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>> again, this is -- i dont think ripping this up had anything to do with the technical terms this deal. i think it had everything to do with big omissions, things left out, irgc, dealing with the missile program. i think those were left out. it was a bad deal. the original sin point that david makes, that was at work here. >> how much this ripping up this deal was the president made that commitment during the campaign, it was strong campaign commitment -- he made other campaign commitments, mov...

Eager to defend it. do i take it personally? no. the campaign commitment he took a long time ago. >> donald trump must decide on the iran deal by may 12th. than it was number of donald trumps legal team is tackling the mueller investigation head on. new york city mayor and us atty. rudy giuliani met with special counsel to discuss the potential of an interview with the president. giuliani joined the legal team last week with the goal of bringing the mueller probe to a end. the leaked comey memos...

Not eager to defend it. do i take it personally? no. he made a campaign commitment he took a long time ago. >> reporter: he must decide on the radio by may 12th. donald trumps travel ban is in the hands of the supreme court, several justices side with the administrations request to reverse lower court rulings that struck down the ban. the latest version bars travel from 7 countries, many of them with little majorities, in effect since december. a whirlwind is expected by legion. rob: donald trum...

Fulfilling a campaign commitment that he made during the campaign, as opposed to doing what i believe would have been much more important in trying to promote israeli palestinian peace. so, he kind of marches to his own drummer on these issues. and that -- that makes it a real question mark, with regards to this strategy today. because i think the real test is going to be whether or not this president adheres to the principles laid out in that strategy or basically does his own thing. >> you ser...

Wanted to fulfill a campaign commitment. he was tired of using the national security waiver. he used it once in june. just like iran. he told his constituents. and its the end of the year. so he check this box. tpp, check that box. tax reform, check that box. withdraw from paris climate, check that box. this is the triumph of domestic politics and personal conviction to separate himself from barack obama and fundamentally do something that no american president has ever done. and he did it yeste...

And move the embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. " president, president trump was very proud to say unlike earlier presidents hes actually delivering on that campaign commitment. >> you know, there was no fuzziness about this, wolf. this was clearly stated. the president said i am delivering. and made the point that other people have, other presidents may have had their reasons but they did not -- they did not do what he is about to do. this was about the presidents promise during the campaign w...

Strategy? its mystifying. i suspect not. i think the president of the united states made a campaign commitment. hes willful on this issue. and he wants to be the first american president to basically do something that everybody told him he should not, would not, and could not do. and hes going to do it tomorrow. >> for those reasons, as you said. all right, thank you very much, aaron. >> welcome, erin. next, the presidents lawyer says hes too busy being president to face a defamation lawsuit. ...

Been a great achievement for the american national interests. >> we were told that he was advised against this move by his top foreign policy and national security advisers, including the secretary of state, tillerson, the secretary of defense, mattis, the cia director, mike pompeo, but he still went ahead and did this. why do you think he did this? i mean, if your national security advisers are telling you, you know what, do this down the road. i know you made a campaign commitment to do this, ...

This issue of which states got most. but lets focus on other numbers. 32 million americans, we believe, will lose health care in nine years because of this bill. and 15 million americans in a year. thats -- >> where do you get those numbers, christine? >> well, you cant get them from the congressional budget office because your legislation hasnt been out there long enough. the studies out there come from aarp and people like the rand corporation. not -- >> but your numbers specifically. >> who t...

Thats basically two new york cities. >> where do you get the numbers? >> cant get from congressional budget office because your legislation hasnt been out there long enough. studies out there from aarp and people like rand corporation, not particularly political. rand corporation has done a study that indicates this bill and what the president and republican senators want to do will facilitate more veterans for being unemployed. so whats happened here is in zeal to keep a campaign commitment but...