trump. >> and john heilemann only.e'd like to point out. >> the president of the united states could be like a little more gracious in victory. he is the one sitting in the oval office. he might want to take a pass on going back to crooked hillary. but, you know -- >> donald trump is donald trump. donald trump is donald trump. no doubt about i. and anybody who thinks he's not going to use twitter to speak out to his base -- again he is always doing two thing at once. we soon it time and time again. he dade deal with -- he did a deal with pelosi and schumer last night. a deal that 88% of americans would support. but he throws something out to his base and he reminds them again in sending out that tweet, this was a binary choice hillary clinton versus us. this is tribalism. it's us versus them. yes, i'm making deeling deals w other side, congress and republicans can't get it done. look at me, i'm your guy. i'm not saying it's right. >> that itself message he was accepting out to everybody. i have to say, we've gotten thr

john heilemann, absolutely.n heilemann, it's funny how that interview's aged in just a couple of days because you can look at that now and say two days ago, everybody would be oh, it's horrible, they're attacking mitch -- now you look at it and go that steve bannon, even though he doesn't like the policy probably loves that donald trump stuck it to mitch mcconnell and paul ryan. people told me around bannon that the guy would love donald trump to be an independent president. he certainly took a step closer to that by the triangulation routine he did a couple of days ago. >> that is a man who has been liberated. you can say he got fired and can be liberated. this is stuff he's been saying privately and publicly for years. he's a true believer in his vision of nationalist, populist, not partisan politics. i actually think probably he's better suited into this role that he's now in and just being an outsider, a bomb throw are,nd i have no doubt he has more antipathy for ryan and shum are and he'd be perfectly happy

joining our table, msnbc national affairs analyst john heilemann and jonathan capehart, the president of the american action forum, a former director of the budget office and the former chief economist on the economic advisers. >> i know -- >> you need an editor. and kasie hunt is -- >> all the titles. >> is still being held hostage on capitol hill to try to put it diplom diplomat diplomatically. >> i'm hoping to catch one of the titles. >> let me put you on the spot on bannon. i understand from "washington post" reporting they call it breitbart embassy and he's holding court there and literally advising members of congress on how and when to overthrow paul ryan. i can't imagine that these guys can be any more jolted but that must be a new and fresh jolt from the alt-right if you will. >> i mean, look it is and it isn't. right? you member all the problems that boehner had. paul ryan spends so much time and energy making sure that he's not running the place in the way that everybody criticized boehner for doing. which is to say he goes out of his way to make sure they know exactly what

left a trail of devastation across the caribbean john heilemann joins us live from the island of barbuda one of the worst hit john what's the level of destruction have you found. well you may have to see in the oven you go home it's just like any of the other news here on bob you that completely sort of abandon this really is that there's an island right now there's no water there's little food and there's no inhabitants apart from a couple of ponies or horses and dogs and cats around here the only other things here us and a few people from the government officials that don't just come out just to check out at this stage what exactly the scale of the disaster is and if we pan a little bit to our left you can get some sort of idea going past a car that just someone left you see is an area of concrete that was. shot a shoe shop at a clothing shop before you see it not just time it's actually just completely gone all you've got there is the concrete floor and we've seen other things and it's just the same in the other not everything is not dummies we've also seen houses just got the fronts

i'm going to start with john heilemann. >> i'm having a very vivid flashback to a scene that you, tood some memory of. >> i know. >> the charts, the maps. sarah palin -- >> she didn't become president. >> but tutored her the same way. >> she lost. >> this notion about -- obviously she lost but this notion that, we'll bring in the maps, the charts, we'll bring in the encyclopedia britannica and try to teach the prospective vice president or in this case -- >> i'm not saying it's not worse. >> bill crystal is defending me. this is a great -- >> this is amazing. in the article, it was in the tank in the pentagon. i haven't been there in 25 years. you've been in there. it's impressive. it's where you do serious, top secret briefings. it's a smart thing to bring donald trump there rather than just sitting around the oval. >> where he's like turn on -- >> they got a risk board out there. >> here's why they did the urnt vention. trump's team obsessed with north korea. forget daca or tax reform. one topic consumes their inner circle, north korea. they're scared. >> they should be. they should

but babita is a tiny independent online and says it needs outside help as john heilemann reports . prime minister gaston brown has brought other caribbean leaders to see what's left of the island. it was hit with the maximum force of hurricane brown says help is urgently needed today is what i considered to be a mangled wreck in order to restore it in order to rebuild and to ensure that we can. it will take any norma's amount of resources. electricity phone lines of people's homes at damaged or gone the situation so precarious the entire populations been evacuated turn which emerged unscathed brown who is prime minister of both islands says it will take more than two hundred million dollars to bring back to life. the government's trying to take the positives out of the fact that more than ninety percent of buildings here damaged they want to implement an ambitious rebuilding program with high construction standards to guard against future hurricanes and one hundred percent green energy for the island the problem with that is cash they say they don't have anywhere near enough while

or destroyed almost all the residents have now be moved to the neighboring island of antigua john heilemann reports from. roger has arrived back home this caribbean island. devastated by hurricane he's heading to his house to find out if it survived. with a population of one thousand six hundred everyone seems to know each other it makes the scars of destruction we see as we pass even more painful for roger you know it's. kind of hard to see all this there is my friends all still. in the really think about. this scene and make me feel like. holmes shit open like those houses inside the remnants of lives interrupted a stopped water logged watch clothes and toys tossed around dishes still waiting to be put away there's no knowing when those lives will be resumed everyone's been evacuated to nearby antigua until further notice there's worries about these eases from the stagnant floodwater. road is only allowed to visit a tool because he works on the ferry between the two islands right now the only permanent residents of the animals left behind it's not just people's homes that are gone it's al

left a trail of devastation across the caribbean john heilemann has visited a shelter on the island and has more. this is just one of the shelters set up for a temporary house and feed the people of the caribbean island of. the whole population that's about one thousand six hundred people have to be evacuated after hurricane. here to the neighboring island and many of those people have lost everything they've left their house they've left their livelihoods they've left their possessions a behind them they haven't been back yet to see what's left it's been nice no no house. to house goodness ted bundy. two is no beds no rules and you have very little passport when everything. you have to be. here. thank you for when you are no. team in that. level. as you can see there's lots of clothes. and also food coming in from the government says it's going to take a lot more than to restore bob you to something approaching normality this saying that about two hundred million dollars is needed a months of work no government would have enough resources to deal with a situation like this when it happ

john heilemann, thank you so much. >> thank you very much, this has been special. >> we are done now.up next -- >> john heilman, everybody. game change, coming out this fall. when is your book coming out is this when is the next book coming out? >> right around the time mike's book's coming out. >> that should be a pretty nice year. >> do you have a working title yet? >> no, i will probably use the word "joe" in it. it seems to work out for franchises coming up, john meacham, jonathan capehart join the conversation. we continue in just a moment. [ applause ] we're cutting it off, there are a lot more people that can cut off omustache. if we raise more than a million dollars i will shave my mustache off on this show. >> we did it. what do you think? i don't know how to use this. how discuss this look, dave, does this hurt? >> did you practice? >> no, i've never done this befor before. ♪ what if we treated great female scientists like they were stars? ♪ yasss queen! what if millie dresselhaus, the first woman to win the national medal of science in engineering, were as famous as any cel

we have john heilemann, president on the council on foreign relations.ncing? it was really weird. totally like cutting rug. >> cutting a rug? >> cutting rug, isn't that -- >> that's like a 1930s or maybe 50s. >> he's also the author of "the world in disarray." >> hold on a second. >> what? >> korean barbecue ribs, wonderful. >> the kimchi. >> that's a great recipe. >> people who haven't red "woad "world in disarray", the barbecue section. >> we're going to begin with the latest on the increasingly volatile situation in the north korea peninsula where they say they com

. >> john heilemann positted this to show yesterday that it was possible the president may not have even known that puerto ricans were americans. >> i -- that's completely believable. there is a lot of people that did not know that puerto ricans were americans. are americans, excuse me. and so it's completely believable from this president. >> what do you want -- i mean, obviously, a disaster and full disclosure, i worked for a president whose entire presidency was colored by what was viewed as a disastrous response to hurricane katrina, and granted there are lots of other people and parts of the government that get involved but the president sets the tone. what can the president do, obviously, he's made a terrible first impression on you. what can he do from this point forward? what extraordinary efforts or gestures or outputs from the federal government to be dispelled of your impression? >> i think that more rapid and immediate action of deployment of what congresswoman nydia velazquez was talking about. send in the planes, the choppers. cbs reports that 3,000 shipping containers are

but bob you there is a tiny independent island on this says it needs outside help as john heilemann reports. prime minister gaston brown has brought other caribbean leaders to see what's left of the island. it was hit with the maximum force of hurricane brown says help is urgently needed by me that today is what i considered to be a mangled wreck in order to restore it in order to rebuild and to ensure that we can relocate babbit and it will take any normative out of resources. electricity phone lines of people's homes at damaged or gone the situation so precarious the entire populations been evacuated turn which emerged unscathed brown who is prime minister of both islands says it will take more than two hundred million dollars to bring back to life. the government's trying to take the positives out of the fact that more than ninety percent of buildings here damaged they want to implement an ambitious rebuilding program with high construction standards to guard against future hurricanes and one hundred percent green energy for the island the problem with that is cash they say they don't ha

buildings have damaged or destroyed residents have been moved to the neighboring island of antigua john heilemann reports from. rodger has a right back home this move caribbean island of devastated by hurricane needed he's heading to his house to find out if it survived i think. there's nothing you know. god. is like. with a population of one thousand six hundred everyone seems to know each other here it makes the scars of destruction we see as we pass even more painful for roger you know it's kind of hard to see this as my friends. really think about. this scene and make me feel like. holmes shit open like those houses inside the remnants of lives interrupted stopped . clothes and toys tossed around still waiting to be put away there's no knowing when those lives will be resumed everyone's been evacuated to nearby until further notice there's worries about these eases from the stagnant floodwater . raj is only allowed to visit a tool because he works on the ferry between the two islands right now the only permanent residence of the animals left behind is not just people's homes that are gone it'

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before hitting the us in the cut a part of the path of destruction across the caribbean as we know john heilemann has been visiting a shelter on the island of antigua. this is just one of the shelters set up to a temporary house and feed the people of the caribbean island. the whole population about one thousand six hundred people have to be evacuated after hurricane. here to the neighboring island and many of those people have lost everything they've left their house they've left their livelihoods they've left. behind them they haven't been back to see what's left it's no house. to house goodness. no beds no having a passport when everything when. they are. you. know. team in. level. as you can see there's lots of clothes. and also food coming in from the government says it's going to take a lot more than to restore bob you to something approaching normality they're saying that about two hundred million dollars is needed a months of work no government would have enough resources to deal with a situation like this when it happens and we we have to depend on the regional and international agencies

along with joe, willie and me, national affairs editor john heilemann. >> whoa.a" katty kay. we'll get a live report from puerto rico? just a moment where the destruction is set to rival the flooding in houston after hurricane harvey. a live report from mexico in the wake of that country's massive earthquake. first, health care is again dominating the conversation in washington. republicans have until next saturday to pass a bill to repeal obamacare with just 51 vot votes. that race against the clock seems to have some ignoring earlier principles. buried on page 95 is a provision that exempts alaska and montana from blocked medicaid grants that are likely to affect other states. the provision is seen -- >> this is like a corn husker kickback 2017 style. >> times two. >> times two. let me tell you something right now. i have been critical of my republican brothers and sisters. >> on occasion. >> on occasion. but i know they will not go there because my good friend lindsey graham just said not too long ago, this is the sort of stuff he could never support. so let's

more than four hundred people died and around one hundred fifty thousand buildings were damaged john heilemann reports from mexico city. here earthquake left martin's apartment with cracks so wide you can see through to the street he and his family have been forced to evacuate for now mixed with his anxiety for the future is anger he's building is only seven years old he says it should have emerged unscathed but i feel frustrated that what we have is all gone but i'm angry with the company that they didn't do what they promised angry with the authorities who didn't check that this was according to regulations after parts of mexico city were flattened by the one thousand nine hundred five earthquake building protocols were tightened to stop the same thing happening again but despite much stricter rules several recently built apartment blocks collapsed were badly damaged in last week's quite residents have been asking why earthquake and construction experts get top here he's checking damaged buildings for free he says the rules do work but in practice companies can ignore them to cut costs. if t

final thoughts, john heilemann. >> yes. affirming what you just said a second ago.f harvey in such quick succession. you know, this country can withstand a lot of stuff, but that's going to be very, very tough if it hits florida that hard. >> yeah. any final thoughts on the day, mike? >> i'm just stunned that haiti, again, has the possibility to be victimized by nature. it's just incredible. >> it hasn't been rebuilt much since the last one. haiti is always the most vulnerable of those islands. >> and of course, in the months to come, we're looking at harvey leaf relief and how to get the funds allocated and the funds in washington. hopefully, the priorities will be in place. >> and the timing, looking at how dysfunctional washington is, how many years? we've gone a dozen years without a category 3 or 4 hurricane. they came in rapid succession in 2003, 2004 -- >> there's a reason for that. >> -- 2005. >> yeah. >> and then absolutely nothing until a couple of weeks ago, so -- >> all right, we'll be watching. that does it for us this morning. stephanie ruhle picks up