that republicans will always get blamed for a government shutdown. it duoes have in their mind that they can talk about immigration, border crossings are down like 60% in the last three months. that would be something i would think the donald trump administration would want to have out there for them. i think the problem is donald trump brought this about himself talking about the border wall and talking about defunding planned parenthood as kind of a definition of a win. and obamacare as well. and obamacare as well. so when you re the president of the united states, and you re putting things out there for the public to then grade you on, at the end of the day, if he doesn t get any of that, of course it s going to look like a huge loss for them. i think republicans are spiking the football because they really
american. one in five dollars in the economy. you better do it out in the open. you better do it so people understand it and you better do it to be bipartisan. i mean, everything we complained about with hillary care and obamacare in a way we were reproducing. we were doing a republican-only bill in the narrowest possible way. and every time you had an objection, they would say well, there is going to be a part two. there is going to be a part 3. trust us. people just elected donald j. donald trump because they don t trust politicians. why would you design a process that requires people to trust you. can i ask you, too? why does it seem like there is no daylight between democrats? it s very easy for them to get together in the march in the same direction and block things and even when it seems to disagree behind the scenes. on the republican side, it feels like can t come together. they are in each other s way. the democratic symbol shouldn t be the donkey.
senate to be a little bit dispassionate about this. do not get out ahead of the facts whether you are a democrat or republican. let the public know what the facts were about the russian hacking about the alleged coordination with the trump campaign and about alleged surveillance of trump officials. the public deserves to know. exactly. should not be a debate about devin nunes the media and very happy to make it. we have to get back to what happens. melissa: let s end on a note we can all agree on. it is a mess. let s leave it there. we all agree on that. thanks a lot, guys. appreciate your time. eric. eric: the biggest humanitarian crisis in decades we are told is now sweeping central africa even as critics point out president trump s proposed budget for the united nations looks to cut american relief for such emergencies. three african-american nations are on the bridge of famine. my gearia, somalia and south sudan according to the u.n. if the u.s. does not help, the drought a
eric: you are watching the first lady, a rare public appearance by her in a speech at the state department. she is honoring 13 women of courage. it is the state department s international women of courage, a reception. among them are human rights activists and others. showing a symbol not only of women empowerment but also, what can be achieved in politics on a variety of issues. first lady melania trump addressing that reception in washington. the g.o.p. effort to repeal and replace obamacare not over yet with word that president trump s chief strategist steve bannon is in talks to resuscitate the g.o.p. healthcare bill which collapsed less than a week ago you will remember. joining us now form irhouse speaker newt gingrich who is a fox news contributor. sir, thank you for joining us. what s the first thing you would do differently this
what is going on in the senate, you already have almost every democrat in the senate threatening to filibuster neil gorsuch his nomination to the supreme court. they are looking at trump. they are looking at a wounded president. and they are not looking to help him out politically even when it might be in their own interest. eric: is that fair to say is he a wounded president just a few weeks? aren t there any democrats do you think, josh that they could pick off to get some support? there are, as caitlin was talking about. these red state democrats that are up for re-election in 2018. five of them are in states that trump won overwhelmingly in last year s election. but, even those democrats, joe manchin in west virginia, heidi heitcamp in north dakota haven t been as cooperative as you might have thought given the political reality in their home state. so they are looking at trump s job approval. looking at hits approval in his home states. losing the healthcare battle last week w