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Be okay carrying this job out. >> we often see the president talk about the stock market. we havent yet heard from him on a separate but similar issue which is crypto currency. has the president been following this at all bitcoin specifically, the major run up in it, does he have an opinion on it? does he feel or does the administration feel that this is now something that needs to be regulated by the government? >> i know this is something that is being monitored by our team here in terms of sp...

The final policy looks like. our focus has been on middle class tax cuts. thats why the president doesnt care if he gets a tax cut or not but focus on making sure the middle class and middle clasz families get the tax cuts and that we simplify the process and bring companies back home. >> ill take one more question. >> you said tillerson to close out a successful year. are you saying that he will close out the year? will he serve beyond that? and when you are talking about elevating the conversa...

Here, extremists exploit. these retweets do exactly the same thing. making us less safe. at the same time the leader of bahrain. >> sitting in the white house. >> sitting in the white house today. and you have to wonder how is president trump reconciling these retweets with anything hes telling the leader of bahrain about the close partnership between the united states and the muslim world. they dont reconcile. >> admiral kirby to you on north korea, a question was asked based upon what ambassad...

Cab net secretaries when the president loses confidence theyll no longer be here. as the president said on the record and several of you were in the room in the oval today, the secretary of state is here, and we are, would going hard to get big things accomplished and close out whats already been a very strong and positive year. >> whats the future in the administration? >> im sorry? >> whats future in the administration. >> i think future is continuing working hard with the secretary of state. ...

Talking about this tax plan. and of course on the big buzz today on the current secretary of state rex tillerson. so dana bash, samantha, and a admiral kirby are back with me. lets start with where we were before the press conference. dana bash, when she was asked about rex tillerson, her response was when the president loses confidence theyll no longer serve. rex tillerson was here today. so is that her attempt to say nothing to see her, all is hung can i dorie, or what did you make of her resp...

Since i just i think i heard that question that you shouted out to sarah sanders a couple minutes ago precisely on this, on congressman conyers and your question was would the president like to weigh in? and she said no, no, this is up to congressman conyers. >> right. >> what do you make -- it seems that the chorus for him to go is getting louder. yet, he and his attorney, are saying, no, were staying put. what do you make of this? >> what i make of it, conyers is one of the longest serving rep...

They dont want to talk about regime change and for good reason. because its what kim jong-un fears the most. he believes united states is the threat to his life and life of his country and country man. thats why he continues to advance his program. least not going to be in any mood to talk until he can come to a table having that capability to hit the united states with accuracy. so i this i she answered it the best way she could. and frankly, look, i agree that denuclearization needs to be the ...

Somebody who was identified phi in those videos as being a muslim migrant when weve been told by dutch authorities that was not the case. that the an attacker was somebody born and raised in netherlands. so raises the question is it not fake news when the president tweets it. and you might hear some of that in the briefing room. >> you have a long list. i hope you get a question in today. thank you so much my friend. lets lead though next with the top note from jim there on rex tillerson. this p...

Saying hes got to go. and hes hearing that. hes hearing the chorus. so the question is what happens when he leaves the hospital today or tomorrow? >> the questions are being asked, when you look at corporate america or hollywood, journalism versus politics, there seem to be consequences in one realm and a lack of consequences in the other. and so the attorney for the congressman actually addressed this very question, heres what else he said. >> people are saying, right, that matt lauer was fired...

Congress because we respected their role and they werent the ones who caused this problem. and we put them in a better footing than the large banks. so, yeah, i do think some of the large institutions will be upset. by the way, one of the things that i hope will happen is this. i hope the large banks will be making less money from credit card fees and from overdrafts and from other things, because i would like to get them back into lending money. thats what we have banks for. to the extent that ...