Yes, that is basically it. I dont know if he wanted to be there while trump was making his speech about the change of staff. Phil rucker, as condensed as they are, all of our Print Colleagues at the white house are writing the Lookback Piece about the Reince Priebus era, all six months of it. And i know you contend he was something less than a Chief Of Staff in full always . You know, yeah, i think that is exactly right. Look, this is an establishment republican who became close to donald trump over the course of the campaign. Tried to help integrate the party in the trump world. Tried to do it in washington to help trump govern and pass his agenda on capitol hill. But he was beset time and time again by the kind of chaos and disorder that has really defined all of trumps enterprises,
including this white house. It was so remarkable, that Reince Priebus was so belittled and demeaned at work, the backbiting was so intense and vicious. I talked to one staffer, the president said that Rei
given that he s undercutting the president s own message that the president himself is able to legislate, to help legislate, to build bridges when there is not consensus, when there is not agreement. i guess, what is the motivation for manchin to try to mend this fence, politically speaking, for the future of his party for 2022 and 2024? reporter: i don t know how manchin looks at it as the future of the party. however, if you look at the minority, he s not a swing voter anymore, he s not a chairman anymore, he s just some guy that might join in with republicans on some issues. joe manchin still wants to be in the party that controls washington. that s the democratic party, at least for now. manchin wants to be in the middle of this. when you talk about building bridges, manchin was the one who helped quarterback the infrastructure bill and it kind of blew up with manchin wanting
we don t like the policy here either. by the way, today i signed an executive order. we re going to keep families together. well, the separation of families is currently on hold. the crisis with these children is far from over. roughly 2400 ids under the age of 12 still remain in makeshift detention facilities and shelters. many of them are toddlers and infants. the executive order contained no language how these children will be reunited. additionally, any future families would still be detained as they await criminal prosecution and deportation, potentially indefinitely. for more i m joined by jacob soboroff, correspondent just back from texas, jonathan lemire, an political analyst, susan page, usa today washington bureau chief and ephron, lawyer with the texas civil rights project. i want to get to the detainment centers and kids in a moment. first i want to talk about politics. the president last night at his rally in minnesota only talked
eastern. coming up another embarrassing defeat for the party that controls washington. with republicans struggling to find votes for an immigration bill. how much damage was caused by the self-anointed dealmaker in chief because right now, it looks like trump can t get his own house in order. plus is, trump s fixer ready to flip. michael cohen is reportedly fuming that trump isn t helping pay his legal bills. now there s a new sign he s fed up with the president. and how much i ve role did melania play in the president s about face on immigration? the hardball roundtable tackles that and stunning new reporting on donald trump jr. they ll also tell me three things i don t know. this is hardball where the action is. t great not having hepatitis c. it s like a load off my shoulders. i was just excited for it to be over. harvoni is a revolutionary treatment for the most common type of chronic hepatitis c. it s been prescribed to more than a quarter million people and is proven to c
care, do you. her spokesperson said this is nos hidden message. it was however something her her husband focused on. i tweeted i don t really care do you refers to the fake news media. melania has learned how dishonest they are and she truly no longer xarpz john, what s happening here. first of all there s the president directly contradicting account first lady s chief spokes woman. that jacket caught reporters attention as she boarded the plane at andrews air force base when on her way to texas. it became a bit of a stir online when she was there is meeting these children. she was not wearing the jacket while touring the facilities and meeting the workers there and the children there. but then full well knowing it had become a bit of a flap, she put it back on. when she landed in d.c. a few hours later, mind you 85 and humid in washington, not jacket