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On. >> or countries where you have leaders that are rightly berated by our state department and former presidents for backsliding on a free press, who are looking at what we showed there which was pretty remarkable. if we can kind of think about the imagery that we showed on cnn. sarair isara murray doing a liv. the press secretary walk information to talk to the podium, in which we usually stop to listen, and were cut off. weve covered the white house. there have been many, many times where the...

Ceremonies demonstrate that theres some type of continued connection and commitment, certainly in the defense cooperation between the united states and the gulf. its important to ask the question, we know what were giving but what are we getting? and these are not the hardest parts of a diplomatic engagement. the hard questions about is the united states going to get more involved in syria as it appears to be backsliding into deeper military engagements there, are we going to support military ac...

On that subject and really much more, i am joined by steven moore, former trump campaign senior economic advisor. im sure youd rather be here talking about tax cuts or the nba draft frankly. >> any of those things. >> more than what were talking about now because there are serious questions surrounding the trump presidency. how does this affect the ability of the white house to achieve anything? >> i think you are exactly right, that the stock market is really jittery right now because, look, th...

Only way -- excuse me. indeed, providing the congress the tapes and memos may be the only way for this administration to credibly make a case to a justifiably skeptical american public about its version of the story reported by the "new york times." the president says what comey said was wrong. prove it. its easy to prove. as long as there are tapes or transcripts of what happened. if the president is right, hell have no problem releasing memos, tapes, transcripts that corroborate his story. but...

>> senate minority leader stop short of saying it was obstruction of justice but chuck schumer tweaked his fellow new yorkers think the president can clear this up by releasing any tapes he has of conversations with comey. >> if he fails to release them, the american public will justifiably tend to side with mr. comey. not what the president had to say, particularly in light of so much backtracking, backsliding, factual fabrication in this white house. stick with the white house through a change...

So many thing, i mean theres so much factual fabrication and backsliding and contradiction. we need our republican colleagues, not every day, but on the occasions when its necessary, such as a special prosecutor, to speak out because this is country, this is an issue of country, not party. >> that was senate minority leader chuck schumer expressing frustration with his republican colleagues. he did contradict members of his own staff, including the vice president, on how he made the decision to ...

The president to tweet about the fbi director while his own campaign is under investigation. >> well, theres little i find appropriate about the presidents tweets, but i guess what i find most disturbing this week is beyond that particular one, his continued reluctance to acknowledge even that russia was the party -- was the nation involved in hacking our election. he again over the weekend suggested, well, it could have been china. and, again refused to back off this accusation hes made against...

What i find most disturbing this week is beyond that particular one, his continued reluctance to acknowledge even that russia was the party -- was the nation involved in hacking our election. he again over the weekend suggested, well, it could have been china. and, again refused to back off this accusation hes made against barack obama that barack obama illegally wiretapped him. so that is, i think, for me the most disturbing thing at least in the last few days on this subject. >> there did seem...

Hear back if theres backsliding from where they have gone. so far we have used the tool in the tool box we think to bring about changes. our parters are saying they have not seen humanitarian access like this this a long time. bashir announce another cease-fire. a leopard doesnt change its spots. he indicted by icc and has horrible blood on his hands. he would be a pariah for a lock time. as for those involved in carrying out genocide in dra far. >> i have reread your book. if

Military, diplomatic is redefined and redistributed across the globe. financial and economic orders are under distress, climate change is causing harm and creating and leading to greater instability. in many parts of the world there is a view that american power, determination and our support for american values is uncertain. clearly candidate trump added to that uncertainty. we have global khal edges. the middle east is undergoing a period of unprecedented violence and instability. iran committ...