and hospitable and warm and intentioned people were trying to get news. shepard: of course. find out what is on the president s mind. there were no fireworks. i thought to myself, if people could see this president, who is different in private than shepard: i know he is. that s not what he wants people to see. he wants people to think there s a major war on news. when you re with him, it s all good. on tv, he vilifies you when you re doing something wrong when you re doing everything right. that s annoying. i have to say, he s never done that with me. i pushed back as hard as anybody about the enemy of the people. let s take yes for an answer. we were there for an hour with the president. we asked him questions. he answered them. it was about seeking and his
talking to donald trump. so far doesn t seem like a like. shepard: there was a time like a month ago or a little longer than that where the white house had a structure. it always had. you knew who was in charge of everything, knew where to go to get answers or get stalled. you knew where to go. is that still the case? i don t think so. it s a team of rivals. there s a breakdown in terms of who is running the show, the power players, senior levels. from the press perspective, you don t have a communications director. you ve had sean spicer that had opinion adversarial. you have donald trump that s been shunting the media and saying they re the opposition party. so certainly as far as where does the information flow happen, how is it happening with some of his cabinet members that are finally in place. it appears to be a messy situation. shepard: people deserve answers for russia, sanctions, business connections with
based on expectations, democrats say they will be polite but they don t anticipate having much to applaud tonight. let s give you a quick look around here on statuary hall here on capitol hill. just outside the house chamber, you have statues from key figures in american history from all of the various states. we ll see all the lawmakers walking through here on the way to the house chamber and then reaction out of the house chamber. we saw chuck schumer go through and perhaps getting their stuff ready to go into the house chamber later this evening. shepard: there s someone over your left shoulder staring at you creepily. who is that? that would be alexander hamilton stephens. a key figure from the confederacy in the 1800s from georgia. shepard: i know the other alexander hamilton. he has a great thing on broadway. be careful over there, mike.
obamacare was inevitable. bill clinton said it was the craziest thing he had ever scene. if hillary clinton was elected, we d be re-visiting obamacare. we think it s unsustainable. it s a new and better approach. all will be watching to see how the president interacts with both parties as he s gotten push-back on his agenda. after eight years of president obama, they ll be hearing a new voice with a new style. you re going to have massive and devastating cuts in key programs like education and medical research. i think democrats and republicans will both run away. donald trump is showing himself not to understand how to get anything done, just to make a statement out there. that s true on the budget.
have direct contact with the russians? what was with the $12 million? these are questions to the american public deserve answers. you re right. you brought up the president s tax records. we d love to see those. the joke is the irs should release them. shepard: and the question is, do you have financial ties with russia that allow russia to act as a puppet? absolutely. shepard: we re not saying they do. if your taxes are made available, we ll know. of couah, you do. we ll know one way or the other. it s an easy fix. this audit excuse is bogus. it is. shepard: it s not a real thing. i agree. shepard: that s not a matter of opinion. you can release it if you re under audit. we re not even sure he is. the irs has not said. shepard: the special prosecutor, if they were to do it, the republicans because near in the lead, they would have to approve such a thing, right? they would. it would be hard for them to run