nomination and it s sparking comments from donald trump and democrats. the mainstream media is fake and phony i don t know they ll pick it up but that s a big story what you re saying. this say real problem. as democrats now we have to hold this party accountable. quickly, senator, do you agree with the notion it was rigged? yes. jon: let s bring in a senior policy writer for u.s. s for and an editor for the washington examiner. here s what a statement a democrat put out. earlier today we heard from donna brazile what many people had discussed for a long time had turned out to be true. the dnc secretly chose their
showdown when he was asked about policy writer amendments like the one to fund planned parenthood and whether he would allow them into the omnibus spending bill next month. how are you going to approach the issue of writers? are you prepared to have a confrontation over those writers? we have a tough deadline december 11. we have not a lot of time between now and then. we have to put together appropriations, but this is the legislative branch and the power of the purse rests within the legislative branch. we fully expect we re going to exercise that power. thank you, everybody. if they insist on inserting poison pill writers into the omnibus bill, they ll drag us into another government shutdown. power of the purse doesn t give republicans the right to hold government hostage unless we repeal dodd-frank or defund planned parenthood. we re not going to let that happen. we re not. and we have breaking 2016 news. donald trump says he plans to launch his first ads in iowa,
serious environmental concerns exist. as few as 50 permanent jobs will be created in the end. the house on tuesday rejected a senate plan that include add i provision forcing president obama to decide on the pipeline within 60 days. the president wants to put off the decision until after the election. this story was written for the rolling stone and how to cool the planet and big coal. thanks for being here. before we get into the merits of the pipeline, what are your thoughts and how do you think congress will be looking at this issue of the pipeline? will it be in the deal in the end? it s hard to say where we will be in the end. it s in a difficult position now because i think the house republicans realize that they sort of made a mistake in the policy writer to this legislation and one of the problems with this writer is that it forces the obama
joining me now, joe lockhart, former white house press secretary for president clinton, and former speech writer and policy writer for george w. bush, michael gerson. the latest that s happening, 2012, which seems to be gearing up a little, which we like. mike huckabee is out. he was largely seen as here s where the social conversation will go. who now has that crowd to attract? i was in iowa not too long ago and people were already starting to make their choices, former huckabee supporters. he was really the front-runner in that state. among social conservatives kind of the harder-edge ones that had supported huckabee were interested in michelle bachmann. the softer edge ones were interested in tim pawlenty. who is much more electable in a certain way. so i think the huckabee people will divide among a couple of
joining me now, joe lockhart, former white house press secretary for president clinton, and former speech writer and policy writer for george w. bush. the latest that s happening, 2012, which seems to be gearing up a little, which we like. mike huckabee is out. he was largely seen as here s where the social conversation will go. who now has that crowd to attract? i was in iowa not too long ago and people were already starting to make their choices, former huckabee supporters. he was really the front-runner in that state. among social conservatives kind of the harder-edge ones that had supported huckabee were interested in michelle bachmann. the softer edge ones were interested in tim pawlenty. who is much more elect nabl a certain way. so i think the huckabee people will divide among a couple of members of the field but those were the two that people were