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John kellys arrival in august a positive he was going to put the place in a better shape. they lost that optimism, partly over the porter thing, partly the issues hes been involved with. >> and i guess just to jump off what peters reported, its gone in the other direction. so, they had high hopes, and part of this maybe is just a disappointment that not even a general can straighten out donald trump. its now gone so far as they feel reserntment. he walked in there streemtly judgmental of the reg...

>> todays remarks from the president come just days after a "new york times" report that says the state department has yet to spend any of the $120 million its been allocated to counter election meddling. "the times" reports it this way. "as a result not one of the 23 analysts working in the departments global engagement center, which has been tasked with countering moscows disinformation campaign, speaks russian. and a department hiring freeze has hindered efforts to recruit the computer expert...

Department, and its the state department that normally would get engaged in doing this. >> thats a big question. to the point about can we trust, those who remember the history are very skeptical, and you should be very skeptical. everyone should be very skeptical, however the president looks at least willing to try here. tom cotton, a republican hawk in the senate, frames it this way. >> its another thing to bribe that adversary to sit down and talk with us. >> talk is cheap. >> so we shouldnt ...

The olympics, they went in with good spirit, did well. lets see if we can carry it over. we may carry it over, may not. very -- its a very tenuous situation. going to be very interesting to see what happens. >> you sound more optimistic. >> id like to be optimistic. i think maybe this has gone further than anyone has taken it before. nobody has been in the position. this should have been handled long ago. should have been handled over many years by many different administrations. not now. this w...

Of this personal. you know, yes, in recent months he has dialed down the rhetoric. we havent heard dpfire and fur in a while, havent heard about little rocket man in a while or heard about the size of the button on his desk in a is sti territory for this president. >> those are very low bars. let me play a little sound and ask you about it. >> hopefully well go in the very, very peaceful beautiful path were prepared to go, whichever path is necessary. i think were having very good dialogue and y...

Been handled long ago. this should have been handled over many years, by many different administrations. not now. this was not the right time to handle it. but these are the cards we were dealt. were handling it properly. and again, as i said, hopefully well go in the very, very peaceful, beautiful path. were prepared to go whichever path is necessary. i think were having very good dialogue and, youre going to certainly find out pretty soon whats happening. but we have -- we have made progress, ...

It, and its bits and starts sort of process or would be if it was followed dot letter in the way david said. >> april, i want to ask you -- >> the question -- >> i want to ask you -- >> about rivals -- >> go ahead, fin issue your thought. >> the question is, is this a team -- the question is, is this a team of rivals or people feeling their way? over a year in. this is not a team of rivals weve seen in other administrations. these are people trying to find their way at the expense of the america...

The general a liar, i dont think thats appropriate. >> did you hear that word come out of my mouth? >> you used the euphemism. its hard to believe had a hes saying. >> if i want to call you a liar ill do it right to your face and theyll be a smile on mine. its about the fact, the fbi reports that the white house counsels office, they have plenty of reasons to know, then the situation starts to come out. its all rhein. if it happened in another administration youd pb gone nuts. >> lets look at th...

Orders. dont budge on this. then also some word two weeks ago that the president was considering going into the tpp if it was under better conditions. then in come these tariffs. the president seemed to be indicating with that tweet that theyre all linked. steve: some negotiation. ainsley: in january he did announce tariffs on solar panels and on washing machines. this is a new tariff. he says the reason he is doing this because we have made stupid trade deals in the past. he used that you word ...

The united nations. great to see today. this is the actual happening that so much was promised about past administrations, past presidents, now were seeing it. >> good afternoon harris. indeed, we are grateful for the decision for president trump to move the embassy. we saw today a friendship, a friendship with prime minster netanyahu and president trump. its the fifth meeting within a year that meeting. we share the same challenges and same enemies. its good news for us in israel. we are gratef...