we ll get a vote today. maybe not. yeah, there s a bit of a blame game mode at the white house and also on capitol hill, a circular firing squad, finger pointing, all of it happening this morning within the democratic party because they have to do some soul-searching here on the path forward. the president did argue his main takeaway was that voters were not happy with the inaction in terms of his economic agenda and that had something passed, maybe it would have made a difference. he said he didn t want to have to wednesday morning quarterback too much about that. he doesn t know whether that would have actually had an impact, but he does want to try to galvanize the momentum going forward, making that pitch. but just today, we re hearing from different democrats about their takeaways and some of them are saying the lesson may have actually been to slow down and get this right, to your point, maybe voters were actually rejecting what the president and this white house had put on the
make a deal with the president? bernie sanders joins us with his take. and partisan investigation. how intelligence leaders split over the russia investigation with democrats pointing fingers at the republican committee head. i think the speaker has to decide just as well as our own chairman whether they want a credible investigation being done. is it time for a special prosecutor? plus, the best political minds will be here with insights on what happens next. hello. i m dane erin bash in washington in for jake tapper and the state of our union is dysfunctional. president trump had a major fail to repeal obamacare crumbled. republican-controlled washington is in blame game mode as the president tries to look forward and recapture the momentum he lost after a brutal week.
t.j., can i add one last point? think about where we are for a little bit of perspective right now. just this morning on meet the press, president obama essentially was blaming republicans for the inability to move anything and speaker boehner, a couple hours later took to twitter to blame the president for not urging the senate to pass a bill that the house passed, but that bill wouldn t pass the democratic led senate anyway. when the two lead negotiators in the whole process, speaker boehner and president obama with two days to go are still in blame game mode, we are very unlikely to get something done in the last 48 hours. jimmy, let me bring you in on the next topic. robert hinted at it. this should be a win. it should be about the american people getting a win here. winners andlosers. it is politics. what about the president here? is he going to have a tough sengd term if he has to take this same battle into next year
dysfunctional. president trump is trying to pick up the pieces after the republican attempt to fulfill a major campaign promise, repealing obamacare, crumbled. republican-controlled washington is in blame game mode as the president tries to look forward and recapture the momentum he lost after a brutal week. one member of the house freedom caucus told me the prt wasn t focused enough on the details. this morning president trump went after them, tweeting, democrats are smiling in d.c. that the freedom caucus with the help for the club for growth and heritage have saved planned parenthood and obamacare. they are blaming paul ryan for taking advantage, misunderstanding his caucus, while gop leaders up and down pennsylvania avenue say they have had it with conservatives who would not get to yes. the president spoke to the house speaker yesterday for an hour and the relationship is stronger than ever. what does the president need to do to get back on track?