with me watching and thinking why is he not bringing our country together? he is the president and his duty is try to bring some unity. dan: some people don t want to be united. they want to spray pant paint n statues. marie: i don t think that means there un-american. that s too far for the presiden president. harris: i m looking at social media during the commercial. dan: i m not. harris: the white house is stepping up the threat of forcing a government shutdown to get funding for the president s border wall, but now house speaker paul ryan is pushing back against the strategy. what can we expect? it s spicy on the couch today.
rain and it killed over two dozen people and changed the landscape in texas, so i cannot stress this enough. the time is running out. you need to take precautions yourself and make your family safe. harris: you start with you hope you re wrong, but just in case we told everybody and we will continue to report this. janice dean, we ll come back as the news warrants. thank you very much. sandra: another fox news alert, president trump and mitch mcconnell playing down a report of a rift between the two and denying that the two men haven t spoken in weeks. they say they are united in efforts to pass republicans agenda. this is outnumbered, answer to smith. here to make a mess for harris faulkner, host of kennedy on fox business, kennedy, marie harf and today s a #oneluckyguy, former nypd d
sandra: you had a very strong reaction, marie. marie: i m not a fan of mitch mcconnell either and i think both sides have legitimate agreements this year. donald trump isn t wrong when he says i was on the apprentice when you are talking about repeal and replace. i think he s shocked there wasn t a bill ready to go. mitch mcconnell also has a true grievance and that we have disagreements, the way to work them out in the caucus is not on twitter. that may be how they do it in queens, but in terms of a strategy and getting things done to it kennedy just said, what s the gain here for the president? does he have a strategy? how is he going to take a slim majority in the senate question rick he s attacking members of his own party, votes he needs. i don t see how this plays out strategically for the white house who needs some victories. sandra: and the meantime, republican senator jeff flake also planed on a feud with president trump saying he doesn t know why they re having problems
dan is agreeing with that one. sarah huckabee sanders echoing that statement on board air force one yesterday. there have been several conversations going on throughout the august recess about multiple meetings that will take place when everybody returns from august recess to discuss the agenda in the priorities for the fall agenda. there have been quite a few ongoing conversations with members of the administration throughout august. sandra: president trump appeared to take a shot at the top republican in the senate this morning on twitter. the only problem i have with mitch mcconnell is that after hearing repeal and replace for 7 years, he failed. that should never have happened. so there is that dan. you brought up something really interesting before the show.
level of frustration that is going on right now. and this is kind of a collapse of trust that potentially has serious ramifications for the president s ability to get anything done, and i think, what to watch for here, is what the president does in races where there are vulnerable republicans. and i would also point out, the president endorsing luther strange is in the alabama senate race yes! an overture? well, the president s actions in this case are much different than his words. kasie hunt there live for us from new york. thank you very much for that perspective. i want to bring in now brad maguire, who knows mitch mcconnell pretty well, his former chief of staff. wi back with us, jim vandehei and amber phillips. brian, you first. you heard kasie talking about privately folks in mcconnell world feeling some frustration and anger. are you frustrated and angry with how this is playing out with your old boss? knno, i would focus on something else senator mcconnell said ear