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Is the discussion over daca and protections for dreamers that congress and the president and no politician anywhere near washington has seemed to be able to work out a compromise on this matter, despite the fact they all agree one needs to be found. do you think seeing these pictures that kevin is talking about will push that any closer to happening? >> im not so sure, john, and the point that kevin made about this being a midterm election year, that in lies the problem, that for too long in thi...

Those types of actions. when this took place roughly a year ago and were going to continue looking at all of our options on the table. >> that emboldened assad, this was sending a message to assad. >> i think the message we sent to assad was very clear both in the presidents words over the weekend and in our actions that weve taken in the past. roberta? >> has the presidents attitude about vladimir putin changed because of whats happened? >> the president has always been tough on russia. as he s...

The shadow of a trade war looming large for two of the worlds economic giants. instead of pointing the finger at china over the trade deficit president trump shifting the blame on to previous administrations. >> i dont blame china. i blame the people running our country. i blame presidents. i blame representatives. i blame negotiators. we should have been able to do what they did. we didnt do it. they did. and its the most lopsided set of trade rules, regulations that anybody has ever seen. >> w...

In the next couple of days. >> it will be an effort to talk to russia involved, get turkey involved and others to change regimes. but russia has a much bigger interest in syria than the united states does. access to a deep water port, propping up its proxies in the area to have influence in the region. and the united states doesnt want to assert its interests because making sure this doesnt become a safe haven for isis. thats what the president has to get his head and his interests around. what ...

Being painted by the media. the president imposing tariffs on china. larry kudlow says its preliminary, they may not take effect, these are negotiations. the president said he wants to send troops to the syria and walked it back. he said the daca deal is dead. does donald trumps style justify the media saying hes an erratic president? mollie: instead of fixing what they were doing, they continued as they are. its not just the way they cover trump. its the way they didnt cover obama. there should...

Options on the table. >> did that embolden assad? this was sending a message to assad. is that still his -- >> i think the message we sent to assad was very clear both in the presidents words over the weekend and in our actions that weve taken in the past. >> has the presidents attitude towards president putin changed because of whats happened? >> the president has always been tough on russia. as he said last week, as i echoed again when asked about it. this administration and this president has...

This without having a trade war? >> what the president does so well, he casts out a big net and sees the issues and pulls the net back. thats why im glad to see him take canada and mexico out of the equation. and give people to be excluded. this is what the president does extremely well. we have a problem with china. we have to make sure were addressing it. >> eric: how do we do that? what do you suggest? >> what the president is doing is a starting point. we cant ignore it. past administrations...

>> president trump fired james comey. as director of the fbi. >> fbi directors arent really supposed to be fired and hired like cabinet initials. the fbi director is appointed a ten year term. which is supposed to over lap at least two administrations. this is supposed to insulate the director from politics to ensure theyre not loyal to one party or another. >> the reasons they gave for firing james comey is because they lost trust if him. because of the clinton e-mail investigation. and needed ...

And we are going to continue looking at all of our options on the table currently. >> that emboldened assad, that this was sending a message to assad. >> i think the message we sent to assad was very clear, both in the presidents words over the weekend and in our actions that we have taken in the past. roberta. >> has the presidents attitude toward [ muted ] putin changed because of what has happened. >> the president has always been tough on russia, as he said last week, as i echo toed again wh...

Usually there is obviously the most conservative wing of the republican party that has no problem standing up to the pentagon calling for more spending restraint at times. also obviously trying to discourage military venturism. but here again you have iran, isis, and russia lined up. do you think most republicans on the hill are going to support the president if he decides to come up with a comprehensive strategy to check their power in that region? >> yes and they have in previous incidents and...