focus on policy. i think that the president has to take some credit for this toxic environment. he lowered the level of discourse. started off during his campaigning talking about punching people and beating people. he called the nfl players sob s. i think this is a rare toxic atmosphere in washington, d.c., but the president has to take responsibility for it. it was not here before him. laura: i think the culture for a while has been in decline. long before trump. whether it s billboards, music lyrics. what we are seeing on the small screen and the big screen. the way we talk to each other online. social media. way before trump. it s commendable that they call out this outrageous behavior. on the left they say donald
until 18 18 50s there was the rise of the party that sprang from what was a skelt society. today, we are seeing the rise of another know nothing party made up of secret forces. deal ployed to undermine will of the people and representatives. they know nothing of facts. nothing of history and nothing of the damage they are doing now to the republican. they are called democrats. that s the angle. joining me now for reaction is garland nixon and sean duffy, a republican congressman. garland, your reaction? well, immediately my first reaction to the vitriol it s not a good thing for the country. the democratic party should focus on policy. i think that the president has
to go away if bob mueller gets fired is just wrong. yes. so as i said earlier that steve bannon was talking to aides in the west wing. so what does this say about the mood in the white house right now among trump aides? where is john kelly? i mean i think we know where he is. there s no chief of staff anymore. because if you re john kelly your goal would be get white house people, let s remind everyone who we re paying for, to focus on policy, a potential missile attack on stereo, syria. whatever else is going on in the agencies. you know, the fact that bannon has really ingratiated himself with whomever and who knows who those people are suggests that kelly has lost any control. the reporting tonight is cell y has found himself on a downward spiral. also he s a retired marine general. is horrified the highly made
growing confidence. second is to be normal. to have a normal presidency like the state of the union where the focus on policy and ideas and himself. the problem has gotten into is he s moving the ball down the field then he commits an unnecessary roughness penalty. all of a sudden, penalty flag comes in and he loses the yardage he gains. more discipline, fewer angry bursts, more policy, more accomplishments and he will probably be at a 50 percent job approval if he can do that by midyear. paul: we will hold you to that prediction. when we come back, the president offering an open hand to democrats and his state of the union speech and calling for a compromise on immigration. can the two sides make a deal ahead of next month s deadline?
shift of responses from senators purdue and cotton, does it seem strange to you that they can t recall? i respect senators that are dually elected. i said at this point i would love to see us seeing policy. a lot of latinos voted for this president because it gets to fairness. a lot of them have been waiting in line for years and to have the focus on policy, immigration, debate itself rather than something that may or may not have been said or misquoted. it appreciate the