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>> this is a division between trump supporters and even trump opponents. people cannot decide if he has a plan, if he has some master plan and master strategy and he's this brilliant tactician or if he really is making it up on the fly. you know, that is something that really is quite a sticking point. people just can't figure out, is he -- among opponents they're asking is he crazy or crazy like a fox? the one trait that all the voters i talked to -- this was surprising because it really was the one universal pick that people agreeupon. they really are ready for this president to stop twting. even trump supporters feel the tweets are destabilizing, especially when it comes to foreign policy, and they would like to see him put down his twitter and to not be tweeting all the time. >> isn't that so funny, to think about -- it's a great social media tool, but i guess the juvenile aspect that it casts on the president, that people think this is a bad reflection on the way he communicates the things that he says about really important issues. certainly what we

host: walter, before you go, among the comments from the trump family about president trump's taxes, is there is quote to the pittsburgh tribute from president trump's oldest son, he said releasing the president's return which he said would cover 12,000 pages would distract from his father's message. what do you think about his explanation? caller: the only message that he has is hate. hate and separation, divide and conquer. it's a republican playbook. but the idea that that clown -- go hunt some more endangered species because they are no geniuses. we did not elect iyanla. we did not elect eric. we did not elect these guys to be the new kennedys, if i might facetiously say. the idea that this guy is a fraud. donald trump is not a successful businessman and the russian connections are embedded in those 12,000 pages. host: randy is next from louisiana and an independent. good morning. caller: good morning. thanks for taking my call. well, i got my own problems with taxes much less donald trump. he's got his own problems. and everybody that sits there and jumps up and down about trump

but trump -- that all said, trump makes it even worse. doctrinebringing in a and a group of people who are in the process of and are definitely going to commit even more killings of civilians, even more aggression. and that is why it was one of many reasons why it was such a catastrophe that trump and the radical right republicans won him a because it will make it even worse. and the argument you hear going around, especially in some circles on the left, oh, they're all that, they are equally bad, it is insane. given thatponsible now even more people are going to suffer as a result. amy: award-winning investigative journalist allan nairn. we will be back with him in a moment as he discusses his assessment of the trump presidency. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. as we continue our conversation with award-winning investigative journalist allan nairn, i asked him to talk more about his assessment of the opening months of the trump presidency. >> it is n

he doesn't let donald trump finish donald trump's thought. that's the most important sentence in what he just said. i thought it would be easier. i thought it was more of a -- feel free to tweet me your guesses about how he was going to finish that sentence before he decided that he shouldn't finish that sentence. whatever he was going to say, donald trump himself decided he shouldn't say it. it was against donald trump's better judgment. imagine, imagine what it had to be for donald trump to think oh, better not say that. he thought it was going to be more of a what? the president gave that interview yesterday. he knew congress would be gone less than 24 hours later, and he would be stuck with his 100 days of zero legislative accomplishments on the donald trump campaign agenda, which was supposed to be the trump presidency's first year agenda. some of it was supposed to be the trump presidency's first day agenda. but just about all of it was supposed to be the trump presidency's first 100-day agenda. a deadline that the president himself imp

this is donald trump. diplomatic donald trump. this is sort of the equivalent of bush's ranch for xi jinping. democratic ideals have deep roots in modern chinese history. >> which is to say china has a long tradition of democratic sentiment that bubbled up again and again over the last century. it also has a deep tradition photography.nnia throughout history, these two things have collated, at least in modern history. china has a rich tradition of democratic sentiment that keeps returning. amy: we will continue this conversation and post it online at democracynow.org. orville schell is director of the center on u.s.-china relations at the asia society and co-author of "wealth and power: china's long march to the twenty-first century." his recent article in "the wall street journal" is "china's once and future democracy." that does it for our broadcast. democracy now! is looking for feedback from people who appreciate the closed captioning. e-mail your comments to outreach@democracynow.org or mail them to democracy now! p.o. box 69

jesse: do you support what trump did. >> i don't like trump. jesse: so you are okay with a dictator gassing civilians? >> no. jesse: sow you agree with trump. >> yes. jesse: where did you hear that? >> facebook. jesse: do you know hot president of syria is? where is syria? >> on the map? >> in europe? >> africa. >> the northeast? >> like new england? >> i don't know where syria is.. jesse: where are you? >> new york city, 6th ave and 41st. jesse: this is actually 8th ave. russia is angry with the united states for launching attacks against syria. >> it's all about money. jesse: is america on russia's side or syria side. >> america's side. jesse: if trump is colluding with russia why did he strike their biggest ally. >> that was a diversion. that was the best hail mary play you will ever see in your life. jesse: does this change your opinion of donald trump? >> my opinion is pretty steady. >> i'm not a trump supporters but i respect what trump did. jesse: more information on the passenger dragged off the united flight. and "watters >> isis is ma

i you out to get donald trump? covering, i started donald trump's charitable giving. the local veterans group comes up on the stage and he gives him this huge golf tournament sized check and it says donald j trump foundation on the top and make america great again on the bottom. a $100,000 check and then goes back to his rally. none of them were can i bury donald trump, that is illegal. you're not supposed to be able to use your charity to help with a political campaign. that is money that came out of the 6 million that he said he raised for veterans. that was the impetus going in. trump, but toald just get him for this thing the already told us. we were often looking for evidence that he would tell the truth and we would never find it. how close to the 6 million did he come? how much did he pump in? david: i set out thinking this would be a two or three day story. kali trump campaign manager asked where they gave the $6 million away. of course he must have given the money away. in a day, appen week or a month. after that initial promise that he was going to give the

i don't know if you voted for trump, but i decided to give trump a chance. i have been -- i hope you bring one of these issues of. -- these issues up. obama cannot get a partner because he was trying to get so many folks out of prison. trump because i believe he wants to change things. i just think hillary was just a crook. i was a military police officer and stuff. i just don't see which he got away with these females in the and theith these emails fbi has not been able to do anything. we have to give the management and and see what he can do -- we have to give the man a chance and see what he can do. have a blessed day. texaslet's go to houston, with pretoria. -- with victoria. caller: i feel texas with pretoria. like -- [no audio] obama did what he needed to do. if they do not shut the house down, we would have got more things done. we have to get beyond the parties right now. it is about getting people jobs and help people getting jobs right now. people need it. strokeamacare, i had a in 2009 and i cannot talk. i could not get no help. i was under age 60

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first trump put him in the epa. but then he offered unsolicited advice so often that after just four weeks on the job, epa chief pruitt shut him out of many staff meetings according to two senior administration officials who talked to "the washington post." so trump found don benton a new job, putting him in charge of administering the military draft if it's ever needed. he was quietly sworn in yesterday despite what "the seattle times" called his almost perfect track record of failure and interpersonal conflict often resulting in legal or disciplinary action at every public position he's held. >>> as far as my taxes are for the strength and energy to get back to doing... ...w love. ensure. always be you. thithis is the new new york.e? think again. we are building new airports all across the state. new roads and bridges. new mass transit. new business friendly environment. new lower taxes. and new university partnerships to grow the businesses of tomorrow today. learn more at esd.ny.gov hi! hey! i've made plans for

that's a name that can be very damaging to trump trump. because his entire brand is anti-establishment. and yet he's going up against the genuine anti-establishment members of his own party. if that sticks that could start eroding. >> the idea that donald trump is coming in and cleaning up washington. if now, he allows the tea party to pull the same act on him as they did on eric cantor, saying, no, he's the swamp. we're the ones draining the swamp. doesn't he place himself in a completely untenable position when he wants to do other things like tax cuts? >> yeah, he's put himself in a very difficult position. one of the things we should look at is really who has the leverage and does the freedom caucus have any reason to truly fear donald trump. it was donald trump as the negotiations were going on that capitulated and agreed to the approached health care plan that would drop essential benefits as a way to appease the freedom caucus, and the freedom caucus said we're not down with the program. we're not going to vote for this. he showed h

how is trump doing? >> he's doing good. >> reporter: they like trump even though his first actions haven't helped him. his tough immigration talk has made it harder for him to find workers to harvest his crops. and his efforts to replace obamacare which they are on. what do you like about it? >> well, i pay $88 a month for me and my wife where i was like, before obamacare coming in i was paying like 660. >> reporter: obamacare is working so well brandy feels guilty. she says she knows people can't afford their private insurance or can't get insurance at all. she's okay with trump's efforts to replace it. >> it still doesn't make sense to pay so little and still the poor people get nothing. >> reporter: you think you should pay more? >> in other words, yes. >> reporter: in birmingham, another long day for quinton, a cab driver. in the past he voted democratic. in 2016 he voted trump. >> the thing about a business man is it's action and not policy. >> reporter: black trump voters are rare in the south. onl

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trump was not among them. she kind of paused and didn't kind of go straight -- she said, okay, i support our president, but i'm going to do what's right for our district. i think that's really telling. these are the kind of districts if the house is going to end up in play in 2018, these are the kind of districts, the kind of candidates we're going to be talking about. it's not going to be those more conservative places that are foregone conclusions for donald. >> brian, one quick thing. i picked up here in this room behind me with all the reporter, if it becomes a runoff, it could be a race. as casey was saying, this is tom price's seat. democrats see this as a target. the guy, the official going after obamacare, the signature act of president obama came from this district and they want to make this whole seat a fight if it's a runoff. >> good point there. first of all, a couple of points here. to casey's point, ask former senator how tricky it is if you're asked about the guy at the top of the ticket. in thi

he then became part of the trump campaign, became part of the trump administration, the trump administration had to fire him because he didn't fully disclose these contacts with the russians. yet there seems to be no evidence that the trump administration did appropriate due diligence before bringing him into this very senior position, albeit shortly. >> first, the big why here, senator. why do you think genera flynn accepted payments from foreign govtsds after being warned not to? >> well, that goes to a lot of the questions around some of these individuals that have been affiliated with mr. trump's campaign and some with the administration. there seems to be a bit of reckless behavior. in the case of general flynn, you have not only reaching payments from russia, sitting next to vladimir putin at a dinner in moscow that you would know -- he would know that was going to be publicly reported. you've also seen that general flynn was taking payments from turkish interests as well, that only after they were exposed did he go back and retroactively register, so this is a pattern of behavior we'v

trump in a deep hole. the worst aprufl ratings around the 100 half day mark for my president many modern times. 53% disapprove. and as you see in this chart, no other president has been underwhat e like that. the average rating since truman, 69-19. over time, the ratings drift down. they rarely, if ever, go up. right now, 53% think the president is a strong leader. nearly 6 in 10 doubt hid honesty, temperament, empathy, and judgment. 53% move he's not accomplished that much in this first three months. one big bright spot, no buyer's remorse. 96% of supporters stand by their vote. and get this, if a new election were held trump would even beat hillary clinton in the popular vote. that finding is a flashing red light for democrats. we're going the analyze their predicament today, as well. explore whether a president can governor at home when only his base gives him the benefit of the doubt. and what it means with security threats overseas. will the country stand by a controversial president if crisis hits? w

how much does donald trump care? he clearly actually genuinely is fae affected by the images he is seeing out of syria. what does he do about it? does he act soon or does he lose momentum and go on to other things and move on? which sadly is the blueprint of the practice that we have seen over the past few years. >> gordon, let's talk about another crisis. north korea. the president has said recently north korea is china's baby. that's the language he used. in other words, it's their problem. today it is front and center as the president of china comes. what do you expect to see from the first meeting? >> we don't expect to see too much, i think, in terms of substance. the white house on tuesday said there was going to be a framework we establish with china. that means they are kicking the can down the road. the real problem is north korea is our problem. within four years, they will make a nuclear warhead to a missile that will hit the lower 48. that will drive the assistance to north korea. things like the ballisti

meanwhile, donald trump's adult son eric trump cited mounting tensions between the u.s. and russia as evidence that top trump associates were not colluding with russia to sway the 2016 election. in an interview with the telegraph, eric trump said -- "if there was anything that syria did, it was to validate the fact that there is no russia tie." eric trump's comment came as the ap reported donald trump's former campaign manager, paul manafort, will register with the justice department retroactively as a foreign agent for lobbying he carried out between 2012 and 2014 on behalf of of a pro-russian ukrainian think tank. the revelation came a day after a bunk with washington post" reported the fbi obtained a secret fisa warrant to monitor the communications of trump adviser carter page last summer , arguing carter was acting as a russian agent. president trump said he ordered last week's tomahawk missile attack over a dessert of chocolate cake with visiting chinese president xi jinping. trump made the remarks in an interview broadcast wednesday by fox business. pres. trump: w

i don't biggest all trump's -- i don't think it is donald trump's job to change that. if you're white man and you don't like blacks, go take them out for supper. you will work it out. it's the people that need to president. the he can change the divide of race. the people themselves can do that. and they need to try harder. host: what do you think about that? the way people view the president's first 100 days is how they view the president. guest: if you look at the polls, he has high approval among people who voted for him. they look at him and say he is doing stuff and he is trying. to this point that is enough. problem withf the 100 days is you get this mentality that something has been accomplished. you hear in the media the president needs a win. why does he need a win? what happens? he is still president. he is president whether he gets a win or not. if his supporters are happy with his job so far, they can -- let's set 100 days the market like 20 months, which would be next fall. host: i was going to ask of 110 days would be better? guest: 25 months. those are t

donald trump often appears on fox which is ironic because fox often appears on donald trump's head. donald trump said he has a great relationship with the blacks. though unless the blacks are a family of white people, i bet he's mistaken. >> oh, the memories. that's a little context for why donald trump may not be there tonight. why did he choose harrisburg, pennsylvania over washington, d.c.? the president arguing this is a place to connect with real americans. he's also using this as a chance to contrast his arguments against what he sees as a main stream media out to get him. a new op-ed hit the washington post within the last hour by the president titled in my first hundred days i ept can my promise to americans. we'll have more on that as well. jacob rascon live at the rally talking to trump supporters and we have a power panel with me in washington as well as from around the country. starting with you, jacob. what are you seeing out there at the rally and the hundred days. is it a mood that feels typical of other rallies or something different? >> reporter: the campaign, maybe

trump has said is the policy. we will not stand by like the previous administrations and allow for the north koreans to behave badly. and i think it's being made very clear by the syria action, the dropping of the moab yesterday in afghanistan, that military forces on the table. >> martha: we have been shifting into the region, marked, and you combine that with the increased dialogue between xi of china and president president trump where we have not seen them get in the past. that has to have north korea sitting up and paying attention. the question is how do they respond? >> this is why i'm surprised, actually. president trump made some inroads with the chinese. i'd rather see him capitalize on that and to what the last couple of ministrations haven't been able to do, and that is for the chinese to leverage for the north koreans a little bit. i'm concerned about the bellicose language -- i'm never concerned about the north korean bellicose language in terms of what they are saying. i mean, they are a dangerous c

now on trump care, very briefly, mr. president, on the new version of trump care that may soon be headed for a vote in the house, let's not forget the reason that americans were against the first version of trump care. they're still in the second version. this version is worse. and there's been a lot of focus on a few of the changes, but the fundamental nastiness of the trump care proposal raising the rates on people 50 to 65, 24 million people uncovered, dirvelgdifficulty in covering preexisting conditions are still in this bill. in fact, even worse. the new trump care will allow states to decide whether or not insurers have to cover americans with preexisting conditions. it's hard to come up with a crueler bill than one that would have resulted in 24 million fewer americans with health coverage, but this new trump care manages to do it. it would hurt even more americans and bring us back to the days when an insurance company could deny you coverage exactly when you needed it most. i say to the more moderate republicans

congressman elijah cummings now wants to know what the trump transition and the trump white house new about flynn's failure to properly disclose those payments and when they knew it. today, u.s. congressman cummings accused the mouwhite house of obstructing, threatening to use a subpoena to get documents. >> these guys are playing games. when you see mr. spicer, you can tell him i said that today. they're playing games. they have told us they have documents, and then they said executive privilege. then they said some of them are before the inauguration. if we cannot come to a conclusion there and get the documents, then they'll have to be subpoenaed. >> reacting to questions about flynn's failure to disclose those foreign payments, sean spicer today blamed the obama administration because flynn renewed his security clearance before trump took office. >> are you satisfied with the vetting that was done of general flynn by the transition team before he came on board as the national security adviser? >> the issue is, you know, he was issued a security clearance under the obama administra

and the trump administration fires off a quick response. barbara starr joins us from washington. >> reporter: this happened a short time ago, north korea firing a missile off it's eastern coast, it's not so much about the missile, but the program it represents, the missile was mobile launched, that means it's hard for u.s. satellites to track a mobile launcher and know where it's going to fire from. it had solid fuel on board, again, making it very tough for u.s. satellites to see. this is the program that north korea is working on to try and launch these kinds of missiles, keep them outside the eyes of u.s. spy satellites. this missile flew about nine minutes into the ec, also known as the sea of japan. it didn't go very far, but that's not really the point, it's what it represents. and then we had a really interesting statement from secretary of state rex tillerson, mr. tillerson saying, and i quote, north korea launched yet another medium ranged ballistic missile, the united states has spoken enough about north korea, we have no further

ian: they cautiously like trump. they love the fact that trump is seen to be a much more stalwart enemy of iran, skeptical of the iran deal. secondly, to the extent that trump is willing to go hard against terrorism and even against radical islamic terror. if you are one of the gulf monarchs, you do not have a problem with that. the lack of focus on human rights -- obama talked a great game, but did not do much in the region. but he did, for example, limit some weapons sales to bahrain. the trump administration is saying let's give you guys whatever you need. those things make them comfortable, but clearly they are unsettled by how much they don't know. in the emirates, they were concerned about the laptop ban, which they thought was about helping american air carriers that are getting crushed by assad like emirates airlines, then they thought it was really about security, so i think they are concerned about kids going to american universities suddenly get extreme vetting when they come into the country. as of this w

trump is barely at 40%. so, yeah, that is historically the lowest we've ever seen in modern time and you can look at that and say, that is a presidency that is in some very unique and some very early peril. that is one possible interpretation here. how about another possible interpretation there? maybe is it possible that the rules have changed, or the rules are different when it comes to donald trump and what these numbers might mean? here's what i mean there. think back to the campaign. think back to the numbers we saw about his approval rating in the campaign, his numbers were historically low. it was unprecedented. we'd never seen, only 35% of people in our poll said he had the temperament to be president. less than 40% said he was qualified. only 40% had a positive opinion of him. we looked at these numbers,lect with these numbers. he did get elected president. he did win the election. he had that core group of supporters. it was just enough. he won the election. so the question becomes, what about that

breitbart was doing trump before trump. here is a reporter talking about the real risk if bannon is either sidelined or fired, and what it looks like the a base that loves breitbart. >> his approval ratings are at about 40 right now. if he kicked steve bannon out of this white house, and i'm not even going to argue policy. i'm going to say realistically, if he kicked steve bannon out of the white house, if gary cohen and dina powell continue to cend, he is going to go down to about 20%. because he is going to lose at least i would say half the base. >> he'll take a hit. >> well, if there is one thing trump doesn't mind is a fight. and i think overriding whatever might happen with -- if bannon leaves, is that to trump, trump is him. it is whatever he says. and, you know, he is a man focused on himself in so many ways. but second in importance to him is family. and family is -- he grew up running in a family business. that's really how he understands the world, how he knows how to run things. the only guy you know is going to

trump the candidate versus trump the president. we saw ordering this strike. here is how sean spicer, his spokesman, is trying to square what he said during the campaign with this action. take a listen. >> how does thisit with his america-first foreign policy? is that still his stated position? >> absolutely. i think that his actions were very clear under article 2 in our nation's national security. there's a very important national security interest in the region. stability. obviously there's a huge humanitarian component to this. >> michael steele, you know the republican party as well as anyone. w what do you make of this? sean spicer says no inconsistency, but, look, 2013, there were chemical attacks from assad, there were air strikes on the table. we know donald trump was out there, whatever it was worth back then saying don't do it, don't get involved in this. this certainly seems like a departure from a message that resonated more than people expected it would with your party. >> no, it did, and that message then was probabl

trump: we are fighting the fake news. sharyl: yet there seems little doubt that the media is breaking away from its traditional role when it comes to president trump. brian stelter: i get a ton of emails. sharyl: it seems like there has been an unprecedented blurring -- an accepted blurring of the lines between reporters who report the facts and those who then editorialize. howie kurtz: president trump has been obliterated because it is deemed acceptable in many quarters to say negative things about this president, to say sn word. scott thuman: le pen and macron are just the latest presidential candidates who not only are competing against each other, they are also competing against the rising threat of election tampering. are you amazed at what you see every day? the threat? how big it gets? gerome billois: yeah. the threat is growing, that is for sure. scott: what france doesn't want is what continues to plague the trump administration -- investigations and questions over influence. is this election in jeopardy of being

it seems to me that the trump campaign -- the trump administration has sort of created its own circular reality here. that doesn't mean that there might not have been improper unmasking. but the fundamental issue is the fundamental issue, which is the russians and what trump did or didn't do with them. >> i think the big story is the reverse of what you said. it's actually the symbiotic partnership to it. the most aggressive print press coverage i've seen since watergate. you got your paper, "the washington post." you have "the new york times" fighting it out with huge contingents of reporters, incredible enterprise, all over the front page, maybe two or three stories a day. i've never seen such aggressiveness. i think that's the other end of leaks. they're getting this story out faster than trump's people are. that's for sure. >> also when you've got our media environment, it's so rapid-fire that once you've gotten up to speed on the story that broke at 1:00, there's a new one at 1:30. >> last night, for example, michael flynn's going to go for immunity blew everything else out around

and spying on then candidate trump and then president elect trump. it went on for a long time. >> there really is no discuss. andrew mccarthy talks about, who are the investigative arms? if someone were investigating a russian time, would it be the white house doing the investigation? would bit susan rice job? no, it would be the fbi, the nsa or the cia, but it would in no world be susan rice's job. so i think it's pretty important that we understand that millions of americans are caught up in this web of intelligence collection. millions of americans' phone calls are caught up. we can't allow them to look at americans' phone calls without a warrant just because they disagree with us politically. this is very, very dangerous to our republic. >> sean: i really agree. because the issue of privacy. then america becomes a police state. if private confidential information is being revealed and unmasked and leaked, then there is no such thing as privacy. >> i have been asking for reforms to this for a long time. these are the back door searchs many of us a

trump. do you think that's one of the reasons why he is not going after michael flynn in any way? >> michael flynn was one of the few guys who came out early on in the process and supported donald trump. >> absolutely. >> he was a represent reputable person. you don't forget that. i don't think he will turn on him. that's not to say that as david said they didn't make some mistakes. i don't think you will see him turn on him personally. >> or he knows some things and donald trump doesn't want him to talk about them. i actually am not a believer that donald trump is that loyal. he demands loyalty to him but he throw people overboard when they're not working for him. the fact he's not criticizing him suggests maybe flynn has some information. >> everyone, stick where you are. we have more to talk about. stay with us. president trump isn't the first president to admit the job wasn't what he expected. maybe there are people who had a worse 100 days than him. that's next. what's the best way to g

did they do so with the collusion or cooperation with the trump campaign, trump transition or now trump administration? we will get to the bottom of that. that investigation makes this administration incredibly nervous. as it should. we will get to the bottom of it. >> senator, as someone personally affected by the meddling of russia into the election as you were, are you satisfied with how the investigations are going in congress? >> not on the house side, alisyn. on the house side, sadly, the activities of devin nunes to decide i want to be a lap dog rather than watch dog has blown up the house investigation. i don't think that will be recoverable although adam schiff and members have the right instinc instincts. on the senate side, i give credit to mark warner and richard burr together in a bipartisan way. they are marching down this path. i'm confident that the senate investigation as well as the ongoing fbi investigation which was finally revealed, the combination of the two investigations, we'll get to the bottom of it. >> senator tim kaine, thank you. >> absolutely. >>> chris. >>

trump. it's not a great track record. >> here he is in gettysburg which he chose to say this. >> fully funds the construction of a wall on our southern border. don't worry about it. remember, i said mexico is paying for the wall. fully repeal obamacare. i will direct my secretary of the treasure to label china a currency manipulator. establish tariffs to discourage companies from laying off their workers. >> mark, those promises that he just said have not been kept. obama care not repealed. china not a currency manipulat r manipulator. the wall not paid for, certainly not by mexico. does it matter? >> it does matter. we should say a couple of things. we're using in some ways a false yardstick to judge how he's doing in his presidency. it's a yardstick that we've used historically to see how presidents are doing and how they are coming out of the chute. it's not only the media but the candidates themselves. donald trump said he was going to get all these things done in the first 100 days. the

trump has kept us guessing. he bombed syria, defying supporters who didn't want another middle east engagement. he wooed the chinese president at mar-a-lago. north korea brandished its hardware, and the white house ratcheted up tension, but then said a military strike is not on the table, at least for the moment. nato is no longer obsolete, and president putin is no longer such a good friend. the days of american carnage and bannon'airst, steve bleak vision of the world, seem to have gone, but don't mistake this for normality. it is still a white house run as a family operation with a revolving door of characters who sometimes make it look like there is still a lot more to be learned. laura: katty kay on donald trump's first 100 days. john waters is a boundary-pushing director, best known for his cult movie "hairspray." he was dubbed "the puke," so he might not be the ideal person to give a commencement address, but he did that in 2015, and his advice went viral, leading to a book called "make trouble.." i spoke

he -- they like trump. secondly, to the extent that trump is willing to go hard against terrorism and even against radical islamic terror. if you are one of the gulf monarchs to let you don't have a problem with that. the lack of focus on human rights -- obama talked a great game, but did not do much in the region. she did limit some weapons sales to bahrain. is trump administration saying let's give you guys whatever you need. that makes them comfortable, but clearly they are unsettled by how much they don't know. in the emirates, they were concerned about the laptop ban, which they thought was about helping american air carriers that are getting crushed by him or its airlines and others than about security, so i think they are concerned about kids going to american universities suddenly get extreme vetting when they come into the country. week, generally speaking in the middle east the qatar,ates, the saudi's, they feel more comfortable about trump than obama. because they believe he is more likely to com

president trump says the u.s. is sending a powerful armada amid growing concern of a nuclear test by north korea. but secretary of state says u.s. warships now heading to the region are on a routine mission. will china heed mr. trump's request to step up and hip reign in kim jong-un. i'm wolf blitzer, you're in "the situation room." >> this is cnn breaking news -- >> we're following breaking news. president trump and top diplomat speaking bluntly about the worsening relationship between the u.s. and russia following a white house meeting between the secretary-general a little while ago. ties with moscow quote may be at an all time low. the president also reverse course on nato which he routinely slammed saying the organization is quote no longer obsolete. deep divisions between the u.s. and russia were on full display as secretary of state rex tillerson met with russia's foreign minister and president vladimir putin in moscow. frosty talks yielding no agreement on syria with tillerson lamenting what he called a lo

trump towers, trump states, but when it came to health care, he didn't want trump care. what do we call it? trump care, ryan care? i'll tell you my idea. because you know what embodies their program? i don't care. [ bleep ]. >> i can't understand what he said but -- >> that was dnc chairman tom perez speaking friday. he joins the conversation straight ahead. we've done well in life, with help from our advisor, we made it through many market swings. sure we could travel, take it easy... but we've never been the type to just sit back... not when we've got so much more to give when you have the right financial advisor, life can be brilliant. ameriprise are you one sneeze away from being voted out of the carpool? try zyrtec® it's starts working hard at hour one and works twice as hard when you take it again the next day. stick with zyrtec® and muddle no more®. ♪ ♪ wanna get away? now you can with southwest fares as low as 59 dollars one-way. yes to low fares with nothing to hide. that's transfarency. dearthere's no other way to say this. it's over. i've found a perman

will trump put american boots on the ground? plus steve bannon demoted, yet traveling with the president to m mar-a-lago. and legendary comedian, the king of insults. let's go out front. good evening, i'm erin burnett. we begin out front, edging toward war. president trump considering military action against syria. james mattis briefing headline his next moves. we understand all options are on the table at this hour. as the president looks to punish syrian president bashar al assad for the brutal attack in which 100 citizens were brutally killed. as recently as last thursday, the u.s. ambassador nikki haley said "our priority is no longer getting assad out," but today an outraged trump struck a very different tone on air force one. >> i think what happened in syria is one of the truly egregious crimes and it shouldn't have happened. he's there and i guess he's running things. so something should happen. >> this is the first major foreign policy test for trump. a nals step could be catastrophic. it's happening as trump is meeting

the trouble is, as the donald trump. the trouble is, as the donald trump. the trouble is, as the donald trump administration was saying, nothing has worked in the past. the situation five years ago is not the situation now, because this capability seems to be gathering pace. there is no doubt about that and the chinese are now really concerned. it is china, more than america, that will snuff out north korea. talking about it on the trump, she was —— ivanka trump, she was booed onstage, more so that her father was booed onstage and she was supporting him? yes, angela merkel... we supporting him? yes, angela merkel. .. we have supporting him? yes, angela merkel... we have seen this with kushner as well. the children and siblings of trump are tempering a lot of the rhetoric. there were lots of soccer mums that voted for trump, they are hearing a different kind of story. i think we need to step out of the bubble when we see these kind of the bubble when we see these kind of reactions. the global elite looking very uncomfortable about ivanka, but they keep g

amy: trump is the first u.s. president in more than four decades to refuse to release his tax returns. the irs says being under an audit does not prevent anyone, including the president, from releasing your tax returns. on monday, sean spicer also defended the administration's decision not to make public a log of white house visitors. >> we want to make sure people can come in the same with a can go to a member of the congress' office, provide details and there are people who want to be able to have that conversation with members of the administration the same way they would do with members of congress, go into their office. >> why didn't he take this opportunity to one of the transparency? >> i'm trying to explain that. we recognize there is a privacy in allowing people to come and express their views. amy: spicer's comments came just two days after more than 100,000 people took to the streets saturday across the country to call on trump to release his taxes. crowds gathered in more than a dozen cities from coas

that donald trump, there is a difference between donald trump saying something and it actually happening. and that is the truth when most of the executive orders that he signed. for donald trump to say tomorrow we'll lowers corporate rate from 35% to 15%, fair or not fair, good idea or not a good idea, doesn't accomplish anything. which i think getting back to the thrust of your discussion here which is, you know, if you want to say the 100 days test is silly, which i would agree with by the way, that is fine. but if you're going to say i've been the most effective president ever in my first 100 days, you have to look at donald trump the big five, right? the repeal of obamacare, the wall, muslim ban, infrastructure as you mentioned, and then tax reform. none of them will have happened during the first 100 days. so i think this gang who was very good at campaigning has proven they are not too good at governing. >> tim, we showed this the "wall street journal" looked at the big five as bill press just called it and said look, you got a this opportunity that republicans after the election t

with trump campaign officials. and carter page is a key way, following this minow, as he swims around with these sharks chasing after him on both sides. >> we're going to talk more about this. after the break, my recent interview with the man or the minow, carl said, this hour at least, carter page, also later, what the president now calls ridiculous, he once called a campaign pledge, a new contract with america, his pledge to get a list of things done in his first 100 days. we'll take a look at that list and what the president is saying now about that list of marking the first 100 days. keeping them honest, ahead. it's league night!? 'saved money on motorcycle insurance with geico! goin' up the country. bowl without me. frank.' i'm going to get nachos. snack bar's closed. gah! ah, ah ah. ♪ ♪ i'm goin' up the country, baby don't you wanna go? ♪ ♪ i'm goin' up the country, baby don't you wanna go? ♪ geico motorcycle, great rates for great rides. >>> our breaking news tonight saying that -- the fbi gatherin

every chance he gets from trump hotels to trump states to trump government courses. most leently, trump took the opportunity to tout the dessert options offered at his $200,000 membership mar-a-lago club in palm beach, florida. as he described what he was doing at the very moment he received confirmation of the missile launch on syria last week. >> i was sitting at the table. we had finished dinner. we're now having dessert, and we had the most beautiful piece of chocolate cake that you've ever seen. and president xi was enjoying it. >> look at that chocolate cake. it does look delicious. it even has his name on it. but it could be pretty risky ordering a slice if you should ever have the chance and the cash to visit mar-a-lago yourself. why? well, that's thing 2 in 60 seconds. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ termites. we're on the move. hey rick, all good? oh yeah, we're good. we're good. terminix. defenders of home. and you're about in to hit 'send all' on some embarrassing gas. hey, you bought gas-x®! unlike antacids, gas-x ® relieves pressure and bloating fast. huh, crisis ave

many trump-branded products are made overseas. trump eyeglasses made in china. items from the trump home collection is this ma collection, made in china. david letterman asked about his shirts and ties in 2012. >> theie china? ties are made in china. >> reporter: mr. trump's executive order also seeks to limit h-1b visas that allow companies to hire foreign skill the labor. something that undercuts american jobs and high-tech wages. he has for years used a related program to hire workers for his mar-a-lago property. we asked candidate trump about that in february 2016. >> it's impossible to get help. it's very, very hard to get help. >> reporter: impossible to hire americans. >> it's very hard. it's a seasonal job. and american workers don't want to work, they want a full-time job. >> reporter: and even while he has been in office, the trump organization has applied for an h 2 b visa for a foreign national services outside new york city. a club he is expected to visit multiple times in the coming months. major garrett, the white support behind republicans in yes

but that is how donald trump operates. when we say donald trump changed today, i think we have to be a little careful about that. yes, he took a different tone today but to say that there is some now a complete 180 and reversal and donald trump is on a new path, that remains to be seen. i don't know that we foe that. the one consistent -- and it's no hallmark of the trump administration, but the one consistent thing over time in the campaign and recently that donald trump has sort of put out there about his world view is that he repeatedly says i don't want to be president of the world. i want to be president of america and he sees these kinds of problems as other country's problems. and that does not to me mean you erase that philosophy and that's what we have to be on the lookout for. >> thank you all, gentlemen, so much for that. we have more breaking news here because we've learned this afternoon that steve bannon, president trump's chief strategist, former breitbart executive, has been removed from the national securi

what you want to tell president trump. we want to tell him that it's a real and we will not stop until we get climate justice. they should be to the white house in just a few minutes. they will be there for about 100 seconds. do you have a message. people are marching and not wanting to talk. they are angry about those things that you mentioned in the regulations that president trump is rolling back. some people here are fired up. they are taking the message. straight to the white house. liz, back to you. >> a very rowdy crowd. i think you so much. coming up vice president pentz is testing it this morning. plus brenda details on the former national security adviser michael flynn and his ties to vladimir putin. will see what congress is looking into right now. we are life from the harrisburg pa. the capital diner. we've been talking with a lot of folks there about what they think of the president. i haven't lost my job waiting just yet. we are can have that there in the polls. when we come back. stay right here. with ugly b