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>> jason: president trumps bold decision to become the first sitting president to meet with the north korean leader is drawing praise even from his critics. >> trump get credit for pushing north korea, to make concessions such as suspension of testing. the answer, i think, is maybe he does. >> engagement is good. i have been calling for direct talks for more than a year and so that is a positive development. >> president trump can truly solve this problem. that would be going down as a great pre...

President publicly defending this individual twice. once in person and one on twitter. and then his aides have to scurry out and give anonymous quotes assuring everyone that, and i quote here, behind closed doors the president told multiple people the president believes the accusations against porter and finds them sick. anonymous aides attaching their -- trying to assure the country or tell the country actually in private, the president doesnt like domestic violence, contrary to what you may ha...

This individual twice. once in person and one on twitter. and then his aides have to scurry out and give anonymous quotes assuring everyone that, and i quote here, behind closed doors the president told multiple people the president believes the accusations against porter and finds them sick. anonymous aides attaching their -- trying to assure the country or tell the country actually in private, the president doesnt like domestic violence, contrary to what you may have gleaned from this public m...

Whistle-blowing hotline. it doesnt matter if you have good practices in place. if the moral leadership at the top of the organization isnt there, we cannot have you as a partner. i would also note, there are enormous numbers of people who are doing good work and theyre good people working for oxfam. and they have been betrayed in this, as well. >> reporter: weve heard from oxfam executives, assuring people they have put measures in place since 2011 to make sure that kind of behavior does not hap...

John kelly e-mailed white house employees last night assuring them that the administration takes matters of domestic violence very seriously, but there are lingering questions over what kelly knew and when concerning the allegations against porter. meanwhile, one of rob porters ex-wives is speaking out to nbc news. white house correspondent kristen welker has the story. take a listen. >> referee: the white house calling talgzs of abuse against top aid rob porter serious, disturbing and upsetting...

2000 deposition was pound to have lied 30 times. it would be dangerous for any the most prepared witness to sit down with these prosecutors with robert mueller. for a guy like donald trump, it is absolutely perilous. at the same time, we should understand how abnormal it would be. as youve said, bill clinton testified before a special counsels grand jury and george w. bush sat down for an interview. normally when presidents are asked to give evidence, they do so because to refuse would be politi...

Public should get access to a carefully redacted copy of the fisa application and renewals to see whether or not officials behaved unlawfully by misleading the court and mr. muellers mandate should conform with the legal standard of his office, both would go a long way toward assuring that we do more than talk about just a government of laws, end quote. points one and two i assume you would agree, yes or no? >> well, i understand where he is coming from on the first one because weve got a lot of...

We saw at the world economic forum last week, calm, normal, prompter, get through it, give a speech, takes 50 minutes. at the end people go this is fine. we are getting to the point now where hes changed in office. people are calming down. if he gives a broadly assuring and normal sounding healthy america salesman, he will have a good night. >> shannon: that could have a lot to do with was helping him write it to. >> where is stephen miller tonight? >> shannon: we will see. >> american carnage, ...

Forum last week, calm, normal, prompter, get through it, give a speech, takes 50 minutes. at the end people go this is fine. we are getting to the point now where hes changed in office. people are calming down. if he gives a broadly assuring and normal sounding healthy america salesman, he will have a good night. >> shannon: that could have a lot to do with was helping him write it to. >> where is stephen miller tonight? >> shannon: we will see. >> american carnage, part two! >> shannon: thank y...

>> the president delivers the speech tomorrow and he will talk about the role that america plays in the world. as america grows, the world grows. it is good for the world to grow. we benefit when the world grows. >> america first. but not america alone. cohn says it is about a level playing field. not protectionism. im told from people who were there that the american contingent is out and about talking to people and assuring people and talking about america open for business. come do business. ...