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And challenge what is happening, right? are the right people on the hill and meeting with leadership there? >> you make a great point because today the white house held whats called a background briefing with senior administration officials. and thats when they put up people from the different respective relevant agencies to talk to reporters on background. so when we report it out they dont attribute their name. and halfway through the call i got a text from a colleague who said none of this ma...

Now over the death of a 7-year-old guatemalan girl who die died in border patrol custody last week after crossing the u.s./new mexico border with her father and large groups of migrants. the department of homeland security is confirming the childs death and saying that she and her father were in custody for eight hours when the little girl started to have seizures and her temperature spiked to 105.7 degrees. the emergency responders tried to revive her after she went into cardiac arrest and she ...

Are still some 800 miles from the southern border, making their way here. they have tried to say that they are not entitled to come into the united states and that that is illegal. we have pointed out that it is perfectly legal to come and seek asylum in the united states and there is a process for doing that. well, as of today, that process is changing and president trump is going to deny asylum for asylum seekers. hes making it much, much more restrictive. do you think this group of migrants a...

Doesnt exist, there were aides that were holding a briefing, a background briefing where their names will not be on the record because it was background briefing, and they essentially said, well, the president is the one in the administration whos talking about this. theres only so much they can do, and its really not a change. over time the president has, you know, tweeted policy when the policy wasnt in place yet. hes teased things that are coming where apparently no one else knows that theyre...

There were aides that were holding a briefing, a background briefing where their names will not be on the record because it was background briefing and they essentially said, well, the president is the one in the administration who is talking about this. there is only so much they could do and it is really not a change over time. the president has tweeted policies when the policy was not in place yet. he teased things that are coming where apparently no one else knows that they are coming. this ...

This week? >> on the 10% tax cuts does not exist. there are aids that were holding a briefing of background where their names will not be on the record because it was background briefing and they essentially said well, the president is the one in the administration who is talking about this. there is only so much they could do and it is really not a change overtime. the president has tweeted policies when the policy was not in place yet. he teased things that are coming where apparently no one e...

You dont take overt action that might influence an investigation. but that doesnt mean every fbi agent out there looks at the calendar and says i need to finish my investigation for an lebron james [tab] 3. thats just pure nonsense. >> let me stay with you, former fbi saw the news with john brennan and the white house revoking his security clearance. we have gotten a response to all of this from michael haden, former nsa and cia director. heres what he says. if i were to lose my clearance, it wo...

And they are shooting their own people down in the streets. the naive person is nancy pelosi. if you think this has been a good deal, go ask the iranian people how well that has worked out for them. go ask israel how well, its working out for them. go ask everybody in the mideast whether or not iran is a good member of the family of nations. >> shannon: so background briefing by an official, they say one purpose is to negotiate the deal and the other is to change the governments behavior. you sp...

Of it, shooting their own people down in the streets, the knife person is nancy pelosi. if you think this has been a good deal ask the iranian people how will it has worked out for them, ask israel how well it is working out for them, ask everybody in the middle east whether or not iran is a good member of the family of nations. >> background briefing by an administration official, one purpose is to renegotiate the deal and the other is to change the governments behavior, you spent the weekend w...

Guam to north korea. >> you said it yesterday, military exercises, that was the big thing given to north korea. the thing thats unclear, who knew the president would make that announcement. according to u.s. forces in south korea telling "new york times" we received no updated guidance on execution or cessation of training exercises to include this clause. exercises they add. we will with current military posture until we receive updated guidance. theyre not even saying theyre cancelling the exe...