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Approach to south korea, breaking up what had been in previous administrations a multi lateral talks. north korea and japan. china and russia. and so, yeah, i mean he can sort of say all of these things and play coy, and in the meantime kim jong-un is doing what he wants. >> he also on the s hole countries, okay, he had a chance here to either admit it and say he was sorry, which he doesnt apologize, so it wouldnt be consistent, but would have been the right thing to do. or to go ahead and doubl...

Administration, feel free to talk to this person as long as you can make it positive. and almost everyone i talked to and people were very sensitive about admitting they spoke to wolff, everyone i talked to said someone elsmore senior than them asked them to talk to wolff. so there was that confusion. also a rather inexperienced communications staff. press team that just didnt monitor this book author when he was coming in, who he was talking to, what his line of questioning was. i know in past ...

That someone else wanted them to speak with wolff, there was confusion about whether the white house officially thought this was a good idea or not. i was told that one of trumps closest aides, hope hicks, told some of the aides, listen, if you think that you can spin this in a positive way, if you can add to the positive media narrative about the administration, feel free to talk to this person as long as you can make it positive. and almost everyone i talked to and people were very sensitive a...

Admitting they spoke to him, but they said someone else more senior than them asked to talk to him. there was an inexperienced communications staff that didnt monitor this book author when he was coming in and who he was talking to and his line of questioning. in past administrations they were much more careful about that. it was a compilation of different factors. >> is it a crime journalistic or otherwise to use whatever means necessary to get access so that you can get the hard material on yo...

They report his attorney bill burke was asking the white house counsels office by phone during the tuesday session whether his client could answer questions. bannons lawyer was on the phone with the white house as bannon was being questioned. unsurprisingly lawmakers on both sides were frustrated by his appearance. the white house says the whole thing was just standard operating proceed your. >> thats the same process that is typically followed. sometimes they actually have a white house attorne...

Sides were frustrated by his appearance. the white house says the whole thing was just standard operating proceed your. >> thats the same process that is typically followed. sometimes they actually have a white house attorney present in the room. this time it was something that was relayed via phone. and again, was following standard procedure for an instance like this and something that will likely happen again on any other number of occasions not just within this administration but future admi...

Secretary sarah huckabee sanders said today the trump white house is only following the same procedure she says as past administrations. >> this white house is following the same practice that many white houses before us have that have gone back decades that there is a process that you go through anytime you have congressional inquiries touching upon white house, the congress should consult with the white house prior to obtaining confidential material. executive privilege is something that goes ...

Its something that needs to be protected, whether its during this administration or one 20 years from now. we want to make sure we follow the process and the precedent, and thats all thats taking place here. >> what about the allegations on the scope of that privilege? the time after and the time during the transition, its broader than in past administrations. >> i cant speak to the details of that. i can simply talk about the process and that were following the same process and past practice th...

Is typically followed. sometimes they actually have a white house attorney present in the room. this time it was something that was relayed via phone and again was following standard procedure for an instance like this and something that will likely happen again on any other number of occasions, not just within this administration, but future administrations. jordan. >> thanks, sarah. the house republican leadership is proposing a funding bill that would provide the government funding through fe...

Allowed in this country as a citizen. i think trump got it right the second time, which was, i do care about the details, the american people care about the details, they do want border security, many americans who voted for trump want the wall, and the idea that we have to have a shutdown of the government to solve this problem, i dont get that. i asked dan, dan, you were in the obama administration. you had, in the first two years, 60 senators, democratic senators, who had a big majority in th...