mark halperin, sam stein, all back with us, as well.lth care but just about every issue that he addresses other than the friendship with vladimir putin and his deep, deep desire to move more close diplomatically to russia. >> true. >> mike murphy, let me bring you in here. if you're the senators right now, republican senators, you've got to be trying to figure out why in the world can we do with a president that doesn't really know the details of the bill an any bill that we pass he'll turn around and end up attacking us like house members. >> well, exactly. the president is discovering what a lot of politicians already knew, health care is the bermuda triangle of mitt romney politics. easy to fly into smiling and then often never seen again. the policy side is so hard it's nothing but pain for voters and politicians particularly demagoguing ones like trump have a real problem with that. the republicans want a survival path. i think leader mcconnell wants a vote on repeal. it will lose and members on the record saying back home, i voted

joining me now, anne gearan and sam stein.nne gearan from "the "washington post," and sam stein with "the daily beast. >>". >> yes. >> let's talk about twitter philosophy. sometimes useful, perhaps. but to be doing this, as he's going to europe, as angela merkel is taking a very serious look at all of this, and is clearly distressed, has been saying publicly that you can no longer rely on the u.s., and not happy about these trade threats, what happens if he goes ahead with these steel tariffs opposed by every one of his cabinet members, except steve bannon. >> he clearly doesn't take all of that long view, right, at all. and in this case, this set of tweets where he, you know, tweaks china for not going heavy, was the part ready phrase he used, on north korea, and dangling the idea of trade arrangements that china finds objectionable, those come about three days before he's actually going to see the chinese leader with whom he otherwise has developed a pretty good relationship. you know, i think it's less twitter diplomacy and

post national political reporter and moderator of washington week and msnbc political analyst and sam steinics editor and msnbc contributor and ruth marcus washington post deputy editorial page editor and columnist. you have so many titles, i can't keep up. >> sorry. >> first to you, casey, is murkowski the final significant no vote? >> the count puts her at number three, which as you know very well, andrea, is enough to mean that this motion to proceed on the latest iteration of mcconnell's plan to repeal obamacare is -- seems destined to fail. they could only lose two votes, first lost collins, then capito and lisa murkowski with garrett sench hi saying this plan will not go forward. mcconnell proprosed shored-up conservatives. since i saw you last, we spoke to senator rand paul who said he's inclined to be supportive. senator paul, lee, all those conservative senators on board but these moderates it looks like are sending this plan to the dust bin before they've even had a chance to sit down to lunch and talk about it. >> so robert costa, how did the white house get so blind-sided? the p

from "the wall street journal," shane harris, kasie hunt and sam stein. >> sam, it's so good to see you. how you doing? >> it's great to see you, too, guys. >> i don't think he means that. >> he doesn't. he's a dartmouth man. >> let's move on. >> we love dartmouth. my eyes were caught by this "usa today" headline that talks about russia doesn't rate in trump company. that's something that you are hearing from a lot of members that people aren't really focused on that yet. that makes a lot of sense. people have to be worried about whether they're losing their health care, whether they're going to have to take a second or third job. obviously a lot of different concerns there but obviously that's how it was and during watergate, people shouldn't be sitting here worrying about what mueller's doing right now. they're worried about their own family, whether they can make nds me ends meet. but that said, the pace on the russian probe is quickening in such a way that i think people will be focused on it for some time. >> we want to get to shane's new reporting in "the wall street journal" that

senior political editor at the white house and correspondent for the "huffington post" sam stein. chair of african-american studies and in washington columnist and associate editor for "the washington post". good morning everybody. thanks for interrupt urge wild fourth of july weekend to come in here at 4:00 a.m. and sit down with us and talk about fortunate's tweets. president donald trump continued to focus his attention on the news media over the weekend tweeting a video of himself from wrestlemania 23 in 2007. cnn logo superimposed over the face of the person he's fight. it's now his second most shared tweet of all time behind the one he scene after he was elected. cnn released a statement that read in part quote it's a sad day when the president of the united states encourages violence against reporters. he's involved in juvenile behavior far below the dignity of the office. we'll keep doing our jobs. he should start doing his. that's a statement from cnn. tweet comes a few days after white house press secretary, deputy press secretary sarah huckabee sanders said this during

. >> sam stein was on this network says chris christie is having a honey badger moment, he does not care%, he's going to the beach if he wants to go to the beach. >> he's trying for single digits, i think, looks like what it is. he's going to be gone in six months and he's unhappy about a lot of things including his approval meeting. that's what he wants to show. back when jon corzine had the government shutdown, he said what he would do is go to the house and watch the mets. >> the governor at the beach and his family is there, why would he not spend the time with his family? >> he has the right to be there. the taxpayers pay for it. it's the optics of the thing. he's giving the big old middle finger to the optics. >> why the go. is shut down. christie wanted $300 million to pay the tab for people addicted to heroin and opiates to get treatment. he needed lawmakers to pass a bill forcing horizon to turn over the money. it sounds to me, and bob, weigh in here, the reason why all of this is happening in the first place why chris christie is on the beach during the government shutdown he w

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. >> sam stein, this seems constructive. >> there are so many layers to this story that make it objectively hilarious. one that his financial disclosure form is a public document. it didn't require a leak of any sort. i'm more shocked from the fact that we're getting leaks from the white house about their anti-leaking strategy. there's various layers to pull back from here. it's tough to figure out whether this is all deliberate or these people don't actually know what they're doing. >> it's against the law to leak classified information. >> there's nothing classified. it's not against the law to leak gossip about leaking in the white house. so the whole thing is kind of ridiculous. the good news is it plays out on twit are right in front of us so you don't have to guess. it's a live so opera on twitter. >> anthony scaramucci, has he undergone somewhat of a transformation since he's joined the trump administration or is this what he's like? >> this is what he's like, this is his personality. he is guy who just like donald trump, being himself. >> downhe not car for donald trump for some tim