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Massachusetts. and a masters degree in political science from american university he also attended the naval war college. former white house deputy chief of staff rick dearborn and robert porter have refused to appear here despite duly issued subpoenas from this committee. as i discussed in my opening statement i strongly disagree with the white houses assertion of absolute immunity to mr. dearborn and mr. porter. we welcome mr. lewandowski, we thank him for participating in todays hearing. if y...

Shot of doing that with someone like corey lewandowski the white house blocked other potential witnesses, but corey lewandowski has made it extraordinarily clear. he wrote a complimentary book about the power and management of president donald trump. if he takes this stage, and hes intimating to you that hes up there to do the trump show, how on earth do the democrats think theyll achieve their goal with corey lewandowski who is potentially running for office and would want the presidents suppor...

Another hijacked plane, and they were asking for permission to shoot down an identified hijacked commercial aircraft. i asked the vice president that question and he answered it in the affirmative. i asked again to be sure. sir, im confirming that you have given permission for me being a military member and aviator, understanding the absolute depth of that question was and what the answer was, i wanted to make sure that there was no mistake whatsoever about what was being asked. without hesitati...

To china, including bringing your companies home and making your products in the usa. he also vowed to raise tariffs even higher on $500 billion worth of chinese goods. this morning at the g20 what sounded at first like a rare admission from the president, regret. . >> just a few hours later, this clarification from press secretary stephanie grisham. his answer has been greatly misinterpreted. president trump responded in the affirmative because he regrets not raising the tariffs higher. so ever...

>> you had second thoughts about escalating -- >> i have second taughts about everything. >> so the white house to clarify the remarks saying that the answers have been misinterpreted and president trump responded in the affirmative because he regrets not raising higher. >> so i think thats what -- i think he was sincere, he we wanted to raise them maybe more and maybe effort as olive branch, i dont know about that, chinas reaction was not positive as we had hoped. >> japan and the u.s. appear t...

War. the president insisting no ally asked him to back off. listen here. >> i think i respect the trade war. presidents have allowed them to get away with hundreds of billions of dollars. the answer is nobody has told me that. john: at that breakfast the president was asked if he had second thoughts about escalating the trade war with china. the president answered in the affirmative. saying i have second thoughts about everything. the story started circulating that the president was expressing r...

>> the white house trying to clarify remarks that president trump made at the g7 summit in france where he appeared to admit to having second thoughts about the escalating trade war with china. here is treasury secretary steve mnuchin. >> the president is determined to have fair and reciprocal trade with china and this mornings comments werent meant to back that off, it was meant to say that hes determined as ever on this issue, he wants a good deal, he wants free, fair and reciprocal trade. >> ...

There may be a recession coming but it isnt here right now and lets not get ahead of ourselves. >> it was interesting because the president was asked the question whether he regretted escalating the trade war with china. there was some class a spin that took place from the press secretary where she says, the president was asked if he had any second thought. his answer has been greatly misinterpreted. he responded in the affirmative because he regrets not raising the tariffs higher. thats some go...

War with china? >> sure, might as well. might as well. >> are you having second thoughts about escalating the war? >> i have second thoughts about everything. >> so following those comments, the white house has kwish to push back on any suggestion the presidents resolve for a trade war is fading. press secretary grisham said in a statement, quote, his answer has been greatly misinterpreted. president trump responded in the affirmative because he regrets not raising tariffs higher. this is how hi...

You are only speculating. you dont know what youre talking about, and to not be concerned about police, victims, the public at large, and she is concerned about gun control because she wants to be the president. they are so small, they are not worth talking about. >> sean: you know, i worry about in this situation, i will ask all three of you, exit question. pam, i will begin with you. the unknown here. i would like to know that this guy doesnt have anybody in that room. we havent gotten an affi...