michael seems to have given up on his republican party, the party that worked so cooperatively with thent he served, george bush. he referred to the congressional republicans as rats. he wrote it should be obvious as well. this is rare case when the rats rather than deserting a sinking ship seem determined to ride it all the way down. conservative max boot will rejoin us next to consider if voting against the republican party is the way to save the republican party from itself. and josh earnest will rejoin the discussion with his perspective having worked for president obama who never threatened his justice department, who never threatened the fbi, never accused republicans of treason, was never investigated by a special prosecutor, and who never met stormy daniels. yes, we once had a president like that, what seems leak a very long time ago. for 100 years, heritage and innovation have made gillette the #1 shave in america. now get gillette quality at lower prices - every day. brought to you by more than a thousand workers in boston. we're proud of giving you our best. gillette - the be

and crucially, they were the face of both the democratic and republican parties. those days, of course, are long gone. but losing one's majority and losing one's dominant social status can be deeply, deeply threatening. many republican voters -- not all of them -- many republican voters feel like the country they grew up in is being taken away from them. and that, we think, is what ultimately drives polarization in this country. problem is that extreme polarization can kill democracies. this is a major lesson from the failure of democracy in europe in the 1930s, in south america in the 1970s. when politics is so deeply polarized that each side views a victory by the other side as intolerable, as beyond the pale, democracy's in real trouble. when an opposition victory is viewed as intolerable, you start to justify using extraordinary means to prevent it. violence, repression, election fraud, coups. now, americans have not reached that point, obviously. but we have reached a point where according to exit polls in 2016 one out of four trump voters believed that he was

republican -- and so he was set up. that bubble was set up to pop. if he went to these tea party rallies you saw with the republican base was signal, more health care, less immigration, no more bushes, and what they were offedder was less health care, no immigration and onemer bush. he was visual. white didn't a normal political act you're, scott walker. >> host: there was a very brief front runner. >> guest: and yet, okay, not the world's most charismatic guy but had a story. or somebody else. why didn't somebody else intuit these themes trump was intuiting, that the republican votes want medicare protected, not dismantled. less immigration, not more. they're going to need social security. why didn't such a person take those themes and then deploy them and be the one to lay jeb bush low and that's part of the story of the free conditions that enabled trump is he ideologyat riggeddity rigidity of the republican part. they can't ick. >> that wrote an autopsy report -- >> guest: the connection or another to -- the wrote a help wanted ad with jeb bush in mind. the fix was. in but a

discussing the frame of the republican party in 2018. it is not something you will see in the headlines of "the washington post" for "the new york times." it is true the strength of the republican party depends on dealing with a current event that is nontransparent. that is generally understood as russia-gate. i am with thaddeus the cotter, liz peek, and sebastian gorka. this is the john batchelor show. i'm john batchelor. this is the john batchelor show at cpac 2018. we are discussing the strength of the republican party. we talked about tax cuts and the growth that was denied by the previous administration. we talked of prosperity. isis has disappeared from the conversation. russia and china are challenged directly. no longer is there a diplomacy along the edges as if we can get along. we cannot get along with tyranny. however, there is a subject at comes up all the time and i want to deal with it here. it is called russia-gate in a general. productinion, it is the of an allegation by the dnc to accuse the candidate for the presidency,

i don't know if i am supposed to say this, but he said to me he has never, ever seen the republican partyunited, so much in like with each other, but literally the word "united" was the word he used, the most united he has in the party. the, too. i have 70 friends of this group -- me, too. i have so many friends in this group. that's good. i was hoping he wouldn't deny that. he did. he called me. i thought it was very nice. paul, thank you very much. every day, we are removing government burdens. the priorities of republicans in congress are the priorities of the american people. we believe in strong families and we believe in strong borders. [applause] we believe in the rule of law and we support the men and women of law enforcement. [applause] we believe every american has the right to grow up at home and have access to school and a really great job. that, for americans, nothing, absolutely nothing is out of reach. because we don't know the meaning of the word quit. we don't quit. the republican party certainly hasn't quit. if we did, we wouldn't be here today. we would be sitting at ho

cpac has become the republican party or vice versa. that the party of rationality and the party of facts and the party of decency, of human values and family values is no more. and that it is descended into a hooting, hollering mob. if you remember, once upon a time, like yesterday or the day before or the week before, conservatives used to complain about college campuses. that they stifle descent and it became dangerous for speakers. well, look who is the hooting mob and look who is the person speaking truth. so, this is the unfortunate state of the republican party. it's why i and some other folks, i think probably david takes a different view. think the republican party is irredeemable and we need to, in essence, start over. it is a sad truth that it's not only the people who are out there like nunes but also the people who should know better. elected officials, nonelected speakers and participants and, frankly, the so-called gatekeepers who have thrown intellectual honesty and integrity out the window. you see it for what it is now.

some of this is by the polarization of the radical republican party. and then it's a weapon when it's the other party. there is movement for constitutional convention. i would want to issue a warning there's a lot of discussion that turns out for proposals of a constitutional convention and a different route to which it could be called. what makes me nervous is who would be at the table and what agenda would be pushed. it's possible that things ought to be changed but if you open the door who knows what will. i think it's a very dangerous prospect. i think there is an opportunity for institutions at the state level and that's what's happened. i california there's a redesign of the way the electoral systems are drawn. rather than having state legislators do it. a neutral administrative body was set up. so these experiments are taking place in me with changes in the system. so a lot of this maybe that's where this process should be. >> from the philippines and my question is firm research yearbook has insights to offer in terms of dealing responding to th

within the republican party, who enabled him to win the republican nomination. c-span two book tv . >> a republican national its winter meeting in washington. chairthe speakers are nc the speakers are rnc chair ronna mcdaniel. >> republicans delivered the biggest set of tax cuts and a , 3 million people across this country have received bonuses or higher wages or increased 401(k) contributions as a result. and today americans across this country are going to see bigger paychecks because of these tax cuts. a 17 yearnt is at , our2.4 million jobs military is strong. the president is making america great again. let's compare that to what the democrats have accomplished. they are good at doing something. they do work well together to obstruct, and on tuesday their hatred was on full display when congressional democrats sat on their hands during the president's unifying speech. to stand when the president of the united states walked into the room, when he talked about the american flag, the national anthem, or the lowest african-american unemployment in history and t

force in the republican party ever since. h that conservative movement. and it represented, i think, the death knell of liberal republicanism. you don't hear people call themselves liberal republicans anymore. >> [ chanting "can you hear us now!" ] >> buchanan: one of the driving issues of conservatism was the size and power and growth of government, and that is certainly the big issue today. tea party folks, they would've been with us in the cow palace. >> [ chanting ] >> gold: the business of goldwater being the godfather of the tea party and the republican party now, i'll just say it flat-out, as a goldwater republican -- they're political nihilists. >> [ chanting ] >> gold: goldwater didn't say we shouldn't have any government. goldwater didn't say every part of government should be rejected. goldwater believed in states' rights with a little "s" and a little "r." he wasn't talking this talk you hear now of practically john c. calhoun secessionist talk. >> califano: i think the legacy on the democratic side really started

upon the election by the state republican party. do i hear a motion to ratify the election of these new national committee members? the motion is made. is there a second by susan hutchinson? secondeden moved and to be ratified the election of our new members. all members say ay. the ays have it. am pleased to officially welcome you as new members of the republican national committee. welcome. [applause]

men and women who lead the republican party at every level. encourage you gratitude, heart of to keep fighting. eep fighting for the policies and principles we hold dear. e hope tonight and throughout this week that you leave inspired for all that we've accomplished but we also hope motivated to go back all eet with the people in your counties and meet the people in every community and them that blueprint for american success that the president described. how we can make that real. the state and local level, the president is counting on you to carry that message forward. to victory. not just a victory for the really a party, but victory for the principles and the ideals and the values that making america great again. that, if you leave here today with renewed energy to go tell that confidence, inith 2018, i know we're going to elect more republican governors in d states across america, and we're to re-elect republican majorities in the house and senate in 2018. [applause] about it, take republican victory in 2018 will for a great ation republi

we have a great opportunity as the republican party, as the republican party.e have a greatwe are getting vp from the democrats. i'm hoping that we got a call from these people say, let us go. they talk a good game. we have to get help from the other side. we have to elect many more republicans. that is another way to do it. really, that is another way to do it. based on the numbers, we have a real chance of doing that. 18 is going to be very interesting. we have to do one or the other. either they are going to have to come on board, they talk a good game with daca. there do -- they do not produce. we are going to have to work. we're going to have to get more people so that we can get the kind of numbers that we need to pass in a much easier fashion legislation. to get it done, we will all have to make some compromises along the way. other way, ifhe we win more, we do not have to compromise so much. with the textile, we got we wanted because we had a unanimous vote. we have to go. we have to get it done property. -- properly. we will have to compromise unless w

on our side donald trump took over republican party. hink that this political ground is shifting, under our feet, nobody knows quite how it will settle. in our party a lot of members have adjusted their politics to seek the president. it's about -- given principles or ideals that's what's changed. >> i would agree with that. i agree where republican party is going, the danger. if you look every four years, every presidential election cycle, we are as a counsel try 2% less white. voters of color, it's changing that way. i don't think that we made enough of an effort as republicans to appeal across the broader electorate. then with young people as well given some of the position and behavior that the president has exhibited i think it makes it very difficult for young people to identify with the republican party. i think they have been walking away from the party in general. i think they're at a dead sprint right now and we've got to change that. >> we don't need to change our principles or change what we stand for but not every vote is a

party, he is extraordinarily popular. what won the 2010 fights for republicans was not a desire from the tea party to help republicans.from president obama. it was a desire to defeat president obama and give him a black eye. we're seeing now this dislike of president trump could have the same effect with people coming out to vote to hold him accountable and in the process destroying the majority in the house. >>> still ahead on "morning joe," senator dick durbin joins us here on set. >>> plus, former obama campaign manager jim messina. but first, bill karins with a check on the forecast. >> bill, give us some sun, bill. >> it's been a little ugly out there in the eastern half of the country. very web february. we had over a dozen tornado these weekend and two fatalities. this is video from tennessee. that home was smashed. there was nothing left of that home there in tennessee. this was our first tornado fatalities in our country since last may. this was the longest stretch we had ever gone in our country since we kept these records between tornado fatalities. hopefully now we'll have a good stretch after this one. so

remember when the republican party was worried about russia? all of this is missing now. ve is the party of trump that's essentially it. he's taken all the oxygen out of the air but people like i hoped there would be mitt romneys in the republican party that would stand up to trump. maybe he will. he was so clear in 2012, i mean, in 2016 that he would not have taken the nomination. >> the endorsement. >> the endorsement. why thank trump today? >> evan, this seems to be a fundamental question here. if the president is the threat that to the party or to conservative ideology that you think he is and mitt romney or tirkarticulated, what is necessarily being pursued? >> yeah, i wouldn't say it that strongly. i understand your point and in a way, you know, you have a point but i just don't see it. i just know he remains deeply concerned about the direction of the country and the president's leadership. we also have to understand that it's just a little more complicated than we would like it to be in the sense that he's got to actually win election and very popular in the state

you have the republican party which supported mccarthy through about three years. because he was doing their work for them, as a battering ram, going against the new deal and making democrats seem soft on communism, as the republicans today seem to be using trump for those same purposes. as you point out with the army, mccarthy went too far when he attacked one of the most revered institutions in america, and maybe trump is doing that now going after the fbi and the cia. >> what did it take to end mccarthy in his era, and who it took to end him? >> it was in the spring of 1954 when mccarthy, the army mccarthy hearings, but a senate subcommittee of investigations. the subcommittee was looking into the fact that mccarthy and roy cohn were trying to get preferential treatment for another mccarthy aide in terms of his military service. he attacked that by saying the army was full of communists. welsh said to mccarthy, have you know shame, senator, at long last, have you know shame? by december, the senate censured mccarthy. >> it took the moral authority of a five star

the republicans, and he was set up, that was set up to pass. if you went to these tea party rallies, you saw republican base was signaling we want more healthcare, less immigration. and what they actually said was little less healthcare, more immigration than bush so he was vulnerable. the question is why didn't someone normal political actor get like that. >> it was a brief runner. >> and yet, not that we are both charismatic guy but he had a story. or somebody else. why doesn't somebody else into these themes that donald trump was intuiting? that republican voters want medicare protection. they want less immigration, not more. that they are going to need their social security. why didn't such a person take those views and deploy them and be the one to rate jeb bush well? that is part of the story of the conditions that enable trump is the ideological rigidity of the republican party that even when the $50 bill is lying on the sidewalk in front of you cannot pick it up because you can't be there, it's not possible that it could be there. >> the whole autopsy report explaini

the republican party has become a tribal, destructive party of hypocrisy and lies.t is not good for the country, let alone the republican party. >> susan, i want to turn to the democratic fisa memo. president trump called it a total bust. adam schiff is doubling down, though, on its significance. he responded to what the president had to say in a tweet, saying, it confirms the fbi acted inappropriately and that russian agents approached two of your advisers and informed your chairman, or rather your campaign, that russia was prepared to help you by dismantling stolen clinton e-mails. as the republican on the panel, did you have the same takeaways from the memo? >> i have the same takeaway from both memos. neither one of them shufould ha been put out there. the public will never see the underlying document. the house never should have allowed the intelligence committee to become such a political committee. it's such a shame we're talking about our national security. so both memos are really just political documents. >> howard, i want you to hear what -- go ahead. you

is he changing the policy of the republican party? hought of republicans as being more toward fiscal restraint, worry about the deficit, but i don't hear about any of that on capitol hill these days. michael: a couple of things going on, republicans are andsing to promote emphasize one of the other key elements of their agenda, which is economic growth and prosperity, rather than deficit and debt reduction. that goes directly to the platform that donald trump ran on, the way his background informs his decision-making in the white house. we have to remember the president is not, by conventional definitions, prior to representing the party, a republican. in his relationships, you see a tug-of-war between his own freespending instincts and the traditional fiscal conservatism of many in the party. could argue the president has already changed the republican party in some pretty fundamental ways. how then does this affect the identity of what the republican party is, if traditional you are talking about traditional conservatism, small gover

that once an office it was not his own cunning that it was the complicity of his allies in the republican party and the once great parties into position of almost absolute power over itself. clearly they thought they were going to get something out of this deal. they have gotten substantial deconstruction of regulations. they are looking for two more of those as they left behind. they couldn't pass legislative restrictions. a very elaborate epa's team -- stream. it is intrusive and burdensome. the big problem will be shutting it down. they got relief from some of the parts and some hope that although they cannot be repealed it could be damaged enough to collapse. they got important favors for the financial industry. and above all the breaking of the consumer protection board. it has just been dismantled. donald trump has his own director serving at the same time. it is paralyzing that body. so i think that is probably more important than to the donor league. there are getting real substantial benefits. one of the things as the corporate income let's not minimize how big a deal that is. who pays

there's no interest of the republican party about deficits especially under a republican bae presidenter a trillion dollars now. when are they going to start being worried? >> chris, paul ryan has already said the next thing we have to do is get at medicare, medicaid, social security. he's got a plan. >> but to a point you care about -- i didn't like that spending bill. i agree in general with rand paul. but, you know, how do you govern in washington these days when washington is so polarized? and we have the 60 vote in the senate perhaps this is the only way to legislate. >> congressman, thank you for joining us by phone. what do you make of the fact the president is sitting on this democratic memo? >> good evening, chris. i'm reflexively skeptical as one should be with the president around this investigation. it looks obstructive, but i'm willing to give the department of justice the benefit of the doubt and hear from them if they are going to come in on tuesday and explain to us what their concerns are and that those concerns are not from any pressure that the president has put on t

there's no interest in the republican party about deficits. >> only under a republican president.es in, they'll be very concerned about deficits. indeed, paul ryan will be very concerned about. >> it's over a trillion dollars now. when are they going to start being worried. >> obama concerned about deficits? >> paul ryan has already said the next thing we have to do is get at medicare, medicaid, social security. >> he's cut the entitlements. >> he's got a plan. >> i didn't like that spending bill. i agreeded in general with rand paul. but you know, how do you govern in washington these days when washington is so polarized and when you have the 60-rote rule in the senate, perhaps this is the only way to actually legislate. it's not beautiful but they pass something. >> the news keeps coming. eric swalwell, the house intelligence committee. what do you make of the fact the president's sitting on this democratic memo. >> evening chris. i'm reflexively skeptical as one should be with the president around this investigation. it looks obstructive but i'm willing to give the department o

and so the fact of the matter, that you have at least several members of the republican party pretty much led by devin nunes, house intelligence committee chair, going after the fbi and asking saying that they are a buiased organization, other republicans like john mccain tweeted in defense of the fbi saying this wasn't appropriate, they should not be releasing this memo and trashing the fbi. i think it really has split this party, especially a lot of the old timers who have always been traditionally for law enforcement issues, to now go after a law enforcement agency as biased i think is really hard and painful to do. so i don't know that every republican is going to pick up the ball here and be in defense of president trump. i think we've seen that a lot of them are not. but you have enough of them beating this drum because they're clearly worried that this is something that the investigation, as paul was saying, could be damaging for the president, that there's something there. >> geoff bennett touched on this, paul, but lots of questions as to whether or not deputy attorney genera

to the republican party five years ago? >> absolutely. it is trump's party. he is molding the movement into his vision. i talked with a number of people at cpac. they are all-in for trump. they are in for him now. >> right. come back in a half hour. >>> president trump reportedly advocating the death penalty for drug dearlies. t -- drug dealers. he is citing the singapore's use of capital punishment. he may advocate a five--year sentence of people convicted of two grams of fentanyl. the law requires people who deal 40 grams or more. >>> should the u.s. lower demands of talks with north korea? a key u.s. ally says yes. we are live in south korea with the latest developments next. n limiuble on every purchase, every day. not just airline purchases. (yelling) holy moly, that's a lot of miles! shh-h-h-h! what's in your wallet? man: shh-h-h! (nadia white) the moment a fish is pulled out from the water, it's a race against time. and keeping it in the right conditions is the best way to get that fish to your plate safely. (dane cha

into the republican party? was there anybody on the stage with him during the last debates that could pick up that mental? or -- mantle? bench,epublicans have to in the minor leagues or somewhere else, people who can continue to draw on that segment of the population? john: in terms of policy, there's no question that senator of arkansas, tom cotton, certainly in policy, he would be the most likely person to carry out. almost every policy he is involved with, whether it is immigration or foreign policy -- crime, for example, he is law and order. he stood against the big effort on so-called criminal reform promoted by many folks. he stood against that. sessions was sort of a forerunner of the populist uprising with president trump's victory. tom cotton may be the future. it looked for a while as though there might be a series of primary challenges in 2018, and there still might be in 2020, from the steve bannon right to try to move the party and especially the senate in a trump-esque direction. i was thought tha

we have a great opportunity as a republican party, as the republican party, we have a great opportunity. we are getting very little help from the democrats, but i hope after i leave this room, we get a call from these people and say let's go. wey talk a good game, but have to get help from the other elect many have to more republicans. that is another way of doing it. [applause] that ist trump: really, another way of doing it. and based on the numbers that we saw, we have a chance of doing that. 2018 will be very interesting, but we have to do one or the other. either they have to come on board, because they talk a good game with daca, but they do not produce. on board or wee are going to have to work and get more people so we can get the kind of numbers that we need fashion --h easier pass in a much easier fashion legislation. we will have to make some compromises to get it done this way. if we win more, we do not have to cumber mice so much. with the tax bill, we got what we wanted because we had essentially a unanimous vote. but we have to go in, get it done properly, and compromise

molester and a bridge too far for many peoples and the most conservative of the base here for the republican partyonference and always is. >> josh, let me ask you finally, how do you see president trump's appeal to the base of his party playing out come the midterms? >> well, i -- maybe not that well because it hasn't been turning out that well in special elections. you have been seeing much stronger turnout of democrats than republicans and not as large in the ones with most spending and like the georgia special six outside of atlanta. >> and lost. >> so far, you haven't seen the same enthusiasm and the polls are shifting. >> we'll find out if the president is a liability or an asset. josh, michael, taran, great to have you with me. that's it for this sunday. join me back here next sunday. be sure to join my friend kasie hunt at 7:00 p.m. for "kasie dc" but first up it's "meet the press." nuh uh. yeah. ahhhhh. mm-mm. oh. yeah. ah. agh. d-d-d... no. hmmm. uh... huh. yeah. uh... huh. in business, there are a lot of ways to say no. thank you so much. thank you. so we're doing it. yes. start saying y

but i think it did teach us some lessons in terms of some division within the ranks of the republican party. what are those? >> it really did. on the issue of debt and deficits, which was such a driving force to create the republican majority in the house, especially, back in 2010, the orthodoxy in the republican party is going a different way. so this budget deal which was agreed to last night, signed by the president today includes an additional $300 billion in additional spending over just the next two years. that doesn't even include the $90 billion in disaster aid for texas, florida, puerto rico, california, other states that need it after the disasters we saw last summer. if this bill had come to the floor when barack obama was president, i think we would be having a very different conversation. republicans would have been far more likely to push this aside. but instead you saw a president who is much more comfortable with debt and deficits being a secondary issue, saying let's get this deal done. and a senate in particular where they need democrats to force this deal to happen in the

and above all between him and the core group of voters in the republican party who enabled him to win the republican nomination and go on to the presidency. .. >>

that is not the party of the republican party. that is trump's party. will he follow trump's line?ery quickly, sticking with immigration, we were promised a great debate this week four versions of the immigration bill were debated. what's your takeaway as we head to march 5th? >> both sides right now are losing, to be quite honest with you. i find it very disgusting that we have a president who came in and said we don't want you to vote for a certain bill that was actually popular amongst the senate, and saying it was catastrophic, but the bill in which he pushed forget only got 39% of the vote. we have to start asking ourselves what are we really doing here? what's really important is we have 700,000 daca recipients hooz lives are being used as a political football. we have to start saying what are we going to do for comprehensive immigration reform. right now, i don't think immigration reform will happen in 2018 because of the midterms but it's definitely something that needs to happen in 2019. if i can say something really quickly. >> sure. >> we need to stop coupling issues. th

when the democrats are in power, republicans appear to be the conservative party. when republicans are in power, it seems there is no conservative party. >> i think it's an understatement to say his colleagues were upset with them for forcing them to vote at 2:00 in the morning. the massive tax cut will add $1.2 trillion to the debt. it is the same point they made when they were swept into power eight years ago in 2010. >> only in america are you ever given a second chance. >> i have been chosen by the people of indiana to stop reckless spending. >> i think the american people grew frustrated with run away federal spending and a tone deaf washington, d.c., really under both political parties. >> we have a great opportunity here to demonstrate that we are responding to what the american people clearly would like for us to do. cut the spending, cut the debt. >> get spending and debt under control. >> they were screaming out loud, stop the spending. >> i heard families tell me as they sat across the kitchen table they were struggling to keep their budget together. they

he's a i don't believe anything coming out of the mouth of the republican party. they are -- >> host: since we have our guest writer what if you address your question or comment directly to him? michelle, are youe there? >> caller: eight years we as democrats have to sit here and listen to the republican party -- but let me tell you something, it's going to be a new day in 2018 because every black, everett brown, every democrat are going out there and we're going to show this fool that is sitting after trying to. we will want to insult them. you've seen a lot of media coverage of the administrations. it president obama get a pass from immediate traffic and the 2,008,008 campaign i've never seen a presidential candidate in my lifetime get softer treatment than barack obama did. many will not disputepu that. i think it rougher coverage in the second term when the republican congress have trouble getting things through and was checkmated on areas like syria. look, the caller, there's a lot of people feel that way. donald trump is a polarizing t.president for people w

she's fighting every day for the best in the republican party. we'll get her insights which we desperately need. later we'll talk with nfl jenkins from the philadelphia eagles fresh from victory in the super bowl. sorry, not sorry from your patriot fans, he'll explain why he refuse toss visit the trump white house and what he is doing instead to truly make america great. it's been a crazy week. i understand governing can be hard sometimes. lots of things are hard sometimes. i have two boys in grade schools. homework can be hard sometimes. when my older son struggles with m mandarin, i don't worry about it because it's a tough subject. we are concerned about our government. we are messing up prekindergarten stuff. approving a budget. keeping america's government open. passing a bill to let the dreamers stay when the vast majority of americans want the dreamers to stay. that's baby stuff. that's abc stuff. i mean, this week congress was able to end the second shutdown of america's government in three weeks by passing a budget. but isn't passing bud

it's a real market shift from the republican party of 2016 to the republican party of 2018 as to how important it is. >> to be fair to republicans, they have to compromise with the democrats. they can't get everything they want. is it just because of that or is the republican party moving away from the past? the one person who did stand up in the senate and who did force a government shutdown for about eight hours and 39 minutes is rand paul. listen. >> i want people to feel uncomfortable. i want them to have to answer people at home who said, how come you were against president obama's deficits and how come you're for republican deficits? whose fault is it? republicans? yes. whose fault is it, democrats? yes, it's both parties' fault. you realize this is the secret of washington. the dirty little secret is the republicans are loudly clamoring for more military spending. but they can't get it unless they give the democrats welfare spending. so they raise all the spending. >> what happened to the republican party that we had for at least eight years of barack obama? >> well, rand paul

very important one there is opposition in the us in the republican party from trump's very own party that tariffs could actually have a negative impact and spike prices in products like automobiles electrical wiring and even beer cans. ok now we've seen with the administration just really in the last two weeks dan that they are not shy about imposing import tariffs they did it on solar panels we discussed it here on the program in some detail and they also did all of washing machines so what's the timeframe on the president making a decision on secretary ross's proposal or president trump has until april eleventh to accept or reject the recommendations so i think in that period until april eleventh we can expect to see.

that is why those types of republican do not have a home in the party. that is why governor kasich would not even go to the republican convention in his own state because he said donald trump is not a republican. maybe the party has changed, donald trump is what the republican brand is. we will know better by 2020. host: edward from washington, d c democrat line. to dr. i give kudos douglas brinkley. i agree with him 100%. let me take you back to the history books. i want the professor to comment on this. journal gave hillary rodham clinton -- never endorsed anyone in 200 years except abraham lincoln, and one other. also, the foreign policy magazine endorsed hillary .linton and dozens of magazines in texas also endorsed her. i am ashamed of this president. i am an african american scientist. stood a good chance of being the scientific administrator for her. she would have been one of the best presidents this country ever had. donald trump was not elected by the popular vote, he was elected by the electoral college. we have to make sure this does not happe

upon the election by the state republican party. do i hear a motion to ratify the election of these new national committee members? the motion is made. is there a second by susan hutchinson? secondeden moved and to be ratified the election of our new members. all members say ay. the ays have it. am pleased to officially welcome you as new members of the republican national committee. welcome. [applause] it is also my pleasure to welcome four new state chairman to the republican national committee. ben bilodeau, vermont. frankie thoren, wyoming. lucian smith, mississippi. doug steinhardt, new jersey. congratulations on your election and welcome as new members of the republican national committee. two regions held their election at breck is this morning. it's my pleasure to announce the following results. the midwestern region nominated steve shepler as the new vice-chairman to replace steve king to step down as his appointment as ambassador to the czech republic. congratulations, steve. [applause] the southern region elected robin ar

relatively insubstantial when you compare the differences between the democratic party and the republican party. i think in a lot of ways, our party has to rediscover his history. and talk about that history. the democrats of a party, they are the party of the common man and common woman this is the party that came up with social security. medicare, medicaid, the affordable care act. that is a history that people need to know about. it is history the democratic parties should run on and connect itself to. and come up with 21st century solutions for the issues that we have to confront. but i don't think there is a need for special interest groups and things like that. i think you know we are democrats! we know will be our and what we stand for and who we stand with. i think that is sufficient. >> okay final question for robert of the washington post. >> to what extent will you use your political capital this year and make endorsements in democratic primaries? ... combo. [inaudible conversations]

what does that mean for the republican party?, if by labor day the economy is red hot and unemployment is below 4%, which i think is likely, a lot of voters will say this is all worked out. it is a great sound bite for democrats to throw at the republicans especially if interest rates continue to rise. >> trillion dollar deficits. here we go again. >> if people feel this is a healthy economy, this may turn out well for the republican party. >> greg, thanks for sticking around. have a great weekend. >>> let's talk about the stock market. it is in correction. yesterday was an ugly day. woes spread overseas. asian markets plummeting 3% and 4%. europe has been open a couple hours. it is lower. u.s. futures is up. we have been watching that. both the dow and s&p 500 tanked yesterday. both in a correction. that is the technical term when the index dropped from a 10% recent high. the dow fell 1,033 points. second time in history it lost more than 1,000 points in a single day. the other time was monday. that move is not in the top 20 of

into the republican party? was there anybody on the stage with him during the last debates that could pick up that mantle, or do republicans have to look to a bench, you know, in the minor leagues or someplace else to try to find people who can continue to draw on that segment of the american population? >> well, in terms of policy there is no question question that senator tom cotton of arkansas would be the most likely heir. i don't know about -- not necessarily personality but certainly in policy, he would be the most likely person to carry on. every policy he is involved with, whether it's immigration, whether it's a certain part of foreign policy and crime, for example, law and order, he has stood against the big effort on so-called criminal reform, promoted by many folks, including the koch foundation, he stood against that as has jeff sessions. sessions was sort of a forerunner, i think, of the populous uprising with president trump's victory and i think cotton may be the future here. >> i would say it l

this president is tight with the national rifle association and the conservative base of the republican party. but at the same time, there's always this point they make that he, in some respects, the least ideological republican president you've had in decades, and could he be persuaded from a media campaign from "the post" and others that are pressing him to take action? there are thoughts that the president could be swayed by some kind of public outcry. there's certainly not legislation being drafted by the congressional leadership, as speaker ryan underscored in his remarks. but at this point, it's a midterm election year. with a possible democratic wave on the horizon, you can't rule anything out. >> you brought up the point about the politics of this in terms of voters. are we going to see any politician get voted out of office because of their position or their stance on gun reform? >> we haven't really seen that, in fact, in 2014, we saw several democrats from red states get voted out. the activism, especially the house map, there are going to be a lot of republicans in states like cal

. >> last question about the state of the republican party, it was senator rand paul shaking his fist at the heavens talking about the deficits. he was there all alone, ben. what's it say about the state of the republican party that he's the only one that seemed to care about this issue? >> it's a heartbreaking thing, but the republican party pretty much gave up on fiscal responsibility when something called the laugher curve came along. i talked about it in ferris bueller's day off, so i won't bore you with that right now, but republican party has given up on fiscal responsibility some time ago. it's a shame. i don't know if we'll ever get that genie back in the bottle. >> under president trump, defender of the claim of due process. thank you very much. >>> weekly scandals in the trump white house have been a hallmark of 2018. the year has brought with it some of the most outrageous headlines of the west wing. we'll look at how the president's staff has weathered the storm. ♪ we the people... are defined by the things we share. and the ones we love. who never stop wondering what we'l