first, as stated in mcdaniel and smith, free exercise clause prevents the government from imposing special disabilities on the basis of religion and used a religious status. and forcing a choice between the exercise of religion and receiving either a government benefit, right or privilege. >> assuming that there is no serious risk of an establishment violation, that's off the table are there any instances in which status, religious status, can be used to deny religions or religious believers benefits from the state or are you saying that it's absent in the establishment clause problem? the status can never be basis for governmental action or governmental ordinance? >> i'm not sure can be. can pick up specific example. the reason i say that is because why would someone's religious status matter in the first place receiving the government benefit. >> on that question -- rather long ago now in the everson case back in 1947, this court said in no uncertain terms what the framers didn't want was tax money imposed to pay for building or maintaining service or church property. doesn't that fit th

mcdaniels, 66. take it in. 2 west 40.havez, 2 west 71. >> what's this [ bleep ] >> [ bleep ] they gave me 90 days. what's that [ bleep ]? 90 days? yeah. what's that [ bleep ]? [ bleep ] >> i'm here 35. i'm reputable in them streets, you know? >> t.j.! >> what's that? [ bleep ] >> you ever been in here? >> not here, not in prison. >> this ain't nowhere to be, man. this ain't cool. you can't even stretch. you can't even stretch in this joint. >> you can't even work out in these cells. you can't run in place. we only come out twice a week. >> yeah, man, [ bleep ]. [ bleep ] mentally insane, for real. this is what they give us. look at this [ bleep ]. that's all you going to get. that's all you [ bleep ] going to get. a little tiny ass bar of soap. going to be used in one day. it's over. this is how i'm living, man. >> you will find with a lot of these guys, they have been incarcerated before. so, unfortunate for some of them, they think this is a step up. and in the circles they travel in, unfortunately, it is. you know, i m

ronna mcdaniel. and tom president. welcome, all. we know what the because wants to push or not, president trump made it clear this morning he wants to make sure we're all talking about russia and putin. and it always is a head-scratcher to me. news isn't good. he just had higdlindsey graham, republican senator -- look, an on-again/off-again critic. but he was in full critic mode because of the tweets. >> i think what's going on here is the president believes, not unreasonably, that a lot of focus on the russian narrative is from people who want to undercut him and undermine legitimacy of his election. this is a guy that doesn't make concession against interest so he's just not going to get into that. the problem is now he's in a position where he is implicitly accepting the bald-faced lies that vladimir putin told him in this one-on-one meeting. >> marco rubio said partnering with putin is like partnering with assad on a chemical weapons unit. it is one thing he gets a lot of criticism from democrats, when he does this, there is a w

rob acosta, kristen welker, ronna mcdaniel and tom perez. welcome, all.nt trump made it clear this morning he wants to make sure we're all talking about russia and putin, and it always is a head scratcher to me. lindsey graham, a senator who is an on again-off again supporter and critic, but he was in full critic mode because of the president's tweets. >> i think what's going on here is the president believes, not unreasonably, that a lot of focus on the russian narrative is from people who want to undercut him and undermine legitimacy of his election. this is a guy that doesn't make concessions of interests so he's not going to give in. the problem is now he's in a position where that position has him accepting the bald-faced lies that president putin told him in this one on one meeting. >> marco rubio said partnering with putin is like partnering with putin is like partnering with assad on chemical weapons. when he does this, there is a whole slew of republicans that doesn't have the stomach for the putin stuff. >> nor should they. this is really outrag

rnc chair ronna mcdaniel defending the president's attacks on jeff sessions.ou say the attacks are for show. potus and jeff sessions are laughing their ass off. the media just does not get president trump. the media isn't the issue here as much as whether this is distracting from his agenda and it's not a good way to treat people. i'm gullible, never a trumper. globalist. are you referring to my waist line? we have patrice lee, let's begin with you. this is a legitimate issue. it's an issue that cuts across party lines. i just don't think jeff bezos is being tweeted well. you don't like the -- jeff sessions. i apologize. i'm focused on the other guys. if you don't like him, you appoint him, you can get rid of him. dragging him out, not good. what do you think? >> it's pretty tough to be jeff sessions right now. he has a lot of support on capitol hill as we know. what is interesting, he doesn't have a lot of support among the regular americans. 37% of americans, you know, like the job he's doing and like him in office. >> neil: who? sessions or the president? >

we have ronna mcdaniel romney here.d say is here along with senator rand paul and michelle malkin. steve: first, happy birthday to sarah patrick stewart the actor turns 77. can request ♪ ♪ ♪ more kinds of crab than ever, new dishes, and all your favorites. only while crabfest lasts. red lobster. now this is seafood. what in real time?stomer insights from the data wait, our data center and our clouds can't connect? michael, can we get this data to...? look at me...look at me... look at me... you used to be the "yes" guy. what happened to that guy? legacy technology can handcuff any company. but "yes" is here. so, you're saying we can cut delivery time? yeah. with help from hpe, we can finally work the way we want to. with the right mix of hybrid it, everything computes. >> being sort of a myopic lending like ant on a sugar cube mentality by many in the media. just this culture of sameness. everybody sounds the same. do you realize the president of the united states met with the president of russia 2 hours and 15 minutes.

bob shanks as a dozen republican national committee chair bobby mcdaniel. plus former chief of staff under bill clinton and mclarty max mclarty is here. we take it off now with obamacare. the senate cleared its first hurdle yesterday coming narrowly voted to debate on republican plans to repeal and replace the 2010 mom with vice president mike pence breaking a 50/50 tie. hours later the senate rejected its first proposal. a revised version of the gop plan including amendments from ted cruz and ohio senator rob portman. by a vote of 57-43 with nine republicans defect to. reporters outside the chamber, mitch mcconnell acknowledged the difficulties in the difficult road ahead. >> we are not out here to spike the football. this is a long way. but we'll finish at the end of the week. hopefully with the measure making good of the house to be taken up or go to conference. maria: nonetheless, the president hailed the opening victory while slamming democrats. >> we passed it without one democrat vote and it's a shame, but that is the way it is. it's very unfortunate

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i am hearing from sources at the rnc, people like the rnc chair ron a romney mcdaniel and kellyanne conway and sarah huckabee sanders taking a more visible approach outside of the white house. >> i want to ask you about this. one of your colleagues is reporting on what the shakeup means for everyone in the west wing, notably reince priebus. what are you hearing? >> so in the private press briefing scaramucci gave a shout out to dan ska mean oh, those people are keeping their jobs, the other people have to reapply for their jobs. with reince priebus, you have harshly opposed scaramucci's pick, didn't think he had government experience that was necessary and he needs to reassure scaramucci who has a better relationship with the president than rains does that priebus can keep his job and also reince faces a lot of internal bickering from inside the family because ivanka and jarrod, they don't think he is doing the best job. they brought in reince priebus to get wins on capitol hill and yet we haven't seen any major legislative victories. his knew the you afuture is in . he wants to make it a

she was actually in consideration for the role of paddy mcdaniel. eleanor roosevelt wrote a letter on her behalf and there were newspaper reports because walter leaked that they can you imagine that happening today? so there is a story out there that she got the part said she would accompany to warm springs georgia and started to go to george judge as governor of new york but daisy bonner is one of my favorite characters in which she would go to a georgia so she would stay in a cottage in warm springs and cook and introduce to all kinds of specialties. i dish said it is very popular is chicken curry and she and president roosevelt joke about a secret recipe with 45 ingredients. but also with those other indelicacies the one thing that fdr loved is a big speech. -- pigs' feet. she would boil them then broil them and then butter them that is how he liked them so stay with me it will get worse for a second. [laughter] so one of these and also its service to winston churchill. now alonso fields started to work in the hoover administration wrote about th

. >> two other men charged with pierce's death, shelton mcdaniels and julian ambrose, are expected to be tried later this year. another suspect took a plea deal that called for a six-year sentence in exchange for her testimony against the others. >>> the holiday continues for many. i hope you had the weekend off. i hope you have tomorrow off. i hope you have the rest of the week off. weather is going to be nice. mild out there. it's not going to get real hot out there. there's fog along the coast. inland spots, we could see some maybe upper 80s, low 90s. that's tomorrow. then you see the fog along the coast and it will be everywhere tomorrow morning as it was this morning. so it's going to be a quick push of fog tonight. it's already pushing in. it's in to berkeley, oakland, hayward. there's a live camera shot outside. you can't see the fog but you can see the fog. it's up high. that's how it will be tomorrow night so no bones about it. tomorrow is going to look a lot like -- you look out your window. the fireworks will be going off around quarter to 10:00. so tomorrow night will be v

linda mcdaniel -- linda mcmahon has been small business administrator for five months. she talks about her marriage to vince mcmahon, her work as an executive, and her five-year friendship with donald trump. this is about half an hour. steve: linda mcmahon, let's begin where your story begins, growing up in north carolina. an only child? ms. mcmahon: an only child. my parents realize they reached perfection and they stopped. [laughter] have: what role did that shaping your political views and ideology? ms. mcmahon: not so much my political views, but my parents were honest, hard-working people. and dad worked at the air base and i had a fantastic upbringing and childhood. my paternal grandmother lived .ith us most of my life we have that dual advantage of having an older person's perspective, as well as having my parents' perspective. steve: i read that you were a tomboy? ms. mcmahon: i was a tomboy, yes. i guess i still am a tomboy. atlayed ball with the boys recess. i could never jump rope. it was something i could not do. i learned to play baseball and basketball, an

diaries and other communications from numerous officers he had served with, particularly his general mcdaniel, his papers are here in the special collections, and his brother, captain samuel early. jubel then use the same network of peers to read his draft and provide feedback on the veracity of his details. early excelled at using primary documents to undermine his opponent's authority and underscore his own. for example, he quibbled with grant's report on operations in the shenandoah, leaving the u.s. general and chief lewis with this fax -- fats, because grant misidentified general kelly as having routed the troopers, to give one example. and in early's narrative, he summarily dressed down the joint committee on the conduct of the war, as it "gave a most preposterous account of atrocities committed upon the union dead and wounded after the battle of first manassas." relying on his personal knowledge and authentic official reports, early convinced the reader that even "federal surgeons left with a wounded could bear testimony to the falsehood of the report." early did not confine his use of

our nc chair, mcdaniel, going against tom perez about his red-hot rhetoric against republicans.ie and liz, ladies, good day to you. this is going quickly south here, katie. let me take you back this is the dn see chair, tom perez. >> i don't care. they don't give a blank about people! >> trump care, ryan care, i'll tell you when i call it. i don't care, because of those republican leaders and president trump, don't give a blank about the people they were trying to help. >> bill: if you want to get on tv, mission accomplished, but that was the root of romney mcdaniel's comment. >> i think tom perez should be more concerned about getting booed his own dnc rallies then calling republicans names and using profanity to make a point. this is a lazy, old argument that the democrats have been making and why they have been losing elections across the board. not just one election, but thousands across the board. when it comes to why, across the board in terms of years of polling shows, they are interested in the economy, interested in jobs, republicans have come to the table and said, we

joining us tonight, rhonda mcdaniel, good to have you with us, have you your way. it looks like republican in the senate will need every minute of those extra days in august. >> -- thanks lou, i applaud senate majority leader mcconnell for keeping the senators here in washington. this past november, voters across country put faith in republican leadership to repeal and replace obamacare. now we have to earn that faith and that trust. and we'll do that by working through the recess, and show we're committed to find a solution to premiums that are doubling to ensure us pulling out of marketplaces, and deductibles so high that people are arrayed o afraid of their health insurance. the democrats are nowhere to be found. lou: what is confounding it the democrats who created obamacare, that is imploding, in a death spiral, and taking millions of americans with it, as their premiums rise, and break them, they are doing nothing to try to correct the madness they created. >> it is really shameful to watch the democrats put politics above people. their constituents are hurti

. >> as sobel waits in a holding area for his new housing assignment, he and deputy mcdaniel discuss something in common. combat tours in afghanistan and the possibility that they could have even crossed paths when sobel was badly injured by a roadside bomb. >> 35 miles an hour and back half of the humvee, we were going over a bridge. >> i got a platoon that was based medivac'd out of and then my platoon was based and we would pick guys up at j bad if you got blown up or whatever and fly them to badr and get them out. it was in july of 2008. >> yup. >> that was probably my unit. >> that's so crazy. such a small world. >> it's always interesting to talk to somebody who was in the same area at the same time. especially someone who suffered injuries. that's what i was doing when i was thering, crewing medivac helicopters. guys who have been through a lotle, i have a soft spot for. try to help him out best as i can. >> a short time later, classification officers have found a new housing alternative for sobel. >> we have an area for individuals who don't need protective custody. but might

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paul ryan, the leaders in the house and senate, from the republican national committee, ron that mcdaniel't these people stepping up, defending the president of the united states? it is, and why isn't his own administration, his own communications department, his own set of counselors and advisors, bright as they are, doing, precisely what they should be doing which is defending the president? he shouldn't have to defend himself. >> he shouldn't. reality i don't think paul ryan and mcconnell don't think that is part of their job. lou: what the hell, they don't have much of a job, they don't do much. >> what they don't realize, if he is not successful they won't be successful. lou: you could never convince, you could never convince paul ryan of that. he thinks he is some kind of smart. >> if he likes to be in the minority again. lou: he doesn't care as long as he is playing hard at top. >> he wouldn't be at top. i hear members are in jeopardy. lou: i hear republican members the house, he is such a great, great leader. that es people, they're victims of the stockholm syndrome. they fall in

. >> one of the things that i thought was striking from mcdaniel was talking about how democrats hadd somehow to come to the table as if they had been invited to the table, as if republican senators hadn't been crafting all of this behind closed doors with zero interest in bringing on democrats. i thought that one of the telling moments this week in addition to senator toomey was senator mcconnell essentially repeating his threat saying you will end up with -- >> it is perceived as a threat. >> i was listening to the conversation about the party chairman. the president of the united states is a nonidea logical former democrat and the most popular on the left is an independent senator named bernie sanders. >> it was among my questions for them is the relevancy. are they nothing more than just check cashing machines or a credit line when a presidential campaign needs them? >> they couldn't move off of their talking points. it under scores how complicated if they would try to work together to stabilize the markets. republicans are up against some tough deadlines. the base will not toler

in cheers] rob: typical tom perez there rnc chair woman rhona romney mcdaniel calling him out on nationalng profanity to condemn republicans. >> when tom says republicans don't give a blank about anyone that type of rhetoric doesn't bring people to our party. we have to have reasonable discussions, have a dialogue, be respectful of each other but share our opinions as to what the best path is to get to the same place we both want to go. rob: which challenged whether or not he regrets those comments, perez avoided the question and recited some talking points bashing republicans on healthcare: all right. some the mainstream media demand critics stop calling them snowflakes. one journalist even calling you one, too. >> i'm a snowflake and so are you. your children are snowflakes and so are mine. and those who protest the loudest about not being snowflakes, i can see your six fold ic ice crystals from here. rob: term used to express people with very thin skinned and campuses and communities where cultural sensitivity is a must. rob: oh, yeah. well, an honest mistake. that is the "new york tim

we have made a promise and the rnc chairman ro da romney mcdaniel, she's right. we made a promise.p ran on this and so did a lot of other senators and governors, we ran on the promise to repeal and replace. while a lot of democrats don't even think you know with premiums jumping and insurance people pulling out, a lot of people will agree with us. but everybody is looking to the republicans to come up with a plan and what's happening is we're not meeting everybody's needs. and i don't really think we can do this and maybe liz will agree unless we have some bipartisan support. >> well, lids, the obvious question is, where are the dra itself? what are they do something are they sitting back and say let's watch the republicans burn? or are they going to step up and get involved in this conversation? because at the end of the day, we're talking about the healthcare of this country. >> yeah, well, for years, democrats have been saying this is not a perfect law and we do need to fix it. i agree with noel we need a bipartisan consensus, i think one thing that would be really smart is neig

i'll ask tom perez and republican ronna mcdaniel in their first "meet the press" appearance.ker, ed lowry, author of "the national review." welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press." >> announcer: the longest running show in television history celebrating its 70th year. this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >>> friday's meeting between president trump and vladimir putin took place behind closed doors which is for the people present, including two the question is how much did trump press vladimir putin on hacking russian elections? mr. lavrov and later mr. putin has done little to erase doubts about mr. trump's eagerness to pursue the issue, neither that they requested sanctions on putin's denial and instead insisted it's time to move on. president trump tweeted, i strongly pressed president putin twice about russian meddling in our election. he vehemently denied it. i've already given my opinion. we negotiated and now it's time to work with russia. it is president trump's ambiguous relationship with america's chief adversary that has captured so much attention. >> mr. pres

i think it's worth remembering that chairwoman rhonda mcdaniel was chosen by president trump and i think the connections there are very strong. as reince moves out of the white house he will advise the white house on the rnc he built. i don't know where this rumor came from. i don't know if it's an official thing or another leak. i think it's a nonstarter. i don't believe that attorney general sessions will be at dhs. i don't know that he wants to go there. i don't think that he -- you know, if the senate is sort of telling him they won't confirm him, maybe it was a trial balloon being launched. i don't see this being happened. >> there's nothing officially from the white house saying this is what the president is planning to do? that is very important to know. but ron clearly this idea is out that we have lindsey graham even tweeting about it. but sessions has made pretty clear how he feels about the criticism he endured from the president this week. let's listen. >> it's kind of hurtful, but the president of the united states is a strong leader. i serve at the pleasure of the president

up seven to, dan raudabaugh connect was brian mcdaniel who makes the catch in traffic. soul beat brigade 70-21. just one regular season game left for the soul who have the best record in the league at 12-one. >>> now to golf over on the european tour, third round of the porsche open in germany, par 317. marcell's t shot goes straight in the cup for hole and one in the ache. marcell wins a porsche, worth $150,000. he will drove home in style. >>> congratulations to the upper providence 12 and under little league team they won state championship beating northal gain a 18-five and will advance to the mid-atlantic regional finals in bristol connecticut. good luck in the regions. that is a >>> welcome back to the cbs-3 pet project with carroll erickson and spca and true truth i this morning, angus. >> he is darling. he is just a great 11 week old kitten just a typical kitten loves to jump, climb and use litter box and just one other thing about angus, he is blind >> would you never know. >> you would never know it he is in foster care with the wonderful woman with the pennsy

. >> two other men charged with pierce's death, shelton mcdaniels and julian ambrose are expected to be tried this year. another suspect took a plea deal that called for a six-year sentence in exchange for her testimony against the others. >>> there were two deadly crashes in the east bay this morning, both along the same stretch of interstate 80. one of the accidents was a hit-and-run involving a big rig. henry lee tells us why freeway surveillance cameras won't help authorities find the driver. >> reporter: the chp is investigating two crashes. the early morning crashes happened within two hours of each other. the latest wreck happened before 6:30. the chp says a yellow semi truck with a white trailer made an unsafe lane change and hit and killed a motorcyclist identified as 35-year-old nicholas tyrone brown of fairfield. the driver of the semi truck initially stopped but then took off. >> the semi made an unsafe lane change. the motorcycle lost control. the driver got ejected from the motorcycle. he was pronounced dead on scene as well. the semi truck pulled over, stayed there for

rnc chair rhonda mcdaniel is calling for the former dnc had to testify about all of this before congressman he see in the right-hand side of the screen, imran awan, who was arrested as he was leaving the country. he is her former i.t. aide. tim canova, wasserman schultz's primary opponent, took a step further saying that the video shows obstruction of justice. he joins us now along with katie pavlich and moa lethe. both are fox news contributor's. good to have you here. tim, obviously, you are running against her. so this is helpful to you. but you believe that there is actual obstruction of justice here? >> you should see for yourself. it's a question, is she obstructing justice when she makes a threat to the head of the capitol police? >> martha: the threat was what, exactly? >> she said there would be consequences, and this was a subcommittee hearing of the appropriations subcommittee on the legislative branch. was she threatening that somehow the budget would be impeded if he did not cooperate and handover the laptop or computer that she said was hers? at the very least it shows a pa

ronna mcdaniel joins us, the chair woman of the democratic national committee.at to have you here. >> thanks for having me. >> neil: the president is watching the healthcare. you're watching this closely. we're told on the healthcare fight here that it might all come down to a skinny repeal. sort of something that can be mutually agreed on by everybody. but barely changes the needle. what do you think? >> well, i think we have to get it to conference. that's the goal. getting it to the floor was critical yesterday. that vote. senator mccain being the final vote and mike pence being the tiebreaker was critical. now we can have the discussion. we're going to have debate the next day or so and then they'll ad the amendments thursday and the hope is to get it to conference so the house and the senate can find a bill that everybody can agree on and we can repeal and replace obamacare and help the american people. >> neil: the repeal measure that senator rand paul wanted was shot down. seven republicans among those rejecting it, including john mccain. what did you mak

[laughter] ashley: art laffer and rnc chairman rome that mcdaniel.♪ ♪ [laughter] ashley: the big board and the dow 30, what great music. all of a sudden, i'm just chilled out. [laughter] weak sales, that's no laughing matter, outlook from retailer think think hibberts sports. lots of red arrows, the dow down 65 points at 21,514, just down a third of a percent, so nothing too drastic. let's take a look at the price of oil, rising as the saudis vowing to cap crude exports next month. we've heard that before. so far opec has had very little impact on oil prices. gas, meanwhile, at $2.28, that is the national average on regular. by the way, that's a near two-year -- 12-year low for july. here now, fox news "outnumbered," we like to call it ambushed, co-host sandra smith. great to have you here, sandra. gas prices -- >> good to be here. ashley: yeah. great to see you. >> that's amazing, $2.28 a gallon, enjoy that when you're embarking on to your summer road trip. the feeling is right now, i just got off the phone with david hightower -- i know, these guys

dan raudabaugh connect was ryan mcdaniel makes the catch in traffic. beating brigade 70-21. just one regular season game left for the soul who the bows record in the league at 12-one >>> now to golf on the european tour third round of the porsche opening in germany par three, 17. the t shot goes straight in the cup for hole in one and for the ace, he wins a porsche that porsche is worth $150,000 and he will drive home in style. >>> and congratulations to the upper providence, 12 and under little league team they won state championship beating north allegheny 18-five and advance to the mid-atlantic finals in bristol connecticut. congratulations. good luck in the regionals e-mails all for sports. i'm leslie van arsdal have a great day. >>> nearly nine months after the cubs clinched world series some of the teams biggest fans have a new reason to celebrate hospitals in chicago are recording a surge in the number of births, adrian a diaz shows us where it is the chicago world series of babies >>> all born about nine months after the team's historic world s

linda mcdaniel -- linda mcmahon has been small business administrator for five months. she talks about her marriage to vince mcmahon, her work as an executive, and her five-year

you're going to be seeing a lot more of kellyanne conway, sarah huckabee sanders, as well robin mcdaniels who, of course, is in the romney political orbit. ok, in the meantime, as we are paying attention to the shakeup in the white house, as you have anthony scaramucci come out and get a stylistic version, we did not get much commentary on russia from either of them. he was asked a question about it. he deferred. she was asked several westerns about it, which she also -- she was asked several questions about it, which she also deferred to the legal team. what are we going to see going forward on that front when most of the attention has been deflected -- >> it is the line in the sand, saying they want to let the with thatunsel deal so they can go on to other things. this issue, i think, from a policy standpoint, if you are , there is the president for -- the accident 4 -- >> you've got to get used to that line. >> get used to the title. a well-deserved title at that. talk about their position on the budget, you talk about the substantial policy, there were no cues today on policy. that sa

so the rnc chair, ronna romney mcdaniel and i somewhat differing over how president trump's been treatingf sessions in the press. just get rid of him, more god's sake. a number of republicans have been telling me on very show that that that would be an even bigger mistake and compound what has been an attention diverter, to put it mildly, in the capital. to south dakota republican senator mike rounds. senator rounds, good to have you. >> thank you. appreciate the opportunity to visit. neil: what do you think of that talk? again, it's only talk, i should stress that, a washington post story that the administration is so fed up -- the president, more to the point, sir -- with jeff sessions that he's going to get rid of him or force him to resign and then have a recess appointment. >> well, it's up to the president whether or not he wants to continue the employment of jeff sessions. we hope he does, because we think he made a good choice in the first place. the appointment would not happen because we have pro forma sessions going on during this time. we will not technically be in recess duri

yesterday on this program we had rnc chair rhÔne that romney mcdaniel about working through the recessout that. >> august recess just around the corner. should they stay and get it done before they leave for augustsome. >> they should absolutely stay. wills no way they should leave until -- no way they should leave until this is done. stuart: what do you say, senator? you committed to sticking around through august? >> there's a lot of work to be done. health care is on the table today. i think we have to see this through completion, stuart. stuart: so you will make a commitment, you're there until you get something done? right? >> well, i go home every weekend to wyoming. i was home this weekend talking to doctors, nurses, patients. they know we need to be doing something on health care. i know we need to be doing something to make health care more affordable. what i'm proposing actually lowers premiums by 30% while continuing to protect people with pre-existing conditions. stuart: senator -- >> i'm committed to doing that. stuart: i've not yet heard your firm commitment to staying in

steve: joining us with reaction is republican chair woman ronna mcdaniels.onna. >> good morning, thanks for having me. steve: you bet. i know it's dark in austin. a lot of republicans are feeling betrayed. they heard for years their republicans and congressman were going to get rid of this thing but it lives. what do you say to them. >> it's a tough day for republicans. i think senator mcconnell expressed that last night when he said how disappointed he was and senator cruz spoke out about that. i mean, we campaigned on this for seven years and american people are hurting and they were looking for relief. and they didn't get it last night. but what i will say is republicans did fight for them. you had 217 republicans in the house who passed the repeal and replace. you had 49 senators last night. you saw the president and the vice president doing everything they could and three senators chose not to vote with us. and all the democrats sat on their hands when this came to obamacare. something they put in place that is hurting the american people. so we're not