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And there are sanctions that are to be imposed under catsa that are not opposed. the administration sought a waiver in regards to catsa and the defense authorization act. so i just really want to point out, we have had this from previous administrations but not such as we are hearing today, when congress is requiring you to do, all of a sudden you found religion and are taking credit for it. but in reality, you have not implemented one time the sanctions passed by congress. >> senator, first, th...

Declined. multiple retailers have dropped her brand, citing poor sales, including nordstroms, hudson bay, and t.j. maxx. cnn has learned the white house is no longer releasing summaries of the presidents phone calls with world leaders, ending a longstanding practice by republican and democratic administrations, raising concerns that the only narrative on the presidents calls will come from foreign governments. president trump has had at least two calls with world leaders in the last two weeks,...

Right. seven minutes after the hour. cnn has learned the white house is no longer releasing summaries of the presidents phone calls with world leaders, ending a longstanding practice by republican and democratic administrations, raising concerns that the only narrative on the presidents calls will come from foreign governments. president trump has had at least two calls with world leaders in the last two weeks with the white house confirming the calls took place after they were reported by for...

With most of what you said here. you somehow disconnect the administrations activities from the presidents actions. theyre -- theyre the one and the same. every sanction that was in place signed off by the president of the united states. every spy removed was directed -- >> go to the points i just made. talk to them. talk to them. i know what were doing. talk to the point i just made. >> heres what the world needs to know. with respect to russia, this administrations been tougher than previous a...

The fact that the phone call happened for one, and two, what happened on the call. but were told now tonight the white house is changing its policy and will not be automatically releasing those calls. and its really causing alarm from people from republican and democratic administrations. and this is why. if the u.s. is not releasing a read-out of that phone call, it allows the other foreign government to essentially explain the call on their own terms and set their own explanation of this. so i...

Own access to white house.gov. for what reason would you not tell us the president is talking to other world leaders? >> there is no up side for the white house on this other than perhaps theyre not totally sure when those conversations are happen or what the details of those conversations are. the point of this, and you make an important point. usually theyre rather benign. margaret and i did it a lot with the obama administration. you read the tea leaves. you want to know if theres a sentence ...

For america anymore. then he took a page straight from orwells classic "1984." >> what youre seeing and what youre reading is not whats happening. just stick with us. dont believe the crap you see from these people, the fake news. [ audience reacts ] >> afterward, the vfw released a statement saying it was, quote, disappointed in its members who booed the media, and that it is happy to have all of the networks attend as invited guests. cnn has learned the white house no longer releasing summar...

Question. >> you can please answer. >> fear not. this administration has taken enormously constructive actions that put us in a place far better than in either of the two previous administrations. one democrat, one republican. we have put in sanctions unequaled. we are continuing to enforce that sanctions regime. we have made it incredibly clear to continue to enforce that regime until such time as denuclearization as we have defined it is complete. pressure on the regime is clearly being felt. ...

>> did the president ask to withdraw from crimea? >> i began with the -- >> i understand the declaration. i welcome in. seems like we had to do a lot of effort to get there. the question is, when he had a chance, did he confront putin and say we dont recognize your annexation of crimea? we dont exercise your continuing hostilities in the ukraine and theres consequences for that. >> the president was very clear with putin. the u.s. positions are the trump administrations positions and he spoke ab...

Better than in either of the two previous administrations, one republican, one democrat. we put sanctions in place that is unequalled. were continuing to enforce that. we made it clear that we will continue to enforce sanction regime until such time as denuclearization as we defined it is complete. pressure on the regime is clearly being felt. we have lots of work to do. unlike previous administrations, senator, we have no intention of allowing the un sanctions, the worlds sanctions, that we led...