Page 10 - Background Briefing News Today

Look at obama administration who expr expressed some concern about this. what about the timing of the morn of the debate? >> bret: i talked to a few democrats and they take two sides of it. one side is why do this today? why, just hours before a debate where potentially you wouldnt be asked a ton of questions about it. now it would seem the moderators and possibly even candidates on the stage will be compelled to react to what hunter biden said or how he said it or the whole thing. the other sid...

Saying forget it. issue a vote or dont do it. >> they werent even saying unless you vote wont cooperate. background briefing about the press were asked repeatedly if the house meets your criteria and vote on this would you cooperate then thats a hypothetical. they are the not even guaranteeing they will cooperate if the house take as vote. >> bret: ben, your thoughts on this move. >> i think this is a political document obviously. its not a legal one. meant to send a message to capitol hill and ...

This point. weve seen ryan police trying to disperse the crowd. this was originally a legal rally. there was a march going from one area to another area. there is an element here that wants to have a confrontation with the police. as you say, it was interesting what we heard on friday, there was a background briefing for foreign media which cnn was part of. and the police commissioner was talking about concerns that this violence could be spiraling out of control, concerns that police may have t...

Happen. is that changing the character and size of these crowds, hearing that. >> this is something the senior police have come on and told media in a background briefing on friday, saying the levels are potentially becoming out of control, saying that they will have to consider using live ammunition, saying theyre very concerned about the fact they may be put in a position that they have to kill someone or be killed themselves. now, this has not made any difference to the protests were seeing t...

Organizers. at least that is what theyre hoping. its not just that the struggle on the streets of hong kong at this point, this is also turning into a bit of a realization from the police that they have to fight for public opinion, giving a face-to-face background briefing to reporters including cnn, pointing out that if these protesters didnt use violence, then the police wouldnt use force, saying that they have to use teargas and dispersal methods against what they call violent behavior. it is...

Sanders. standing next to each other but far apart on policy. one adviser to biden summing it up this way saying there is no need to try and draw contrast with senator sanders the contrast couldnt be more obvious or stark. and the big question is how is plays out tonight. because the message from the progressive left from the sanders wing of the party is loud and clear. >> im with bernie on medicare for all. i believe medicare for all is the way to do that. >> private insurance is not working fo...

Is just not a person who is terribly truthful and hes not a person who is terribly careful about details. weve seen both the north korean statement, but also the state department sent someone out to do a background briefing and, frankly, the state department and the north korean version are pretty similar. and what they described was a freeze of just the facility in exchange for what is a partial relief of sanctions going back to the situation before 2016. >> president trump spoke about his summ...

Most national declarations are about freezing property of people from dictatorial countries that are in the middle of a bad war, that kind of thing, sanctions in effect. this is an unusual step in the fact hes trying to win through a national emergency declaration what he could not win through a policy fight with congress. that will be an argument that goes to the courts, can he do something on his own authority that congress basically told him no, they wouldnt authorize. >> what is the legal ar...

Court. so all of this very theoretical. you say 45 days? it could be stuck in the courts for some time, barbara starr, thank you very much. >> sure. >> the presidents trip according to a report in "the new york times," the president said he did not even want to make. thats what he reportedly told news anchors in a background briefing before his trip tuesday. he said he was talked into going by his advisers and dismissed it as pointless. well go next to jim acosta in act allen, texas. how much cl...

Their hands on the money, if you will, and then figure out all of these answer after that. >> so if the president does declare a national emergency, how soon could construction on a wall begin? >> reporter: it would be about an 18-month project. but some officials are saying they actually could begin building that high steel slat wall that theyre talking about within 45 days. but there are still other complications. there are areas where potentially the federal government does not own the land. ...