president the microphone. ainsley: mainstream media is doing this story over and over and over and it s not true. when they do have a story that could be truthful. no one is going to believe them. it s like calling wolf. steve: white house says it was not a second meeting. just a brief conversation at the end of dinner when vladimir putin was next to melania trump. bremmer says it was a meeting. brian: kindest one to the russians the one that left the meeting. barack obama. own congress that forced barack obama, secretary of state kerry and secretary of state hillary rodham clinton to be tough on russia. not russia. it s amazing how democrats have flipped the script. steve: this president has more flexibility after the election. brian: oh, that s right. steve: wait, wrong president, wrong election. ainsley: jillian has more headlines for you. jillian: good morning to you and to you at home as well. one day before o.j. simpson going before a parole board.
will join us live to talk about this huge announcement for the very first time and brian just couldn t let me get it out before you had to break the news. bloin brian he wanted to tell everyone it s abby s dad. remember i broke the story three months ago. i thought everybody knew. i just yelled it out. ainsley: abby is like you are not supposed to say that brian. brian: how many does she have. ainsley: a baby, her dad is ambassador. jillian: it s exciting time. steve: coming up after the senate fails on getting the healthcare bill done perhaps next week, is it time to ditch mitch mcconnell? erick erickson says yes. and he joins us next to explain why. brian: mainstream media slamming the president for a secret meeting with vladimir putin. one problem, everybody knew about it. the second meeting. steve: the second meeting? brian: yeah, there was. i smell t-r-o-u-b-l-e