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But not action. thats what sarah sanders said in this press briefing, the president is going to do what other administrations have not done. it is a threat, not action yet. >> with respect to russia, the president has had to be direct, kicking and screaming into taking this action. the sanctions today that were announced, he didnt have any choice in the matter. they were a direct result from congress taking action because they were afraid trump would let them lapse. in 24 hours, tripling the amo...

Administrations before this were dealing with the fact that the post office was losing money because of the internet, because of social media, because of people being able to correspond versus using a stamp. how is the administration looking at that versus targeting amazon? >> were doing a thorough review and looking at the best ways to modernize that. i dont have any specific policies on that front. were in ongoing conversations with the u.s. post service. have a great friday. >> weve been watc...

>> no, hes saying that the drug smugglers, the traffickers, the coyotes, this is something that has been in recent years, i know its been up to as high as 80%. >> the dow is down about 500 points the last time i looked. does that give the president any pause as he pursues these actions? >> we know that there could be some fluctuation. but at the same time, the president has said enough is enough. china has to change this illegal and unfair practice that theyve been in. and the president is the f...

We need more, well make that decision at the time. >> a follow-up one on that and also on amazon. really fast, what happens when this honduran caravan gets there and you have this presence of national guard. what is going to happen when the caravan arrives at the border with the national guard? >> well, thankfully, the mexican government in conjunction with our team and in administration has broken up a lot of that and is continuing to do so. in terms of what the specifics will look like of the ...

Are not. >> its interesting when donald trump or bernie sanders tell everybody that this last administration or three administrations ago, the fact is in the world this has happened. the spread of inequality has grown bigger everywhere. >> yes, but heres the difference. most of the other rich countries which are mostly european countries -- not all -- have done more to combat the inequality than we have. >> like health care, like subsidized education. >> exactly. like unemployment insurance that...

>> youre saying 80% of the women coming cross the border are raped? >> no. hes saying that the drug smugglers t traffickers, the coyotes, this is something that, again, has been in recent years. i know its been up to as high as 80%. >> sarah, the dow is down about 500 points the last time i looked. does that give the president any pause as he pursues these actions? >> we know there could be some fluctuation but at the same time, the president has said enough is enough. china has to change this i...

Going. she did want us to the numbers from past administrations. george w. bush and president obama saying they would be kind of in along those lines. push sent about 6,000 national guard troops and 1200 from president obamas administration. meanwhile, president trump this morning weighed in, giving mexico some credit for dealing with the issue of the caravan of illegal immigrants. he wrote the caravan is largely broken up thanks to the strong immigration laws of mexico and their willingness to ...

Picture here, for the first five months of this fiscal year, border apprehensions are lower than they were in 2016 and 2015, that the overall trajectory is that in the early part of this century we were running at about 1.5 million apprehensions a year at the southern border. we are now down to about 300,000. thats occurred across multiple administrations, important to point out. the best estimates are that the undocumented population peaked in 2007 and is now somewhere between 1 million and 1.5...

Military brass and national security team after advisers warned him that an immediate withdrawal of troops from syria would be unwise. the presidents sudden interest in withdrawing from syria seems to run counter to several of his previous claims, including his 2016 false statement that then president obama and hillary clinton founded isis. here is what he said then. >> i call president obama and hillary clinton the founders of isis. theyre the founders. in fact, i think well give hillary clinto...

With a solution and not blame prior administrations. >> where this gets really illogical real quick, when you look at the tweets, the threat from the president has been if mexico doesnt crack down now were going to rescind or revoke nafta. you cannot imagine a more counterproductive action if your goal is to reduce pressure on the south earn border. as i said, the big decline in border crossings came in the period from 2005 to 2015. part of that is smarter and tougher enforcement. a big part of ...