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is growing and the united states contribution will be reduced. >> if you look at the budget, "america first," right on the front page. that's what the president has said -- >> if you look at the big picture, it's interesting the trump administration is taking the same approach to national security that it's taking to offense. more money owe offense, more money on defense but less money on prevention. this morning rex tillerson was talking in japan and he said -- >> pause because i have that sound bite. listen to what as p.j. is talking about secretary of state tillerson overseas in asia, here's what he said. >> the level of spending that the state department has been undertaking in particular this past year is simply not sustainable. i'm confident with the input of the men and women with the state department we'll construct a way forward that allows us to be much more effect of, much more efficient and be able to do a lot with foo you aewer dollars. >> what do you think that will do to morale? >> i think the disconnect in what the secretary has said is the presumption is as america winds do

this. this alleged leak should concern every single american in terms of the impact it has on america. >> can i ask something else? >> of course you can. >> robert shaheen has been in prison in iran since last october for collaborating with a hostile government, that government being the united states. he's on a hunger strike, apparently. his health is suffering. is the president aware of his plight and what, if anything, might the president be doing about it? >> obviously, we're aware of the situation. in that particular case i'd refer to you the state department. >> i would like to go back to an earlier question. what is the president personally going to be doing in order to sell this health care bill? what is he going to do to convince the rest of the lawmakers, people like rand paul, who don't like it? >> i mean, we're on day to. as i mentioned, we've been out on local talk radio in local markets. the president yesterday met with the house deputy whips. today he's having a series of additional meetings with conservative groups, with others. he's already talked to insurance agents.

borrow to get it and can't pay back long term. the cumulative effects are putting the united states of america at risk. when you look at the big picture, sal van si of america and the bigger picture, health care, i'm comfortable i'm doing the best i can to help the american people. >> at this point, there is no deal with the freedom caucus and what you are saying is thoughtfully worked through. thoughtfully worked through would mean we need time. in your opinion, is the right answer to postpone this and not simply jam it through, which is what we believe the administration wants to do because the president would like to prove he's the guy to get things done. you want to thoughtfully work it through, doesn't that need time? >> i want to give the supporters of this legislation more time to think it through to figure out it's not in the best interest of the people of the united states of america. to me wharks we should be doing is passing legislation we have passed in prior years. two years ago, we passed the repeal of obamacare. it passed the republican house and senate. of course president obama v

there's no inflex of canadians coming to united states. grew up in canada. never knew anybody coming to the united states for a test. it just doesn't -- the outcomes are better because they pay for preventive health. so people live longer. the american insurance system rewards treatment. so if you're not going to be treated f you're healthier and take preventive care and not get treated, there's no incentive here in america. that's part of the problem. single pair health care systems reward outcomes. as a result in all of the other developed nations we spend half as much per person on insurance than we do in the united states. >> i would like to have this conversation for the entire hour, but, unfortunately, there's so much more news to do today. guys, thank you so much for joining me. thanks for lending your expertise. if you want to see that video, i will retweet it. >>> up next, the art of the deal. >> i'm donald trump. i wrote "the art of the deal," i say not in a bragadocious way. >> i've been making lots of wonderful deals, great deals. that's what i do. >> you're supposed to s

chances of protecting what is a step forward in the united states to making sure that people have health care. we didn't go back on social security. they have taken a gigantic shot and come up on the losing side of this and that's a good day for america. >> what about those who don't have a lot of providers right now for obamacare, those paying higher presume yums, premiums, do you worry about finding common ground to fix those issues? >> there was nothing in this package to help the big group of people. that was the big lie that finally got exposed. they were going to have higher deductibles. it was going to cost you more. if you were 64 years old, instead of paying a couple thousand for insurance, you would pay $14,000 for insurance. there was a gigantic lie that the american people woke up to, that's why this plan only had 17% support in the united states. that's why they lost. they pulled this because they were going to go down by 100 votes, not by 5. people are going to flee this. who wants to be on record as saying, i want to take away your insurance for 26 million americans

balance our budgets and the context of the united states of america heading toward a debilitating insol vens we have to cut our spending. i'm one of those not comfortable taking money from one group of people to pay for abortions for another group of people when these people believe we are taking their money to pay for murder. you can argue one way or the other on pro life, pro choice, but this group of people, i don't believe, should have money taken from them to pay for other people's abortions, given the intensity and depth of feelings and the financial condition of the united states of america. we have to reduce our spending in various places and that's one of the places i recommend cutting spending and in that context i would agree with paul ryan. >> isn't that the same kind of choices that are made, though, about defense spending, for example, and people may be against war and you're spending on defense? >> we're having to balance a myriad of different demands on federal government to financing versus families having to pay higher taxes and less able to take care of their own fami

represent the united states of america. makemerica great again. [ applause ] >> wow, we are going to break it down. why? because people on the right are applauding him and people on the left are saying give me a break, stop being petty. let's find out what our panel things. meggen murphy, the editor of bloomberg news week, and welcome to all. steve, let's give the president a grade. >> it was a normal moment in the young trump presidency. he was before a joint session of congress and spoke for an hour and 15 minutes, but i don't think that wipes away over the early weeks in his administration the incompetence of the travel ban and the serial dishonesty by the white house people, and we look at it from the policy perspective, and the budget he is sending to congress is dead on arrival, and you have questions on the border tax, and you have democrats sitting on their hands when he talks about clean air and clean water and a trillion dollars of infrastructure spending, and you have republicans on their feet cheering for tariffs, and they have nothing to do with bringing manufacturing jo

ford family. and may god continue to bless the united states of america. thank you very much. >> president donald trump speaking there in hampton roads at the shipyard. talking about how he is going to support the military, support the navy specifically as well. he's already planning on increasing defense spending to $54 billion. just a few minutes ago you saw him say, i will always supported you. i will never, ever let you down. however, none of these things happen in a vacuum. some might consider it striking considering a few days ago he seemed to leave the blame of the death of a navy s.e.a.l. on his generals. to talk more about this and the day's top headlines, i'm joined by retired general wesley clark, kevin barron, msnbc national security and military analyst and executive editor of "defense one" and marcel, former undersecretary of defense for intelligence under president obama. in a few minutes we'll get our own hans nichols, who is at that event. general clark, i would like to start with you. the president is on the "uss gerald ford." he's addressing sailors. he is

county, it is the poorest county in west virginia, lowest like expectancy in the united states of america. it went from 100,000 people in the 1950s to 20,000 people now, very high elevated poverty rate and we talked about all the issues and so fascinating to me was washington politics and the political categories of our national political discussion seem very remote here. what did not seem remote is the degree to which people here use medicaid and health services like a lifeline, the unanimity with which people, trump voters and not trump voters did not want to see that medicaid cost, did not want to see black lung benefits cut, a crucial part of the aca that would be repealed. when you get down it what the conversation would mean in washington on the ground like this, the political categories and campaign rhetoric falls away quite a bit. we had pretty incredibly revealing moments when we got into the brass tacks of that here. i think it is a little bit of a warning sign for republicans who are debating this bill up in washington, d.c. >> you're there with voters as you say, across the spectr

think it boils down to just this one question. health care in the united states of america, should it be a privilege or a right? >> man, i can't tell you how much i appreciate you asking that question because that was the very thing i heard president-elect obama in an interview and that's what got me to run. i don't think it's a right that the government should -- >> that wasn't the question. the question wasn't who should provide it. the question was -- >> i'm going to answer it. it s is it a privilege or right? >> it's a privilege. i don't think it's a right that the government provides health care for all people. it goes back to woodrow wilson, a democracy versus socialism from 1887. he said that the role of the federal government can provide and perform better than the individual and that the individual rights come secondary to the needs of society. that'sn underlying fndamental difference of what we stand r. i'm 100% opposed to that. i think everybody should have access to health care and i think the government should make sure that it's played properly. and if you look at the

our citizens have a path to financial security. the united states will respect historic institutions and we will also recognize the right of free people to manage their own destiny. the close friendship between america and germany is built on our shared values. we cherish individual rights, we uphold the rule of law and we seek peace among nations. our alliance is a symbol of strengthnd cooperation of the world. it is the foundation of a very, very hopeful fure. thank you. >> translator: [ speaking german ] >> in the situation we talked about also apprenticeship programs, when we met with ceos and apprentices at a roundtable as regards to the shared interests that we have. now, let me look back into the past. we the germans owe a lot to the united states of america, particularly as regards the economic rise of germany. this was primarily due to the help through the marshal plan. we were also able to regain german unity after decades of the united states standing up for this together with other allies, and standing by our sides after the cold war. we are very gratified to know that today we can move in peace and freedom as a unified country due to that. so, i was gratified to know the president underline

automobile production in the united states of america. not outside. in the united states. by the way, for those that have any doubt, many other investors do, that's okay, right? so, we're here not simply to honor the past, but to devote ourselves to a new future of american automotive leadership. we want to be the car capital of the world again. we will be. and it won't be long, believe me. by the way, we're going to have a very big announcement next week having to do with your industry. very, very big. very important. everybody is saying, what is it? let's keep them guessing back there. you've heard me say the words, and i'll repeat them, right now, buy american and hire american. [ applause ] it's not just a motto. it's a pledge. it's a pledge to the working people of this country. the era of economic surrender for the united states is over. it's over. and you see what's already been happening. plants are coming back, other plants that were expected to be built in other countries are not being built. i justment to tell the leaders they made some very wise decisions. very wise.

. it gives the president of the united states authority over this type of issue regarding foreigners in other countries and the united states of america. if i were advising donald trump, the first thing i would advise is to appeal the decisions. the second thing i would advise is have gorsuch on the supreme court before the appeals get to that point. the third thing i would ask him to consider, this is more aggressive, at some point or another, the judiciary has to be put in their place. our founding fathers are supposed to be three equal branches of government. to a very large degree, the judiciary overstepped its pounds. at some point, the executive branch is going to have to do what is necessary to put them back in their place where it's a co-equal branch of government rather than superior. >> i would guess that judge gorsuch would say, whether he is sitting in his seat or not, he is not in the back pocket of the president. here we are less than 24 hours later, since the ban wasn't put in place. should americans feel less safe? >> absolutely. there is always a risk when you have countries that have high intensities of terrorism and peo

, seen this, you know how it works. is it a good idea for the president of the united states to issue an ultimatum? does that work? >> we haven't seen this before, a few presidents would want to see members actually get called on the line on a losing vote but this is donald trump america. look, there's' a small possibility paul ryan is going to the white house we're close, i need your help. maybe that's why pence is selling the freedom caucus one more time. i think paul ryan is saying mr. president we could lose this by 40 or 50 or 60 votes because here's what happens. once you pass 26, 27 votes, once members know this is going down, the ease ye vote is no vote. because conservatives can say it wasn't conservative enough. moderates can say it was too conservative. if you vote yes you own the entire thing and every single member of congress right now is thinking not about what leadership wants them to do, but about 2018 and their own districts and a yes vote spells trouble for the right, the center, and the left, if you're a republican. >> and anton, you are i health expert. say this vote does not go to the floor, say obamacare stands. the president says he wants to hang obamacare around the democrats' neck, it was always meant to implode. is that what's going to happen, if

45th president of the united states of america. florida made a difference. and the president asked me to stop by, just to give his personal thanks. each and every one of you. hard-working americans, like all of you, were our biggest supporters. and on behalf of the president, his family, and on behalf of my little family, thank you, florida. your votes have sent us on a path to make america great again. and we're here to say thanks. it was quite a campaign, wasn't it? it's already been quite an administration. greatest honor of my life to serve as vice president to president donald trump. he's my friend. he's a man who loves his family. he loves this country. boundless energy and optimism. broad shoulders and a big heart. and thanks i want to express on his behalf, as well. to all the great business owners who are with us here today. we enjoyed a great conversation today. about the issue that i'll talk more about in just a moment. join me in thanking these great job-creators in jacksonville. thank you for sharing your candid feedback about what we can do to help you grow jobs right he

they are really sick to the united states of america. it's because we have the best health care in the world. >> but they pay for it. >> people who come here pay cash money for that health care. >> and we don't have a fully market-driven system. a va that's failing too many of our veterans. so we still want to make sure that we maintain a safety net that helps people. no question about that. but right now what we have is failing. obamacare is failing. no competition. what we're saying to republicans, 88% of house republicans serving right now voted to fully repeal this bill. what's different now? why don't you go become to what you did earlier? keep your word and fully repeal -- >> you heard what kasie just said. paul ryan asked everybody in the room to put up their hands if they campaigned on repeal and replace and 100% of the hands went up. very few conservatives actually voted just on repeal and were okay with 20 million people not getting insurance without another plan to replace it. >> we're not okay with folks not having insurance. what we're also not okay with people having dedu

will increase defense spending to rebuild the depleted military of the united states of america. >> i believe real and positive immigration reform is possible. tonight i am also calling on this congress to repeal and replace obamacare. >> the dow jones gained more than 300 points on wednesday, closing above 21,000 for the first time in history. >> therefore, i have reaccused myself in the matters that deal with the trump campaign. >> a senior administration official confirming to nbc news the russian ambassador also met with president trump senior advisor and son-in-law jared kushner in december, during rt transition. >> so many people having so many contacts and not remembering. it doesn't make sense. the most forgetful team in history or the most intimate with russia. >>> president trump ending week six back at palm beach international airport. he'll head to mar-a-lago for the weekend. let's bring in jim manly. and the current senior director of communications qga, and chris wilson, former director of research and analysis for senator ted cruz and former executive director of the te

comprehensive review of america's trade deficits and all violations of trade rules that harm the united states and the workers of the united states just as i promised during my campaign. this review will be led by secretary wilbur ross who is joining us here today. wilbur is an outstanding success story, an unbelievable businessman, a great but very, very fair negotiator, and on wall street, he's simply known as wilbur and everybody knows him. and now we have him on our side. so i thank you, wilbur, it's really -- you're going to do a fantastic job. we're going to investigate all trade abuses and based on those findings, we will take necessary and lawful action to end those many abuses. i'm not beholden to any political or financial interests. i don't care. i'm here to do a job. i'm doing a job for the american worker. i really don't care. not thinking about my business or anybody's business, wilbur isn't. peter isn't. none of the folks that we have up here are. we're doing a job. it's an opportunity like nobody's ever given, and we're here to do a great job for the american worker and

pretty bad dole. >> the president of the united states of america in a new interview weighing in on the divisions of congress and the chances that democrats will su pour his health care bill slated for a full house vote later this week. let's bring in robert trayhham. marjorie, let's start with you. what's your reaction to what we heard from the president. do democrats need to work with him a little bit more? >> i think democrats need to work with him but the irony is somewhat sweet. back when we did the original affordable care act, actually in 1990, the heritage foundation published what became the framework for aca and it was a response to the original clinton proposal. so the basis and the bones of aca, this market-driven plan, pooling together the sick and the healthy, was actually a republican-based plan. that is most what republicans are struggling with is what can the alternative be knowing that while imperfect and market conditions changing, still was the closest thing we could get to given the market forces. where there is unity is on the cost of health care. trump has put

september assessment. russia hacked the united states election by taking emails from the democratic national committee and using them as sort of a political warfare operation. not against the dnc or, you know, against the mindset of the american public. this is called hybrid war. they did. they took a minor hillary clinton problem with emails and made it a massive -- the only thing the media talked about. that was done by a foreign intelligence agency, and there should be no one in this country who should think that that's okay. >> let me ask you this. if you were in the position to investigate that and all of that came out and would you try to pursue surveillance on trump and his associates in trump tower? >> it would have to go through the law. you want to go after the target that has been involved in operations which may compromise the security of the united states. if we receive information -- this is where allegedly the initial pfizer warrant came from, that's what we call it in our community. those tippers came from foreign intelligence agencies who had american citizens suppo

indicted. but i think it's a real reminder that russia is an adversary of the united states of america. and yahoo accounts are i interacting with the government. as thinking about it coming over here, i remember interacting with people, all unclassified. and in terms of prosperity, we need to constantly remind ourselves of that. >> so it would sound as if this was a state-on-state cyberattack. >> yes. absolutely. >> what, then, should our response be? >> it sounds like this is a state-on-state attack. what would the response be normally? >> well, first of all, there needs to be a response, right? so let's be clear about what happened. the russian government stole american material and theft on purpose because sometimes when you use the word hacking it's high school kids playing around and it's theft and should be responded appropriately. the obama administration, last time this happened, put sanctions on place against russian government officials. i would hope that the trump administration would do something similar if not even more given the gravity and the size and scope of this theft. >>

exists between germany and united states. >> is the united states at a low point. >> absolutely a low point. >> you go to these conferences all the time. >> absolutely a low point. i think it's creating a big problem. i asked john mccain about this when i was there, who thinks it's recoverable. many think the damage has now been done. when i talked to mccain, i said is there so much doubt injected into relationships as they plan their own contingencies with how they deal with security and dark da, whatever they may be, are they going to count on the united states the way they used to today when those things happened. the answer has to be no. mccain thinks it's recoverable but there's a problem in that relationship now. you just felt it throughout this forum, there was a staggering degree of dismay about the trump white house. >> recoverable means working together. thirty seconds here. you asked john mccain -- >> he thinks he's got a good national security team. >> you asked him when is the last time he spoke with the president. what did he tell you? >> he has not met, physically met t

united states of america. [ applause ] >> so people were waiting to see whether or not he would insert into that speech something he had told to network anchors earlier in the day. give us the background on that. >> the bottom line is he meets as is tradition for presidents on nights of the state of the union or joint addresses before congress with some national media types, including chuck todd and lester holt just yesterday. in the course of that conversation, the president effectively signaled when asked about the topic that he had sort of an openness to the idea of a path to legalization. to legal status for undocumented immigrants in this country who had not committed crimes. that would be a significant policy shift for this president compared to what he said over the course of his campaign. it's something that his opponents, his people who supported him viewed as amnesty. that whole idea that others had been presenting. so the bottom line is that was the takeaway last night we heard only vague references to his ideas. basically suggesting the possibility it existed for imm

i request asylum from the united states of america. >> time to teach these tchaikovskies a thing or two about free press. >> the russians are trying to show the world they can do whatever they want, wherever they want and we're powerless to stop them. >> gratifying to know there is still some bad left in the world. >> from cartoons and sitcoms to today's many cable dramas, russians often have a place in american pop culture. now that we have investigations into the trump campaign's possible links to russia, will hollywood b doubling down and do you ever feel like life is is imitating art? more russian characters might be on their way to blockbusters at a theater near you, and joining me now to get into it is stand up comedian seth herzog, a friend of the show, michael medved, and our own author and terrorism analyst, malcolm nance. michael, you told us that one movie came to mind that was more sympathetic to trump than any other, tell us about dave. >> yeah. dave is the way that republicans would like to think of trump, he's a simple man with no experience, who ends up in the presid

up through mexico to the united states. >> be precise. young kids manage to sneak into the united states with their parents our department of homeland security personnel going to separate the children from their moms and dads. >> i am considering it in order to deter movement along this network. i am considering exactly that. they will be well cared for as we deal with their parents. >> what are your thoughts on that? >> look, an hour ago i kissed my 9-year-old twins good-bye as they set off for school this morning. i can't imagine a more heartless approach to an important public policy issue than that and just when you think there's nothing that key administration officials are going to say that are going to surprise you, something like this comes along. so i guess i'm not quite sure where to start responding to that. >> the new immigration order drops language offering preferential stat to us persecuted religious minorities, a provision widely interpreted as favoring one religious group or favoring christians over muslims in particular. are you looking at these changes that have

additional measures that would strengthier our vetting of those seeking entry to to the united states from seven named countries. those early efforts were concentrated on iraq. iraq is an important ally in the fight to defeat isis. with their brave soldiers fighting in close coordination with america's men and women in uniform. this intense review over the past month identifies multiple security measures that the state department and the government of iraq will be implementing to achieve our shared objective of preventing those with criminal or terroristic intent from reaching the united states. i want to express my appreciation to prime minister al abaddy of iraq for his positive engagement and support for implementing these actions. the united states welcomes this kind of close cooperation with countries in every region of the world who share our commitment to national security. this revised order will bolster the security of the united states and her allies. now, we've spent the morning briefing the congress, the press and we will continue to talk with key stake holders this afternoon. experts from the department of homeland security, the department of justice, and the state department hosted an hour-long call with the media on this topic this morning. our collective teams will conti

the united states of america was going on. >> there were people on the justice department who requested that warrant and wanted to get that order, is there a way that the president would not have known about it? he had to have known. >> absolutely not. the justice department should not be in cahoots with the president and this is one of the reasonsession his to recuse himself on the russia stuff and why he may have to resign as a result of perjuring himself twice during his confirmation hearings. that is not how things work. you don't check with the president to do an investigation to see if it's okay with the president and that is part of the checks and balances system and it's why the attorney general has to be above reproach. it's yet meeting with loretta lynch who i think was a great attorney general and why that looked bad when bill clinton and loretta lynch met at the airport which loretta lynch has said she regrets. this makes loretta lynch meeting look like nothing. >> which is exactly why when jeff sessions goes to correct his testimony tomorrow, the administration sh

states because under federal criminal statutes actions taken abroad that impact america in this way can be prosecuted. doesn't mean we can get our hands on the people, but we request certainly indict them. we can issue interpol arrest warrants. we can impose sanctions if they come into the country. we can put them on trial. we're hearing about a very serious series of crimes of conspiracy to try to influence the outcome of an american election. we don't know whether it had any impact or not. that's not the point. the point is not to look back to see whether or not this election may have come out differently. the point is to make sure it doesn't happen again. both the directors indicated the russians are determined to do it again. they think it worked. and we're expecting this again in 2018 and 2020. so, we have to have an independent investigation to get to the bottom of this. >> professor, if you were white house counsel, what would you be telling your client about continuing to argue that you were wiretapped by your predecessor? >> well, you know, that's one of the issues i discus

north korea as a direct message to the united states, why, in your estimation, is north korea so focused on the united states of america? >> well, they see us as their main op bonent and they've repeatedly declared they'll never abandon their nuclear weapons and the treasure sword of deterrence. when people advocate a nuclear freeze negotiation. we've had eight international agreements with north korea that they failed and violated. so it's -- we shouldn't be in a rush to go back to negotiations until north korea is willing to say they may entertain the idea of denuclearization which they say right now is off the table. >> the secretary of state rex tillerson has been on this much publicized and little covered by the press tour because of restrictions of the press there and he's called for a different approach to dealing with the threat of north korea. let's you and i take a look at that very quick. >> we have 20 years of failed approach. and that includes a period that the united states provided $1.25 billion in assistance to north korea as an encouragement to take a different pathway. in the face of this escalating threat it

diplomacy of the united states and american diplomats around the world help to present america's views around the world and help to influence public opinion in those countries about what its relationship with the united states should be, utilizing our view of american interests to make this case. the problem with in big budget cut, it not only a number, we have not seen the strategy behind it. why are they cutting certain things? what is the strategic cost? just taking a meat cleaver to the kos costs -- >> it's the same thing sequester. >> we need a strategy. it's tough to make these decisions sensibly without understanding the strategy and costs and benefits. that you need to do first before you start doing the meat cleaver approach. >> thank you bob hormats. >> a federal judge in maryland also ruled against the president's travel ban. hawaii's state attorney general joins me now. he filed the lawsuit that got the president's new travel ban blocked. sir, thank you for joining us. donald trump railed about this decision to block the new travel ban last night. i got to play it back for

private a land. extending beyond the united states in europe. in france obama 2017 posters are appearing on paris street corners with activists there wearing obama masks, unhappy with their political choices in this year's presidential election. hoping to recruit america's popular former president. >> andrea mitchell reporting there. joined by former hillary clinton campaign manager, robbie mook. good to see you on a friday afternoon. thanks for kanc out some time. >> thanks. >> who do you think former president obama could best help democrats right now? >> well, i think as attorney general holder hinted at, i think there is a lot of space for him to help democrats organize and mobilize, not just for the upcoming elections but obviously he is helping to build a program to focus on the redistricting challenge and build more power for democrats in that process. we need all hands on deck here. i think the president was very clear in his remarks that he is going back to be a private citizen, and i think he wants to provide a lot of space for new leaders like our new chairman, tom perez, to develop and lead our party, but he's an important part of building that power that we need as a party to start winning elections moving forward. >> you've said that russian inter

the united states cuts it by almost $6 billion? what does that say to his values at the same time he's providing $600 billion in tax cuts in his health bill mostly for the very wealthy? half of these tax cuts go to ople who are making over $1 million a year. that's his values. it's not america's values. >> all right. representative sander levin, democratic congressman from michigan, great to have you with us this morning. thanks for joining us. >> thank you. >>> next, what trump supporters think about the job he's doing so far. do they like the new health care proposal? you're going to hear more from them directly straight ahead. >> i don't think we need a replacement plan unless they're going to put it where everybody can go to the doctor and have free health care and they can get seen without having to pay $500, $600 just to see a doctor. dearthere's no other way to say this. it's over. i've found a permanent escape from monotony. together, we are perfectly balanced. our senses awake. our hearts racing as one. i know this is sudden, but they say...if you love something set it free. s

of the united states. robert bork's america is a land in which women would be forced into back alley abortions, blacks would sit at segregated lunch counters, rogue police could break down citizens doors and midnight raids, and schoolchildren would not be taught about evolution. writers and artists would be censured at the whim of government and the doors of the federal courts would be shut on the fingers of millions of citizens for who the judiciary is and often only the protector of the individual rights that are the heart of our democracy. >> and the naacp president at the time said they would fight bork's nomination until hell freezes over. civil rights were an issue at the hearings. >> when did you first publicly change your position on the civil rights act? >> i don't know if i did it in the classroom or not. i know the first time -- >> publicly? you did publicly, you've written two important public declarations. i think we're entitled to know. >> i think it is implicit in some of the thing i wrote earlier. i first said it, i think, where it was written down at least in a confi

become such a convoluted crisis on the ground. so the united states is still trying to pair the curds with the turkmens where the arabs. all of them have different claims on different territory and now they're a hand grenade's throw from the americans so there's buildup to keep the americans engaging anywhere near the russians and to keep the two sides apart while you have an enormous geopolitical battle not just for syria but for who gets to havany kind of foothold in the middle east. >> what does ts mean for the average american sitting back there looking at this and the geopolitics is complicated. what does it mean for the fight against isis? bottom line? >> well, the bottom line, i think, is that trump came to office to end the war sooner, to fight isis quicker, harder, more and more and more and everyone in washington is still waiting for an actual plan. a counterisis plan to come up from the generals to the secretary of defense and white house. we haven't heard that. we've heard more of the same with a little more, meaning all right, now we're on the edge of raqqah and the unite

were shipped overseas. that has been good for certain businesses but not good for the united states, but not good for america, not good for our people. when american workers win, america as a country wins. we want to have companies that thrive and hire and grow right here in america and we want them to use american workers and american citizens. today i am thrilled to announce that charter communications has just committed to investing $25 billion, with a "b," 25 billion -- you're sure that's right, right? not with an m? >> with a b. >> and has committed further to hiring 20,000 american workers over the next four years. charter is also committed to completely end its offshore call centers. that is such a big deal. and will base 100% of its call centers here in the united states, all american jobs. this is great for their workers, it's great for the customers and it's certainly great for the united states and you watch, it will be one of your really fantastic decisions. tom will be opening a brand new -- >> i'm going to leave this for a second. congressman adam schiff, ranking member speaking now. >> so the count

united states of america. as i said, nunes is -- i'm sure he's a fine guy. he's like a guy who can't swim. he's never going to get to a point where they're going to trust the house. the american people aren't going to trust either one of these. even if they did, eve, these committees have more important work to do than runng down this investigation. the depth, the time commitment that's going to be required. these guys are on other committees, doing other things as well. i'll get back to it. we got to worry about north korea, worry about isis. they got bigger problems than trying to figure out what the russians did to interfere where our election. >> bob kerrey saying, look, there are other issues out there, believe it or not, why not have an independent commission step in here? maybe in would be a little more credibility between the two aisles and allow members of congress to do other work. what do you say to that? >> i respect senator kerrey quite a lot. we disagree on a number of reasons. i think he will birragree with n this, the press conference between senator burr and senator

today. the grade for the united states, a d plus. however, it says things can be turned around. >> america's infrastructure challenges are significant and cause for concern. but the good news is, they are solvable. reversing our infrastructure's backward trajectory after decades of under-investment requires transformative action from congress, the states, infrastructure owners and most importantly the american people. >> to make progress, the group says the united states needs to spend more than $4.5 trillion over the next decade. that, they say, would bring america's bridges and roads to a state of good repair. that is much more than the $1 trillion plan that's now being touted by president trump. washington debates a potential path forward and states are trying to find their own solutions. rehema ellis joins us now. you visited rhode island. i grew up in new england. one of my horror stories on interstate 95 in cranston. my car broke down after hitting a pothole. >> it could still happen if you travel that route. rhode island, like much of the country, is having a difficult time with its roads and bdges.

virginia and off the streets of america. as the father of a united states marine, complete slet me say th heart. i couldn't be more proud and gratefulo say that we have a president who will rebuild our military, restore the arsenal of democracy, give our soldier, sailor, airmen, marine and coast guard the resources and training they need to accomplish their mission and come home safe at last. so it's about job, it's about energy, our national defense. and president trump is also keeping one more promise i wanted to mention. and that is the promise that he made to nominate to the supreme court someone who will be faithful to our constitution by nominating judge neil gorsuch, president trump has kept his word to appoint a justice to the supreme court who will keep faith with the constitution and who will uphold the god given liberties that are enshrined there. you saw this week. my daughter was off work, she got to watch c-span. she told me she watched a lot of judge gorsuch's testimony. three days of powerful testimony before the senate. judge gorsuch practimade it cle donald trump

workers. i'm going to fight to keep the automobile production in the united states of america. not outside, in the united states. >> just today, breaking news, general motors announced adding and keeping 900 jobs right here in michiga and that's just the binning. >> very important. everybody saying what is it? let's keep them. lerts keep them guessing back there. >> not mentioned by the president, something he is expected to talk about at his next event. that's going to be tonight in tennessee. the issue, health care. and on health care, there are ominous signs for that republican replacement plan currently making it's way through congress. a vote is expected in the house next week. republican party leaders say, they are going to pass it without the support of any democrats, but now, more republicans are speaking out against it. some conservatives call it obamacare-lite. they stay doesn't go nearly far enough. some moderates say it goes too far and it cuts too much. and now, some pro-trump voices all but pleading with the president to just walk away from it. christopher rudy from n

states of america, this is one way of looking at the political divide. this is how each county voted last fall in trump/clinton election. republicans love this map because there's a lot of red space on it even though it was very close. republicans do very well, trump did extremely well in rural areas. all told, he won well over 2600 counties in this country. the democratic support, meanwhile, looking at metropolitan areas, around philadelphia, washington, d.c., heavily in california. democratic vote much more narrowly bunched. so what monmouth university did, they have a poll and took a look at a couple different regions of this divide. so remember, 3,143 counties in the country. how about this, the trump counties. these are 2500 plus counties where he won a landslide last fall, by more than 10 points. and look, they're happy with that they're seeing in those red counties in the middle of the country. big approval rating from there. on the flipside, about 400 counties where hillary clinton bo won landslides. i'm being told the speaker of the house is up. let's listen. >> this bill, t