look, tom cole is a very good soldier for the republican party.former executive director of the republican national committee. he was putting the best face on the situation for donald trump. let's be honest, the white house is not a fine-tuned machine, and he is struggling. his numbers especially with college-educated voters are very, very difficult, and when you look at the challenges facing republicans in congress to repeal obamacare and replace it, that is very complicated is difficult because you're going to create a class of victims, people who lose benefits that they currently have. we're going to see a lot of the evidence this week at town halls that republican members of congress are facing and tax reform, difficult as well, disagreements between house and senate, uncertainty over whether or not they increase the deficit, make is revenue neutral. there are a lot of cross-currents there, and the lower donald trump falls and the shakier his standing, the less able he is going to be to break through. >> let me follow up on that, john. i was a

how many members are marching up the hill following -- >> did you hear tom cole?did >> and he said wel the voters are deciding this. that was fascinating. >> his argument was, the voters decide what a republican is. >> what do you make of that? >> well, i'm not sure the policy's there. i totally respect where the voters are. i totally understand the frustration that they're feeling. they've been lied to on immigration and the deficit and obamacare. so, i understand that frustration, i do think this is a flash in a pan. that i think conservative members of congress up on capitol hill are just saying, we're going to ride this out. let's wait, things will change. >> i'm thinking about governor enesly's metaphor of the tornado. and, you know, tornados, they can get stronger, they can get weaker, they can veer off course, they pick up things and put them down in different places, and i think that might be what we're looking at here. we don't really know whether we're, you know, looking back to the republican party of good old 2014 and, you know, and this is like just t

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"sources tom cole that is fake news. "sources," that is fake news.ou have the judicial system against do, the intelligent system against you, the hard left and hard right and congress -- think about a third-party. you can bring them together but you cannot bring the left and the right. "the washington times" whong it was nancy pelosi aned a tweet sent out by account posing as michael flynn -- from texas, let's hear from gloria independent line. good morning. caller: good morning. flynn lieddo believe to pence. he was following orders from president trump. campaign, there were rumors about the elections and everything. -- also, weas that all know that trump during the was saying he'd met putin before and all that. becausell on a thorn the president asked him. one thing that is very important [indiscernible] why are we not worrying about that right this moment? the missile broke the policy with the united states yesterday. my last thing -- host: i want to get to another caller. francis in maine. thank you for taking my call and thank you for c-span. i

republican tom cole in the pages writes new york times" -- you can find this online at nytimes.com.onald from louisiana. democrats line. i see a few things going on that really rocks me appear. they showed $156 billion wasted at the pentagon. but he wants to put $56 billion to the pentagon taken from the state department that protects the country and works with other countries. he has pushed away our allies, which makes me quite nervous. he's not working across the board with them. when it comes to isis, he wants to go it alone. it will be a bloodbath because we are not working with our partners that live right there were isis is. the it comes to environment, getting off of that subject -- he's taken money out of the environment. he will take the money out of it. you had a subscription in front of you where they will take money out of the environment. if you make your planet the greenhouse gases go through the roof with the exxon pipeline which we need to get away from fuels as fast as possible -- aerybody does -- if you need balance to figure out how bad it would be with greenhouse

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. >> congressman tom cole wrote an op-ed, president trump needs to be a legislative player.needs to use his bully pulpit. he's going to have an opportunity to do that. >> huge opportunity to do it, to point that direction so everyone can go out. your point about legislative priorities should not be overlooked. do you guys remember at the beginning of the obama administration there was a big battle where they're going to do health care first whether they're going to do energy first. and health care won out? >> yes. >> even at that time he had big democratic majorities just like donald trump has big republican majorities. you can't overload the legislative system or nothing will get done. >> right. >> so, to think that obamacare and tax reform are going to make way for some huge new immigration compromise bill that is so different from what he was actually proposing and talking about on the campaign trail, i think that -- color me skeptical at the moment. >> to use a jeb bush term, these are hariry bodacious goals. >> when we're talking about these things, obamacare, tax refor

members of his own party some real structure, and it was interesting today in the "new york times," tom cole, republican member of congress from oklahoma, long-time member, he said today the president must become an active participant in the legislative process. he's saying, we members on the republican side, we're with you, but you need to show not just where you want the country to go, but you need to show us where we need to go. it's not enough for the speaker and the majority leader to give us marching orders. we want to hear that tonight. >> woodruff: michael beschloss, compared to where other presidents have been at this stage early in their presidency, are we hearing from this president compared to others enough about what he wants to do and how he's going to get us there? >> he hasn't had an opportunity like this before because what a state of the union is is this odd thing no other country has is because other presidents are chiefs of state and also prime ministers. those two roles are often contradictory. so the state of the union has offered a president the chance the say, these a

rep congressman tom cole. and jennifer palmieri.d as communications director for barack obama and hillary clinton. constant news over the weekend on that executive order. the refusal of the stay early this morning. this is shaping up to be a real showdown between the administration and the courts. a good chance we're getting to the supreme court. >> we're drowning in tweets. we're thirsty for a sense of wisdom. i think this is part of the problem when you have a president who is all about action and not about reflection or contemplation in any of this. he gets himself in a situation where it's basically unvetted policy that gets put out there. that has many constitutional problems in the course of this one. he needs victory. he needs to convince the public he's going to rule or lead in a unified way. every part of this continues to divide the country. >> yeah, there's a -- i think an appreciation by his supporters that he is aggressive and moving quickly. and the spirit of what he's trying to do. is -- prudent. but the way it was ex

senator, you've been very outspoken against russia, putin, we had tom cole, he was disappointed comparingrned are you the president of the united states said we're no better than vladimir putin's russia. >> i wouldn't characterize him that way. he's kgb, an adversary of the united states. to compare reminds me of old line from cold war kgb and cia, the kgb is like a man who pushes an old woman in front of a bus. cia is the man who pushes an old woman out of the front of the bus. they are the same. they both push old women. >> you're saying bad and dangerous thing to say. >> i wouldn't characterize it that way. >> how would you? >> i wouldn't based on one interview. >> not one interview. he said it in december 2015. he said it time and time again. and he said it again on sunday. this is something that i think in the course of 18 months could have been googled. he knows what he's saying. >> mika, there's other, too, last month he was more clear eyed about russia. what he says, take what he does. what our u.n. ambassador said about ukraine or the fact we now have secretary of defense and sec

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were tactical errors and a bit of an opening for tom brady and tom brady took the opening and he ran with it. seized the moment. charlie cole and the largest lead overcome before was just 10 points. charlie: the largest lead overcome before was just 10 points. >> again, there were circumstances there. you go back to the fourth quarter and, when you have a .ead, the clock is your ally you do not coach the same way. it is all about finishing the game. there were a couple of i am ok with and understand, but you go to the jones acrobatic catch four minutes to go and the ball is on the 22-yard line and you have a kicker who has made 28-29 and you run the ball. you kick the field goal and you have a championship. >> how do you see it? >> first, it is the greatest unscripted drama in the history of television and this is why people love the nfl. i'm curious of what bill things about the following. 28-9 and he missed the extra point. new england is racing down the field and they are inside the 5-10 yard line and i thought it was interesting that bill belichick one for a field goal. and iwas a lot of yards thought that he was trying

tom brady's stolen jersey is still an open investigation. the texas rangers baseball team having a little fun right here. who is that? former philly coleamels. they have him in on the investigation. the ace is on the case. let's go to the davis cup. he rips the ball right into the face of the chair umpire. he may not have meant it. but he's disqualified from the match. but instead of being fined 12 grand, he was fined just 7 grand because he immediately apologized and jim and jacqueline, i learned that with my parents. show remorse, apologize immediately, less punishment. >> right away. >> especially if you hit mom or dad in the eye with a tennis ball. >> i would never do that. >> never. >> you were a good boy. >> thank you. at least somebody thinks so. >> all right, john clark. >>> coming up tonight, flu cases are on the rise. >> the virus has killed seven children nationwide. in our area we're seeing an uptick in case of the most vulnerable. >> we're tracking the flu and finding out what you need to know to protect yourself and your family. if youin a palace of ice,winter there's only one place to go. and that's not the only thing yo

jeff cole here right now with look ahead at his report. >> reporter: you know it lucy. navy veteran troy tome of the va workers who makes sure veterans are hot and nutritious meals but when he called up management for what he claimed were unsanitary conditions he says that when the trouble started. he was punished listen to this for eating stale san witches. you heard right. punished for eating stale sandwiches he claims and along with nearly losing his job, he was reassign. >> they sent me to lab area to, um, process body parts and, um, clean up urine and blood vials and, um, dump biohazard materials. >> reporter: food working supervisor was sent down to the morgue. va says it can't say much but tells it's committed to protecting whistleblowers. hear more from the va at 10:00. what's up with those stale sandwiches. why did he get hit for that that's tonight at 10:00 as fox 29 investigates lucy the va is likely to be round by a philadelphia based dr. appointed by donald trump. folks might want to take a look at this. >> fascinates as always jeff cole. >> back to your fox 29 weather authority

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