For paul ryans resignation. Does the president want paul ryan to step down as speaker . I did not talk to the president about the tweet. Im just telling the truth there was no preplanning. Why would he say watch her . Because he loves judge jeanine. Does he want paul ryan to step down or not . No, he doesnt. A ryan Spokesman Says mr. Trump was clear his tweet was not meant to be a shout at the speaker. Reince priebus believes steve bannon was very quick to spread stories about ryan which is not helpful to build relationships in capitol hill. Joining us, political economist, greg valir, and cnn politics reporter eugene scott. Good morning to both of you, eugene, take a bow, the tar heels i know you need a moment. Cuff links. Well done. Because im a duke fan im going to start with greg. The blame game is in full order, who do you think the president blames for the failure of this Health Care Bill . How much time do we have . Who does he not blame . I guess the Freedom Caucus. Deep down i
Athe athena, yesterday the president spoke to paul ryan and they say their relationship is stronger than ever. And they spoke again today . Reporter the conversation today has some interesting background. Thats because the president yesterday morning tweeted out a promo for a fox news show that was coming on yesterday night, a judge shapiro show. All day trump was airing promos that there would be some new wiretapping evidence. But judge Jeanine Shapiro called on paul ryan to step down as House Speaker because of his failure to secure the votes in that Health Care Repeal effort. The fact that she raised that question, wondering what the president meant, did he know that was coming. So my colleague said that the House Speaker and the president spoke again today, and the president was clear his tweet did not have anything to do with the speaker. They are both eager to get back to work on the agenda. And, fred, that is essentially, the message question are we theyre blaming the House Free
Reporter for the Washington Post robert costa. We are just hours away from President Trumps first address to a joint session of congress. Mika, thats the big setup. A lot of people talking about this. The trump show, i think, was one of the shows last night talked about it, chris hayes. It is going to be quite a show. What are you expecting . We can glean what white house aides told us in terms of tone they are trying to put a twist on his carnage of american. Tells news themes will focus on renewal of american spirit and optimistic vision for all americans, whatever that means. The president reportedly told local News Reporters last night that his message would be the country has enormous problems but tremendous potential adding that theme. He is expected to focus on what hes accomplished so far in his first weeks in office. Here is what he told fox news last night. All i can do is speak from the heart and say what i want to do. We have a really terrific Health Care Plan coming out. O
Caucus request the help of i want to read you part of a statement from senator ted poe from texas. Saying no is easy, leading the hard, but that is what we were elected to do. Leaving this caucus will allow me to be a better member of congress and advocate for the people of texas. What does this mean for House Speaker paul ryan . Athena, we know that the president and speaker ryan talked at least twice this weekend. What are you hearing . Reporter thats right, they have been talking quite a bit in the last couple of days, we know that they spoke for an hour yesterday, a gop source telling my colleague dana bash that their relationship is stronger than ever, they also spoke again this morning and there is some interesting background to that conversation this morning, yesterday, the president tweeted out a promo for a fox show that was airing that night saying, watch judge jeanine tonight. All the while fox was promoting new wiretapping details, those details didnt emerge in judge jeanin
Congressman devin nunes is asking back to the hill. This time closed door meetings. Ultimately President Trump is going to be proven correct. Annua antitrump protesters , burning flags. In the long haul, i think you and all these opinion shows to the wind. He scores. With. 3 seconds to go. Our house in the middle of our street our house in the middle of brian in the middle of all of new york city is our house. That is a place we call i feel like we are here all the time. Dont you . I was here all weekend. You were. Thats right. 8 hours on the air. A lot of basketball this weekend, too. Ainsley can you believe it . The university of South Carolina won. We were so thrilled. I happened it be at the game. Darius rutgers on the front row he was crying. Such a big fan of our school. Pete both north and South Carolina in the final four both won yesterday. Brian doesnt seem right we are a big country one should be forced to bow out. Ainsley im surprised you know its two different teams. Everyo