i m michael smerconish in philadelphia. we welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. the president up early this morning, a barrage of tweets blaming democrats for his problems and encouraging the gop to challenge the phil buster rules. meanwhile, the revolving doors in the white house keep turning. just one week after sean spicer resigns, reince priebus is out as chief of staff. i think he was right to hit the reset button. i think bring in fresh face. i think bring in fresh people is a good thing. he s gone, after just 189 days. that s the shortest tenure for a chief of staff until modern history. his replacement, homeland security secretary john kelly. can the general impose discipline on the president? i m going to talk to pat buchanon. and to me, john mccain s
for it. and you don t say let s compromise on principle. look at what intransigents have gotten this president in the first six months. patrick, i want to put up a tweet because he s been active this morning. this came from the president this morning where he says republican information the senate will never, all caps, win if they don t go to 51% vote majority now. they look like fools and just wasting times. i ll put it in terms you can understand. where is the personal responsibility? democrats didn t defeat the repeal effort this week. he lost mccain, he lost collins, he lost murkowski. it s republicans who can t manage their own houses even though they control both of them. yes, that s right. john mccain defeated the republican party as i said. he voted and voted basically with all of the democrats. he did it. i don t blame mitch mcconnell. he can t control john mccain. all of this talk about
wasn t reprimanded for telling a reporter that bannon provides on himself? that s because the oval office responsible for the oval office approves of it. i think we re going to have a parris island in the west wing. aren t we overlooking and i m limited on time, the biggest issue which is out there which is the continuing mueller investigation. here s my final questions for patrick buchanan. are we headed for a constitutional crisis? i think we re headed for a crisis and collision between whether mueller who sees himself as having a very broad franchise, moving beyond the russian hacking into the finances of donald trump. and the president of the united states is going to have to ask himself whether we can survive a year-end long time of vision. look, i ve never known one of niece special prosecutors offices which are like compho
who is bop? i m sure that means something. did you miss the opening commentary of the program? where i saluted john mccain for showing independence and standing up in the face of polarization? i mean honestly, people pick and choose and hear what they want to hear. listen to the totality of the program, and you ll find i m not here to carry anybody s water. give me another one. pat buchanan is wrong about mccain, he did it for country, not party. well, i think so. i wish there were more actions like that of mccain before it comes to a final vote on health care. but the showing of some independence? i think is a good thing. it s what more of them need to do. and that line, what did he say? our incapacity, meaning the senate, is their livelihood, meaning the loud mouths, truer words have never been spoken in the well of the u.s. senate. one more if we have time for it.
that he brought tra compromise in service to not just an appeal to the loudest voices within our own echo chambers. joying me now senior advise tore three american presidents, pat buchanan, his latest thought, nixon s white house wars. patrick, i made a list. here s what the last week has looked like for the white house. spicer, out. attorney general, beleaguered. the transgender ban announced by tweet. scaramucci goes goodfellas, health care failed. here s what it brings to mind. you re doing a good job, heck of a job, brownie. was getting rid of priebus the right move in the face of all of that? i think priebus went out in class and i do think it was time to remove him. let me disagree sharply with your dissertation there, mike. please. what john mccain did this week was to deliver a historic