tim, you had a huge story that s coming. i ll be watching politico magazine this week. what are you working on? i m almost sworn to sue lens. it will relate to john boehner and his 25 years in washington. a great tease. fran, what are you working on? i am heading very soon to asia with the president. so speaking of kim jong-un, i ll be heading to tokyo, china, and the philippines. looking ahead to that, what does that mean for this president, what does it mean for the united states and what posture does president trump take after that trip on north korea? i have been talking to a lot of democratic strategists conducting polls in the battleground races. donald trump is more popular than they thought. paul ryan, mitch mcconnell, less popular than they thought. they would do an advertising blitz. house is in play? house is in play.
passing fax reform. if they don t, you have to wonder how the republican party turns over the calendar in 2018 looking at a difficult midterm election. you have to wonder how long he can remain senate majority leader. fran? going back to health care, despite the problems with this executive i will say rand paul. a big win this week that the president signed that executive order on health care. he has been pushing for ah long time. a big reason why he didn t want to vote for the legislation that had been in front of the senate. big week for rand paul. the president had described some of the people who were holdouts at grandstanders. but it turns out it may have helped him. my person who is not named trump is john kelly, not because of his press conference but he is the epitome of public service. i cannot tell you how much i admire him.
united states constitution an mores prior constraints and the constitution will not permit the government to license broadcast outlets based on the views of their content period. president trump is upset with media coverage. that s no surprise. some of that is completely justified. all presidents and more or less degrees about the media and president trump is just the most transparent. when it comes to that criticism, though, president trump must realize, as have all before him, while you vent you cannot vanquish or exile. you have to put with it. no matter how righter wrong the speech is, it is absolutely protect said under the first amendment. we wouldn t have it any other way. joining me to discuss the big stories past and future, tim alberta fran chess what chambers
the affordable care act, the president is taking matters into his own hands. it will have implications both in the short, medium and long term if chuck schumer and nancy pelosi realize with the proverbial gun to their hand, they have to do something. fran chess what chambers, what do you think was the most important? i m going with iran. i hope we get to come back to health care. i have strong thoughts on that. i m going with iran being the biggest news story. the president saying he was going to decertify not because they are noncompliant but because he doesn t like it, it s not strong enough, and he is going to kick it to congress. their strategy is a little interesting. they don t want congress to put more sanctions on on iran. that s not what they want. they want congress to amend this oversight legislation that gives congress the authority to put