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former arkansas mike huckabee is joining us. good morning, governor. it's unclear if the president will confront putin on the election interference if he does not raise it, some critics are saying that would be a shocking irresponsible oversight. do you think the president will bring it up? >> i think it's very hard to say. i look at this as two alpha males coming together in a prefight press conference. this is ali and frazier. one of the people, that's donald trump, tends to be full of hyperbolie. he likes to talk. he talks big. if you look at vladamir putin's style. he downplays everything. he's accused of getting involved in the american elections by an interview and he laughs it off as nothing. both of these guys understand that a lot is at stake. so i don't think this particular meeting, this first encounter, is gonna be that substantive. it will be two guys sizing each other up, waiting for that time when they are in the ring. it ought to be epic to watch the body language. >> eric: u.s. was attacked. even if the president does bring it up, puti

governor mike huckabee on that story next. ainsley: and was a crime committed when cnn went after the creator of this, of that tweeted video of president trump tweeted? we're going to debate that coming up. steve: but, first, happy birthday to our 43 president george w. bush is 71 years old today. happy birthday e mr. president. ♪ ♪ i love you so much, that's why i bought six of you for when you stretch out. i want you to stay this bright blue forever, that's why you'll stay in this drawer forever. i can't live without you, and that's why i'll never ever wash you. protect your clothes from stretching, fading and fuzz with downy fabric conditioner. fading and fuzz with downy fabric conditioner. it smooths and strengthens fibers to protect clothes from the damage of the wash. so your favorite clothes stay your favorite clothes. downy fabric conditioner. ♪ ♪ award winning interface. award winning design. award winning engine. the volvo xc90. the most awarded luxury suv of the century. visit your volvo dealer today and get

. >> kimberly: here with common sense and reaction here is former arkansas governor mike huckabee. great to have you on the program. looking forward to talking to you about this. when this happened this weekend, cnn, the rest of the liberal media started, in my opinion, overreacting to the tweet. what do you think? >> the amazing thing is, this is a news media that told us the shakespeare in the park where donald trump was murdered on stage, that that was just theater but somehow pro wrestling is so real they are afraid of it. this is amazing. most of the wounds the press think they are experiencing are self-inflicted. i don't know of anyone who is calling for anybody in the press to be hurt. quite frankly, i don't know of anyone who wants to hurt the press. they want to laugh at them because they hold him in contempt. what's happened is a sense that the press no longer practices journalism. they practice a very targeted, hateful attempt to destroy the legitimacy of donald trump's presidency. people in america at least be on the coast, they are not stupid. they figure this out. the

we had mike huckabee on earlier in the show, what it takes to be there in this moment. >> an amazing asset to the president, i thought it was almost -- just emotional, the fact that here's a person, melania trump who grew up under a communist museum -- regime in europe and goes back of the first lady, married to the leader of the free world, i think it is a great testament to what freedom is all about and what an amazing platform for her to say to the world freedom works. freedom and liberty are wonderful virtues. >> that gives you children governor huckabee was talking about that, put it in perspective, you can still live the american dream, and since donald trump is tough on immigration you realize the heart that he has. these important meetings and the role she plays. >> you have more heart, the shared values of western celebration. you believe in the west and stand up and fight for the things that made it great. much of europe has forgotten that in russia, the former soviet union has never had that. to put someone like her next to him is a powerful imagery i didn't even of. >> th

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former arkansas governor republican mike huckabee offered his take on the healthcare debate earlier today. >> you can't make this better. it won't get better. it is only going to get worse. i think it is time to start over. the best way to start over, pass this whole issue to the 50 states with medicaid block grants and the freedom to let people pick their own healthcare and not try to create a federal program where one size fits all. that's their mistake. >> peter doocy has been following the president today who is joining us live from new jersey right near the president's golf estate. first of all, republican leaders in congress, what are they trying to do to try and get this whole thing back on track? >> good question, eric. because all that we can see today are further disagreements about the way forward. the senate majority leader mcconnell who returned to kentucky and let all of his members return back to their home state, without leaving behind a passable replacement for the affordable care act, and who used to say that all he needed to repeal obama care was a republican president

mike huckabee says you can't trust anything. you have to state it's off the record. he shared this earlier. >> there is no such thing as off the record, not in politics. every morning you wake up you need to look in the mirror and say to yourself the press is not my friend. the press is not my friend. keep repeating it no matter how nice they may be to you. >> bill: he made the mistake by not saying it was off the record. >> no question it was a mistake but i have gotten dozens of calls from republicans and democrats over the years, anchors who have unloaded in sometimes salty language, scaramucci-type language with the understanding that they are talking to me off the record and i'm not going to publish it and i'll say are we saying this for the record? how are we talking here? what has been overlooked in all this. it wasn't an interview it was venting. what has been overlooked is scaramucci is doing what the president wants. unlike spicer and priebus. he has donald trump's confidence. when he attacked reince priebus no one pushed back. for all the -- >> bill: why a

mike huckabee will join me live. my one-on-one exclusive with house speaker paul ryan coming up. when does he think congress will