you have matt miller, one of our justice analysts for msnbc saying, fast forward months and years. if mueller ever makes an impeachment referral, probably no one is more important to donald trump s fate than mitch mcconnell. how much does the president bri? i think the president is free to say what he wants, obviously, but i think the larger question is whether it s in his best interests. is it? and i think in this case, it s better that they work together, publicly and privately. and i think both of their goals are the same and they should just focus on those. brian, i can say why you were mitch mcconnell s chief of staff. you were just as understated, perhaps, as he was, sending a message. amber? yeah, mitch mcconnell, as brian pointed out, is very good at keeping his head down, doing his work. they may not like president trump, but, oh, we re going to get obamacare repealed. oh, we re going to get tax reform. that matters more. so the fact that the senate majority leader c
fire back. maybe not to this disagree. suggests that mcconnell knew what he was doing to try to i don t know. it was like very quickly before i let you go here, can you just talk about, what is mitch mcconnell going to do next. there is some reporting that the two of them had a very feisty phone conversation. is mitch mcconnell going to call the president? stop by the residence when the president gets back from bedminster? is he going to go to new jersey? what do you know? i think he ll put all of his energies the into getting 50 votes for tax reform and potentially a health care repeal bill. appreciate it. president trump seems to be catching some of his advisers by surprise with that fire and fury threat to north korea. so what power does the commander in chief actually have to follow through on that? and where is congress in all of this? a member of the armed services committee and marine corps veteran is going to join us to weigh in.
anything. ainsley: get too high on your horse and realize you haven t learned anything from your kids. steve: the book is available. brian: you felt the pressure last night to get a good turn out because you own your state. today is ainsley s only long island signing book review in huntington today. if long island doesn t turn out, i m worried it s going to damage my relationship with ainsley. ainsley: it will, brian. brian: do not let her down. go to huntington and show up and make the line out the door. ainsley: thank you, brian. steve: it s a date. ainsley: 7:00 book review. steve: check out ainsley books.com for more information. ainsley: that s right. steve: on the other side of the where brian is standing right now was a lunch. i bet it was a good one. the president and mitch mcconnell came out. keep in mind they had not met face to face september sex when mitch mcconnell and paul ryan were kept off
steve bannon and said hey, steve, have you got to lay off mitch. have you got to lay off the establishment. ainsley: we need to be united as a party? steve: that s what they are saying. they said reportedly, according to my source. apparently the senate leadership said, look, if you get on board with us and keep quiet, we will, you know, mitch mcconnell will no longer be the majority leader come january, 2019. ainsley: really? steve: in return steve bannon said nope, not going to do it. brian: well, what mitch mcconnell said yesterday, guys, sharon angle, todd aiken nice people but plowed candidates. mitch mcconnell says have you got to put together people that will win. a lot of people just blame mitch mcconnell. murkowski, senator collins and john mccain did not vote along the party lines.
getting the taxes done. steve: the president needs mitch mcconnell this week because they must vote on the budget resolution this week or taxes are done for the year. ainsley: steve bannon is not on the same page here. brian: i agree with you. number one, why are people confused that they have the same they had the same objectives whether it was going to be tax reform or repeal or replace. the order was the issue. one is a lifelong politician, the other is a businessman, they were going at each other. it s not personal even when they casually go at eve other. it wasn t personal with rand paul. they re friends. it s not personal with lindsey graham, they golf together. it wasn t personal with mitch mcconnell. they are over it.