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Board quit tuesday citing concern over the trump administrations priorities. that according to a letter to interior secretary ryan zinke obtained by cnn. most of the members resigning had terms expiring in may. their letter says theyve not been able to meet with zinke and the interior department during his first year on the job, saying their requests to engage have been ignored. former alaska governor tony knowles said former administrations met with the board immediately. the interior departmen...

The numerous crisis the world is dealing with right now its important for the president to promote good relations with the media thats the opinion of ben chang a former national security council spokesman in the bush and obama administrations change is concerned but not surprised when i point out that a lot of journalists dont believe what the white house sass anymore there is a crisis of trust that they dont believe that the white house is telling the truth how important is it to have to trust ...

I asked about steve bannon and the fact that he wasnt answering questions. i was kind of surprised he said the white house was not involved in executive privilege. i wonder whether those words change what the meaning is, whether he answers questions are not. sarah sanders seem to say something different at the white house. >> absolutely. steve bannon went to talk to the house intelligence committee is that im not going to talk to you because executive privilege means that my conversation with th...

That again is why it is so critical to have these conversations and not let the democrats bust the deal up by not coming to the table on friday. lets talk about steve bannon if we can. the associated press raj is reporting today there was realtime back and forth while steve bannon was testifying in house committee meeting yesterday and defying the questioners whether he would take any questions about the white house or transition period there was open line of some sort of communication back with...

Typically followed. sometimes they have a white house attorney present in the room. this time it was something that was relayed via phone. its something that will likely happen again on any other number of occasions, not just within this administration, but future administrations. >> reporter: democrat on the house intelligence committee adam schiff is calling out steve bannon who spent all day on capitol hill after bannons attorney told lawmakers the white house directed him not to answer quest...

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. >> the scope of that executive privilege not just the time in the administration but time after and transition is broader than it has been in past administrations? >> i cant speak to the specific details of that can i simply talk about the process and we are following the same process and past practice of previous administrations. >> are there categories. >> again, i cant...

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 february 16th and reauthorized chip for six years. is that a proposal that the white house supports? >> we do support the short-te...

>> yeah. >> the generals during the 60s and early 70s come to mind. >> it sure does. >> lying about vietnam. youve had people in administrations, democratic and republican in the past that have lied or shaded the truth but have usually had some fact to hold on to, some reason to believe that they could bend the truth in a way that could help their side. but this is just overt, outright lying, again, about issues that arent even under debate, not on fox news. as erick ericson said, not along cons...

We want to make sure we follow the process and thats all thats taking place here. >> the scope of that privilege is broader than it has been in past administrations. >> were following the same process and past practice of previous administrations. >> theres today that steve bah fon was relaying questions to the committee. my questions are who was he relaying the questions to. is that something the white house asked his attorney to do and why did the white house think that was a necessary step in...

. sometimes they have a white house attorney present in the room. this time it was something that was relayed via phone. and was following standard procedure for an instabs like this. but future administrations. >> the house republican leadership is proposing a funding bill to provide funding through february 16th and reauthorship is that a proposal that the white house supports. >> we do support the short-term cr. thats not our first choice. wed still like to see clean funding bill, a two-year ...