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And it seems like russia is content to move on with this. there is still a meeting scheduled for next week in moscow between putin and rex tillerson, the secretary of state, that hasnt been canceled. so if this was a one-off, and by now it seems like it was a one-off, at least for now, it seems like that russia is prepared to move on from this. the international reaction has been positive except from russia, syria, and iran. >> let me ask you about the use of weaponry. we could have gone with fl...

>> whats the difference between using the deacon flicks line -- halle jackson made a point of saying at the briefing someone said -- perhaps a little protectively, we didnt consult with the russians, we didnt give them a heads up. whats the difference in saying were coming, you might have your guys sleep on other side of the airstrip, or were calling to make sure you know not to have human assets at this side of the base? >> i think it was more the former, brian, to be frank. you know, i thought...

North korea. do you agree with that? >> well, certainly as weve seen north korea continue to perfect its ballistic missile technology so it can both get greater accuracy and breath and scope of its length of its projectory, then ultimately that is a real threat and this is not a conventional actor. people -- countries that have leaders with nuclear weapons, for the most part, understand the theory of mutual self-destruction which is if you fire at me, i fire at you and we both die, so people don...

Including president trump, blame the syrian government of president bashar al-assad, calling on russia and iran to prevent a recurrence of what is without a doubt a war crime. what needs to happen to the assad regime? >> first of all, condemning is one thing. dont hold our breath, here waiting for the u.n. to do anything thats meaningful here. they havent in the past. what they are good at is identifying, in fact, that a chemical attack has taken place. we do know it came from the air. therefore...

Otherwise mean a felony charge. well, back in 1973, former white house counsel john dean -- there he is -- the key witness who exposed president nixons watergate covered up was granted use immunity. what he said to the committee could not be use the against him in a criminal action. deans testimony was corroborated by the white house tapes. he proved to be very good at his testimony in terms of accuracy and honesty. theres nixon heading to the helicopter. im joined by former white house counselo...

>> exactly. i turned in a paper i had to use the word mankind and apparently that wasnt to her liking. thats sexist and not gender neutral language and i should be punished forla that. >> tucker: what i find so striking is that shes an english teacher, languages or a subject of study. accuracy has got to be a concern for anyone who is teaching kids. did she say it wasnt accurate. >> yeah she told me to tell mike that the word mankind only refers to men, doesnt include all of humanity. >> does th...

>> tucker: is pretty hard to find actual offensive conduct on university campuses these days. it doesnt stop professors from hallucinating it. an english major at northern arizona university on a recent paper had a point deducted from her score because she used the word mankind to describe humanity. her purse fetzer warned her that was inappropriate gendered lange contrary to how the board has been used by almost everybody for centuries. mankind referred only to mend and was therefore sexist. ca...

Penalized you. is that what happened? >> yes, exactly. i turned in a paper. i had used the word mankind and apparently that wasnt to her liking, apparently. that is sexist and not gender neutral language and i should be punished for it. >> tucker: what i find is striking is that she is an english teacher. language is her subject of study and accuracy has got to be a concern for anyone who is teaching kids. did she say it wasnt accurate? yes >> yes, she told me the word mankind only refers to men...

>> tucker: its pretty hard to find actual offensive conduct on university campuses these days that doesnt stop professors from hallucinating it. english major at northern arizona university come on recent paper she had a point deducted from her score because she was the word mankind to describe humanity. her professor warned her that this was inappropriate gendered language contrary to how the word has been used by almost everybody for centuries. scottd said mankind referred ony to men and that ...

Those. so to have a score on either one of them or a cost when we dont have those formalized yet and i think were in the beginning phases of having those discussions with both stakeholders, members of congress on both sides and obviously internally, the formulation of those plans is continuing. till that happens, i dont see us having a formal cost or a score. >> reporter: cbo now? >> its not a question of trust. i want to be clear about what ive said before. i think when it comes to cost estimat...