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sean is a creature of washington. sean believes that deeply in you know, the, the process of how things work and thought he could be the most helpful to the president in this way. by hiring anthony scaramucci it essentially makes the point clear which has been emerging, that the president wants to be his own communications director. the president wants to be his own press secretary, and he does not want help from those in washington. this is now more of an outside game. now more of a fight. this is about the russia investigation. this is a much -- much less about the agenda. the writing's been on the wall in many respects. i remember beinging a the vatican end of may, sean spicer slighted not being invited. hoping to be there that day. he was not invited on the trip to paris last week. he has -- been disinvited from the briefing room. i'm told today the phenol straw was, effe the final straw, less what do you know about washington than outside a trump game? walls are tightening in a little bit and more -- people from
sean is a creature of washington. sean believes that deeply in you know, the, the process of how things work and thought he could be the most helpful to the president in this way. by hiring anthony scaramucci it essentially makes the point clear which has been emerging, that the president wants to be his own communications director. the president wants to be his own press secretary, and he does not want help from those in washington. this is now more of an outside game. now more of a fight....
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"the washington post." and "the new york times" report that attorneys and aides are scouring the backgrounds of robert mueller looking for ways to undercut the probe. >> "the washington post" reporting the president has asked about his pow or the pardon aides, family members, even himself. one adviser told the post the president wassimply curious agent the reach of his powers. jeff zeleny has more from the white house. >> reporter: christine and miguel, president trump and the white house increasingly focused on the special counsel's investigation. the independent investigation into the russian meddling of the 2016 election. there are indications the election is spreading. president trump made that indication in his interview with "the new york times "earlier this week when he talked about robert mueller. and that he could being look into the trump family's finances. the president said he thought that would be outside of the purdview of that. this is increasingly dominated much of the conversation here at t
"the washington post." and "the new york times" report that attorneys and aides are scouring the backgrounds of robert mueller looking for ways to undercut the probe. >> "the washington post" reporting the president has asked about his pow or the pardon aides, family members, even himself. one adviser told the post the president wassimply curious agent the reach of his powers. jeff zeleny has more from the white house. >> reporter: christine and miguel,...
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"the washington post." and "the new york times" report attorneys and aides are scouring the backgrounds of mueller and his staff searching for conflicts of interest they can use to undercut the russia probe. sources cite several people familiar where the effort. >> the president has asked about his power to pardon aides, family members, even himself. one adviser told "the post" the president was simply curious agent the reach of his powers. this following earlier attacks on mueller and other officials connected to the investigation. >> with thaul in mind, the president is reshuffling the legal team. the president's long time personal attorney mark castle wits will see his role diminish. washington attorney, john dowd, and another trump lawyer, jay sekulow will take the lead. >> sources say by working outside the white house, dowd and sekulow's relationship will be protected by the same attorney-client relationship of all u.s. citizens. cobb will replace strategist mark kuralo who resigned on thursday. >>> g
"the washington post." and "the new york times" report attorneys and aides are scouring the backgrounds of mueller and his staff searching for conflicts of interest they can use to undercut the russia probe. sources cite several people familiar where the effort. >> the president has asked about his power to pardon aides, family members, even himself. one adviser told "the post" the president was simply curious agent the reach of his powers. this following...
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does it work for him in washington? >> from his point of view, if he can get scouts on this, if he can find one person oen that investigative team who would have to recuse themselves or even sort of resign, i mean that's the sort of thing he takes like a ball and runs down the field with. >> so rather than saying hey, i don't have anything to hide, do your thing. do you think this is coming directly from the president? >> i do. as patrick said classic donald tru trump. beyond having a disregard for the independent power of other institutions, he actually doesn't imagine that people have values and people have a set of believes and even core integrity that would motivate them and drive them to do the job they've been elecced to perform or appointed to perform. it's for him always about gain and everything is a zero sum game. so he's going to try to exploit what he thinks is a vulnerability in the other side. in the case of mueller and i think even those he's brought on to his team who may be donors to democratic candidat
does it work for him in washington? >> from his point of view, if he can get scouts on this, if he can find one person oen that investigative team who would have to recuse themselves or even sort of resign, i mean that's the sort of thing he takes like a ball and runs down the field with. >> so rather than saying hey, i don't have anything to hide, do your thing. do you think this is coming directly from the president? >> i do. as patrick said classic donald tru trump. beyond...
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in washington. 8:00 p.m. in raqqa, syria. 2:00 a.m. in seoul, south korea. wherever you're watching from around the world, thanks very much for joining us. >>> we start with a new push from the white house calling it made in america week. like past theme week, the white house looking to change the narrative from the multiple russia story angles to more controllable demoefk and foreign policy issues, but president trump still took time out at least this morning to start tweeting once again. this is what he tweeted. "most politicians would have gone to a meeting like the one don junior attended in order to get info on an opponent. that's politics." go to our senior washington were correspondent joe johns over at the white house right now. joe, do we know anything more about when the president's son may actually speak with congressional investigators? >> reporter: wolf, at the moment sounds like a holding pattern from what we've been able to gather.
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this report from "the washington post" goes a step further. it says these recordings show kiselak telling his superiors in moscow that he and sessions discussed trump's positions on russia-related issues and prospects for u.s./russia relations back in 2016. and if this is true, it really runs contrary to the attorney general's version of events here. in a statement to cnn, justice department spokesperson sara flores says obviously i cannot comment on the reliability of what anonymous sources describe in a wholly uncorroborated intelligence intercept that "the washington post" has not seen and that has not been provided to me. but the attorney general stands by his testimony from just last month before the senate intelligence committee when he specifically addressed this and said that he, quote, never met with or had any conversations with any russians or any foreign officials concerning any type of interference with any campaign or election. the other issue to keep in mind here, fred, of course, is whether kiselak's recounting of these convers
this report from "the washington post" goes a step further. it says these recordings show kiselak telling his superiors in moscow that he and sessions discussed trump's positions on russia-related issues and prospects for u.s./russia relations back in 2016. and if this is true, it really runs contrary to the attorney general's version of events here. in a statement to cnn, justice department spokesperson sara flores says obviously i cannot comment on the reliability of what anonymous...
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try to have decisions in washington. too much disparity within the republican caucus we can't get consensus what the decisions would be and made a basic understanding. it was, let's not make the decisions in washington. give them to the state and the key thing is, this is very important. the states are going to get enough money to be able to deal with this problem. we're working with governors now, in constant communication with several republican governors across the country as is senator graham and cassidy, talking to them, working on the formula, making sure whether you're a state that did expand or a state that didn't expand, you'll be treated fairly and have the opportunity and the resources to be able to provide a great responsible network of care and health insurance for the people in your state. >> first things first. >> this is fundamentally the problem with what they're doing. which is, they are approaching this from an ideological perspective. the federal government program doesn't work. so give all money to t
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as i have said many times, i think he needs to go outside washington. washington failed. now it's time to do what we did in 1996 when we did the last reform on welfare. that is go outside washington, bring in our republican governors from around the country, meet and come up with a solution that drains the swamp, gets the money out of washington, back in the hands of governors. this is something that, in my opinion, should have been done in the beginning. to paraphrase, republicans will do something once they try everything first. get the right solution that worked in the past. donald trump can be the savior here, be the leader in working with republican governors outside of washington to make it happen. >> you have the rick santorum of the world saying buck up fellas and ladies, get to it. get to the business of it and continue fighting to reform the health care system. anna, republicans on the hill, they seem to not be there. they seem ready to move on, move on to tax reform, leave health care, the fight for another day or completely, i don't know. if you look at the pr
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cnn's senior washington correspondent joe johns live at the white house with more. i'm sure there would be a long line for that job. >> reporter: certainly seems like it, although it could be a challenge once you get it, quite frankly. look, the attorney general we're told was here at the white house yesterday meeting with the white house counsel, but we're also told he and the president did not meet and have not spoken since the president went after jeff sessions, in an interview last week with the "new york times." the new communications director for his part would not answer a question about whether he thinks sessions ought to resign, according to the president's wishes, but he did say the two men need to sit down and talk about what the future looks like. >> mr. president, should jeff sessions resign? [ laughter ] >> reporter: attorney general jeff sessions' future at the justice department in question with "the washington post" reporting president trump and his advisers are discussing the possibility of replacing him, despite the fact that he has been one of th
cnn's senior washington correspondent joe johns live at the white house with more. i'm sure there would be a long line for that job. >> reporter: certainly seems like it, although it could be a challenge once you get it, quite frankly. look, the attorney general we're told was here at the white house yesterday meeting with the white house counsel, but we're also told he and the president did not meet and have not spoken since the president went after jeff sessions, in an interview last...
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>> look at the latest "washington post"/abc news poll. it shows the president's approval rate, the most recent snapshot. the president's approval rating is down. it was 42%. now down to 36%. his disapproval rating now at 58%. keep that in con effeckocon -- . putting this into context, for a republican president, a republican legislature, a -- republicans on the -- in the house and in the senate who have this job to do to get this repeal and replace done, as tom foreman said in a piece, it's right there in front of them. but they haven't done it yet. >> i think this is a critical two, three weeks. as important as the trump/russia thing might be, it's a critical couple of weeks. people wondering what's going to help to me economically, what's going to happen with health care and my job? remember that mitch mcconnell has delayed the recess by two weeks in august. if they cannot get a majority, this effectively shows a paralysis on the basis not only of the white house but also the gop leadership. then you talk about can they get a budget thr
>> look at the latest "washington post"/abc news poll. it shows the president's approval rate, the most recent snapshot. the president's approval rating is down. it was 42%. now down to 36%. his disapproval rating now at 58%. keep that in con effeckocon -- . putting this into context, for a republican president, a republican legislature, a -- republicans on the -- in the house and in the senate who have this job to do to get this repeal and replace done, as tom foreman said in a...
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we're going begin with senior washington correspondent joe johns at the white house. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, john. the reshuffling of the president's legal team comes around the same time he's sending signals that he's gearing up for a fight against special counsel robert mueller's legal team, citing conflicts with an interview with "the new york times. >> reporter: "the new york times" and "washington post" reporting that the president's lawyers and aides are lacking to undermine the special counsel's investigation. "the times" says trump's team is skewering the professional and political backgrounds of robert mueller and other investigators, looking for conflicts of interest they can use to discredit the investigation. "the post" also reporting that the president has been asking about his authority to pardon aides, family members, and even himself, in connection with the probe. attorney general jeff sessions refusing to answer questions about whether he's discussed pardons with the president in testimony before congress last month. >> i'm not able t
we're going begin with senior washington correspondent joe johns at the white house. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, john. the reshuffling of the president's legal team comes around the same time he's sending signals that he's gearing up for a fight against special counsel robert mueller's legal team, citing conflicts with an interview with "the new york times. >> reporter: "the new york times" and "washington post" reporting that the president's...
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it speeds up the purge, it doesn't mean that there's no one with ties to the washington and the washington establishment, kellyanne conway was a washington pollster prior to her time with president trump and vice president mike pence before. john kelly is someone spent a long time around washington. is but he's not a washington establishment political figure that is reince priebus. he was the olive branch. he was the person cast by folks very nervous about the idea of donald trump being president, republicans very nervous about of idea of donald trump being president, as well, he's got reince in enter and reince brings in sean spicer, katie walsh, a couple of long-time political operatives, the thought was he's going to mix insider and outsider. he's gf to have the steve bannons and his family, jared kushner, ivanka trump. but he's also going to have some of the folks who are known commodities in washington. well six months in, i think donald trump decided that he didn't want to do that any more, he viewed reince priebus as ineffective. most recently because of the inability to get the 50t
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and let's go to laura jarrett in washington, with more on "the washington post" report. laura, this could be more than just inconvenient political problems for the president. the optics here. could there also be some legal liability? >> well, certainly, this is another development. another piece of the puzzle, victor. attorney general jeff sessions has really been dogged by this news since march that he failed to disclose contacts with russian officials, but this time, "the washington post" reports that u.s. spy agencies picked up on recordings of russian ambassador sergey kislyak, telling his superiors in moscow, that he discussed with sessions trump's position on russia-related issues and prospects for u.s./russia negotiations. back in the race last year. this, of course, completely contrary to the attorney general's version of events and he has denied it. in a statement to cnn, justice department spokesperson sarah fluoresoores says obviously i c comment on the reliability of what anonymous sources describe in a uncorroborated intelligence intercept. but goes on to sa
and let's go to laura jarrett in washington, with more on "the washington post" report. laura, this could be more than just inconvenient political problems for the president. the optics here. could there also be some legal liability? >> well, certainly, this is another development. another piece of the puzzle, victor. attorney general jeff sessions has really been dogged by this news since march that he failed to disclose contacts with russian officials, but this time, "the...
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welcome to washington, d.c. it's an honor to be here with you today with so many great american success stories. corner stones of american communities large and small. the members of the national retail federation here at the 83rd annual retail advocates summit. great to see you all. [ applause ] >> i bring greetings this morning from a friend of mine, a businessman who knows a little bit about retail. he's been fighting every day to unleash a new era of american opportunity and prosperity. i bring greetings from the 45th president of the united states of america, president donald trump. [ applause ] >> you know, from the first day of this administration, president trump has been fighting to restore jobs, opportunity and prosperity across the country. this president signed more laws cutting through federal red tape than any president in american history. it's already saved businesses and families up to $18 billion in red tape costs every year. in fact, the president, early in our administration ordered every age
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they included seattle, chicago, washington, new york, boston. i was assigned to the new york office in 2005. our squad was responsible for the new york area. couples. the one thing to understand is if one of these cases went down, it had the potential to affect all the rest of them. >> so it was imperative that we kept all the field offices connected to each other. todd and myself, our job was to set kind of a national level strategy so that each field office understood the trends, what was happening with one couple was pertinent to another couple. >> in 2003, i became an agent, graduated from the academy, and was assigned to the boston field office. we had a front row seat to the sbr's most highly valued program. >> we had identified the murphys, heath field, lazard, zottoli. in each and every case, the fbi used all of the tools in its toolbox to learn as much as they can about their residents, their habits. physical surveillance including clandestine searches was conducted. >> we started covert entries into the residences. the goal was to find
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boris sanchez in washington, thanks so much. let's talk more now about this latest white house shakeup with our panel, dylan biers, cnn media reporter david swerdlick assistant editor for "the washington post" and abigail tracy writer for "vanity fair." all right, so, dylan, you first, what are you hearing about the real reasons as to why he resigned? >> well, look, based off my conversations with sources both in and close to the white house, you know, the idea here is reince priebus, like sean spicer, they were brought in really as sort of the only -- some of the only people with experience in this arena to bring in an administration and a president and advisors who really had no idea what they were doing, or had never been in politics at all. six months into this administration things obviously aren't going very well. there was a feeling that it was time to change hands. and, you know, when i talk to folks close to the white house, what they say is that reince priebus was never really given the mandate or the authority to run
boris sanchez in washington, thanks so much. let's talk more now about this latest white house shakeup with our panel, dylan biers, cnn media reporter david swerdlick assistant editor for "the washington post" and abigail tracy writer for "vanity fair." all right, so, dylan, you first, what are you hearing about the real reasons as to why he resigned? >> well, look, based off my conversations with sources both in and close to the white house, you know, the idea here is...
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of "the washington post" story. for his part he has financially supported her organization, the american union fund. also with us scott jennings, maria cardona and jason miller. so adam, first of all, i just want to focus with you. the report about the attorney general, just explain what you are reporting tonight. what's the story? >> so, you know, we reported back in march that when sessions appeared before the senate judiciary committee and was asked the question about, frankly, al franken didn't really ask him that question, but his answer was that he didn't have any contact, communications with the russians, we found out that wasn't the case, that there was a meeting at the rnc on the sidelines of the rnc that he had a meeting with kislyak, and that there was a second meeting in his office in september. we subsequently learned that they were kislyak and sessions attended the same event in april where trump gave his first foreign policy speech. >> i recall. >> we were trying to figure out what were the contents o
of "the washington post" story. for his part he has financially supported her organization, the american union fund. also with us scott jennings, maria cardona and jason miller. so adam, first of all, i just want to focus with you. the report about the attorney general, just explain what you are reporting tonight. what's the story? >> so, you know, we reported back in march that when sessions appeared before the senate judiciary committee and was asked the question about,...
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i'm jake tapper in washington. have a great sunday. tech: when you schedule with safelite autoglass, you get time for more life. this family wanted to keep the game going. son: hey mom, one more game? tech: with safelite, you get a text when we're on our way. you can see exactly when we'll arrive. mom: sure. bring it! tech: i'm micah with safelite. mom: thanks for coming, it's right over here. tech: giving you a few more minutes for what matters most. take care! family: bye! kids singing: safelite® repair, safelite® replace. whuuuuuat?rtgage offer from the bank today. you never just get one offer. go to lendingtree.com and shop multiple loan offers for free! free? yeah. could save thousands. you should probably buy me dinner. no. go to lendingtree.com for a new home loan or refinance. receive up to five free offers and choose the loan that's right for you. our average customer could lower their monthly bills by over three hundred dollars. go to lendingtree.com right now. [car tires screech] [bell rings] dale! oh, hey, rob. what's wit
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that the "washington post" has not seen. and that has not been provided to me. and flores goes on to say, but the attorney general stands by his testimony from last month before the senate intel committee. when he specifically addressed this and said that he never met with or had any conversations with any russians or foreign officials concerning any type of interference with any campaign or election. the other issue is whether kislyak's recounting of these conversations can be trusted, fred. or whether he was exaggerating the substance of what was said for whatever reason. nevertheless, this development comes on the heels of a rocky week for sessions after a very public rebuke by the president who told "the new york times" earlier this week, that if he had known sessions was going to recuse himself from this entire russia probe, he wouldn't have hired him in the first place. fred? >> we'll continue to watch the developments there and all that's taking place out in norfolk, virginia the president of the united states soon to take the podium for the commissioning
that the "washington post" has not seen. and that has not been provided to me. and flores goes on to say, but the attorney general stands by his testimony from last month before the senate intel committee. when he specifically addressed this and said that he never met with or had any conversations with any russians or foreign officials concerning any type of interference with any campaign or election. the other issue is whether kislyak's recounting of these conversations can be...
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oblivious to the turmoil in washington. the nasdaq hitting a record high. the dow and s&p 500, they're down slightly. you know, they're still close to record highs. i'll tell you why in a few minutes. first, to housing. a fascinating number in the housing market. existing home sales fell in june as prices hit record highs. sales of previously owned homes basically have been flat since march. the problem here -- simple supply and demand. demand is surging due to a strong economy, improving job market, new millennial home buyers. but there isn't supply. inventory hasn't caught up. sending the median sales price up 6.5%, 263,800, a record high. many homeowners are staying put as prices rise. first-time home buyers are not finding affordably priced homes. more people are renting. a study finds the more u.s. households are renting now than at any point since 1965. hello, american dream of home homeownership. a majority cite financial reasons. isn't that really interesting? >> yeah. you hear about markets, denver where i'm from, people have to pay cash. >> yeah.
oblivious to the turmoil in washington. the nasdaq hitting a record high. the dow and s&p 500, they're down slightly. you know, they're still close to record highs. i'll tell you why in a few minutes. first, to housing. a fascinating number in the housing market. existing home sales fell in june as prices hit record highs. sales of previously owned homes basically have been flat since march. the problem here -- simple supply and demand. demand is surging due to a strong economy, improving...
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the second is the final estimate from the "washington post" poll was 43% for a trump, 47% for hillary who posted 48.5% on election night, well within the poll's margin of error. >>> also this morning, the secret service rejected a claim by president's lawyer that the agency would have prevented anything questionable from happening that the meeting last june between donald trump jr. and a russian lawyer. secret service says it had no responsibility to check out participants in the meeting because doon junin jr. was not the president was not aware of the meeting and not engaged in it. that got a skeptical response from mark warner. all this came after we learned that yet another person attended that meeting. russia american lobbyist rinat akhmetshin. we've now learned eight people were at the meeting, a significant jump from the four we were told were originally there when don jr. said that is everything. >>> plenty to get to this morning. joining us eugene scott. good morning. let's talk about this sekulow/secret service issue because that was clearly the point of the administration. t
the second is the final estimate from the "washington post" poll was 43% for a trump, 47% for hillary who posted 48.5% on election night, well within the poll's margin of error. >>> also this morning, the secret service rejected a claim by president's lawyer that the agency would have prevented anything questionable from happening that the meeting last june between donald trump jr. and a russian lawyer. secret service says it had no responsibility to check out participants in...
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he and his family seem oblivious to the brutal realities of washington politics. those realities will destroy will trump, his family and their business reputation unless they change their strategy toward the russia probe. they don't have much more time to do it. more quotes to come. what do you think of that? peter? >> radical transparency is a good strategy if actually there's not that much there. right? it's not a good strategy if it turns out actually that there was serious collusion with the russian government. let's not forget, donald trump jr., whatever you want to say about him, actually practiced radical transparency when he released his e-mails. his problem was that the e-mails said i love it. it's collude. that's the problem. so yeah, this is a guy who didn't release his tax returns last year. was that just because he has a philosophical objection or because actually he knew there was something that was there that was going to hurt him. >> scott jennings, as a conservative, as a trump supporter, what do you make of that line, the quote that i just read y
he and his family seem oblivious to the brutal realities of washington politics. those realities will destroy will trump, his family and their business reputation unless they change their strategy toward the russia probe. they don't have much more time to do it. more quotes to come. what do you think of that? peter? >> radical transparency is a good strategy if actually there's not that much there. right? it's not a good strategy if it turns out actually that there was serious collusion...
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, d.c., this is not just a washington, d.c. thing. it's not just people in washington, d.c. who are sending out hateful internet messages. it's mostly people who live in america, away from washington, d.c. >> i think that's where the twitter thing that crown was talking about comes in handy. the part about twitter. >> it's not just twitter. >> there used to be people who were very much fringe elements out there. there were -- they were generally seen as weird os and they couldn't get main straep attention and if you met them, you could discern that they were weird. now they can make videos, they can create memes. i think they're punching above their weight now. >> go ahead, bakari. >> matt and john just quickly, you blame the media. you blame jack who invented twitter and zuckerberg who invented facebook. you blamed everyone else but when i sit here and ask you, the biggest troll of them all who picks on people daily and bullies people dale who ignites these storms daily, when i ask you why can't the president stand up and say
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and second, the final estimate from the "washington post" poll was 43% for trump, 47% for clinton who posted 48.5% on election night. that is well within the poll's margin of error. >>> secret service rejecting a claim by president trump's lawyer that the agency would have pre-presevented anything happening at that last meeting between donald trump jr. and a russian lawyer. here is jay sekulow claiming nothing happened at the meeting that included several russians and top members of the trump campaign. >> i wonder why the secret service if this was nefarious, why did the secret service let these people in? donald trump jr. himself said things should have been done differently. have rg said that, that is not violation of the law, it is more process. >> problem being this, well, through the president had secret service protection, the president did, but after that interview, the secret service said it had no responsibility to check out participants in the meeting because don jr. was not under its protection at the time. >> the president's personal attorney's lawyer -- or comment, rather
and second, the final estimate from the "washington post" poll was 43% for trump, 47% for clinton who posted 48.5% on election night. that is well within the poll's margin of error. >>> secret service rejecting a claim by president trump's lawyer that the agency would have pre-presevented anything happening at that last meeting between donald trump jr. and a russian lawyer. here is jay sekulow claiming nothing happened at the meeting that included several russians and top...
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over time this has an effect. >> and to get anything done in washington. yrv heard people saying that to me if this continues on. and this certainly does hurt that. you've supported president trump all along and i respect you for that. and you're a straight shooter but at what point does it become too much for you? >> this is yet another chip away at the credibility of this administration. i think it may fall short of any criminal wrong doing but the problem is the denials of a meeting in the first place and telling everyone it was about russian adaungsz and explaining away every other version of the truth. it's insulting to the american people and the fact we continue to get misleading statements from the administration chips away at their credibility and we're seeing e stands for emails. and for them to continue to say there's a big nothing burger, these -- >> so, i know you have lots of c contacts with trump folks and republicans in washington. >> they continue to say there's nothing there and they continue to say that the meeting was one that shouldn't
over time this has an effect. >> and to get anything done in washington. yrv heard people saying that to me if this continues on. and this certainly does hurt that. you've supported president trump all along and i respect you for that. and you're a straight shooter but at what point does it become too much for you? >> this is yet another chip away at the credibility of this administration. i think it may fall short of any criminal wrong doing but the problem is the denials of a...
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another blockbuster report from the "washington post." they are reporting that south korean -- attorney general sessions discussed the campaign with russian officials. russia's ambassador to washington said he discussed campaign related matters, including policy issues important to moscow, with jeff sessions during the 2016 presidential race. contrary to public assertions by the em bbattled attorney genera. what does this mean for the attorney general? can he stay in his job? >> you know, don, i think when you have an attorney general with the word embattled in front of his name, it's always a bad sign. i think that's what we have here. the attorney general, i think, is already, frankly, on thin ice. we don't know how much longer he can last, given the fact that the president this week told the "new york times" that if he had to do it over again, he wouldn't have hired jeff sessions as his attorney general pause he didn't, you know -- not knowing he was going to recuse himself from this russia investigation. so this is a very crucial mome
another blockbuster report from the "washington post." they are reporting that south korean -- attorney general sessions discussed the campaign with russian officials. russia's ambassador to washington said he discussed campaign related matters, including policy issues important to moscow, with jeff sessions during the 2016 presidential race. contrary to public assertions by the em bbattled attorney genera. what does this mean for the attorney general? can he stay in his job? >>...
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i still like that he sticks it to the news media, sticks it to washington. does it rise to the level of outrage in trump country? >> i think they will stand by him for many, many, many months. and not to draw parallels between nixon, but it was the same thing with nixon. republicans stayed with nixon deep into the watergate scandal both in terms of rank and file voters as well as lawmakers. and i don't think that's going to change here. >> i was just reading woodward bernstein's book "the final days." one of the points they make is that the republicans stood by nixon basically to the end, and the day he resigned, he was at about 30% in the polls. it wasn't zero. >> right, right. >> so none of our -- fortunately we live in a society where people never agree on everything. you know, and that's okay. >> america's views on russia have changed over the yearsment i mean, obviously from a government standpoint, russia remains an adversary, particularly this government in russia, but americans have seen the relationship evolve and thaw over the years, so for example
i still like that he sticks it to the news media, sticks it to washington. does it rise to the level of outrage in trump country? >> i think they will stand by him for many, many, many months. and not to draw parallels between nixon, but it was the same thing with nixon. republicans stayed with nixon deep into the watergate scandal both in terms of rank and file voters as well as lawmakers. and i don't think that's going to change here. >> i was just reading woodward bernstein's...
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and we have to take a step back from the rhetoric that we see in washington. and really delve down into the policies and really what is frustrating, fredricka, is we got no democrat support. no democrat help in fixing a law that they actually gave the american people before i got to washington. >> having the democrats said they're not interested in repealing it, they would be willing to help fix the existing plan. >> well again, that's exactly what we did in the house. there was a fix. when you repeal and replace something as simple as a letter or a word in a bill. that is a fix. we fixed it. i'm not going to get into a rhetorical debate where democrats show no willinged in to try and actually positively change, fix, repeal, replace, whatever you want it call it. they've done nothing to actually help us fix a law that has left 60 million americans without coverage or coverage that they can't afford to use. that's an abdication of their responsibility, as an elected official and they have walked away and they have stood up and just complained about a process th
and we have to take a step back from the rhetoric that we see in washington. and really delve down into the policies and really what is frustrating, fredricka, is we got no democrat support. no democrat help in fixing a law that they actually gave the american people before i got to washington. >> having the democrats said they're not interested in repealing it, they would be willing to help fix the existing plan. >> well again, that's exactly what we did in the house. there was a...
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according to that abc washington post poll you cited. people were asked if they thought that meeting between donald trump jr. and a russian attorney were appropriate. 63% say they disapprove, that meeting was inappropriate. 23% approve of that meeting. it's a story not likely to go away any time soon. part of the reason it's not going away any time soon is because of these three investigations. the house senate committee looking into ties between the russians and the trump campaign. you had two lawmakers calling for donald trump jr. and others in that meeting to testify under oath. here's senator mark warner and susan collins. >> i would like to hear from all these individuals whether we'll be able to get the russian nationals to come over and testify is an open question. those people that they have jurisdiction over, i want to talk to to all of them. >> we need to get to the bottom of this, the only way we're going to do it is to talk to donald trump jr. and everyone who was involved in that meeting. that may be difficult in the case of
according to that abc washington post poll you cited. people were asked if they thought that meeting between donald trump jr. and a russian attorney were appropriate. 63% say they disapprove, that meeting was inappropriate. 23% approve of that meeting. it's a story not likely to go away any time soon. part of the reason it's not going away any time soon is because of these three investigations. the house senate committee looking into ties between the russians and the trump campaign. you had two...
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. >>> ty cobb is powerful washington, d.c. defense attorney. he is now expected to oversee the white house response to the russia investigation. >> we are going to repeal and replace obamacare. >> republican senator john mccain recovering from eye surgery will not perform any official duties all next week. >>> donald trump was in paris this week. he met the french president's macron's wife and said you are in such great shape. if ed that to you, would you be flattered or offended? >> i be taken aback. i wonder if she could say the same of him? >>> this is "new day weekend" with victor blackwell and christi paul. >>> i hope sunday is good to you today. thank you for spending some time with us this morning here. we are talking about a lot of things when it comes to washington. the russian scandal, the intense battle over health care. stalling the president's agenda. and taking a hefty toll, it seem, on the president's approval rating. >> according to a new poll from "the washington post" and abc news 36% of likelily voters say president trump is
. >>> ty cobb is powerful washington, d.c. defense attorney. he is now expected to oversee the white house response to the russia investigation. >> we are going to repeal and replace obamacare. >> republican senator john mccain recovering from eye surgery will not perform any official duties all next week. >>> donald trump was in paris this week. he met the french president's macron's wife and said you are in such great shape. if ed that to you, would you be...
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we have it covered from hamburg, washington, moscow, and seoul. good morning, and welcome to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> i'm miguel marquez. it is friday, july 7th, 4:00 a.m. here on the east coast. it's one of the most eagerly anticipated meetings of world leaders in decades. this morning president trump sits down with russian president vladimir putin as the g20 summit gets underway in germany. their bilateral meeting comes just a day after president trump said russia should stop its destabilizing activities. minutes later refused to conclude that russia meddled in the u.s. election. >> new cnn reporting this morning says russia has even stepped up its spying efforts in the u.s. more in a moment. >>> for the latest, let's turn to the white house correspondent covering this for us, sara murray, live in hamburg. president trump meets putin face to face in just a few hours. it will be fascinating to see the optics of this meeting. >> reporter: yes, it is a very highly anticipated and will be closely scrutinized. this is expected to be a
we have it covered from hamburg, washington, moscow, and seoul. good morning, and welcome to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> i'm miguel marquez. it is friday, july 7th, 4:00 a.m. here on the east coast. it's one of the most eagerly anticipated meetings of world leaders in decades. this morning president trump sits down with russian president vladimir putin as the g20 summit gets underway in germany. their bilateral meeting comes just a day after president trump said...
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by april, watching the debate in washington, can't blame you. confidence that would happen dropped to 20%. now just 18% of americans think it is likely the president will be able to repeal and replace obamacare. a signature trump promise. one reason the president called republican senators to the white house yesterday and told them try again. in doing so, singled out one very vulnerable republican senator from nevada. >> any senator who votes against starting debate is really telling america that you're fine with obamacare. you didn't go out there. this was the one we were worried about. you weren't there, but you're going to be. you're going to be. [ laughter ] look. he wants to remain a senator. doesn't he? okay. and i think that the people of your state, which i know very well, i think they're going to appreciate what you hopefully will do. >> it didn't work. but i do think for all the criticism of the president, people say he haends been hands on our used his bully pull it, in a strategic way in the health care debate gets points for calming
by april, watching the debate in washington, can't blame you. confidence that would happen dropped to 20%. now just 18% of americans think it is likely the president will be able to repeal and replace obamacare. a signature trump promise. one reason the president called republican senators to the white house yesterday and told them try again. in doing so, singled out one very vulnerable republican senator from nevada. >> any senator who votes against starting debate is really telling...
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he was in the room lives here in washington, is well known within the washington circle. he has, at times, registered as as lobbyist on behalf of the russian government, something to do with sanctions and he has lobbied on behalf of the russian government and he is also connected to this russian attorney through the act which she has been lobbying to have overturned. this has to do with sanctions against russia. he had connections to her. he did tell the associated press he was there, but, you know, the meeting sort of wasn't that big of a deal. you know, he thought it would be more serious. it turned into other issues were discussed. he basically is down playing the meeting at this point. >> that would be no surprise. are there any ties -- there is some reporting that senator chuck grassley described him as having ties to intelligence in the past. what is the reporting on that? >> reporter: there are court documents that allege he has ties to the russian government. it depends on who you talk to. some folks say he's not that big of a player, but he is a washington guy. h
he was in the room lives here in washington, is well known within the washington circle. he has, at times, registered as as lobbyist on behalf of the russian government, something to do with sanctions and he has lobbied on behalf of the russian government and he is also connected to this russian attorney through the act which she has been lobbying to have overturned. this has to do with sanctions against russia. he had connections to her. he did tell the associated press he was there, but, you...
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as uncertainty consumes washington, some republicans are leaping to his defense. >> i think the attorney general is doing a fine job and made the right decision to recuse himself. >> he made the right decision to recuse himself. >> if there's any person on capitol hill that has been loyal to the president of the united states, it's jeff sessions. >> while others are saying it's up to the president. >> the president gets to decide what his personnel is. he determines who is hired and fired in the executive branch. that's his prerogative. >> reporter: even conservative media out lights breitbart and fox newscasting doubt on the president's strategy. >> publicly attacking jeff sessions for all of that? that is nuts. >> reporter: the president striking back at critics who have challenged his leadership style. >> with the exception of the late, great abraham lincoln i could be more presidential than any president that's ever held this office. that i can tell you. >> reporter: the recusal that opened the door to the appointment of special counsel robert mueller is really at the root of the ten
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here in washington. 8:00 p.m. in moz cow and 8:00 p.m. in erbil as well. whenever you're watching from around the world, thanks for joining us. >>> up next, if you questions about a meeting between a russian and the trump campaign. donald trump jr. gave two statements that
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and -- seeing like washington were looking the other way. but on the day of the march, on the day of the march. the march was all over. president kennedy invited us down to the white house. and he stood in the door of the oval office. beaming like a proud father. and he kept saying -- yo did a good job, you did a good job. and when he got to dr. martin luther king jr. he said you did a good job. you had a dream. >> the mississippi freedom summer. you, you, write in your book that you were inviting college students down from the north. mostly white students. not exclusively, and one of the reasons was that you felt and the leaders of the movement felt that if, if young white people were threatened in the way that, that, you would have been threatened and others had been threatened that it would -- it would shock the nation. it would get more attention. even before the mississippi summer you, lost -- three, three young men. two were from the north, white, what impact did that have on history. that was an unbelievable dark moment in the struggl
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the abc news "washington post" poll finds just 36% approve of the president's job performance. that is the lowest six month approval rating of any president in seven decades. president trump remains defiant in the face of the latest russia revelations s unleashing tweets defending his son and attacking the media. and now the secret service is refuting one of the claims made by the trump team. >>> and the white house trying to get everyone's attention back to the president's agenda. they are announcing new theme weeks beginning this week with made in america week. that is what they are calling it. will any of this change the political situation for them however. one of the president's key promises to repeal and replace obamacare facing a new set back. the senate has delayed a vote on the latest health care plan as senator john mccain recovers from unexpected surgery. it is a huge week ahead. we have it all covered for you. let's begin with joe johns live at the white house. hey, joe. >> good mornin akhmetshin. >> reporter: good morning, john. the president is bash in washington,
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that is not what "the washington post" is reporting right? >> it's a non-denial denial. at this point we can't trust sessions. he said i cannot remember what happened in the conversations i was a senator. and all of these kfrpgs back from mouse cow proven to the right. i think this is horrendous, as a former intelligence officer and american senator, examine worker, doesn't matter whether colluding with a he or she still foreign power, it's treasonist. i know it's not indictable but i think he should re-sign. >> karl bernstein i want you to listen to this this was back in march. >> let me be clear, i never had meetings with russian operatives or russian intermediators about the trump campaign. and the idea that i was part of a quote, continuing exchange of information during the campaign between trump surrogates and intermediaries for the russian government is totally false. >> so that is a direct opposite of what the post sates, quote in current and fortunatelier commissions. >>e may or may not have ions in? committed perjury. in the senate the billions committee need t
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. >> reporter: "the washington post" reports the president's team is looking into whether he can grant pardons to aides, family members, even himself. >> the president maintains pardon powers like any president would but there's no planned announcements on that front whatsoever. >> reporter: the attorney representing mr. donald trump called "the washington post" report nonsense and insists the president's lawyers are cooperating with special counsel robert mueller on behalf of the president. now that statement was from john dowd. he's the lead on the president's outside counsel when it comes to the russia investigation. he's replacing trump's long time personal attorney marc kasowitz who cnn has learned is taking a more reduced role in all of this coming on the heels of the resignation of the communications strategist and spokesperson for the legal team, mike core aloe. >> all right, joining us is a former cia operative, bob baird. columnist for real clear politics ab stoddard and betsy, i want to start with what we last heard from diane gallagher that mark corallo has resigned. you ha
. >> reporter: "the washington post" reports the president's team is looking into whether he can grant pardons to aides, family members, even himself. >> the president maintains pardon powers like any president would but there's no planned announcements on that front whatsoever. >> reporter: the attorney representing mr. donald trump called "the washington post" report nonsense and insists the president's lawyers are cooperating with special counsel robert...
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fact that jeff bezos says no editorial ever at "the washington post." it is an attempt every time he uses the term fake news to muddy the waters, confuse people, undermine integrity in the press even when stories are entirely accurate. and as frank was saying, it's detrimental. it's detrimental to our society. it's a problem. but as to whether or not people see through it, i don't know if that core base, that 30 to 35% of core trump supporters gives a damn about what we say. >> i think it's starting to crack. i think that there are polls that show that. it hasn't completely penetrated but it's starting to crack. even conservative media are wondering how we're going to start covering the actual news instead of creating scenarios about leaks and changing what the story actually is. frank, it is a pattern that we have seen repeatedly. deny a story and then admit only when they have to, then say it's not important. anyone would have done it. is there any indication this pattern will change. anyone would have taken the meeting that don jr. had. is that going
fact that jeff bezos says no editorial ever at "the washington post." it is an attempt every time he uses the term fake news to muddy the waters, confuse people, undermine integrity in the press even when stories are entirely accurate. and as frank was saying, it's detrimental. it's detrimental to our society. it's a problem. but as to whether or not people see through it, i don't know if that core base, that 30 to 35% of core trump supporters gives a damn about what we say. >>...
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>> they see him as a newcomer to washington who has received a lot of bad advice and has been mistreated by republicans on the hill. whether they are right about that or not, i do think if you sort of play off the next couple steps of this, listen to what the president has been saying about congress over the weekend, you can see we're potentially headed for a pretty big collision between the forces behind the president and the more conventional leaders on capitol hill who want to continue to do things their way. >> margaret, john kelly, general kelly, he's the guy who is going to fix everything starting today at 9:30 when he gets sworn in before this cabinet meeting, right? >> right, right. no pressure, but by noon everything should be completely in order. there are a couple of questions, and one is how much has he already negotiated or how much will he be able to lock down with the president in terms of who reports directly to him, what ability he has to be a gatekeeper in and out of the oval office, both physically and kind of in general. but also, does the president want more of a pee
>> they see him as a newcomer to washington who has received a lot of bad advice and has been mistreated by republicans on the hill. whether they are right about that or not, i do think if you sort of play off the next couple steps of this, listen to what the president has been saying about congress over the weekend, you can see we're potentially headed for a pretty big collision between the forces behind the president and the more conventional leaders on capitol hill who want to continue...
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lauren rosen berger senior journalist at the washington fund. good evening to both of you. listen to this. >> make no mistake, north korea's launch of an icbm is a clear and sharp military escalation. the united states is prepared to use a full range of our capabilities to defend ourselves and our allies. >> and this is wat president tweeted yesterday. north korea has just launched another missile. does this guy have anything better to do with his life. hard to believe that south korea and japan will put up with this much longer. perhaps china will put a heavy move on north korea and end this none sense once and for all. and then your piece for "the washington post" is entitled how president can tweet his way into a nuclear war with north korea. so how are north korean officials interpreting the president's tweet? >> i think what's important to be here is north korea is an incredibly complicated challenge and problem that has trouble bld newcomuous administrations and it has one that requires a sophisticated strategy that brings to bear all of the tools and figure out a way
lauren rosen berger senior journalist at the washington fund. good evening to both of you. listen to this. >> make no mistake, north korea's launch of an icbm is a clear and sharp military escalation. the united states is prepared to use a full range of our capabilities to defend ourselves and our allies. >> and this is wat president tweeted yesterday. north korea has just launched another missile. does this guy have anything better to do with his life. hard to believe that south...
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president trump is back in washington, d.c. frankly hoping to turn the page after a week of revelations regarding donald trump jr.'s meeting with the russian lawyer. it does appear that the swirl of contingency is continuing to affect the president's approval ratings. >> congratulations, mr. president. >> reporter: after nearly six months in office, president donald trump facing the lowest approval rating in recent history, just 36% approve of the president's performance in a new abc news/"washington post" pole. the president attempting to spin these results, claiming almost 40% is not bad and asserting that the poll was inaccurate during the election. the poll also showing that 63% of americans think the meeting between trump junior, paul manafort and jared kushner and a russian lawyer to get dirt on hillary clinton was inappropriate. >> most people would have taken that meeting. it's called opposition research. >> reporter: the president once again focusing on his former rival in a sunday morning tweet while defending his son
president trump is back in washington, d.c. frankly hoping to turn the page after a week of revelations regarding donald trump jr.'s meeting with the russian lawyer. it does appear that the swirl of contingency is continuing to affect the president's approval ratings. >> congratulations, mr. president. >> reporter: after nearly six months in office, president donald trump facing the lowest approval rating in recent history, just 36% approve of the president's performance in a new...
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but it's been "the new york times" and "the washington post" and other networks. who knows who his target will be tomorrowsome >> stay with us. we want to bring in the rest of our panel. jeffrey, let's start with you. there are republicans raising serious concerns about this. here's the congressman from new york. >> when i was 10 years old, we looked up to the president of the united states. we're trying to understand the difference of right and wrong and set our own moral compass to be future leaders. being presidential is being that role model. and i don't believe that some of what he's doing on twitter is setting if right example for my kids. >> jeffrey, is the president setting the right example for america's kids? >> look, i know lee zeldin and i have a lot of respect for him, but i disagree with him. the logic that this could result in violence against journalists, let's just flip this and wonder -- i mean, cnn, and i don't want to pick on cnn. cnn, "the washington post," "the new york times," liberal media in general, gives air times to democrats who say th
but it's been "the new york times" and "the washington post" and other networks. who knows who his target will be tomorrowsome >> stay with us. we want to bring in the rest of our panel. jeffrey, let's start with you. there are republicans raising serious concerns about this. here's the congressman from new york. >> when i was 10 years old, we looked up to the president of the united states. we're trying to understand the difference of right and wrong and set our...
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and help him asdapt to being a washington -- adapt to being a washington insider as opposed to being an outsider as he was on the campaign trail. if you look at it in terms of legislative accomplishments certainly, even in terms of bringing some order to this very chaotic white house, i think those are two areas where you can look at reince priebus' legacy and say that mission was not accomplished. this aren't legislative achievements he can point to. that's an important role in terms of being a chief of staff and getting the president's agenda through. that's not his fault alone. congress is a little bit dysfunction right now. but certainly he has said he wanted to pass health care. and that's some unfinished business for him. >> so priebus, part of the republican establishment. former chair of the rnc. michael, did that actually doom him with trump because trump was so proud of being an outsider. >> yeah, i think to some extent that's true. these were two people who never meshed at all. in style or kind of the policies they were trying to get at. priebus was supposed to be a bridge
and help him asdapt to being a washington -- adapt to being a washington insider as opposed to being an outsider as he was on the campaign trail. if you look at it in terms of legislative accomplishments certainly, even in terms of bringing some order to this very chaotic white house, i think those are two areas where you can look at reince priebus' legacy and say that mission was not accomplished. this aren't legislative achievements he can point to. that's an important role in terms of being...
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in washington. 9:30 in kabul, afghanistan. wherever you're watching from irnd a the world, thanks very much for joining us. >>> right now, senate republicans are in their weekly policy lunch on their plates is the big health care vote today today, and whether the majority leader mitch mcconnell can uft inner enough votes to get movement on efforts to repeal and replace obamacare. president trump has been putting pressure on congress to get a health care deal done. we're going to hear from the president around two hours from now. he's holding a joint news conference with the visiting prime minister of lebanon. the two leaders will take a limited number of questions to each. we're going to bring that news conference to you live. that's coming up. the
in washington. 9:30 in kabul, afghanistan. wherever you're watching from irnd a the world, thanks very much for joining us. >>> right now, senate republicans are in their weekly policy lunch on their plates is the big health care vote today today, and whether the majority leader mitch mcconnell can uft inner enough votes to get movement on efforts to repeal and replace obamacare. president trump has been putting pressure on congress to get a health care deal done. we're going to hear...
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diane gallagher, cnn, washington. >>> still ahead here on "newsroom," a cnn exclusive. cnn senior international correspondent nick paton walsh inside the epicenter on the fight against isis. he's in raqqah, syria. we'll have that report. >>> as you know, the turmoil continues in venezuela. the economy isnn shambles. and many don't know where they're next meal is coming from. you're watching "cnn newsroom." glucerna. everyday progress. we, the people, are tired of being surprised with extra monthly fees. we want hd. and every box and dvr. all included. because we don't like surprises. yeah. like changing up the celebrity at the end to someone more handsome. and talented. really. and british. switch from cable to directv. get 4 rooms with hd, dvr, and every box included for $25 a month. what's going on? oh hey! ♪ that's it? yeah. ♪ everybody two seconds! ♪ "dear sebastian, after careful consideration of your application, it is with great pleasure that we offer our congratulations on your acceptance..." through the tuition assistance program, every day mcdonald's hel
diane gallagher, cnn, washington. >>> still ahead here on "newsroom," a cnn exclusive. cnn senior international correspondent nick paton walsh inside the epicenter on the fight against isis. he's in raqqah, syria. we'll have that report. >>> as you know, the turmoil continues in venezuela. the economy isnn shambles. and many don't know where they're next meal is coming from. you're watching "cnn newsroom." glucerna. everyday progress. we, the people, are...
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president trump is back in washington, d.c. after meeting with world leaders at the g-20 summit and finding himself alone on the issue of climate change. other g-20 members reaffirmed their commitment to the paris climate accord. the french president macron says he will hold a summit in december to move the accord forward. >>> and in syria, a partial ceasefire set to go into effect in less than an hour's time. russia, u.s. and jordan agreed to a deescalation zone. secretary of state says the cease fire ig fire is the first indication that u.s. and russia can work together on the syrian crisis. >>> and iraq is close to declaring the final victory against isis in mosul. soldiers were already celebrating on saturday. isis says its fighters are pledging to fight to the death. >>> new to the u.s. state of arizona, dozens of people there are dead due to the scorching heat in that state. health officials say the high temperatures have led to five deaths in one county alone. and now they are investigating at least 57 others that may ha
president trump is back in washington, d.c. after meeting with world leaders at the g-20 summit and finding himself alone on the issue of climate change. other g-20 members reaffirmed their commitment to the paris climate accord. the french president macron says he will hold a summit in december to move the accord forward. >>> and in syria, a partial ceasefire set to go into effect in less than an hour's time. russia, u.s. and jordan agreed to a deescalation zone. secretary of state...
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the stage is set and the participants are now beginning to arrive here in the washington area. president carter, egyptian president anwar sadat and president begin will sit down in the solitude of camp david. >> failure here would increase the impression that is being reflected in the public opinion polls that mr. carter is a nice man but inept president. >> there are hundreds of reporters here, interviewing each other. what the three are discussing whether the talks are friendly, intense, we don't know because of unprecedented secrecy. >> by the end of the second day, rosalynn says you could hear them screaming at each other at the top of their lungs. carter had to physically separate them. block them from leaving. >> the middle east summit at camp david is a week old and no official word on how the talks are going but how they might end. their length has given rise to reports of a stalemate. >> carter had a photograph of the three men and made up copies for begin's nine grandchildren and signed each of them, "love jimmy carter." very reluctantly, caer went back to see begin.
the stage is set and the participants are now beginning to arrive here in the washington area. president carter, egyptian president anwar sadat and president begin will sit down in the solitude of camp david. >> failure here would increase the impression that is being reflected in the public opinion polls that mr. carter is a nice man but inept president. >> there are hundreds of reporters here, interviewing each other. what the three are discussing whether the talks are friendly,...