for years and years and years. there is no way to dismantle this bill without throwing 20 something million people off of their insurance. you can throw in $8 billion, $23 billion, it doesn't matter. if an insurance company can in some way, shape or form either deny you or charge you more money if you have a pre-existing condition, this bill doesn't work. >> well, if john boehner is saying that while having a cigarette and a scotch, he will not check off the good life list. how big of a deal is it for the president if he brings two possible no votes into the white house today and doesn't flip them? is this not a hero or zero moment for him, master negotiator? >> it's testing the master negotiator narrative. at the end of the day, i wonder, though, if presint trump almost gets a pass on this because congress is so distrusted right now, and congress is held in more contempt than president trump. his supporters, he was elected to take on washington. even though he's falling s

tomorrow, back to washington and to a tangle of troubles as former house speaker john boehner calls foreign affairs a bright spot for president trump but adding everything else he's done is a complete disaster. hillary clinton adding to the chorus, telling graduates at her alma matter, her own college days under president nixon feel awfully familiar. >> a man whose presidency would eventually end in disgrace with his impeachment for obstruction of justice. >> reporter: back home, that widening russia investigation has the white house facing what aides call a new reality now. multiple administration sources tell nbc a war room is getting set up run by jared kushner, steve bannon and reince priebus, all of whom are in d.c. as the president remains overseas tonight, craig? >> hallie jackson in italy, thank you. >>> back here, a republican candidate backed by president trump has won a special congressional election in montana. that's despite greg gianforte being charged for assault for allegedly body slamming a reporter the day before. in a speech last night, gianforte apologized for the incide

. >> even a jab from former house speaker john boehner, saying foreign affairs have been a bright spot but, quote, everything else he's done has been a complete disaster. >> as for that latest controversy, the "new york times" reporting this morning that kushner wanted to set up that back channel with russia to discuss syria strategy. nbc news has not independently confirmed that report. president trump heads home to grapple with all of this in just a few hours, melissa. >> kristin, thank you. >>> a major american figure close to us here at msnbc has passed away. foreign policy expert brzeznski has passed away. he was president jimmy carter's national security adviser a took part in peace talks at camp david. he was part of the extended family of this network and we send our condolences today to our colleague and friend amika and her entire family. mika had this to say, my father passed away peaceful hadly tonight. he was known to his friends as zbig, to his grandchildren as chief and to his wife as the enduring love of her life. i just knew him as the most inspiring, loving and devote

it was reince priebus to brought in john boehner to change his mind on that. guest: that's the chiefs of staff role. good chiefs of staff will speak hard truths to the president. clearly priebus is trying. so far, it really is the gang that couldn't shoot straight. this is a white house that is broken. i think priebus has to go. he clearly doesn't have the authority to tell donald trump what he doesn't want to hear. he's lost his credibility. i think he may require an intervention. it may be that somebody needs to go into the oval office and maybe it's ivanka trump or jared kushner and mike pence. somebody needs to close the door and say look, you're in serious trouble. you have a choice. if you want to be jimmy carter a one term president, just continue to do what you're doing. if you want to be ronald reagan you need to find your version of jim baker. you need to find somebody that you respect and who can tell you what you don't want to hear. if you don't do that, you'll be a one term president. host: that's got to be strong enough to say no president's son-

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the taking down of harry cancer and the other members of the republican establishment including john boehner. they were kind of painkillers in that sense and that's what brought the attention of trump and that relationship is what brought rum to the white house. >> host: the term i'll write mark -- alt-right tends to be affiliated with breitbart. >> guest: a lot of people say he couldn't be the editor-in-chief of breitbart without eating a racist or in anti-semi. we have talked to an awful lot of people about it. here's the consistent approach and there are people of course say you couldn't run that web site with sections like black crime and illegal alien crime and engenders the kind of comments you could read atly breitbart with a misogynist and xenophobic quote. talke others we talked to said wait a minute the guy personally said they have never seen him or heard him say anything say anything racist or xenophobic at what they say is it is true that running that site creates certain complications. others say no matter who you are if you are a prominent and he is one of the top three really

he lost and it scared the bejesus out of john boehner. he said i can't bring this up far vote. why? because my people from the right will get a challenge from the right. you can't bring it up. if it had been brought up no doubt in my mind they would have supported the bipartisan senate bill. no doubt in my mind. the second issue is when you don't know someone very well it is a lot easy tore demonize them. my observation is that the folks that were trying to do the public good don't know each other very well. michael and i can have spirited disagreements but we know each other. you know, it makes a difference. back in the day you knew your colleagues, spouses and their children. when they had a death in the family you went to the funeral. when there was a disability rights bill that there might have been a person who you didn't think would intuitively support it. you knew they had a family with a disability. it changed their perspective on it. that stuff just isn't there anymore. you come tuesday and leave thursday and you do call time for some of tuesday, wednesday and thursday. i t

john boehner said that his foreign-policy is good but everything else he's done has been a complete disaster. he is still learning how to be present. >> i gave him mixed reviews. >> reporter: he is frustrated by the presence constant twitter post. >> it is a distraction he says that takes his focus away from more important issues. >> tax reform so that no one else like me can afford to say d'este for house. >> i think we will see better organization and coordination. >> he jumped in the swamp and swimming in it.>> now he's disappointed and frustrated that he hasn't been able to focus on healthcare and pass tax reform. >> eastvale that being an administration and he doesn't have anybody's back so no one has his back.>> reporter: still some say he has delivered on one promise filling the supreme court seat with a conservative justice. >> really was a very important motivating factor. >> reporter: looking ahead what should he do in the future?>> they're all fighting within the salves and i think he has to work a little bit harder to get them to come together.>> reporter: president trump returns

. >> we heard from a few people out of politics, john boehner and hillary clinton, they were talkingbout the way the president has approached this. theillary clinton gave commencement speech. availed reference, she was referr theintoast hishhad given to that speech thinking about richard nixon and the difference that she and her ,lassmates held toward him making reference to a president who had been impeached. she has amped up her public rhetoric not only the reasons she thought she lost the election but on what she views us -- as this attack on american values, women, minorities. she signaled -- and singled out the impact if they bill. >> what did the former speaker have to say? >> complete disaster were his words. saying this has been something that we have all this bouncing around and the inability to get a foot on the agenda. jarednstant turmoil with kushner. this has not been an administration that puts forth the accomplishments it would need to counter a soft push back in the media on minor scandals little one -- let alone one that is confronted nearly daily with major scandals

former house speaker john boehner says aside from international affairs and foreign policy, president trump's time in office has been a complete disaster. he spoke at an energy conference in houston. he also says the president should not be allowed to tweet overnight. new airport screening equipment is being tested that could make the laptop ban a thing of the past. at least four companies are working on equipment that would give a three-dimensional look into baggage and electronic devices. global news 24 hours a day. from washington, i am alisa parenti. this is bloomberg. "bloomberg technology" is next. ♪ caroline: i am caroline hyde in london. this is "bloomberg technology." coming up, g-7 leaders join the chorus calling on big tech to limit the spread of hate speech and propaganda online. we are live in italy with all the details. softbank's $500 million bet. the c.e.o. joins us to discuss the investment and using cash to build new realities. the highs and lows of bitcoin. we will track the success and wealth swings of the digital currency on the bloomberg. first to our lead. donal

john: john boehner doesn't do things like that. >> their presence with the hundred million dollars doest is the biggest beef i have with them. i don't think it is moble for people to be upset about that. john: coming up the mob that keeps kids from liking school. john: you could call may a hypocrite criticizing mob rule after all i pander to the mob i do everything i can to get a mob to pay attention to my it is. i lived by mob rule i dress like uncle sam to explain obamacare. the handouts to the insurance companies. >> have some tax money. isn't obamacare great? i disguise myself as a beggar. >> i would drag around the ball and chain to illustrate the ideas of serfdom and i do that because i want a bigger mob to handle those ideas that is also why there is social media. i am told i did not want to learn how to tweak your post on facebook but i do this because i want to reach the mob. you could also say america is about mob rule a 51% of the people vote one way that is it. majority rules. so what this also complaining about? it is democracy. that is valid except we're not just a democra

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. >> neil: what do you think of john boehner's comments that besides foreign policy, everything elseresident has done has been a complete disaster. he went on to say that he's still referring to the president learning to be president and furthermore the president should not be allowed to tweet? what did you make of that? >> i respectfully disagree with former speaker boehner. we've seen a deregulation. you've seen him investing in bringing jobs and wages back to our country. we've seen it here in michigan with ford investing $1.2 billion. this is a president who hit the ground running. i know that's not something that, you know, washington establishment likes as a change agent coming but he's a change agent. people across this country want him to get those things done. >> neil: were you offended as an rnc chair woman by the treatment of the europeans, some of them that were snickering at the president yesterday when he was bemoaning the fact that 23 of the 28 nato nations don't cough up the doe to fund nato? >> i was proud of president trump for the american taxpayer saying it's time

>> john boehner said something similar. >> this is the central argument of why you should be electing one more no vote and it's not going to pass. if it's brought up. >> yeah. it's on the bubble right now. it seems like the momentum is against this happening. i think if you had to bet, you would bet that this doesn't happen. it's pretty amazing that they can't get this done. you know, again, even if this happened, then it goes to senate, it would change dramatically if it could -- they can't even do this. i think that paul ryan, smart guy obviously, policy walk, you know -- donald trump gets a lot of blame. how much blame though do republicans in congress deserve? >> how much blame are they going to get next time around, the elections? >> some of the moderates you don't want to vote for this might think they dodged a bullet by not voting for something that takes away regulations on pre-existing conditions. i think matt is right. even if it passes the house, this thing -- the senate has no appetite for the bill that might pass the house. it would get rewritten in the senate. they go to

so i take you through like what it was like meeting john boehner not too far from here in naples so what it's like, what it was like through my set of eyes. and when i tried to do in the book is not give partisan hacking talking points, i'm not, it's not any sort of, maybe there's a redemption and maybe some of that is happening right now . with you guys out talking to each other but it is not like a holier than thou book and it is not any political book that i promised you've ever read unless it was written by somebody like hunter s thompson. a few of you got that. and it is certainly not like any republican book, i promise you that and i don't know if there are republicans who get something like this because i have fun with it. i want to show that again, whether your democrat or republican, some of the ridiculousness that goes on in washington dc but at the end of the day, i can't stress this enough that there are good people in washington. who are working to improve your life. that may sound like political speak but really what i found is that while i think it's often not necessarily

he is not set up to be a strong handed leader, and part of that is the way his predecessor, john boehner resign his speakership. he was kind of pushed out by the eedom caucus. i think paul ryan organizes there is no fighting this. -- recognizes there is no fighting this. he has to have these conferences work out the differences. mark meadows, chairman of the freedom caucus, says that in future negotiations we know we have to put forward at the very beginning what are the must .aves and would like to haves hopefully that will have a more clear picture of where everybody stands on tax reform, which will be very important as we get to controversial things like the border adjustment tax. you have to know who will accept that and who is starkly against it. there is quite on capitol hill this week as lawmakers were on recess. we have seen the one-page sheet of principles from the white house. how is that being chewed up orchard over on capitol hill? laura: we won't see anything on to the white house and house are in agreement. they have decided in a house that they will not move until they wil

former house speaker john boehner says aside from international affairs and foreign policy, president office has been a complete disaster. he spoke at an energy conference in houston. he also says the president should not be allowed to tweet overnight. new airport screening equipment is being tested that could make the laptop ban a thing of the past. at least four companies are working on equipment that would give a three-dimensional look

. >> former house speaker john boehner told on energy conference wednesday that foreign policy aside, everything else he's done has been a complete disaster. joining me now is republican senator and the chairman of the foreign relations committee bob corker of tennessee. senator, welcome back to "meet the press," sir. >> good to be with you. >> let me start with the allegations involving jared kushner and these meetings that he had where either he suggested or somebody suggested that a back channel be put together in some form, possibly using russian facilities. can you think of any good reason to do something like that in a transition period between one presidency over another? >> look, i think jared has said that he's more than willing to answer any and all questions. they reached out to us yesterday to make sure that we knew that was the case and i'm sure he's willing to do so. i look at what the reports have said about asking questions of him. it seems to me that based on just the reporting that you and others are making, he's not a target. so i think i would just wait. sounds lik

we found out about an hour ago that your friend john boehner, former speaker of the house, he told an energy publication called "rig zone" quote, everything else he's done in office with the exception of foreign affairs, everything else, has been a complete disaster. the associated press confirming the comments with speaker boehner's office. does that surprise you that speaker boehner would come out so forcefully against the current administration so early? >> no, it doesn't. i think in many respects speaker boehner is taking to heart the moniker former. it frees you up. and he has been freed in many respects to speak his mind as he has done in the past. i think that there's really no secret about how he was concerned about donald trump's presidency from the beginning. and i think a lot of republicans and he's reflecting this, are concerned about its current state and what happens next. the trip started off in the middle east. a very positive. a lot of very strong response globally. and it has ended with nato and the g7 with a lot of trepidation and recrimination among our own allies

since john boehner, house republicans have struggled to pass something controversial, something where their members were divided. they just don't have the arm twisting ability. the top three republicans, this is a big day for them. take outside health care. this is a big day for them to get passed. >> panel, thank you very much for breaking it all done for us. great to talk to you. we have society breaks news to get to. prince phillip is retiring from public life. the royal couple is attending a church service at this hour in london and we are live at bucking ham palace with all the detroi details. >> he's turning 96. he's had a pretty good run. he's not going to be carrying out the same sort of engagements he's done for so many years. he's about to mark 70 years of marriage to the queen. this is the queen that most brits have known all of their lives. so it is a big moment, and we show you those pictures. you can see he's well. but people are used to seeing him next to the queen, and that's not going to be the case in the future. she will be out and about on her own. i think part of

. >> john boehner rebuked him. >> the remarks made don't have any place in the public discourse. >> limbaugh apologize. >> companies tend to yank their dollars when there's a big media firestorm. media loves stephen colbert and are more receptive to antitrust humor. >> a number of parties we contacted either refused or never responded. current house speaker paul ryan, democratic majority leader nancy pelosi, cvs, and the white house where press secretary sean spicer told us he wouldn't dignify the comments with a response. >> bret: thank you. what do you think at home? what do you think should be done? let me know on twitter at @bretbaier. use the hashtag #specialreport. on facebook at facebook.com/bretbaiersr. police in and around chicago are searching right out at this hour for whoever shot and wounded a pair of undercover officers last night. correspondent matt finn has an update. >> an intense manhunt for the suspects who opened fire on two chicago police officers. police say tuesday night, two plainclothes officers were working the case in an unmarked van when the suspect fired at the o

it wasn't long ago when john boehner basically said this is really, really hard to do, and maybe you just reform obamacare as it stands. do you see this increasingly as a win for your side? does that maybe become an eventuality that the conservatives someway, somehow they would agree to. >> this is health care. the same issue that had jimmy kimmel almost in tears last night. us fighting for this really isn't a win for anyone. the bottom line is what do we do to make sure the american people have the greatest coverage and not talk about it in hyperbolic terms. repeal and replace was always a bad strategy. that's why it didn't work more than 6 on times. it comes down what i think bill clinton said aboamend it, don't it. >>> there's no vote, phil mattingly reports the move from inside the meeting is the republicans do not have the votes, at least not now. can anything be done to convince some voters ahead? we'll speak to a member. >> a member who is a no vote. we'll hear from them. also ahead, a story you will not want to miss. an fib translator who spent rogue, spent time with isis, an

from people with john damon dash john boehner, in a subtle way have reproduced the pathology of a narrow conception of race defines a monstrous passionate drug. >> i definitely think the experience of african american republicans was one of feeling like trump didn't come out of nowhere. and what struck me as very interest in after the election i was sort of in contact with a lot of minds are meant and stayed in touch. there was definitely a feeling or black republicans were like hey, the one pleasure i can take out of this election cycle is that now moderate white republicans know what it's like to have a republican party that are in defensible to the people around you and feeling like you are constantly having to explain from assorted explain away. so to your point that donald trump didn't create anything new. african-americans constantly talk feeling like you, now i have to go to thanksgiving and explain why some republican politicians said something that was sort of questioning the intelligence of black people are venerating the segregation. this is experience. it's very challenging a

how about the former house speaker, john boehner, who left town because of these disagreements.g else he's done in office has been a complete disaster. he's still hearning how to be president. he said the border adjustment tax is deader than a door nail. it's just a bunch of happy talk. >> he's using his bully pull pi for that. the president is using his bully pulpit to complain about the fbi investigation, which is heig heightening the discussion about that. why not talk about his very successful journey last week in his view. he's right back at this this morning. but what republicans i talked to on capitol hill are so frustrated by the fact he's not setting this aside like you said earlier and going out to sell his agenda. he had one schedule on his schedule this week to go to iowa on thursday. the only red the blue state he has not visited. he canceled that, so he's going to stay in his bunker this week talking about this, not that agenda. >> crisis mode at the white house. sit tight. reporters next including fresh insights on jared kushner standing with the boss who of cours

describe him, wacko bird from senator john mccain, carnival barker, and jackass by then speaker john boehner actually pretty mild compared to what boehner said after leaving congress. >> so how about your opinions on some of the other people running for the highest office in the land? how about ted cruz? [ laughter ] >> lucifer in the flesh. i get along with almost everybody, but i have never worked with a more miserable son of a [ bleep ] in my life. >> george w. bush told donors, i just don't like that guy, and former senator bob dole couldn't hide his feelings about ted. >> i don't know. there are a lot of good candidates. i like nearly all of them except ted cruz. >> but that's just how republicans feel about him. what about democrats? >> you have to understand that i probably like ted cruz more than most other of my colleagues like ted cruz, but i hate ted cruz. >> senator al franken has a new book out in which he shares perhaps one of the deepest cuts against ted cruz, one that literally left the ever loquacious senator speechless, and that's thing 2 in 60 seconds. >>> minnesota senato