. >> we want to welcome back matt he chair of the american conservative union. good friday morning and thanks for being with us. to be with you steve but it's not good friday. >> let me begin with this and finish it if you would. the state of the republican arty between the president and governments is what? unchartered. never elected a president with such shallow root was party. jimmy carter was similar governor of elected georgia so it's a full relationship when congress and see resident don't eye-to-eye. >> why is he going after the very people he needs the most or them?he need but they need them also need the president. the president is responding to said.hing people have and senators are not used to that. rather used to playing a autonomous role to people being ou know very differential to them and this president just doesn't play the game that way. trump distancing from gop write president trump is separating from epublicans in congress and and he inaria move of miss managing the nations borrowing authority. what does the white house and congressionals want

matt schlapp of the american conservative union, thank you for stopping by, we appreciate it. show less text guest: my favorite place to be. thank you. >> president trump's new strategy in afghanistan -- author of in teeth -- the book on the group's role and protest today. the overall of san francisco's public housing. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal at 7:00 a.m. eastern saturday morning. joined the discussion. >> tonight on c-span will hear from agriculture secretary, secretary sonny perdue, the latest from administration official to be featured in our profile interviewed serious. that is followed by an encore presentation of "the communicators," with jeff moss talking about security threats. after that, a look at preparations for hurricane harvey, starting with a is conference in texas with the governor. and the white house press briefing. >> agriculture secretary sonny perdue has been with the trump administration since april. he recently sat down with c-span2 talk about his personal and professional life, which included serving in the u.s. air force and being a

>> at the american conservative union we have the family prosperity index.re seeing in politics and in culture, there's tremendous hardship that is wreaking havoc on rural white america, opioid addiction, duh sides going through the roof. at some point in these programs, especially in college admissions, you're saying we'll give you the leg up, give you the slot. inevitably you're actually taking slots away as well. as a country we have to ask ourselves at what point do we have the right standards in these programs. >> van, your response? >> i think we're seeing a pretty disturbing pattern with jeff sessions and the department of justice. we should be trying to -- we'll get to the white community which needs a lot of help as well, especially rural. but you've got communities where you need to open doors of opportunity and close prison doors. sessions seems to be going in the opposite direction. he seems to be wanting to double down on the failed drug war which is to have more young urban youth going to prison and ratchet back on the scholarships to get them

schlapp, currently the chair of the american conservative union. we will go to peter in new york. republican line. , iler: good morning, matt disagree with you on mitch mcconnell's intention. kentucky is a poor state, it took the aca medicaid expansion. i agree with tammy bruce. she says she believes mcconnell really doesn't want to kill the aca. louie gohmert, a congressman , he texas says, on c-span said the dirty little secret in congress is that they don't want to get rid of the aca. i believe john mccain was chosen because of his illness and because he will not run for reelection, chosen as the sacrificial lamb to kill the aca. bruce, and i tammy agree with much of what you said about congress being duplicitous about the aca. i think there were a series of house leaders who never had any intention -- they knew they were not going to repeal the aca but they thought they would have good politics to go in promise. there were at least six republican senators who ought to be horsewhipped for what they did. that is why people hate politics. you want to take people for their word. at

chairman of the american conservative union, former political director to george w. bush, and the founder of cold strategies, legislative consulting firm. he specializes in all things politics. matt schlapp is here. he's a nationally recognized teacher that he wanted a much bigger classroom. so he became a radio talk show host on philadelphia's talk radio 1210. he's been named one of america's top 100 in "talkers" magazine. specializes in broadcasting and politics. dom giordano is here. we said before the show, you guys were together last time to too. >> we switched places. >> eboni: i will start with you, dom. eric bolling is right. for a long time, democrats and republicans have failed to address the immigration issue. we have donald trump putting forward, whatever you think the bill, the first powerful change in immigration legislation in 50 years. yet it becomes a wedge issue now that you insert the way stephen is setting this up in front of the cameras, the issue around race and culture. becomes a wedge issue when it should've been an easy, at least introduction.

. >> i know a lot of foreign policy experts on my board at the american conservative union that don't this is the right way to deal with russia, but this is where we are as a country. the country has spoken clearly, and putin hea it, and that's why he is expelling our american personnel. we're in a trade ward, and a war of words with russia, let's see what happens. >> republicans were pushing those sanctions as well. >> it was a bipartisan over whelming vote. no question about that. >> matt, it is wonderful to see you, i would like to see you more often on my show. so say yes. >> thank you, katie. >>> democrats talked about recruiting veterans to run for office in next year's midterm elections. now one is and her ad has gone viral. amy mcgrath after the break. what's with him? he's happy. your family's finally eating vegetables thanks to our birds eye voila skillet meals. and they only take 15 minutes to make. ahh! birds eye voila so veggie good atmore than one flavor, oruch texture, or color.ing. a good clean salad is so much more than green. and with panera catering, more for your e

let's bring in joe trippi, former howard dean campaign manager, match lamp is chairman of the american conservative unionyou just heard him say we have to speak to mitch, but according to this times report, they haven't spoken in weeks. >> people who know mitch mcconnell well know he is a man of few words and he's not exactly a guy who gets real chummy, so it's not surprising to me that they have tourist conversations and it's not surprising to me in the wake of the failed health care vote that both institutions, the white house and the senate don't want to take the full measure of blame as to why this didn't happen. for all republicans across the country, they are very frustrated that after giving the republicans the majority, the senate in the house and the white house, they can't come through on their number one campaign promise. it's on a great moment for my party. >> jon: the headline in "the new york times," joe, doesn't ask whether or doesn't suggest that mcconnell is wondering whether the president can get anything done, it says mcconnell is wondering whether the president and save his presidency

. >> we want to welcome back matt the chair of the american conservative union. good friday morning and thanks for being with us. >> good to be with you steve but it's not good friday. >> let me begin with this sentence and finish it if you would. the state of the republican party between the president and governments is what? >> unchartered. never elected a president with such shallow root was party.

and also, matt schlapp, chairman of the american conservative union and the former white house politicalector for president george w. bush. let's begin with you, your old boss learned the pitfalls of dealing with natural disaster. >> he didn't like being called old. >> reporter: after you left the white house i should add. how is president trump handling his first major challenge dealing with the natural disaster. >> it's tough for the president. they are damned if they do, damned if they don't. they're criticized for going down and getting the attention off those whose lives are in danger. but then when they stay back and try to monitor thing from the situation room people say you're not showing compassion and should you be out there talking to folks. so, i think donald trump understood that there were going to be credit can no matter what he did. he demonstrated to the community that he has compassion for those whose lives have forever been affected. he's bringing the power of the federal government to everything that can be -- done possibly to help these folks. and this is going to be

and matt schlapp, he's the chairman of the american conservative union and the former white house politicalector under president george w. bush. and it's great to see you both with us again. thank you very much. matt, i want to come to you first. the president is talking unity today in that speech that he gave in nevada. but last night-- >> yeah. >> woodruff: it was a raucous call. he was defending the way he handled charlottesville. i was just talking to congressman hurd about it. his supporters in the audience loved it, but a lot of people who were listening say they were concerned about what they heard. how did you hear it? >> yeah, i think that's what's going on in our politics and it's been going on for, i think, for too long. but we're in our corners. the nation is are very divided plecht has never been more left, and the right has never been more right. and this president was elected-- at least his core supporters didn't elect him because they wanted to bring peace and unity to the country. they were spoiling for a fight because of after eight years of obama and what they felt being

whenever there's a cause he's out there the founded the american conservative union, founded young americans for freedom. wherever there was a cause he was out there mobilizing. he was a campus politician and many of those traits he brought into the public square, because he was a charismatic personalityive extraordinary sense of air i.r.a. air -- wit. he loved talking to young people. did 70 campuses a year. in this time. and a newspaper column, editing a magazine, running a show. presidents came acourting. people wanted his endorsement. as much as they ever cultivated anybody else. too bad he didn't live a few more years to perfect this skills on the internetment. he master ever form of communication. he would find you, or you would find him, whether it's on your car radio in your newspaper, whether it's watching on pbs, whether news is being made that he is now resigning on an honorary board to protest nixon roz -- nixon roz administration and he had a tremendous impact and we see it today. my students -- when he died they knew that an important person died because they kept getting littl

an chairman of the american conservative union. good to see you both. i want to start with you about what changes when somebody who is respected, someone on both sides of the political aisle like someone who's been on the job in different capacity and seen some success, general kelly taking over as white house chief of staff, what happens to the morale inside the white house? >> is a special counsel. whenever that's going on, there's a degree of stress that accompanies that. now you take a brand-new chief of staff and in this white house, what's interesting is that reince priebus had moved so many people over from the rnc into the west wing and i think all of those folks who are seen as quote and quote ranked people are a certain amount of duress. will i survive the next reforms or will i get the cut? >> what about just this idea of keeping the party inside the white house? >> it's a misnomer. people are assuming that when rnc moved over, that is completely false. that was his touchtone two rnc operatives. the president's touchtone to the party is done t

we have ana navarro and matt schlapp, chairman of the american conservative union. what do you do about this? >> nobody likes to see these types of numbers chris but i think it's important we're at a point in politics where i didn't get a copy of this poll so i haven't read it thoroughly but if you look at the numbers of congress they're abysmal, the fact we had six republican senators switch their vote on obamacare approval, there's great concern out there amongst democrats and republicans. you have a lot of democrats who are looking at the this strategy of hashtag resistance and they know that's not a good strategy but if you're the president and looking at these numbers, you know that you've got to steady the ship on these messages that come out of the white house and you have to make sure that you're pushing back on false stories about what their agenda is, and number one, you've got to get accomplishments through congress. you have to repeal obamacare and get a big tax package down. >> how does the president lift his own credibility by attacking the others, the

the policy committee and in the house and i actually was also the national chairman of the american conservative union founder of the heritage foundation and chairman of the pack and i'm finding myself constantly looking at some of the positions that are movement takes today and trying to figure out how they square with what are movement once was and i'm somebody who has not gone to see hamilton and i would spend a lot of money to see a play on the madison. that gives you a sense of where i am coming from. i would disagree on one area that i think is important and the declaration of independence which we just celebrated is aspirational and political. it lays out the case for an action and it lays out grievances that have held us to that option for the constitution is lost in the constitution is the supreme law and it's the constitution that is not a political document. it lays not out only the structure but it's limits on what government can do and very specific limits not only in the body of the constitution but added to the bill of rights. i think it is too easy to look at the constitution and dismi

the highest office." then american conservative union's speaker on president trump's recent rally and his performance after the events in charlottesville. and someone from the woodrow wilson international center first dollars discusses venezuela. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal, live at 7 a.m. eastern this morning. join the discussion. about ar: when he think one-day festival, the national book festival, and you have over 100 authors, from children's authors, illustrators, graphic novelists, all of these different authors there all day, over 100,000 people come in and celebrate books and reading. you cannot have a better time, i think. i am a little bit prejudiced because i am a librarian, but i have to tell you that anybody who wants to get inspired, the book festival is a favorite lace. >> book tv's live all day coverage begins at 10 a.m. featuring pulitzer prize-winning authors david mccall and thomas friedman. secretary of state condoleezza rice and jd vance. the national book festival, life saturday starting at 10 a.m. eastern on c-span's to book tv -- c-span2's book tv. >> now on c-span,

in the american conservative union on president trump's recent arizona rally. his comments about charlottesville and some of the challenges facing the president. talks aboutolson u.s. policy toward venezuela and the current political situation in that latin american country. ♪ host: good morning. texas prepares for a category two hurricane, trump tweeting the department of homeland security and fema are standing by, prepared to help as the texas gulf coast this weekend. expect a political storm when congress returns next month. the budget, raising the debt ceiling, and debate over funding for the wall along the u.s.-mexico border. we begin with another

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the passage of time has not yet healed. joining me now from new york are the conservative commentator ann coulter and ellis cose, a fellow of the american civil liberties unionica. thank you forjoining us. donald trump called a press c0 nfe re nce today in which he explicitly condemned members of the kkk, neo—nazis, he knew that he had done something wrong in not explicitly condemning the groups before, didn't he? no, i don't think so. i think that there were different factions that were so heavily... the republican party in washington hates trump and were pushing him to do it, i don't think he should have. to give your view a more accurate description of what happened, the new york times report, one of the most liberal reporters here, said that the violence was coming from both sides. in fact it was new york militia members doing a betterjob than the police, who were told to stand down by democrats. this country has been ruled by left—wing violence for more than a year now. if i can just interrupt, it is a false equivalence to say left—wing violence was the same as fascist white supremacists coming together, walking injack boots, holding guns, saying that y

americans. thing that is the only i'm noticing, ever since we had this new president, we don't see as americans anymore, we don't see each other as a union. versus them. conservivitys say that has been happening since bama, no, that was happening before that. we don't see each other as human anymore. start hink the moment we working with one another, we'll be able to get through anything comes -- 241 years old, do e want to end up like the romans and start fighting all the time? ost: sheila, new orleans, louisiana, good morning. caller: hi. good morning. find out, if this it did e harvey, since houston, andfall in how is that going to affect the not have that did flood insurance? that is one of my questions there. i was -- i think i did research on it, 18% of the have homeowners nsurance, so i don't know if these people understand that they are going to run into with their homeowners insurance if they did not have flood insurance because homeowners will not cover this. and also -- host: go ahead, finish your thought. caller: on house bill 1774, back in may.sed host: which one was that? 1774, voted bill on by state representative, approved, the governor signed it in

the american people a better way. we have to think about the future. >> the 54-year-old touts his blue-collar upbringing in a union family in new jersey and calls himself a "progressive businessman," basically a conservative on most physical issues in a liberal or progressive on social issues. the question is will a candidate more centrist than hillary clinton capture the imagination of a volatile and at times angry democratic party? >> it sounds like a great idea, but he has to get through a democratic primary and that's where he's going to have a problem that's not going to work in the democrat party of 2020. >> there has not been in a price focused on this major division in the democratic party. you have #resistance, the real question is do the democrats believe in free enterprise and in business people anymore to make there is not much room for them at their table. >> it seems the democrats are learning something different from the past election. they have senate democrats putting out a new set of trade policies. >> right. >> that are leading much more nationalistic, much more populist -- >> right. >> saying buy america products, renegotiating nafta. these are a trump talking points. >> right, right,

the beginning, we republicans are port of lincoln, union, we believe in founding principles, we are proud of our history, we believe essential part of our present day american politics. our country needs conservative party, our party has been corrupted by this hateful man peril.now in in honor of our past and in belief of our future, for the of our party and nation, we republicans must disassociate ourselves from trump by our opposition to his devicive tactics and by clearly strongly insisting he does not represent what it means to republican. a view of former senator john stanforth. and democrat's line, what is on morning?d this caller: yes, with all the budgetion about proposed and debt ceiling, i was would be so the cbo helpful to provide us with ndividual tax breaks for every member of congress to determine whether or not they're actually own self their interest and dinging the poor and the disadvantaged? thank you. for the call. matt joining from beth, new morning.d caller: good morning, hello. host: you are on the air, go matt. caller: it was just strange that the book on ntion winston churchill and george on my mind foren quite a well. definitely upon us and a great example of that is so-ca

unions have always been the key driver of income inequality throughout american history and if trump is serious about helping workers why is he making it harder for them to organize because that's what conservative ideology dictates that. the you know businesses should have the right to do whatever you know pretty much whatever businesses want to do with. the heavy hand of government on them and when workers organize particularly when they are protected by government and you know it's regarded as a fundamental interference in how the market is supposed to work i don't think that's right i think there has to be a balance of power between workers and employers and it's got to be more than just this idea that i often hear that oh if the workers don't like it they can leave and get another job that's not always possible. there the national labor relations board was created to be an arbor ter between workers and their employers to stack the deck the way the trumpet ministration wants to do and the way the bush administration did in previous administration this is fundamentally wrong we ought to be fighting against that we really need to have someone who we can trust as a neutral arbiter of fair arbit

americans. he had no use for abolitionists. he blamed that wing of the republican party for putting the union at risk. he saw abraham lincoln as a conservative whig choice for the republican party. he had no -- of course, he had no idea the war was coming and he had no idea what lincoln would do. he loved lincoln. i think it is safe to say that david davis was a republican in 1864 because he loved lincoln, and he wouldn't have been otherwise. assuming he got to the supreme court he wouldn't have indicated his partisan. but when you read what he said, you know he's a whig. >> other questions or thoughts? let's give michael les benedict another hand. >> thank you so much. enjoyed it. thank you. [ applause ] >>> saturday on american history tv on c-span3, we're live from virginia beginning at 8:30 a.m. eastern with day-long coverage of a civil war symposium. we will look at defensive strategies employed by the union and confederate armies and hear from historians on gettysburg and other important battles. sunday at 6:00 p.m. on american artifacts, american presidents, life portraits. we tour the presidential portraits exhibit at the herbert hoo

american civil liberties union suing metro. comes after the transit agency took down controversial ads from various political groups. some of the ads were from groups like a woman's healthcare collective. peta and conservative had policies since 2015 and they say they intend to vigorously defend their commercial advertising guidelines which they say are reasonable and viewpoint neutral. > did you see this? because take a look. right over in the right corner ttop of your screen it's a massive anti-trump demonstration within viewing distance of the white house. a inflatable chicken with golden hair similar to the president's on the ellipse. we talked to the organizer about the message he's trying to. >> it means that the president is too of a tra toyed release his tax returns too afraid to stand up to putin and playing a north korea. seems kind of bizarre and signs of a weak and insecure leader. >> this isn't the chicken's first appearance according to d.c. the chicken appeared before and during the big tax rally in march. >> time is 5:52. let's take a look at the stories you're engaging with the most this morning on social media with our realtime news tracker the. >> and first up we're only six months away f