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Guided 2,000 pound mk 84 killed 97 people. in october 2016, another strike on a funeral hall killed 155 people. and wounded hundreds more. then the bus attack on august 9 where they are still counting the dead. the u.s. doesnt just sell arms to the coalition in its battle against the iranian backed rebel houthi militias, it provides intelligence, help with targeting procedures, midair refueling. president obama blocked sales of precision guided military technology to saudi arabia over human righ...

Crowd, shouting that a plane had struck the childrens bus. >> reporter: on august 9, he filmed his class on the long awaited school trip. within hours, it had all gone horribly wrong. a plane from the u.s.-backed saudi-led coalition struck a bus carrying them. dozens died. some of the bodies were so mutilated, identification became impossible. all thats left are scraps of schoolbo schoolbooks, warped metal and a single backpack. eyewitnesses tell cnn this was a direct hit in the middle of a busy...

Look at this lovely list. some of these things funding the government, raising the debt ceiling. harvey aid. those have to happen like now. you have to fund the government in h less than a month to keep it operating and working for the american peelle. so, on top of that youve got tax reform and to try to get to that and get a legislative win theyve got the gang of six coming to the white house. that includes mitch mcconnell. they have not been face-to-face since their sort of screaming match on...

Was president and while president bush was president. >> you believe, they said this on august 9, that trump has a coherent plan on north korea and it was inartfully executed. a lot johas changed as you just mentioned. do you think that the white house has a plan to deal with north korea? >> i think you have to watch the tweets. i think we had an unforced error when we brought up our trade agreement on our south korean friends on whom we rely for this problem, the president indicated he wanted t...

Think most people want to see a government shutdown, ourselves included. >> tuesday in phoenix, the president said immigration control was "one of the reasons im here." >> believe me, we have to close down our government. were building that wall. >> the president urged a drastic change to parliamentary protocol one that g.o.p. leaders have termed unnecessary. >> we have to get rid of whats called the filibuster rule. we have to. and if we dont, the republicans will never get anything past. youre...

Republicans in the senate are protecting donald trump. but if he continues it down the path he is on, i dont think that will continue. and as for the idea that trump is really upset about health care he attacked jeff flake who voted with him on health care. he is going after jeff flake not because of health care. he is going after jeff flake because flake said he want it hold trump accountable for his wrongdoing. like david k. johnson said, dona donald trump sp in this only to protect donald tru...

Heal some of the damage from the presidents behavior. there is talk of trying to set a meeting between president trump and mitch mcconnell. i vote on the debt ceiling and obamacare are looming next month. >> mitch mcconnell just put out a statement, by the way, trying to downplay any rift with the president. your sources have told you they havent spoken in quite some time. >> thats right, actually since august 9. remember what happened on that day. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell went out...

Issue that really irked the president was russia. he felt he didnt do enough to protect him from that. he did not like the way it played out and made mitch mcconnell aware of that, even dropped some curse words, i am told. then afterwards they have not spoken face to face or on the phone since that august 9 encounter. >> it overwhelmingly passed the senate 98-2. that is overwhelming passing the senate, that russian sanctions bill. lets talk a little bit about the whole russia probe. what does th...

York times" national reporter shares the byline and joins me now. ummm, is mcconnell not sure that president trump will serve his full term? what does it mean he may not be able to salvage his presidency? >> hes expressing pessimism and frustration in a range of ways, anderson. but from the get-go of this story, it was clear that the senate leader is really telling people close to him, people who are supportive of his agenda in general and who he relies on to pass legislation and support the par...

Theres a new cold war between president trump and mitch mcconnell. mcconnell has privately expressed uncertainty over whether it may be too late to save the trump presidency now. >> this has always been a very uneasy alliance. these guys couldnt be more different stylistically. but one thing in particular that has irked the president. he went after mitch mcconnell on an august 9 phone call, saying he wanted the majority leader to