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Secretary? >> is my role model for many things, for his character, his common sense. >> mike pompeo, secretary of state, in your yearbook they call you troop. >> because i was committed to military service. >> if you had a low tolerance for nonsense. what do you remember about mike pompeo? >> he was top of our class, well-known for his academic pedigree and smarts and surrounded himself with a lot of good folks. >> your uncle george was a renowned reporter in vietnam and i had the privilege of m...

Missile against u.s. drone, these arent like little toys, these drenones, these are big aircra aircraft, theyre unmanned, but they are significant, they cost almost $200 million. if it would have been the first time maybe, but this is the second time. i know from conversations ive had, the u.s. military is pretty impressed that the iranians have the capability to hit this drone which was flying about 30,000 feet. >> you were once the cnn pentagon correspondent, youve been in many of those briefi...

Possible. >> andy, do you have issues with the president making a behind the scenes joke about black face, allegedly in. >> believe me, only donald trump decides what donald trump is going to say. i dont think he follows a script well, and he doesnt tai his words before he spits them out. he doesnt lick his thumbs before he tweets something out. this is donald trump. weve come to know that and expect it. i think everybody on the republican side gives him a little bit of a by because of it becaus...

We dont know why yet. >> will it be on camera. >> another possible spray with the president. well keep you posted as we find out what that is about, ari. this is inside the white house. im sure you look back and you think what crazy days they were. were getting word we might get another update from the white house. >> thats the president. thats not the press briefing. i watched mike pompeos briefing theres no cut-away cameras. the camera is on the spokesperson. all of those correspondents in the...

>> former white house press secretary sean spicer says the white howell daily press briefings need to be cut back. here he is this week. >> the briefing is more of a show than an outlet of information for the media. the time and effort that it takes to get that briefing going and what you get in return is not worth it anymore. >> spicer says the white house press office should still be available to give responses and updates, but he points out that other agencies like defense department dont alw...

Its painful. every government should have to endure it. take it off camera so its more serious. >> then the american people might claim hey, we want more transparency. >> i dont know. i think people watch the media now and they watch that briefing and whats going on. theyve limited them and gotten shorter and shorter since the administration has come into play. when you look at the medias approval numbers, they watch it and they agree with sean spicer and say its a show. you have people like jim...

Topics: north korea, syria, and the iran deal deal. were hearing from the white house that the vice president will meet with the secretary monday afternoon. molly: world leaders reacting to what could happen if president trump pulls out of the iran deal. david lee miller has that story from jerusalem. >> molly, both iranian and israeli leaders weighed in today on president trumps up coming decision on whether or not to pull out of the iran nuclear deal. israeli prime minister netanyahu in an off...

Responding given that he responds to pretty much everything that dominates media. whether that comes from his lawyers or he doesnt have anything to say, i dont know. the stormy daniels thing, the census questions that kristin was talking about. this press briefing is a lot of deflection there. the commerce department doesnt have an on camera briefing. when shes answering those questions that could have huge consequences on the country and the representation of people all across the country, no a...

His exchange with reporters yesterday that started off as an off the camera briefing and portions were later put on the record in which kelly defended his handling of the rob porter controversy, one that the white house would certainly like to leave behind. kelly essentially made the case that the same day that he found out rob porter was accused of domestic violence by two of his ex-wives, he secured his resignation. something that contradicts the timeline. two sources saying theyre puzzled by ...

White house press secretary sarah sanders is set to take to the lectern just minutes for now. i am harris faulkner, this will be the first on camera briefing in nearly a month, the last one was august 2nd, this is president trump hitting twitter to lash out on the leaders, john roberts is live on at the white house lawn to set this up for us. it jon. >> harris: first briefing from sarah sanders in almost a month, certainly the president was out there and he talked a lot during his vacation, give...