election for us." >> i think we should all take a deep breath. >> this is the party of family values, rick tyler to rick's point, there's a lot of heat right now and there's disgusting comments like that. i think if you try and understand what's going on in the country, you have a well educated somewhat diverse suburban district and those areas are becoming more attractive for democrats. it's true. we need to hold our rural districts, i'm in one of them, that's important to me. my district is 60% rural. that district is 9% rural. that district is 58% college educated. one of the most educated, you know, in the country. and what you're seeing is those voters being repulsed by this president and giving us a look on the democratic side. to rick's point, we need to have good candidates. i don't want to put it on a left/right axis, progressive or moderate. the biggest issue is are you one of us or one of them, part of the solution or part of the problem. people want people who are real and authentic and will stickum for something. part of that is saying disgusting political tactics like using the sho

dean, msnbc contributor, former governor, also former chair of the democratic national committee, rick tylerr spokesman for senat senat senator ted cruz's presidential campaign. we were talking about nancy pelosi. you think she's a fine -- not speaker but fine leader of the democrats in the house. >> well, first of all, she was almost certainly the best speaker we've had in the house since tip o'neill in terms of her effectiveness and getting stuff done. she's a terrific fund-raiser for her caucus. i have said we need a younger generation in politics to get the younger generation who supports us overwhelmingly over the -- as opposed to the republicans and who don't like institutions. but i -- i mean rick is going to be able to say something helpful, i hope, because i'd like to see the polling numbers. i mean, the truth is on the one hand this is washington blather is a dime a dozen, just because you run ads against nancy pelosi, unless you know they work -- maybe they do know but there are numbers we can look at to see if this is true. it would be a big deal to throw accomplishments and the

rick tyler, john alter, beth fouhy, stay with us. why tuesday's special congressional election could be the biggest political test yet of the trump presidency but the supreme court takes up a case that could have a major impact on future elections. we'll have the details for you next. art. it can be sculpted, bringing to life beautiful detail. or painted in luxurious strokes. and in rare cases... both. ♪ (baby crying) ♪ fly ♪ me to the moon (elegant music) ♪ and let me play (bell rings) >>> welcome back. the supreme court decided to consider whether the long-standing political position of gerrymandering violates the constitution and justice correspondent pete williams has more from the supreme court. >> reporter: it's a case that could change the face of politics that comes from wisconsin where the republicans gain control of all the machinery of state government and both houses of the legislature and governorary office and begin to redraw the maps for state legislative districts. some democrats sued and said it was basically an unco

. >>> we are back with rick tyler, jill watkins, michelle sinner it and with rick saying before we wenttruth it's a welfare piece of, what we do for ourselves as a social protective way to help each other. one in five folks will end up on it. can republicans really be against health care but also need to kill medicaid at the same time? does that make sense? >> no, it doesn't make sense and i think that certainly the word and term "welfare" has a negative connotation. they need to use my tax dollars tone sure the 49% of births in this country that are funded in part by medicaid that those women are able to have healthy and safe births, then i'm willing to pay a little bit more for that and willing to pay for the disabled, poor children and elderly to get the care they need. in this country we have to take care of ourselves and insurance as an idea is about paying into a system so that it's there for you when you need it when you actually get sick and it's not as if we have a choice. certainly there's always the line, young people won't sign up for health care. you heard that a lot when t

communication director for ted cruz's 2016 presidential campaign now an msnbc pretty cal contributor rick tyler, host, former communications director for president george bush nicolle walla wallace. >> a rough week for him last week. >> they said bye. >> i'll tell you what, this is a tough business. >> with us president of the council on foreign, author of the book "a world in disarray." >> you've had one of those. >> also "new york times" jeffrey peters. >> we're going to talk about the updates of the weekend, comey. i'm going to say two years from now, if he does what he's supposed to do, richard haass, we may look back at macron and say he's the most significant world leader on the stage in a century. >> first he won the presidency without a party. now he's forged a parliamentary majority without a party. >> 75 to 80% in a country that was just about as stayed when it came to political parties as us. >> it's a political -- the contrast with britain one of the two established, tories, george osborne described theresa may, the prime minister, as "the walking dead." you've got a limping traditi

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george watkins and rick tyler, former cruz campaign spokesperson. he's an msnbc political analyst.ining me. joe, i'll start with you. your reaction to that. is bannon the loudest voice in the white house? >> clearly the president is listening to him. this decision to move out of the paris climate accord the clearly to appeal to the base. bannon is winning right now. he's listening to what bannon is saying and getting out to really mollify the base. >> we talked about the fact that bannon could be losing his job, on his way out. and now we're saying bannon has regained support of the white house, the only one that hasn't been connected so far to the russia investigation. so a lot of talk surrounding bannon, to say the least. ser lena, there's a lot of fluff pieces out there, and there's a theory as to why, some observers asking if she's the white house leaker. >> it's definitely someone who likes ivanka trump very, very much. it could be her. it could be people close to her. it's quite disturbing because i think she's trying very hard to market this brand of chic -- women in sheath

bush and rick tyler, former cruz campaign spokesman, now an msnbc political analyst.h you. the president is attacking his own justice department. at least that's the way some are interpreting that tweet. what is your reaction to it. when you actually read it, do you think he is, in fact, going after and targeting rosenstein and the doj. >> i think so. this is a move to get rosen stein to at the very least recuse himself. of course, there's always the possibility that trump could try to fire rod rosenstein. he could do that as president of the united states. he could fire the number two person at the justice department. i don't know rosenstein will do that. he's not necessarily going to be moved by tweets. i think he's a by-the-book bipartisan guy, and he'll do what's right when it's time. if it's time for him to recuse himself, if he thinks it's the best thing, he'll do that, but not before then. >> zerlina, what do you think the reaction would be if rosenstein recuses himself and rachel brand steps in, given the fact that she has conservative leanings and some connec

it quotes, rick tyler veteran republican consultant, said the president's refusal to stop using twitter poses a serious obstacle for the white house. i can't imagine they're happy with this performance. president is under mining his presidency whenever his staff said one thing and he does another. they'll say something you'd expected with and go off and bring in the gun debate to a terror attack. it quotes another one of the president's friends. that's christopher ruud saying, he's frustrateed. he's getting his message out there adding that he's relying on himself to be the messenger. the president kellyanne conway and sarah huckabee sanders a invice president mike pence is in this survey. you can select one of the team to talk about. from north carolina, republican line karen hi there. caller: i think sean spicer, kellyanne conway and the trump spokespeople are a breath of fresh air after listening to the language liberals like barack obama, josh earnest. having to listen to them -- i'm surprised saturday night live didn't do a spoof on them. they should take a selfie of themselves. i

. >> jonathan grubber and rick tyler, a lively conversation. doctor, i'll give you ten second.r head is about to explode and i don't want that to happen on a friday afternoon. >> here is the bottom line. all i ask your viewers to do and the voters of america to do is simply ask -- what does the republican bill do for me? and the answer is relatively to where we are today, for the vast mantle of your viewers, it makes their life worse. so whether or not you like obamacare, whether you're republican or democrat, the right question is does this bill make my life worse or better? and for the vast majority of americans, it makes it worse and that is what matters. >> that's what obamacare did. >> we have to leave it there. gentlemen, thank you so much. >> thanks, craig. >>> we have news to get to. just in to our newsroom. nbc news has confirmed that congressman steve scalise has been moved out of the intensive care unit. he is out of the the intensive care unit according to a source familiar with his situation. no update from the hospital that scalise is listed in fair condition. so

jonathan gruber, professor of economics at m.i.t., key architect of the affordable care act and rick tylercan strategist and msnbc analyst. jonathan, i want to get your reaction to the president's comments right now. they are getting a little more time to make this perfect. >> well, basically, it's so far from perfect i don't know what that means. you just heard the president lie repeatedly. it reduces coverage and makes everyone's health insurance less generous. so once again, let's try to look at the facts here. cbo has a table where they lay out for a wide variety of people what happens to their premiums and what happens to their, what they call, actuarial value. for every single group, either their premiums go up or their generosity goes down. literally, the kaiser family foundation did a calculation, found there was only one group in america who is made better off after you account for tax credits and other things, 18-year-olds in a certain income range are the only people made better off by this. everyone else would pay more either in higher premiums or high out of pocket costs. it's

here with me now to discuss all of this is rick tyler, republican strategist and msnbc political analyst and sarah fagen. sarah, i want to start with you. thanks for joining me here on set. what was your reaction to what we just saw? very powerful words from carl racine. is this something that stands up legally? >> well, i'm not a lawyer. so -- but i can tell you politically, you know, it seems lining well coordinated by the democrats to put yet another distraction on top of an administration that is facing so many distractions. >> two democrats important to point out. >> that's right. it seems fairly ridiculous that president trump would send troops into war because a kingdom bought some hotel rooms from him. i think the basis of it to the public seems like a ridiculous case to me. but again, it's a distraction. we're not talking about tax reform. we're not talking about health care. we're talking about this. that's a problem for trump. >> rick, weigh in on that very point because this comes amid a number of other controversies that the president is currently dealing with as it relates

rick tyler. have you seen the republican health care bill? >> i have not. have you? have you?know, being loo, i am going to vote for this bill or vote against this bill determined based on how it affects people in tennessee, and actually how it affects our nation. my understanding is i'm going to see it on thursday. i have, rick, attended the last seven meetings, so i have a sense of where this is going and understand the rubs that exist. i'm going to do some preliminary work prior to the thursday. i think we have an all senators meeting, all republican senators meeting tomorrow to begin talking about it a little more deeply. look, i have a sense of where this is going, and i know that, you know, the leadership is having various aspects of this scored, and it should be out there it looks like about a week before a vote takes place. i think it's planned to be out language and all on thursday. >> you think that's enough time for the american public to review it, for you to review it, and to get a vote? >> well, that's -- it looks like the time that's going to be athe -- allotted

. >> joining us now staff writer for the atlantic magazine julia yaffy and rick tyler. >> you said it is -- the quote is on behalf of russia, help us restore normal political dialogue on behalf of russia, help the new u.s. president. yikes. >> is trump going to see that as a compliment but understand he's been troled. >> i think he'll see it as a compliment, including what putin said yesterday, which said he's a direct and genuine person and has fresh thinking but he also said i'm not friends with him. how can you be friends with somebody you never met. i never met this guy. >> right. >> also he said -- putin said yesterday that these were artists. >> hackers free spirited artists. >> who may or may not be 400 pounds. >> in jersey. >> wake up in a good mood and morning and wake up andpaint. and likewise hackers read about the ws, about international affairs andf they are patriotically minded they start making their contributions, which are right from their point of view to the fight against those who say bad things about russia. >> so, somebody pointed out yesterday, he's saying that

rick. >> hi, tyler 26 billion in two years just hit the street, the first of 88 billion in total supply. gave the auction an "a." it was a great auction the fed is expected to continue to raise but look at the metrics here 1.348, that was much lower than the offer side of the one issued market so it did great on a pricing basis. 3.0, november of 2015. blows away the ten auction of 45 and 18.3 on direct and solid "a" and tomorrow, of course, will be five-year, 34 billion. michelle, back to you. >> thanks, rick. >>> another news alert julia boorstin is in l.a. >> that's right founded by facebook, microsoft, twitter and youtube, these companies have come together to help continue to make their services hostile to terrorists and extremists they are teaming up because they have come under criticism particularly facebook and youtube most recently for being in environments where terrorists can communicate with each other, youtube, shared videos that are ads for terrorism. these four companies saying that they are coming together to share technological solutions, to crack down on terrorism as we

rick >> well, thanks, tyler real quickly there may be some movement in the illinois general assembly.e all know that midnight tonight is a very significant time for what is an insolvent state in many ways we're going to keep our ears perked for any news there. looking at intraday of tens. we hit 230 intraday. we're snugging right back up to it settled at 2.14 last month maybe even more aggressive it may be moving higher despite some of the data we've seen and finally the dollar index it closed at 97.26 last week now well below 96. "power lunch" will return in two minutes, and you might see a twist on the martin scarelli case so stay tuned online u.s. equity trades... ♪ ...you realize the smartest investing idea, isn't just what you invest in, but who you invest with. ♪ welcome to holiday inn! ♪ ♪ whether for big meetings or little getaways, there are always smiles ahead at holiday inn. >>> welcome back to "power lunch. reports that goldman sachs has sold off part of the ven zaezue bonds it bought in may all the numbers are the original face value of the bonds. they are trading at a st