weeks ago on the spending bill. paul ryan had to get down to the white house and explain the huge spending bill that republicans were about to pass that at the very last moment the president was threatening that he wouldn t sign. that kind of constant trying to keep the president on board with what congress is doing and trying to align all their goals together, i m sure that s exhausting. i doubt that that is the main reason, i don t doubt jamie s reporting at all. i m sure it s something he is saying but i do think that as phil was saying with the family considerations are obviously front and center for paul ryan, but this is not this is not a republican party that he envisioned he would be leading when he was mitt romney s vice presidential running mate in 2012. several lifetimes ago. let me ask about that. the only thing paul ryan ever wanted to be was chairman of the ways and means committee which
because i don t understand how you work down here. but garrett, you ve had a chance to get reaction on capitol hill about two pieces of breaking news over the last 24 hours, the report of bolton in place of mcmaster but more importantly this business where the president tweeted out that he wouldn t sign the omnibus bill and then when signing it made comments that do seem to indicate he doesn t have a fundamental understanding of how bills get passed in the way that we all learned on cartoons when we were children. reporter: yeah, you are new to this crazy town but the lawmakers here on capitol hill are getting used to this. now this idea of a tweeted veto threat that gets walked back a few hours later is new in and of itself but the idea of the president inserting himself into a debate at the mostin opportune time with comments that suggest that he s not necessarily involved in the process this point is not particularly new. and of the few lawmakers left on capitol hill that i was ab
yes. you were wrong. jordan was wright. right. i did chase ken griffey jr. s car donewn for an autograph when i was 10 years old. i was like ten, the car was leaving. he wouldn t sign. they drove off. and i just chased. he got caught in traffic and he rolled down the window and signed the ball. abby says you can t pick among the all-stars. that s like saying who adds the most to the group. now coming to the plate, six time all-star two time world champion, the author of the yankee way, the second baseman, thumb 30, willie randolph. welcome.
later in the week. cannot wait for that. by the way, you mentioned yoenis cespedes. last night becomes the first guy to go back-to-back in 98- 99. he came from cuba, defected. he s been through a lot. great story. brief story. i did chase ken griffey s car down for an autograph when i was 10 years old. that is the most you ve told about yourself ever. because you mentioned him. that s when i was a kid. i don t follow sports anymore. i was like 10. the car was leaving. he wouldn t sign. they drove off. i just chased. did you get it? with the ball and pulled up. he got caught in the traffic. then i had rolled down and signed the ball. that s the big one right there. i m told, though, jordan that, the home run derby last night was not that exciting. really wasn t. you re like the most optimistic guy we know. i saw tweets where people were harkening back to a bygone
keep government operating over the next seven days with a very simple agreement. we call it a clean cr in the jargon which means we re going to keep things going as they re going now while we re negotiating and trying to reach a deal. shutting down the government will have a very negative effect on the economy. millions of people throughout the country as well as our federal employees and the services they perform. so it s not a good thing to do. unfortunately, we ve seen this scenario played out before in 1995. i just want to ask you a quick question, you re talking when you say a clean cr, continuing resolution, didn t the house put one together, didn t house gop put one together that had something to do with defense that was a sticking point for democrats? defense was not the sticking point. there were other riders within that bill which clearly the president has indicated he wouldn t sign. the senate said they wouldn t pass. so we made the point it ought to