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Policy pronouncements. i think he was trying to have a conversation. >> dana: i took it as sort of a brainstorming session. raised eyebrows on both sides. listen to ari fleisher talking about what would be helpful in this discussion. >> this is where its time now to do good at leading. that means what exactly are you going to propose? are you proposing 21 for long arms? what does that mean? define it. thats what legislation is. its the power of leadership that drives things through the congress....

Before. if it ends up like immigration, hes done himself a lot of harm. >> crossed everybodys mind, is this the tuesday trump or the thursday trump. its wednesday. so dont know. weigh see. >> i think this is more of what i would call a brainstorming session. so we got a lot of different ideas but as i said yesterday, its going to have to get 60 votes to pass in the senate. >> i have some real questions and some real problems with some of the suggestions that have been made. >> do you think this ...

Risk with such a rare transparency in a meeting like this which president obama found when he opened up a 2010 health care roundtable to cameras and showed off his mastery of policy details but also looked thin-skinned. >> let me make this point, john. we are not campaigning anymore. the election is over. >> i am reminded of that every day. >> president trump set off alarm bells on the right with comments on guns that left feinstein cheering and republicans like john cornyn looking like he would...

Time. steven? >> i want to gev you a chance to respond to the concern about the proprietary of this parade down pennsylvania avenue. a lot of people think thats not how the u.s. military should be seen rolling down the street. what do you think? >> we havent made a final decision. the president is exploring different ways that he could highlight and show the pride we have in the military, people that have served and sacrificed to allow us all the freedoms we have. the president is very proud of ...

Country think thats not how the american military should be presented to the world rolling things down americas main street. what do you think? >> look, as i said, we havent made a final decision. the president simply exploring different ways that he can highlight and show the priz pride that we have in the military. the people that have served and sacrificed to allow us all of the freedoms that we have. the president is very proud of the united states military and all that they do on behalf of ...

Back with us is jeffrey and kirsten and david gergen. you reported for politico, is it fair to call it a brainstorming session with white boards? >> they were in the executive offices, big butcher block type paper. they broke into groups, one group went into the hallway to come up with a list of things they could sell. >> this sounds like corporate retreats. >> one white house firm said it reminded them of being in the fifth grade. the one thing about the white house is theres so much pressure r...

Hallways writing out what they thought the best successes of the first 100 days had. that did not sit wiell with som staffers. >> reporter: one said it reminded them of being in fifth grade. the idea was lets have a brainstorming session and come up with what trump has accomplished. some folks thought why do we need to brainstorm this. shouldnt we have these lists? theres a toxic atmosphere were warring factions, concerns at the top level about staff changes. it seems like prumpt doesnt want to ...

John ker john kerry advertised the meet -- characterized the meeting as a brainstorming session. iraqs prime minister says a major battle against isis will happen soon. iraqi government forces, kurdish troops are standing by to retake mosul and other cities nearby. theyve dropped thousands of leaflets on residents for them to remain inside their homes and avoid isis positions. the u.n. secretary general promised relief for victims of hurricane matthew. ban ki-moon visited there saturday and ...

A meeting in saturday inded without breakthroughs. the u.s., iran and turkey were involved in those meetings. were joined live from istanbul. we heard extensively from switer land, ian, that expectations should continue to be low. it was described as a brainstorming session. if you look at your social media feed, you will see that the people of aleppo right now at this minute are still having to endure an awesome and bomba bombardment while they toil and talk in switzerland and london. >> report...

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