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white men. donald trump and parker carlson. >> one quick thing, i know youre about to start your show, i have to say, to be fair to tucker, wouldnt you to pummel ted cruz when you saw him unable to defend his wife after donald trump called her ugly? i mean ted cruz, it is not hard for him to kind of debase and self. >> i agree with you, great to see you as always my friend, great show. best of luck with your new book. we are going to talk about that next week. im looking forward to it,...

were lives in fear of two privilege white men. donald trump and tucker carlson. >> one quick thing, i know youre about to start your show, i have to say, to be fair to tucker, wouldnt you to pummel ted cruz when you saw him unable to defend his wife after donald trump called her ugly? i mean ted cruz, it is not hard for him to kind of debase himself. >> i agree with you, great to see you as always my friend, great show. best of luck with your new book. we are going to talk about that n...

janis mackey frayer, nbc news. >> cant blame him. thats going to do it for me today. "deadline white house" starts right now. ♪♪ hey, everyone, it is 4:00 in new york. im alicia menendez in for nicole wallace. no shortage of news both here at home and abroad. the truce between israel and hamas has come to an end after seven days that saw hostages released by hamas, prisoners released by the israeli government, and a steady flow of humanitarian aid into gaza. on capitol hill, ne...

The house has another plan. the baseline reality for kevin mccarthy is that he cant afford to lose the vote. so -- the practical aspect of this to, when you only have a force seat majority, a 45 seat majority, you cant afford to lose that vote. particularly where it looks like in a special election, that seat could flip back to the democrats. so there is a lot politically involved here. but at a certain level, you have got to stop as a national party and go, what are we saying and doing? what ar...

Clear that they want him to step down, certainly the party officials in his state in that congressional district want that. the current leadership in the house has another plan. the baseline reality for kevin mccarthy is that he cant afford to lose the vote. so -- the practical aspect of this to, when you only have a force he majority, a 45 c majority, you cant afford to lose that vote. particularly where it looks like in a special election, that seat could flip back to the democrats. so there i...

Definitely off. but even with those caveats about last night, i think it is safe to say there is one thing, one very big thing that was definitely off about that meeting last night. and that is the baseline reality that we dont know what it was for. why did that happen? what was tt for? no u.s. president h ever reed to meet with a korean dictator before. theyve sought this for decades. kim jong un has wanted this for years. his father want td before him. his grandfather wanted it before him. all...

Category of their own. you have nothing to stack up next to them to try to keep perspective, to know when something is right or something is definitely off. but even with those caveats about last night, i think it is safe to say there is one thing, one very big thing that was definitely off about that meeting last night. and that is the baseline reality that we dont know what it was for. why did that happen? what was that for? no u.s. president has ever agreed to meet with a north korean dictato...

On the speaking circuit. again, underscores that there are a lot of loyalists here that want big-time positions. people on the outside that want positions trying to figure theyre way in. the baseline reality here is, as you noted, we are 60-plus day away. major decisions to be made for hurns if not thousands of government positions and a lot of dissension inside. interesting.tary of state, names we have, former ambassador bolton. also we have rudy giuliani. newt gingrich, bob corker, richard haa...