with this and trying to use the islamophobia card. brian: no one is covering. this unbelievable. ainsley: mainstream media not covering it the last two days, zero. steve: but we are. the president of the united states, if you had been watching, he has been on twitter a lot. he is taking some shots at the congress, in particular the establishment of congress. he tweeted out yesterday, regarding mitch mcconnell the only problem i have with mitch mcconnell is that after hearing repeal and replace for seven years he failed that never should have happened. we were talking about this yesterday. the president was seemed that mitch said to a newspaper that he was inexperienced and naive when it came to the way congress worked and he shouldn t have expected things to work that fast. look, president trump was elected because he wanted to get stuff done and drain the swamp and take on the establishment, of course, mitch mcconnell is the establishment. brian: they have to raise
president. let s take it in. i will read it for the first time with you. if senate republicans don t get rid of the filibuster rule and go to 51% majority few bills will pass. 8 dems control the senate. robert, is he right? he is right. this is the thing. when you talk, marc, you wish we keep the senate majority, jeff flake in our state has 18% approval rating with the primary voters. it s become less about donald j. trump and jeff flake and more about saving that seat for republicans. this is more than just a consideration of whether he likes senator flake or not. brian: real quick, marc, do you want him to go to 51 votes. i know every president wants that but is that the long-term interest in the country. it s not in the country. when we have a democratic president and democrat senate we are not going to like that. get to 60 votes. hold on to arizona, hold on to nevada. and let s take out 8 of these democrats who are in
affect our safe and effective operations, particularly in the fundamentals. brian: admiral, safety first. i get that are you worried about are you sacrificing national security for safety and evaluation? no. we are missions to protect america, secure america from attack and protect our interests around the world. ainsley: and keep our men and women safe. absolutely. ainsley: thank you, admiral, for serving our country. thank you for your support. brian: mobs rushing to stores for supplies. who can blame them. a hurricane is barreling up their direction on the gulf coast. we are tracking that storm. steve: first, christopher columbus and now liberal mayor bill de blasio wants to remove the tomb of general ulysses s. grant. one new york city council member says enough is enough. he joins us live coming up next. maria s always on the go,
leader. president trump came out and said who is next? whose statue is next. immediately mainstream media denounced him. dismifsed him. down played his concerns. hours later, sure enough contributors on other networks are calling for washington monument to come down, jefferson monument to come down. brian: jefferson list his slaves. first on the chopping block is christopher columbus. someone so important to the fabric of how our nation was founded. joint history as a culture. if columbus sunday threat, well, who isn t? it s absurd. ainsley: just for folks at home who don t know where this is columbus circle joins like the west side and you were west side next to the park. next to central park. big circle. it s cnn s back drop. there is the statue, columbus circle and the circle are they going to have to rename the circle and ulysses s. grant tomb buried on the you were west side. people go there to celebrate him for preserving the
8 dems control the senate. steve: that s right. ainsley: he also tweeted. steve: general john kelly is doing fantastic job as chief of staff. there is tremendous spirit and talent in the white house. don t believe the fake news. what s important about that keep in mind general kelly had been the guy who rab the department of homeland security, which is in charge of fema, which all eyes are now on texas because the big storm is coming. brian: also, he knows washington. he worked under leon panetta who was the chief of staff for bill clinton. he use all those resources the respect he has earned. he went on to say the president few if any administrations have done more in seven months than the trump administration. bills passed, regulations killed, border, military, isis, sc. ainsley: not south carolina. brian: that s all true. what s what the president is in control of. what s in control of what he is not in control of. passing legislation and putting together bills. the argument to th