we have senator ron johnson of wisconsin with us now. here is the chairman of the homeland security committee, also a businessman most of your adult life. we're going to spend a different segment on this show going through the schematics you put together, charts to show people what has to be done on health care. i know you want to clear this up. you are known as a gentleman in the senate. what did you mean about john mccain. >> first of all, i have the deepest respect for john mccain. in no way was i trying to criticize him. if anything, i was trying to defend his position. a lot of us had a real problem with that skinny repeal, and we weren't going to vote for it until we got that assurance from paul. listen, i was trying to defend his position and truthfully express my sympathy for his health condition. again, i reached out to john, i'm hoping the talk to him to y today. i have the greatest respect for john mccain. >> do you believe he's on his game, his cancer should be an issue? >> no. absolutely. we held a press conference. i was ju

. >>> senator ron johnson says he was just misunderstood.e republican from wisconsin wants you to know at home that he was just being sympathetic when suggesting that john mccain the brain tumor drove him to vote no on the obamacare repeal bill. i remind what you was said in a radio interview tuesday. >> we did get a call and that that repeal is not going to pass the house, the skinny repeal have to go to conference. i'm not speaking for john mccain. you know -- he has a brain tu tumor. some of that might have factored in. i don't know exactly what -- again, i don't want to speak for any senator. i really thought john would vote yes at the conference at 10:30 at night, by about 1:00, 1:30 voted no. i have yet to know what this -- was on his mind. >> well, senator johnson tried to put some distance between himself and that comment you just heard saying yesterday that he wishes he had been more eloquent. on cnn's "new day" this morning. >> i was trying to defend his position and truthfully express my sympathy for his health condition. so, agai

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ron johnson is founder and ceo of enjoy.com welcome, ron, to the nasdaq.s a pleasure to have you here in our house >> good to be here in person >> exactly so, in terms of the one retailer, what would that be >> well, no doubt, there would be a great price hike over the next decade. walmart against amazon amazon's been in the physical retail business for two days now. they're new at it. they swrus starteded with whole foods. aren't really count their stores walmart has a 56-year head start building out stores. when amazon bought whole food, they said we need physical infrastructure to compete long-term. they're going to have to be adding that. expensive. physical retail much harder, so they're going to be drinking from a fire hose while walmart is putting so much energy into the online side. >> so you interpret the deal as a concession amazon is making >> no doubt. >> they need to figure out that last mile to make it productive. they've got to have a physical plant. it will be interesting to see where else they might go >> where do you see the landscape in

we were just talking about, i said geez, we got mccain versus ron johnson.d with republican in fighting. and it got worse. >> on top of the north korea nuclear crisis. this is all incredible three dimensional chess. >> kudos to you. what did you say? elaine chao having the unhappiest person in the world today, elaine chao. she is mitch mcconnell's wife. >> and you also have mitch mcconnell to get any legislative plan through. on the other hand, trump is not wrong. that tweet is true. if they were -- if they've been talking about this for so long, why didn't they get it done? >> i always said best quote of the entire health care debate, when he accidentally said, we didn't think he was going to win so we didn't think we had to worry about it. that's why everybody likes pat to toomey. he's a straight shooter. >> i always said that republicans are really good at politics, not so at actually governing. i'm going off strip for a moment here. i got to go back to the conversation there with my heart goes out to the mayor and she's right. we do need to be more pro a

you know, certainly ron johnson, senator johnson, had gone back and forth on this bill quite a few timeslf. >> shannon, the russia probe. new developments learning today that the fbi conducted a raid on paul manafort's home late last month. one of his homes. a surprise? and what does that say about the determination of the special counsel? >> reporter: i think it really shows how big and wide-ranging and serious mueller is taking this investigation. anyone who thought this was going to be a superficial investigation, that would be over with by the end of summer, is being proven seriously wrong. you know, we know from our reporting that mueller's team is looking into the president's business. the president's finances. this raid on manafort's house. and remember, manafort was only with the campaign for a few months. but there's been a lot of other questions raised about manafort's work overseas and his connections with russia. so possibly the investigation, you know, following the facts in another direction with manafort's business. this came right around the time that the senate judiciary

senator ron johnson, thank you so much for joining us.tweeted you and your fellow -- not you specifically but you're totally quitters if you don't repeal and replace obamacare that he wants the senate to vote on nothing else until it makes good on the health care promise. is it a good idea to vote again on this bill that's already collapsed? >> good morning, jake. the bottom line is the markets are collapsing across the nation. insurers are deciding to pull out of the markets. from my standpoint we need to stabilize those markets and the sish not going away. we continue to have discussions with governors, house members and senators in terms of what is the path moving forward. this issue isn't going away in terms of what exactly the order of legislation, i do think we ought to turn our attention to the debt ceiling and funding the government and tax cuts until we can really get all the parties together. from my standpoint that really is getting the governors, house members, senators in the white house on the same page in terms of health ca

joining us now republican senator ron johnson of wisconsin. what do you make of this washington post report in light of the fact that the president's attorney said right on this show he had no role in drafting that statement. now "the washington post" said he dictated it? >> good morning, chris. i'm not involved in any investigations. so i'll leave those capable individuals and committees to get to the nine nal facts of these things. we need to find out what the facts are. whether we need to take any additional action but i'm not going to comment until we have their reports. >> not concerned by that report? >> chris, there's so much out there being talked about right now. pretty interesting article who funded the russian dossier on trump. i don't have any information on that. i think you could do all kinds of reporting. what i'm focusing on is how do we fix the messes, obamacare, get tax relief to the american taxpayer. the how do we grow the economy so we have greater opportunities for americans. >> disfunction in the white house and how we a

suggesting john mccain's brain tumor has something to do with him voting against the gop health care >>> ron johnson told us -- >> i'm not going to speak to john mccain. you know, he has a brain tumor right now. that occurred at 1:30 in the morning. some may have >> you may remember, mccain returned to the senate for the critical health care vote. he dashed them by voting no. mccain's spokes woman says it's unfortunate johnson would question the judgment of a colleague and friend. senator mccain has been very open and clear about the reasons for his vote. >>> 8 alleged drug dealers charged with murder after they were linked to 8 overdose deaths in maryland. larry hogan hopes the cases will show as a model to prosecutors stayed wide. there were over 500 overdose related cases in the state. that's nearly 150 more than the same period last year. st. mary's sheriff's says he never thought heroin would be threat to his quiet rural county. >>> switching gears. it's going to be another night where you can turn off the ac. meteorologist howard bernstein on the weather terrace. i like that. >> low humidity l

a pro-russia political party in ukraine. >> jessica, thank you for that. >>> wisconsin senator ron johnsonpressing regret for his comments about fellow republican john mccain. johnson told a chicago radio show that mccain's brain cancer may have played a role in his dramatic and decisive vote that derailed the senate bill to repeal obamacare. >> i'm not going to speak for john mccain. you know -- he has a brain tumor right now. that vote occurred at 1:30 in the morning. some of that might have factored in. >> you really think that played a factor in his judgment call? >> again. i don't know exactly what -- i don't want to speak for any senator. i really thought john was going to vote yes to send it to conference at 10:30 at night. by 1:00, 1:30, he voted no. i don't know what -- what was on his minds. >> mccain's spokesperson tells cnn johnson's comments were "bizarre and deeply unfortunate." johnson later walked back his remarks saying the vote came at the end of a long day for everyone, and he should have more eloquently expressed sympathy for what senator mccain is going through. >>> dr

she said that this point what difference does it make and she won this round of 30 years earlier ron johnson was trying to figure out how to get along to get pallets of plastic from oshkosh to st. paul and hillary clinton was that a law firm where she was doing her thesis on lewinsky. there is a sense in which the liberals who going to politics limit much more seriously in the standard republican is usually a guy who comes from a midwestern town is a little successful in business, a leader in his community and church and he says, i want to get back. succumb to missouri i don't want to say myopic, but narrow frame of american culture that does not speak well to big's loss of american culture. democrats have a similar problem but the reverse image and so a lot of republicans think i'm you go to washington and bring my business skills and make sure the accounts payable department runs well. liberals have a vision for what society should look like. republicans have a vision this is just get it out of people's way. government is the problem there. it's not the problem there necessarily for the in

after wisconsin senator ron johnson said this to a chicago morning talk show. when offering his explanation on why senator john mccain voted against the obama care repeal bill. >> i'm not going to speak for john mccain. you know, he has a brain tumor right now. that voted occurred at 1:30 in the morning. some of that might have factored in. >> really? >> you can hear the radio host befuddled by his answer. they pushed him further to ask him about it, and he doubled down. >> i don't -- i thought he was going to vote -- he voted no. so, you will have to ask john what was on his mind. >> well, now senator johnson is taking a step back, saying the statement, i am disappointed i didn't more eloquently express the sympathy for what senator mccain is going through. >> a dramatic escalation in special council, robert mueller's russia investigation. it's confirmed a predawn raid by fbi agents late last month at paul manafort's. news of it comes on the day that the president's son, donald dru trump, jr., submitted documents on the trump tower meeting with the russian law

meanwhile, ron johnson has apologized to john mccain. johnson was speaking on a radio show, talking about mccain's vote that led to the senate's failure to repeal and replace obamacare. listen. >> he has a brain tumor right now. that vote occurred at 1:30 in the morning. some of that might have factored in. >> really? >> you hear the reaction from the host of that show. the spokesman for senator mccain responding, saying it is bizarre and deeply unfortunate that senator johnson, who is from wisconsin, would question the judgment of a colleague and friend, senator mccain has been very open and clear about the reasons for his vote. >>> and there's also new tension between the u.s. and cuba after the u.s. expelled two cuban diplomats in retaliation for a those incidents took place at the u.s. embassy in havana and other facilities. several u.s. diplomats suffered unexplained hearing losses. they've now been attributed to some secret sonic device that was deployed. cuba says it's looking into the matter. >>> and authorities are trying to det

trump reads something on breitbart or hears something on "fox and friends", and takes his facts and ron johnsonre spreading this about how mccain's screwy in the head because of his tumor, and johnson sees that on twitter or on one of these sites and it's becoming an epidemic in the republican party that if you see it in the news, you can just go out and say it as if it's fact. if you look at it in a different way, it might even be true in this sense. i think that, you know, john mccain has had moments of great bravery. we all know that, and great political bravery. he has been unreliable, especially in election years. i think there's a chance that mccain's staring mortality in the face and said you know what? i'm going to do the right thing because that's one of things that mortality brings you is moral clarity, where you are not thinking about the next election, and you're thinking about the health care system. >> i was not surprised as senator johnson claims to be that john mccain voted no because i listened to the speech he gave -- >> two days earlier. >> let's listen to a piece of that spe

brent, thank you appreciate it. >>> when we come back, senator ron johnson is in the house. the wisconsin senator is here to talk tax reform, tensions with north korea, and the proposal for a new foxconn factory in his state. we'll talk to him in just a moment right now as we head to break, take a quick look at yesterday's s&p 500 winners and losers >>> welcome back you're watching "squawk box" live from the nasdaq market site in times square. >> good morning. welcome back to "squawk box" here on cnbc take a look at u.s. equity futures at this hour dow looks it would open off about 32 points down the nasdaq looking to open off as well. 24 points right now. and the s&p 500 off about 6.5 points >>> some stocks to watch this morning. shares of chicago bridge & iron are falling today. the engineering and construction firm reporting a big second quarter loss revenue down by 40%. the company is suspending its dividend and pursuing the business stock is down by 9%. >>> jack in the box is up today rising despite the restaurant chain reporting third quarter earnings that missed expec

ron johnson has suggested fellow republican senator john mccain's brain tumor at the after midnight timing were factors in mccain's decisive vote last month. senator johnson's comments came in an interview with a chicago radio station. a mccain spokeswoman called his remarks bizarre and deeply unfortunate. senator mccain said he voted against the bill because it fell short of the republican promise to repeal and replace obamacare with meaningful reform. is urgingternational kenyan authorities not to use force unnecessarily while responding to protest and .pposition claims the associated press reports at least three people have been shot during fighting between police and demonstrators. amnesty's regional director says force should only be used as a last resort. global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2700 and analysts in over 120 countries. i'm mark crumpton, this is bloomberg. julia: st. louis fed president exclusivelyspoke with bloomberg today about why he thinks the central bank should hold off on more rate hikes. bullard: if you recall, i would have reduced the balance sheets f

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. >>> republican senator ron johnson has apologized to colleague john mccain for a comment regarding mccain's health care vote. johnson was giving a radio interview when he was asked about mccain's thumb's down vote which spelled the end of the republican efforts to repeal and replace obamacare. take a listen. >> he has a brain tumor right now. that vote occurred at 1:30 in the morning. some of that might have factored in. >> really? >> that was the radio host reacting there. mccain's spokesman responded saying, it is bizarre and deeply unfortunate that senator johnson would question the judgment of a colleague and friend. senator mccain has been very open and clear about his reasons for his vote. >>> a new food line by oprah winfrey is coming to supermarket shelves this fall. the o that's good food line features comfort foods with a healthy twist. mashed potatoes include a small amount of cauliflower. a broccoli cheddar soup replaces some cheese with butternut squash. all the items retail for less than $5. >>> and facebook is taking a big step towards launching its own video streamin

senator ron johnson said this to a chicago morning talk show when offering the explanation on why johnain voted against the gop's obamacare repeal bill. >> again, i'm not going to speak for john mccain. he has a brain tumor right now. that vote occurred at 1:30 in the morning. some of that might have factored in. >> really? >> now, senator johnson is taking a step back saying i'm disappointed i didn't more eloquently express my sympathy for what senator mccain is going through. i have nothing but respect for him. the senator's called johnson's comments bizarre and deeply unfortunate. >>> the pop star taylor swift's mother's testimony in the groping trial. >>> plus details for the pentagon's plan for a military response to north korea's threats. you're watching "early today. one laugh, and hello sensitive bladder. ring a bell? then you have to try always discreet. i didn't think protection this thin could work. but the super absorbent core turns liquid to gel. for incredible protection... snap! so it's out of sight... ...and out of mind. always discreet. for bladder leaks. i've discover

ron johnson of wisconsin stunning a radio interviewer with his answer when asked about mccain's vote. >> he has a brain timer right now. that vote occurred at 1:30 in the morning, so some of that might have factored in. >> really? >> a spokesman for senator mccain saying it is bizarre and unfortunatehat he would question the judgment of a colleague and friend. he was open and clear about the reasons for his vote, and senator johnson did a >>gi>lopo weze turn next here to the controversy sparked by a former google engineer who wrote a ten-page memo criticizing the diversity program saying women lagged behind in the temp world because of their buy yol ji. he is handing by his words as we hear from him for the first time. here's abc's chief business correspondent, rebecca jarvis. >> reporon tr:fi, rehtigstorm after challs inside google and its diversity program speaking out. >> i'm not saying any of the female engineers at google are in any way worse, than the average male engineers. >> reporter: in an interview on youtube, james damore standing by his internal memo in which he argues th

today fellow republican ron johnson of wisconsin stunning a radio interviewer with his answer when asked about mccain's vote. >> he has a brain tumor right now. that vote occurred at 1:30 in the morning, so some of that might have factored in. >> really? >> a spokesman for senator mccain responding, it is bizarre and deeply unfortunate that senator johnson would question the judgment of a colleague and friend. senator mccain has been open and clear about the reasons for his vote, and late today, senator johnson did apologize for those comments. >>> we turn next here tonight to the controversy sparked by a former google engineer who wrote a ten-page memo criticizing the company's diversity program saying women lagged behind in the temp world because of their biology. tonight he is out of a job, but he is standing by his words as we hear from him for the first time. here's abc's chief business correspondent, rebecca jarvis. >> reporter: tonight, the fired software engineer who sparked a firestorm after challenging bias inside google and its diversity program speaking out. >> i'm not saying

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al: ron johnson, the day after senator mccain voted against the skinny repeal, he said it was an overpromise. would you agree with him on that? steven: no, i don't think so. i think it was a failure of will. the problem was you had at least three senators who weren't willing to entertain any kind of a step forward to repeal even the most unpopular parts of obamacare. that was the problem. erica: could i get a couple more in on foreign policy? number one, with the north korea threat emerging, does that become an issue in your races? number two, on russia, in that investigation. do voters care about that and is that an issue? steven: most of the polling i have seen on russia at least indicates your average voter is tired of that sort of thing. it is true on both sides when republicans were obsessed with whitewater and monica lewinsky scandal, most voters had tuned out on that a long time earlier and started holding it against republicans who kept fighting on that. even democrats are saying that incidentally on the russia thing that there is a risk of pushing that too hard. you don't hear as ma

what i mean by that is remember when ron johnson asked hillary clinton the question about at this pointhat difference does it make. she won this round. 30 years earlier, ron johnson was trying to figure out how to get a loan to get another truck to move pallets from oshkosh. hillary clinton was doing her thesis on lewinsky. the liberals to go into politics just take it invalid that much more seriously in standard republicans is usually a guy who comes from a midwestern town. he's a leader in the community in his church and he says i want to give back. so they come from this theory sort of i don't want to say myopic, but narrow frame of american culture that does not speak well to big swaths of american culture. democrats have a similar problem. a lot of republicans think i'm going to go to washington and make sure the accounts payable department runs well. liberalist has a vision for what the society should look like. republicans have a vision saying get out of their way. i come from a place with sort of the strong media and institutions and government is the problem here. >> is not the

what i mean by that is remember when ron johnson asked hillary clinton about benghazi and she said atthis point what difference does it make? she won this round. 30 years earlier ron johnson was trying to figure out how to get a loan to get another truck to move pallets of plastic from oshkosh to st. paul and hillary clinton was working at a left-wing law firm doing her thesis on saul lewinsky. there was a sense and wish that liberals would go into politics, just take it and live it much more seriously and the standard republican, usually a guy who comes from midwestern town, a little successful in business, leader in his community and church and wants to give back. so they come from this very -- don't want to say myopic but narrow frame of american culture that does not speak well to big swath of american culture. democrats have a similar problem but the reverse image of it, a lot of republicans think i'm going to go to washington and bring my business skills and the accounts payable department runs well. liberals have a vision for what society should look like, republicans have a vi

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ron johnson suggested john and the brain tumor after midnight timing of the vote to repeal obamacare were factors in mccain's decisive vote. he called johnson's remarks bizarre in deeply unfortunate. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am alisa parenti. this is bloomberg. "bloomberg technology" is next. ♪ emily: i am emily chang. this is "bloomberg technology." coming up, the escalating tensions the cost -- across the korean peninsula. secretary mattis sending out a warning to pyongyang to stand down. we will get you up to speed on the global crisis. plus, my exclusive interview with sheryl sandberg, sending out a call to action for working women and holding company -- companies accountable for commitments to their employees. a moment of truth for snap as it looks to turn the page on its unsatisfying first quarter. what investors expect from the second quarter report card thursday as they fend off copycats. u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson is trying to smooth things over after president trump threatened to

ron johnson is a good guy.w why he would come out and say that publicly or privately. >> clearly ill-considered words, and they obviously tried to clean it up later. the reality here is senator mccain, democrats knew he was going to vote the way he did well before the middle of the night referenced. this is one thing where everybody is very united in hoping senator mccain is able to make a recovery. >> frustration they couldn't get the bill through, a republican majority senate and turning it on a guy with a brain tumor. >> and -- >> he had all -- ron johnson had complain complaints about the process. he waited until after mccain voted on the first one to vote yes too. it's bizarre out of all the people -- the whole thing is gross. >> it is gross. >> it's uncomfortable to talk about. >> let's move on. coming on "the new york times'" glen thrush joins us. plus a dramatic escalation in the russia investigation. new details on the fbi search of former trump campaign chairman paul manafort's home. we'll talk to sen

funding through and what was pretty much a clean process, they had to make a deal with senator ron johnsond he made that deal and they passed through the fda funding together, so it's a glimmer >> shoulding like fda funding there's some some sort of bipartisan bickering or wheeling and dealing. >> it's what they call a mucinous. when you have a must pass, people are looking to put things on that must pass. what we saw there was that they, you know, they didn't didn't do that so that the fda would be funded. you know, if there's more things like that happening, there's maybe a glimmer for some bipartisanship >> when you talk about the fda and things like that, we move on to other big ticket items that there is going to be a healthy debate about, and we were hoping maybe to see -- i shouldn't say we were, they were hoping to see something done, didn't happen before the end of the session, when they come back, what's the biggest item they will tackle >> ndaa or defense authorization, which is basically what keeping the military funded. that's a big one, but the biggest is actually the debt ce

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. >> anything you -- >> this is a clip, this is a clip from senior senator from wisconsin, ron johnsonis. >> i'm not going to speak for john mccain. he has a brain tumor right now. that vote occurred at 1: 30 in the morning. some of that might have affected him. >> really? he just had recovered from getting the brain tumor removed and flew all the way to washington, d.c. you think that played a role in his judgment call? >> i don't know -- i don't want to speak for any senator. i really thought john would vote yes. by about 1:00, 1: 30, he voted no. >> sort of to echo the -- really? come on. >> this is not -- this is one thing that to me isn't even funny. you have a senator -- i don't care who you are. you're a republican or a democrat. you're fighting for your life. you have brain cancer. you come back to cast your vote. no one should question whether it was a medically induced vote because of a condition you have. i think that was bush league by senator johnson. it was embarrassing. i think he should apologize. >> he apologized -- he said he had nothing but respect to him. he did not

this week in a radio interview, wisconsin senator ron johnson suggested the brain tumor and midnighting ocho the vof th could have impacted. mccain didn't address that charge on facebook. the spokeswoman called the remarks bizarre and deeply unfortunate. >>> you may be being more for vegetables at the grocery store but doesn't mean california farmers are growing less food. many crops are going unpicked because of labor shortage. they have resorted to down sidesing side sizing. the lack of workers is due to the heated national anti immigration. >> due to the anti immigration we heard, there are recognitions there are appropriate places to have immigration that can be a benefit to the united states. i think growing our food is clearly one of those places. >> according to farm burro officials, many employers have been trying to attract farm workers with higher wages, 4011 -- 401 k plans and flexible schedules. >>> affordable housing for teachers. a teacher wanted them to rezone her property so she could build up to 16 apartments for teachers. the idea to provide teachers an affordable a

but now he's going to have to do something, and we heard, senator ron johnson, he is here to talk health care, but said, hey, look, they can't threaten us like that. of course. of course you don't want to be threatened. but what are you going to do, what do these words mean? how much meat has to be put on those bones for the american people? >> well, that's what everyone is waiting to find out. it was a red line. and the failure of strategic patience doesn't call for some off-the-cuff remarks that essentially is winging it without consulting with the team about the most measured and calibrated and deliberate way out rhetorically, as a next step. they don't seem to have an actual strategy, except to blame the past and try to talk tougher. but you can talk tough about consequences without doing what president trump did. the american people have no idea, it looks like the ball is in our court. what comes next. and i think that the administration right now, we know, chris, as we speak, is struggling to try to really contain the damage done by those remarks and the fact that the north koreans

on capitol cornyn and ron johnson are releasing information on their bill. it also prohibits children from being released to illegal immigrant parents if they cross the border illegally. children could be only released to adults living lawfully in the u.s. >>> the immigration debate is hitting close to home and activists are blasting the white house over the deportation of two brothers, lisandro and diego. lisandro was in the bethesda soccer club and was looking forward to playing in college on a partial scholarship. he was supposed to start practice in north carolina yesterday. diego was planning to join him to help pay for expenses. however, immigration and customs enforcement detained both brothers last week after lisandro notified agents about the move. yesterday, their supporters lashed out at the administration. >> you are separating our families. you are lying to the american people criminals. >> i.c.e. says the brothers were stopped at jfk airport in 2009 after trying to use fake passports and visas. >>> it's been five years and police are still acti

. >> and also to that point, phil makes a good point, yesterday we had senator ron johnson on here, one the first republicans i've heard where he said maybe repeal and replace didn't work, we've got to leave that alone. let's find what's wrong and fix it. he came on. you can look online and see a lot of his economic reckoning. maybe that's starting to go in the right direction. i appreciate that, guys, thanks for stepping up, brianna. nice of you. >> but they share responsibility, right? that's what happens. the president shares some of the responsibility. that's how it goes. >> that's how it goes. please. >>> riveting testimony, really fascinating from pop superstar taylor swift about the denver d.j. who allegedly groped her. what she told the judge next on "new day." reciproc these days families want to be connected 24/7. that's why at comcast we're continuing to make our services more reliable than ever. like technology that can update itself. an advanced fiber-network infrustructure. new, more reliable equipment for your home. and a new culture built around customer service. it all

done this all brings us to the next item on their agenda which is tax reform we've got senator ron johnson who's going to talk to us this morning about what he sees happening in that arena. he also made some comments yesterday about health care reform in regards to john mccain's vote on that. we'll talk to him about those comments as well our guest host from 6:00 to 7:00 this morning is guy adami of "fast money" fame. plus our guest host from 7:00 to 9:00 this morning is david rubenstein from the carlyle group. he knows very well what's been happening in the markets private equity always has a longer term horizon. we'll see what he thinks right now if anything looks like it's cheap. if you can find bargains to the market and what his exit plans are and how he plans to take some of those companies and spin them out and make a profit it's coming up in just a few minutes. we'll see you in just every an hour >> we look forward to the start of the show at 6:00. >>> up next here on "worldwide exchange," should investors be worried about that war of words that becky mentioned between the 'ls. and

there are a lot of republicans, even though this bill was introduced from two, ron johnson took issues with it, lindsey graham from south carolina. there are a whole host of republicans in the house and senate that look at immigration differently, even though they're sympathetic to some of the goals of what this legislation wants to do. >> what is the point then for the white house to push this? yes, it's a hobby horse. the headlines are terrible for an administration who says we've always been interpreted as being anti immigrant. that's not what we're saying. also on the week they billed american dream week, there's a cruel irony which one can assume is intentional. the only people paying attention to the theme weeks are people who work in the white house. that's worth considering. how does it live up to our best traditions and connect to economic concerns rather than identity politics concerns? >> karoun, a new poll, quinnipiac finds a new low for president trump, a 33% approval rating at the moment. that's down from june of 40%, his approval rate has gone up to 61%. your thoughts? >

this is a clip from senator -- a senior senator from wisconsin, ron johnson.his. >> i'm not going to speak for john mccain. you know, he has a brain tumor right now. that vote occurred at 1:30 in the morning. some of that might have factored in. >> really? he just had recovered from getting the brain tumor remove and flew all the way to washington, d.c. but you really think that played a factor in his judgment call? >> again, i don't know exactly what -- we really thought that -- i don't want to speak for any senator. i really thought john was going to vote yes at 10:30 at night. by 1:00, 1:30, he voted no. in terms of what was on his mind. >> so to echo the reporter, really? come on. >> this is one thing to me that isn't even funny. you a senator, i don't care who you are, you're republican or democrat, you're fighting for your life. you brain cancer. you come back to cast your vote. no one should question whether it was a medically induced vote because of a condition that you have. i think this that was bush league by senator johnson. i think that was embarr

yesterday my jeff flake, lindsey graham, ron johnson all expressed concerns.ikely sell with the health care bill -- it's all with a health care bill, they really are going to need all the republicans with these types of efforts if they are going to get limited democratic support. host: we will check in with you down the road this he what happens as the legislation starts the process through congress. thank you for your time. guest: thank you. i appreciate it. host: we are asking for your reaction this morning. we showed you video of the president with tom cotton and david purdue at the white house yesterday, we will show you some of the scenes from that event yesterday, but we want to hear your thoughts. here are the lines. republicans, (202) 748-8001. democrats, (202) 748-8000. independents, (202) 748-8002. and we have a special line for immigrants . start with a democrat in maryland. good morning. guest: i am calling about, i heard the exchange between the reporter. hello? host: yes, what do you think? guest: i heard the exchange yesterday with the reporter

ron johnson was take some health proposals to the white house today. >> what's the definition of insanityo the same thing over and over gn and expecting the same result. i don't see how health care happens. they have to keep going through motions in order to make it look like they're trying. there's no single issue that had been more galvanizing for conservative base than health care. they have taken hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars from their constituents over the years. both houses of congress on the promise that they would repeal. they haven't done it. but you know what, the white house is already moving on. mark shore, the president's legislative director, was briefing members of the conservative americans for prosperity saying yesterday, look, we're going forward with this and this is going to be better than health care because we're all on the same page this time. >> talking about tax cuts. >> tax cuts. well, they say reform, exactly. what does reform really mean? kind of one of these -- >> in the eye of the beholder. >> it very well could be that they don't undertake a