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Late against north korea after a 22yearold american who was detained for nearly a year and a half. Its a total disgrace what happened to otto. That should never ever be allowed to happen. And frankly if he were brought home sooner, i think the result would have been a lot different. And that day discuss a big race in the atlanta suburbs. On this day ground zero in american politics. If is special election day. Democrats have have a chance to win a house seat held by republicans since the carter administration. Republicans believe they can squeak out a win, but if they lose in a district like this, it will be viewed as evidence of a major trump drag that could carry over into the 2018 midterms. Trumps Health Secretary tom price won this two years ago with the 60 vote. The president just barely beat Hillary Clinton in the direct. Its highly educated, one of those districts where the president has trouble, they believe there could be a trump drag tonight. Republicans think theyre going to squeak this out, but if they dont look for big fallout here in washington tomorrow. Its a race with national implications. The candidates have tried to say this is about the sixth district. The democrat jon osoff. Democrat karen handel both campaigning to the end. They are not interested in hollywood and california coming in and buying this seat and they are very concerned about an individual who does not even live in the district. For me, the voters in the six they know me and they trust me and thats why i feel really good about today. The contrast in this district is between a career politician, my opponent karen handel whos notorious for cutting off funding for lifesaving breast screenings at planned parenthood or someone to work across the aisle to get things done, work to make healthcare for affordable for women with prekmifting conditions. Carol lee we wall street judge, npr steveinsky and jackie so he sin niche of the daily beast, the polls in georgia sixth Congressional District hope you stay with us here. And you can be certain even though its one special election and one of the house seats with the the results will have a major impact on the immediate here in washington. President trump woke up to this today. His job Approval Rating is down to 36 . He knows he will be blamed in if republicans loose and hes trying to rally the base. Heres one tweet, karen handel. He will never give up, vote today. That from the president. Heres the flip side. Democrat john aus osoff who wants ton raise your taxes and is weak on crime and security doesnt even live in the district. Welcome to the conversation. Were sitting in washington, this race plays out today. Its reliably red territory, its one of 435 seats, but we dont know whos going to win but we do know whatever happens washington the overreact and take this as this washington. This washington and take this as a national message. Lets start with the republicans. Theyve tried to stay loyal. If they lose a seat they carried two years wag 60 of the vote that theyve held since the carter trags, they are going to see that as big trouble for 2018. Yes. And not just 2018 but youll see a cascading effect in terms of whether republicans are willing to get in line with this president on his policy agenda and his legislative agenda. And that then in turn would impact how the republicans fair in 2018. So its its pretty widespread for republicans, as we all know they get very nervous when they start losing races and so its not just a year from now year and a half from now, but its this month, there week what republicans are trying to do with healthcare. When you mention this month, this week, theres other big zigsz here. Number one lets assume they can pass a healthcare bill then can they reconcile it with the house. This will affect that, how they read the polz, then you move to tax reform and infrastructure. But also some big zagsz lot of republican incumbents have to decide whether to run for reelection and whether they were taik take this as a signal not. A lot of democrats out there mayors and city laij legislatures have to decide whether to take a risk and run for congress in republican districts. They will read the results and say should i do this. You identified a couple of ways that this is meaning ffl even though its only one of 435 seats. Theres a question of morale on the republican side. Also on the democratic side, all the donors who donated 10s of millions of dollars for this race, do they get anything for that. And theres also a question more broadly of whether democrats can compete in more conservative districts. And trump aside, and trumps unpopularity aside across the country, can they find a mess able that works on issues like immigration which trump has used very strongly. Aus osoff in georgia dps its strg when hes talked about immigration hes touched a little bit about it in what sounds like republican terms at least saying in some of his Campaign Literature that i wanted a policy that protects american citizens, protects their security, protects their jobs which say trumpian way to talk about imgrigs aggregation. When they cannot win the house back if they cant compete. Suburban, wealthy, highly educated, that is this, thats the large part of this district. And if they end up pulling this off krur bet theyre not going to look at this as a one off. Theyre going to take this this playbook and try to apply it in other places. Now, places where they wont have the funding that they have in this current race. 50 plus million dollars, thats fluts. Thats the most expensive house seat. So that also will be something that could come out of this. If they lose, back to the drawing board. If the democrats lose this seat, its going to be really fascinating to see what happens here because they lost kansas, they lost montana, those are two seats if you look at the dem grachgz the district they have very little reason to think they could win but the base was fired up. So were talking about ha happens if the republican losses and how that will cause a pan nirk across the Republican Party if the if the democrats cant win a race, the numbers show they have a chance, what happens then . Right. There are 23 districts that hillary won that were republican congressman so thoefrz the top ones. This one is very close. Trump won by 1. 5 points. Very close, college ed pay the kated people. This is the one that democrats need to win some like this. Its in the suburbs, wealthy area. I think you have a lot of Democrat People that trump is very unpopular. Had is the kind of race they want to win it will be a symbol for other people that are thinking about running. If we talk about republican losing, there will aban equal panic. This is not good stair fore for trump. Had one of the districts where he just eek today out. Donald trump gets 46 in 2016, this is not a pro trump republican base. How much does this factor . If you look deeper in the cbs poll and the Approval Rating, among Republican Voters 72 approve of the president s job numbers but its down 11 points if you look among republicans hes down 11 points since april. So you have not only Democrat Energy antitrump, but now have you republicans sort of eh about trump. One thing we think about we should think about all trump voters are not the same pit have a group thats intensive supportive behind him and theres a group what we call reluctant trump voters who are weary of him, dont like the healthcare bill, like other things hes done. 72 is not a great number. 72 suggests its think this low among your own party its not high and not a good sign. If youre counting at home it was five months ago today he was inaugurated as president of the United States. And talk about Hillary Clinton any chance he gez because they know in the white house you can sell that message to republicans better than you can sell donald trump. Voters are getting from the conversations ive had, theyre tired of the chaos. They want them to get something done. And because of the short of shiny object syndrome that weve seen or just the shine yn russia syndrome that weve seen, not necessarily the issue but the fact that its did he tracting from all of the other things that the president has promised to do its starting to be a problem. Youve heard enough already lets get things done. Its a trump drag a place where he was already popular is there a deep are trump drag. Its also a great test case, trump is president because from voters in 2016, looking for something drirch. They were willing to go with an outsider someone who never held Political Office before. If you look at these two candidates, jon osoff, first run for public office, been a filmmaker he grew up in the direct, republicans from made a big deal with the lives with his girlfriend from a neighboring distinct right now but not a politician. If you look at karen handel, former georgia secretary of state was the Fulton County commissioner, theres three big counties in this district, thats one of them. She ran for governor, nor senate. She has stressed she has not run from it to her credit because you cant, she has said i are the experience, i know how government works, i can get things done petd has said send a fresh face, the career poigs politicians are the ones screwing things up. In size, osoff is trump in this race, sorry, but is he. Or emmanuel macron. This is the matchup that weve seen in cycle after cycle and weve continued ton see where the outsider tends to do better and thats, you know, its an interesting its flipping the script a little bit. If you are a republican incumbent and youre getting tired of the Child Care Center known as washington, d. C. And you dont like this president , you have issues with this president or you just think its time to do Something Else and somebody as well tested, as well experienced in politics as karen handel lose a race like this to a newcomer, are you going to think twice about running for reelection . Child care center, wouldnt that imply that theres someone taking care of the children . I might get well see. But of course handel looks like the incumbent because the president is a republican and such a highprofile president. Ill be curious if osoff wins if people get more excited. Theyre not excited by his politics, hes not very liberal and not very popular so id be curious if osoff if you see mr. Cand lates like him, outsider rrk little bit like obama in 2007 vague im from the future im young im from new things if that kind of candidate can do well that will be an issue to see going forward. They wont be getting just one candidate to run, theyll get more for both parties. 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Senate Judiciary Committee leaders are meeting with Robert Mueller tomorrow. And we report the committee did is about to launch a review whether theres been any improper melgd with the fbis investigation into russian melgd investigation. They say those questions will include whether President Trump himself interfered and include the circumstances that led him to fire the fbi director james comey. Reporter its political sbierns with an ongoing investigation. Regardless of what the president s lawyer may say could make the president a target, a subject, a person of interest. And so our hearing the very much involve potential obstruction of justice in the firing of comey and other actions. The president , as you well know, calls all these investigations witch hunts. Whether you see them as legitimate or not, there is zero debate about the toll on the trump white house. As we noted, the priz president s Approval Rating is dismal 36 in that cbs poll. And his handling of of the Russian Investigation is getting terrible numbers too. So whether you think these are witch hunts or urgent necessary inquarries theres no question about the cloud theyve cast over the president. What does it tell us in the president calls them witch hunts he calls them partisan, the Senate Committee is chaired by a republican just like the House Intelligence Committee is chaired by a republican. We dont know how far the Senate Judiciary investigation is going to go whether its a hearing or two on the question of this, but its still Republicans Expanding the review of this president s conduct. One noteworthy thing ive noticed when talking with rankd file republicans, they dont use the phrase witch hunt. Im not saying its universal, they dont use the phrase witch hunt they say lets follow this investigation where it leads. Even if they sort of defend the president by going on to say maybe he had appropriate contacts with intelligence officials because hes new to this and dont know what hes doing, even when they say that they will say lets let the investigation go where it leads. And you have to assume that among other things they are aware of what the public thinks of this and that majorities of the public think that say serious matter that needs to be vsted. I think part of the reason that the republicans are able to do that versds the president is because the president just takes this so personally. And, you know, theyre rather looking at this more broadly as, you know, russia interfered in our democratic process, thats a serious issue, we need to get to the bottom of that. We need to look at every aspect of that and the president , he cant separate the two. He just sees the whole thing as personal and politically und mining him. One of the questions i was asking should people be talking about whether theyre democrats or republicans if theyre on the committee and if they see the information, were in the transparency business we want them to talk to us, we want them to leak to us had the however when you see feinstein the ranking democrat on the Judiciary Committee on whether theyre going to look into obstruction of justice, i think will it includes it or not, people look for it. You look at various pieces of information, you see something and say, lowe. Shes a democrat, shes also not known to say reckless partisan, but when you Say Something like you are raising the stakes, are you not think there to the point youre making about the republicans who arent willing to defend the president , they want these things to proceed expeditiously, find out facts, issue a report, can we please close this book and move on. Shes also stateding the obvious. When newspaper reports suggested that the special counsel was looking into obstruction of justice, one response to that was, well, of course how you cannot given whats out there in the public put at least have to ask the question, which doesnt presuppose the answer. In some ways the president s forcing their hand, republicans and democrats on this, not that democrats, i a lot of forcing in this whole thing. But when you have the president saying a letter from the Deputy Attorney general saying that comey was fired for one reason and then the president saying, no, i fired him because of the russia investigation im paraphrasing of course, that does raise questions. And those questions not saying thats an obstruction of justice cause or anything like that at this point, but that does raise more questions than it answers. The point you raise is right when republicans, youve showed feinstein that Charles Grassley was thats who make things go. The biggest 1 thing we saw was 97 had 2 last week when the republicans in the senate said trump was talking about lifting sanctions it was 97, 2 vote saying you have to go through us first to do that i think that tills the members themselves, the republicans are not necessarily criticizing them on tv or public but theyre taking actions that suggest they are nervous about him particularly about russia. Which is why i find the constitutional right irony that you met most republicans say lets get to the facts here, i dont think the president did anything wrong, but lets find out and keep going. There are some out there who want to say this is all its just quite ironic that one of them leading that is ted kwlouz had a number of interesting traks transaction with the president , some things i would find unforgivable are are but listen there are a political circus at this point. Democrats and sadly much of the immediate yar using this as an excuse just to attack the president. They want this president to fail, they want the administration to fail. When youre in washington, d. C. , the only question any reporter ever wants to ask you about is about russia, is about impeachment, about attack the president. When i go tomorrow home to texas i travel the state an answer questions across the state, nobody asks about that. This is not true. People ask wherever i go whats happening with russia. Even members of congress i talk to say russia comes up all the time. Of course it does. Not only here, like anywhere you go in the world. This is what everybodys looking at but thats a remarkable turn around for senator cruz i just have to say. And the cynical reporter in us might wonder whats motivating him to be so positive and so defensive of the president because you didnt see a the lov republicans going that far. The depth of the president s support among the republicans in texas, maybe, just maybe. I had a conversation with one of cruise cruzs constituents a few days ago, someone who vote ford trump who began by saying i stopped paying attention to the news its too depressing and then ventd for about 15 minutes on issue after issue after issue that he was obviously following closely and one of them was the russia investigation about which he said i have no idea what to make of this anymore. I was in philadelphia last week for a baseball game. It wasnt a great reporting trip but went to watch my red sox lose and 1 quick point. In south philly trump voters, blue collar trump voters were saying you can get him off twitter you can get him to stop talking about this stuff . Theyre talk about it in different ways but theyre talk about it. Rondal reagan, george h. W. Bush, think whoez whose make the right choice. You think he still wants to run for president. Im thinking he might still want to be president , yes. 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This is tuesday, the day in the week when senators in both parties gaej separately for weekly strategy lunches so we could soon know if that healthcare process will result in a piece of legislation that can be red and debated. Phil mattingly is live on capitol hill for us. Phil, i saw one senator on tv this morning say we might have a bill to look at by thursday. Is that realistic . I think thats the goal right now. If you talk to senior gop aides they acknowledge that they need a proposal at the have to come to an agreement on these several outstanding issues within the next 24 to 48 hours. That would give them time to send a proposal to the Congressional Budget Office, get that scored at some point next week, get a final proposal or draft on thursday of this week and an ideal scenario and if all works according to plan get that cbo score and vote by thursday of in week. That is the ideal scenario. But one of the road blocks here, if you will, if you look at the issues that still havent been agreed upon, and its worth noting inside the republican conference, when it comes to healthcare they are diedy logically very split. Theres not 52 senators in their conference who agree on the basic tenents of serious issues like medicare expansion or how 0 cut back on obama restrictions. Until they can agree on tlez those, there will be no proposal. Thats ha the lunch today is supposed to be about and tomorrow is supposed to be about. At some point in week youve had enough time, youve had plenty of meetings behind the scenes, now its time to come to an agreement. Watch when they come oft that lunch well see if theres any news about that. Phil makes a very important point you need 50 voits votes plus mike pence to break it. And its hard to get a ted cruz or ryan paul on the same page. So its hard on the policy part of it. Until we get a bill and when we get a bill i promise you well talk about whats in it how many people get kicked off Health Insurance and home people on medicaid. Since its behind closed doors its about the theater. I want to show a little clip of video here, three democrats call it theater dawel a zunt if youd like. Core piry booker, murphy and schatz, new jersey, connecticut, in a car stream ago these go to the Congressional Budget Office they say theyre looking for the Senate Republican bill and the score. The score is the grading on how much it would cost, how many people would lose their healthcare. So, again, part of the prepolicy theater here which were laughing about. Its somewhat important because theyre trying to rally their base and shame the republicans into a process. But it will be much more important whether we get a bill. Thats very true. Ways thinking rand paul called and he wants his stunt back because detective same thing on the house side. Right. Just about a month ago. And, yeah, its a stunt, but democrats, especially using that word mean, that the president apparently said behind closed doors, i think youre going to hear that reverberating all over the place. Whether or not this fails, that say sound bite that theyre going to or that say word that is going to be used in every ad that we see about healthcare from now until 2018. Not only that, mean is something that is going to be on the minds of republicans who are thinking of voting for something that maybe theyre not entirely comfortable with, is this president going to come in and undermine them after theyve cast this vote. And thats part of the problem with what the president said, which i think is probably one of the most significant things that hes said in vent weeks in that same line. Thats a very important point. The president has that big rose garden ceremony ton celebrate the house passed bill and he meets last week with republican senators to urge them to continue their work which he. Edly used the word mean to criticize the bill. And now hes saying after the fact, after of the celebration the president started reading news reports to bill oh it does that to medicaid, it gives waivers for preexisting conditions and whatnot. So the president s calling it mean, the speak are of the house frieg to say the president didnt exactly mean that. I dont think that accurately reflects the president s sentiment about the House Health Care bill. I think that was some kind of a misinterpretation of a private meeting. I was talking to the president many, many times hes excited on what we did in the house. So youre saying hes on board then. Hes on board and also the senates got their own legislative process so theyre going to take their amendments aind assume theyll change the bill. Big legislation like this doesnt go through the house or senate with no changes. I love my old colleague bill hemmer but the better followup question would have been mr. Speaker those were several republican senators who said the president used the word mean and use today repeatedly. And Phil Mattinglys reporting as well as other peoples reporting underlines a reality this will bill isnt being kept secret from democrats although it is, its being kept away from republicans and conservative Interest Groups because they dont foe whos going to react which way as there were fierce reactions to the house bill once it was known. This bill has momentum, though, for one reason. No one thats a republican wants to vote against the bill to repeal the hated obamacare. So i think a lot of this stuff about the details, what comes out, i will watch carefully to see three members of the senate stand up and vote against obamacare. And im very scep on the repeal. Im skeptical that will happen no matter what the details will say. Its a great question you raise and i think the rultsds in georgia could impact the senate as well. If republicans start getting skittish, if youre from a more moderate state, you need a lot of suburban voters youre going to react to this. Cbs poll this morning, what do you know do you know what the Healthcare Plan will do . Yes where are have a good understanding. Only 23 of americans say that. 76 of americans say they havent heard enough. And this bill could come out thursday. They could try to vote ton within a week in the 4th of july recess. This was a safbt badge and forth between the Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell and democrat leader chuck schumer. What we have time, more than ten hours since this a complicated view to review the bill . Will it be available to us and the public more than ten hours before we have to vote for it since our leader has said, our republican leader that there will be plenty of time for a process where people can make amendments. You need time prepare those amend zblents i think well have ample opportunity ton read and amend the bill. Will it will more than ten hours. I think well have ample opportunity to read and amend the bill. I rest my case. Theres ample time before this commercial break if you want to thats your government at work right there. This bill has had unusually low amount of hearings and discussion and i think this is different from 2009, this is not a partisan is able so say this bill has been kept more secret, members cant see. Theyre going to the cbo and its weird that people who serve in the United States senate cant see a bill thats been finished in some way and therefore cbo its a very odd process. One sixth of the American Economy and affects every single american and you think people might actually want to know about it. I think so. Yes, people do actually want to know about it and they probably want to know about it with enough time to actually figure out what is in the bill. Just remember, as the democrats beat up on the republicans, you have seen this movie before if youve been around for a little while. I goont back in time. The republicans are crafting this behind closed doors. As we go to briek, this trademark vin tag tweet from then the governor of the indiana, mike pence its wrong for legislation that will affect 100 of the American People to be negotiated behind closed doors. That was then, this is now. And hes a part of the negotiations, apparently, today. It goes to the point that the cbs poll showed also that the bill is unpopular. I think thats part of the problem is that theyre not sure, i think their sense is that the more the house clips we saw the, the more the bill was discussed got less support it gat, particularly the idea this is not a popular bill, theres going to be lots of medicaid cuts in if the so the idea of discussing it in public is not going to help its passage is probably politically wise and accurate. Its going could significantly change obamacare depending on how they come down on the medicaid question and but if you have something that doesnt pull the roots out, if you look at mikely of at, rand kentucky there are two right there who said they wont vote for anything thats not full and complete repeal. Either one of them changes their mind or those two get to you 50. And if you lose those two, thats 50 plus mike pence. If you lose those two, thats it, thats all you can lose. You still have mike pence who had that tweet that might be there to save it. We dont know lazy going to be in this bill but its widely expected to be some variation on the housepassed bill. With that essential formula for subsas and that essential formula for medicaid move around some of the numbers. Its widely expected to be that and its worth remembering that one of the things that was said about that housepassed bill it had no natural constituency for the very reason that you said, it keeps parts of obamacare, it destroy parts of obamacare, it moves the numbers around, it reduces subsa decide did is for a the lov people who probably voted for donald trump for president and that rapes lot of questions and will make it hard for some members to support. I would keep an eye on senators from states that were heavily hid by the Opioid Crisis because their governors are going to be screaming if their medicaid funding is cut. Thats something that they use for that fund organize for the requirement that private Healthcare Plans cover drug treatment as well. Weep keel an eye on that. Again were talk about the drama of the theater once we have a bill to discuss well talk much more about the numbers and tps impact on you. A 22yearold dies days after being released from north korea, so how should President Trump respond . saved money on motorcycle insurance with geico goin up the country. Love mom and dad im takin a nap. Dude, you just woke up im goin up the country, baby dont you wanna go . Im goin up the country, baby dont you wanna go . Geico motorcycle, great rates for great rides. Looking for a hotel that fits. Your budget . Tripadvisor now searches over 200 sites to find you the hotel you want at the lowest price. Grazie, gino find a price that fits. Tripadvisor. Could be preventedrrent with the right steps. And take it from me, every step counts. A bayer aspirin regimen is one of those steps in helping prevent another stroke. Be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. Welcome back. The death of a Young American detained in north korea for more than a year sparking calls for swift and tough response. 22yearold Otto Warmbier died monday afternoon just days after his release. He was in a coma when north korea final leigh loud him to be medically evacuated to the United States. A lot of bad things happened, but at least we got him home to be with his parents where they were so happy to see him even though he was in very tough condition. But he just passed away a little while ago. Thats a brutal regime and well be able to handle it. The question is handle it how. In a Statement Last night senator john mccain of the arizona said let us state the facts plainly, Otto Warmbier was murdered by the kim jongun regime. They should not tolerate the murder of its citizens. Marco rubio of florida said Otto Warmbier should never have been in jail for tearing down a stupid banner and he most certainly should not have been murdered for. murderers a strong words. I cant argue that its inappropriate in this case based on what happened, he was detained for a year and a half, there were consistent efforts during the Obama Administration to try to get him out, north korea did not accede to those efforts. Seems they sentd him home when they realized how dire the situation was, but the we is what. You hear about sanctions maybe prohibiting any tour uft travel by americans to north korea, but we hear the sanctions debate every time they test a missile as well. Are there any additional sanctions that can be put in place to make any difference here . Well, the north koreas if not the most isolated country in the world one of the most and theres already a ton of sanctions that are on north korea, things that they could do and that they havent these socalled secondary sanctions which basically target chinese banks or companies that are doing business with north korea. This administration and the Previous Administration have been reluctant do that because its such an aggressive move. And so the Trump Administration has decided theyll give china a few months to try to take some steps to choke off aid to north korea in trade and whether or not they do that then theyll move to oerm steps. But your point is exactly right, there is no good answer here. No one wants military action in north korea because no one really knows ha that would unleash. And there arent any option whens it comes to sanctions. And i should note as were on the air here the president just tweet dollars his condemnation of the brutality of the regime and in the tweet was a link to some comments he made in the oval office expressing his regret at the death of this Young American saying hed talk to his parents and talked about how great his parents were, the compassion they had showed. And good for the president for doing that and the question is what you can do with this . Heres a kaurnt intuitive answer for that are theres a kaurnt of justice for the dead man. But they should talk, actually. We talked with secretary of state Rex Tillerson in late april and he said what he wanted to be doing, what the United States wanted to be doing with the north korean regime was talking with thim them specifically about the Nuclear Program and ending it but they nt wad to talk directly. Thended up talking directly to bring home Otto Warmbier. Its a great circumstance in which it happened but it raise the possibility that the administration might go back to north korea again and say we wanted the other three people that youre holding, the other three americans that youre will whoing back. He with want to discuss the end of your Nuclear Program. I dont know that theyre going to do that, but it is what they previously said you make an important point. I just want to put it up on the screen for people watching at home. There are three additional americans being held there are are once since october 2015, one since april, one since may. As the receipt are rick plays out, you understand the use of the word mufrd, the understandable debate about ha do nichlt, this is a hermit regime and unpredictable and as that debate plays out, it could affect the faft these three americans being held. Maybe the North Koreans will decide as a gesture you want to have talks, lets show our good faith. I wouldnt bet on that. What you heard from admiral john kirby throughout today is that one of the reasons, andco we dont know this, one the reasons the north korean where jet stream decided to release this young man was because he was so gravely ill, that is one of the theories there. So we dont know that talking even worked here. He might just have been so ill they didnt want him on north korea soil when he passed away. Well continue to watch the diplomacy as well as political outrage. 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These attempts to lesson the enthusiasm of the inauguration are shameful and wrong. Now, since that fiery Briefing Room, call it a spree, call taye lecture, call it what you will, that was january 21st, the president has mostly been mad at his press secretary complaining toth ore aides and sometimes to spicer himself about his performance, his inability to respond quickly enough to leaks the president believes and his failure the president thinks to stop thoez leaks. Its why spicers departure from the Briefing Room has long been is he center of whats become a Cottage Industry of a perhaps white house shakeup. Now spicer rumored to be on his way out of the Briefing Room which means saturday night live might need a new stick. Trump is innocent . How do we know . Because he told us so he, sperd. The travel ban not a ban. But just called it a ban. Because im using your words. You said ban. I clearly meant to say concentration clubs. Okay. Take that. You cannot come at me like that i will put you in the corner with cnn. Im telling you exactly what President Trump told me. But what if hes lying to you . He im going to new york. The press interview is over. Thats funny, Melissa Mccarthy does a great sean spicer but in one is of those stories where you could focus on the theater and the dramand at constant leaks about the shakeup in the white house. Whether you like sean spicer or not, whether you support him or not, this is his job and hes been constantly talking about losing your job, which say hard thing to do. And number two, theres a bigger issue about white house transparency and secrecy in this interim period where his job has been underreview or consideration, theyve start dodd more off camera briefings, which im a tv person so we want the camera in the room. I covered the white house, they dont always will have to have a camera in the room, but it is bad when an Administration Starts to retreat from public discles youre and public discourse. Thats my speech. But when we start with the issue of sean spicer, we expect tim who step snoo some behind the scenes roll and someone else to step . We dont know. I think there will be changes and theyve already implemented a number of clangz in the way theyre handling the press operation and the briefing. Weve not had a briefing on camera in a week and theyll do one today for the first time. But they can sthooz choose now do their press operation however they want to do, but it doesnt mean that they get to skirt accountability and thats what weve seen. Thats the problem, i think, that reporters are having with the way that theyre doing things. Its not designed to just do things differently and shake things up a little bit. Its designed to try to manipulate the system so that they dont have to be held as accountable as typically press secretaries and whougss are held accountable. The story in the Washington Post they want to plag people who written was phil rucker mentioned were at a general decline of transpatiencesy in washington right now, at the pentagon, white house, not on camera anymore. We have this healthcare process, we have Administration Officials not sharing information with the congress at all, congressmen who are republican and democrats. We generally are having a bigger problem of transparency and more things being kept secret which say broader issue than sean spicer but really important with not a press issue but the American Public is not seeing healthcare hearings either and thats why i think its important to emphasize that. Even when theres an appearance of transparency it really isnt because you dont know which of the many different messages to believe the. Ma lis mccarthy pair row did i was literal in a way that he she keeps denying things that were obviously said. And its just a statement of fact, thats not a partisan statement its just a statement of fact the president will contradict his own aides and the aides will contradict each other. And even as far as shawn spices rumored departure would go, how would you believe any brort that if it ever does happen. The rumor is perhaps the talk show host lawyeraing ingram, she might call this a bit ever an audition. President needs to remember the reason he got elected to shake up washington. The republicans have got to pass legislation thats going to make the lives of Everyday Americans better. Better. If they do not, they should leave office. They should not be in washington because apparently, you know, theyre either too afraid or they want to resist trump themselves. I dont know ha it is. But they should not go home to fundraisers and picnics in august if they cant get their rear ends in gear and deliver for the American People. Now, laura ingrum gram says part of that interview shes not dying for the job it would not be the best use of that skill set but if the president saw that this morning he might like it. Thanks for joining us for inside politics remember there is a White House Briefing today the next hour his own future will be among the questions. Wolf blitzer will guide you through that after a quick break. Oices. And when you replace one meal or snack a day with glucerna made with carbsteady to help minimize blood sugar spikes you can really feel it. Glucerna. Everyday progress. Tech when you schedule with safelite autoglass, you get a text when were on our way. You can see exactly when well arrive. Im micah with safelite. Customer thanks for coming, its right over here. Tech giving you a few more minutes for what matters most. Take care. 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Wherever youre watching from around the world, thanks very much for joining put take a look at these live pictures coming in from the white house Briefing Room. Later this hour the press Secretary Sean Spicer scheduled to give his first on camera briefing in eight days. Well have live coverage of that coming up. Audio and vee available. Were also following these developing stories. Voting is under way in georgias sixth Congressional District and what could be the most important