steve: okay. you heard what i just had to say, now let s bring in our guests for the night, president of independent women s voice, tammy bruce. author of the working class republican, senior fellow at the ethics and public policy center and washington post columnist henry olson, and author of never play dead, tommy lauren. tammy yes, sir. steve: what do you think? of what i said, about this whole argument, just you go. well, i you ve hit a number of important points. i think that for the president and for the nature of the conversation, this is a number of different fronts that are going on. but ultimately, when it comes to what he s accomplished and what he s done, it validates the nature of the choices we made in 16. what we ve seen for generations, well, since reagan, was a
doing. my name s tom steyer, i m running for president. there you have it, billionaire activist tom steyer wants to be president of the united states. i m joined now by nbc news political reporter, a senior fellow of the ethics and public policy center, and former develop assistant secretary of state and spokesman for hillary clinton. he also cohosts a podcast called unredacted. there s your free plug are there, felipe. thank you. we ll do another one on the back end. alex, let me start with you. new reporting on this for nbcnews.com. what changed tom steyer s mind? he had built this big team and pulled out at the last minute and now he s done a u-turn. i think the field has changed, i think things have changed for him personally and this is the guy who s always had the desire
i ve long thought his personal attacks on senator mccain is one of his most contemptible things. i frankly think the president s continued attacks on now late senator john mccain is something that s regrettable and something for which he should apologize. delaware senator chris coons calling on president trump to apologize, following a weekend of disparaging the late john mccain. joining us tom nichols and senior fellow at the ethics and public policy center, pete wayner. joe, i find these tweets i mean, i know we re desensitized to everything this president does, to his daily lies and to tweets that are just i mean,
trumps hate and i agree with that but here is something else that is true. substance trumps scandal. if you agree, tell us. follow us at let us know what you think. now let s see what our guest here in a single thing. joining me fox news can do better sarah carter. fox news contributor and national security analyst, morgan ortega and author of the working class republican, ronald reagan and return of blue-collar conservatism and senior fellow at the ethics and public policy center, henry olson. great to see all of you. i ll start with you, henry. i shamelessly stole parts of that argument from one of you your by the way, you had a moment to say isn t it great that we have positive populist columnist in the washington post ? you are our ambassador to the swamp and ruling elite. great to see you. [laughter] you made the point that the
that is true. substance trumps scandal. if you agree, tell us. follow us at let us know what you think. now let s see what our guest here in a single thing. joining me fox news can do better sarah carter. fox news contributor and national security analyst, morgan ortega and author of the working class republican, ronald reagan and return of blue-collar conservatism and senior fellow at the ethics and public policy center, henry olson. great to see all of you. i ll start with you, henry. i shamelessly stole parts of that argument from one of you your by the way, you had a moment to say isn t it great that we have positive populist columnist in the washington post ? you are our ambassador to the swamp and ruling elite. great to see you. [laughter] you made the point that the scandals are really derailing