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The ukraine aid bill passed by the united states senate. theyre flying it because the president has to have the documents to sign them. theyre bringing it to him. what does that tell you? >> a lot of it is optics. they could -- during the obama years they used an auto pen where he could sign legislation into law while traveling overseas, but the white house wants to show that they are taking a strong unified stand against russia. this is a massive bill. $40 billion of u.s. aid is about to go to ...

Memos in realtime about the actual plan, the actual orders for torture like that to occur. as a matter of u.s. policy, and on purpose, directed down the chain of command. on the margins of one of them, its below that prisoners in u.s. custody should be tortured by, among other things, forcing them to stand for hours at a time. rumsfeld hand wrote in the margin, i stand for 8 to 10 hours a day, why is standing limited to four hours? by which he meant, why are they forcing these prisoners to stand...

The family members of servicemen and servicewomen killed in iraq, he did not feel it was necessary to sign his name. instead, used whats called an auto pen. basically, a machine that rubber stamped his name to sign all the supposedly heart felt condolence letters to the families of american service members killed in action in iraq. as roadside bombs started killing american service members by the dozen and then by the hundreds and then ultimately by the thousands, secretary rumsfeld was asked wh...

Other conservatives if the president sooinigns the bill, b theres a couple of ifs. that would be the president needs to declare a national emergency. had is the time, that is a necessary. >> i if hannity says hes no longer concerned, get the auto pen ready there are thing is as good as signed, correct? >> yeah, think the president will sign it and keep the government open and hes going to get a lot of encouragement from the senate republican leadership and his allies on capitol hill for take wha...

Autograph. >> who? >> arnold schwarzenegger. >> was it an auto pen? >> i dont know if it was an auto pen. >> you just said he signed it. >> it was an auto pen, to say the least. who signed your degree? >> i dont have an answer, and i wouldnt go to air with it until i have it fully confirmed. >> maybe you should run to the chopper quickly to find out. >> really good work, katie. its a minute into the show. you deserve it. >> bye, ari. >> i am excited not just talking to katie but about the news. ...

The other senators on the fence put the timetable, so you can put it together. theyll be a vote this afternoon, handed to the senate. ten hours of debate, but could be cut back. if the senate votes this evening and favor of the bill, dose 48 hours to enroll, and then sent to the president. then it goes to white house review, which could take a few days. it is likely the bill will not be ready for the president to sign until next week. the bill sit down tomorrow in mar logout for signing. not som...

Secretary donald rumsfeld was using an auto pen, using a machine or stamp or something, using some sort of machine to automatically sign the more than 1,000 condolence letters that the bush administration had had to send to families of soldiers who had been killed in iraq. they were machine signed, form letters. the pentagon initially denied it and then they repeatedly denied it, but david hackworth turns out had him dead to rights. he had great sources. he had interviews with a dozen family mem...

Magazine and he started to write a syndicated column for king features. in november 2004, a year and a half into the iraq war, david hackworth in one of his syndicated columns, he broke the news that donald rumsfeld was using an auto pen, a machine or stamp to automatically sign more than 1,000 condolence letters that the bush administration had to send to families of soldiers who had been killed in iraq. they were machine signed, form letters. pentagon initially denied it and then they repeated...

Tell the justice department to grant immunity to michael flynn? were you trying to do that, mr. president? was that your intention, mr. president, sir? >> thank you -- >> mr. president, was that your intention, mr. president? was that your intention, sir? >> you know, don, in congress they have an auto pen. that could help him out here. >> i mean, there is one thing to have -- you know, you have an executive order signing ceremony and then, you know, not to sign the order. but go on, maria. yeah...

And ainsleys book that are both signed by you two. i will say the first two that come here that say mornings are better with friends, you are going to get a free book. ainsley: that was kind of you,able buy. thank you. brian: age bracket. ainsley: the kid who cares about obamacare repealing and replacing. he can use both of those books. abby: is that the cutest thing? ainsley: how cute is he really smart. brian: i signed mine and ainsley used an auto pen. ainsley: i dont even know what that is. ...