friends. when we all announced yesterday they were going to meet for lunch oh my goodness what s. this going to be like. they have been friends. they have been communicating. this was an opportunity, i think, for the national stage to see they are getting along and they are trying to work out their differences. brian: they have the same objective. just because they don t golf together doesn t matter. they have the same objective. it was the order in which they were going to introduce legislation. i also thought it was good thing that mitch mcconnell brought up a push back on steve bannon because steve bannon has been teeing off on him saying i m going to get rid of mcconnell and get rid of everybody except ted cruz. he brought up yesterday richard murdock christine o donnell. all candidates had tea party support and tea party, great people but they didn t have the widespread support to get elected. there is a danger in pushing someone forward because you re angry if they can t get elec
the drug industry itself could be in some part responsible for the opioid crisis, what did you think? it made me sick to my stomach. just in my hometown in july there were over 130 overdose deaths. it is an epidemic. steve: just in july. no, over the course of the year up to july. and so for a six month period there were over 100 deaths. the number of overdoses occurring around the country in cities big and small is devastating, so to help congress not pay attention to that when this bill was being considered is just it s hard to believe. i think mitch mcconnell took a vote and nobody objected to it. different kind of a bill. it was about patient s access to narcotics. steve: which sounds good. it does sound good. unfortunately it was wrapped around an in attempt to gut the enforcement power of the dea. i worked these cases years ago in the drug enforcement
done this calendar year. but it is important to remember that obama signed obamacare in march of year two. obama signed dodd frank in july of year two. we are going to get the job done and the goal it to get it done by the end of the year. brian: i m reading the president s mind. he is saying to himself i m not waiting that long. mark, great to see you. thanks. brian: you got the job of herding cats downtown to make sure something gets passed legislatively, a lot of people taken aback by mitch mcconnell saying it might take until 2018. is he right? well, look, he said his goal was to get it done this year. we need it to happen this year. we need to turn this economy around. it s begun to turn under the president s leadership. we actually created 1.7 million jobs. unemployment the lowest it s been in 16 years. the economy only grew 1.8% in obama years. lowest since the great depression for any president. we need to really boost it by making sure we provide tax relief to the american
i m a co-author. your dad is going to say wait, it s about me. i m a co-author. i m worried how you are going to divide up all the revenue. ainsley: they can have it all. i m giving some to folds of honor. the rest will go to my daughter s college and dad can have every penny i make: steve: let s talk about the bills of the united states. it was not expected that he was going to drag mitch mcconnell out into the rose garden yesterday. it was a raucous 45 minute press conference after their lunch. you know, we wondered whether or not they were going to get together and get along because, the president by all accounts was steamed after mitch mcconnell told reporter club rob meeting out in kentucky the reason things hngt gotten done fast enough for the president is because he had excessive expectations. the president got steamed at that. famously blamed mitch mcconnell for not passing obamacare. ainsley: steve and brian he said we have been friends for a long time. we talk on the weekends
stuff look to the establishment as part of the problem. steve: establishment during the swamp. brian: worried about one guy. senator rand paul. more than they say they are talk to senator mccain today. going to talk to bob corker s people today. but the one person they are worried about is rand paul hot president golfed with on sunday. i don t know if that came up or not. ainsley: what does rand paul not like about tax reform bill? brian: more budget spending. steve: he does. the other side of the white building that brian is standing in front of right now is the rose garden. there was that freewheeling news conference. if you milled it, we have a little sound of some of the action. it was crazy. keep in mind people didn t realize the president was going to come out with mitch mcconnell and usually they make a statement. but, instead, turned to 45 minutes where the president was barked at by all sorts