was a birther and won and there is a challenge that is bigger than northam? oh, you re absolutely right. the only thing i would add is in order to take on those challenges the party with the most diverse base has to step out in front. right. take the moral authority and show that we will not tolerate we can t call trump out on charlottesville if they re able to do the both sides we re expecting ralph northam to speak. we thought he was going to speak already. we ll keep waiting for it and won t let any of these people go too far away because we me a need you back. mark thompson, jamill smith, thank you very much. coming up trump plays phone tag that s next. one tag that s next.
you are guaranteeing me a happy 85th birthday. ainsley: so cool. steve: we know it happened because it was on television. joining us to tell us was one half of the legendary country duo big and rich. it s rich. good morning fellows and lady. yeah, it was awesome. steve: tell us the back story. brian: what song means. that song is about i wrote about my granddad a tunnel rat, a little guy. they sent him into the caves. i wrote a song about him. then, knowing that president bush was also world war ii and it was his 85th birthday i missed sing it to him i lift it on his answering machine. he called me back and i played phone tag and missed him. i m kind of glad i missed it because i have it. steve: on tape. you are not going to believe george bush. no he didn t. we have that i just think it s the song honors world war ii vets. the greatest generation. it says if it wasn t for the greatest generation and the ones still fighting for our
was not objectionable, but the white house has confirmed the departure. and joining us is andrew kaczynski, and i understand that the white house as you tried to confirm this story or his participation, the white house also tried to discourage you from reporting on the story? well, what happened is that i reached out to the white house early last week asking with the evidence that we had that he had spoken at the conference and listed on a schedule for it, and recap of it sort of alluded to him speak iing. i reached out to them and i asked about it. they said that they needed a couple of days to look into it. on thursday they told me that they would get me something on friday and then all through friday, it was me playing phone tag with the white house deputy communications director, and me calling him and he would call me right back, and they the really delayed this sort of until 6:30 on friday when they told me that he had left the white house. hmm. so what do we know to be in th
unique experience in and of itself, like everything she did, it s singular. it s unique. quintessential and validating all at once. when was the last time you were able to connect with her? a couple of months ago, we played phone tag. it s one of those things that making the transition, when you know you are close or you are heading in that direction, when you know what the outcome of something is going to be she has been ill for a long time. when you find out what the outcome is, making that transition through that door that holds the mysteries that every human being must face at some point is a very singular thing in itself. it s very personal and very intimate. you leave people to it. you don t want to i don t want to intrude on that moment. unless she wants me to. you know?
you play phone tag. if you connect, you connect. what s meant to be is meant to be. she knows i love her. she knows i always have and always will. can you share with me a favorite memory? this is a moment of sadness, of course. a moment of absolute celebration for someone so great. radio city music hall, looking across at my duet partner and realizing that it s the greatest female icon ever. that is the queen. she s in all her glory. she s making you wear a mask so you can sing a song from phantom with her. that s not a memory one will forget ever. no, no. a song that she randomly decided she wanted to do at radio city.