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The president would have for the members of congress would be, lets get to work. youve had a nice long break here, and weve got a lot of things to do. weve got some big commitments to the american people that we need to fulfill, and we need to do some really big and bold things throughout the fall and hopefully theyll get on board and be part of that process. >> the letter, as reported, suggests that some of the rationale did have to do with russia, but the president initially talked about hilla...

The president would have for the members of congress would be lets get to work. youve had a nice long break here, and weve got a lot of things to do. weve got some big commitments to the american people that we need to fulfill, and we need to do some really big and bold things throughout the fall and hopefully theyll get on board and be part of that process. >> the letter as reported suggests that some of the rational did have to do with russia, but the president initially talked about hillary c...

About it, you know. we in the military dont have to endure what some of the civilians back home have endured because we have commitment to certain causes and we fulfill our commitments. as you have watched this unfold over the past several days, has it struck you that what we are watching actually, much more so than what we see out of washington, d.c., what we are watching, is the real america? >> certainly is a component of the real america. i dont want to put the other side, the darker side, a...

Point. i have to say that so hell stick around for the entire hour. anita, it raises an interesting question in terms of how the government reacts to this. this government was formed in the partial incubator of steve bannon who promised to deconstruct the federal government as we know it. today in texas, i believe according to our reporting linda mcmahon, the head of the sba is there, ben carson, the head of hud is there. scott pruitt, the head of the epa, another vital agency, is not there. wha...

>> i would like to see him accomplish some of the things he promised during the election. if you promise that, you should deliver, right? >> we need the president to follow through with his commitments. >> if he just sticks to the issues and what he intended to do in the first place, what he campaigned on and what he promised, then i think thats enough. >> do you think, hugh, that thats whats driving maybe that idea, his threat to shut down the government over the border wall? >> no, i think its...

Them affordable coverage by impartially shopping highly rated insurers, offering over 70 policies. dad youre coming, right? you promise? i promise. keep your promise. >> jon: new information now on u.s.-russian relations with defense secretary madison now openly accusing president and his government of trying to redraw international borders by force. as mr. madison assured ukrainian leaders that washington will not accept washingtons takeover of the crimea region. >> the u.s. and our allies will...

I think you know as weve seen with the president his past sometimes rolls up to him like a freight train. i think were seeing that ton. he repeatedly criticized obama for the very policies he seems to be adopting. although in the speech tonight it was long on absolutes and short on specifics. we saw him saying he would go in and win. he is going to forgery a new relationship with pakistan. he is going to insert the united states in between india and pakistan. getting us into a region thats bee d...

Bee deviled every great power for hundreds of years without any real specific bona fide to back it up whats the time frame being, the troop commitment, he has people from the right and left laura ingram wantsed to know about the costs and commitments. i think right now what you have is somebody who is has never been a student of foreign policy and i dont think that he could probably eight or nine months ago located afghanistan on a map. now trying to i think use this moment to recapture all of t...

But weve done it many times. the problem with afghanistan its called the graveyard of empires for a reason. anybody who has been there will tell you what the main problem is and it wasnt addressed in that speech last night and not addressing with the military really feels, which is what do you do about corruption and how do you get that government to deliver the services to the people that they need so that they dont need the taliban. he didnt address that last night because its too hard to do. ...

Problems such as climate change and other environmental issues. >> climate change denial is something that happens around the world but it doesnt happen with the intensity anywhere else than it does in the united states. >> no. >> its almost a uniquely american phenomenon to have a movement of climate deniers. that said, much of what happens in terms of remediating climate change doesnt happen at the federal level. so how much does this ultimately hold us back? a lot of companies are coming arou...