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Consoler in chief. its not in his dna. in this instance there was a moment in time the president was happy to see people who were happy to see him. again, you can see on social media where its sort of a tonal issue, and he started this solemn day by sending off these off-topic tweets about the russia investigation and his personal attorney rudy giuliani. >> geoff bennett in shanksville, pennsylvania. more on our breaking news. a powerful hurricane is heading towards the carolinas. well bring y...

Every president handles the role of consoler in chief differently. but it is in the moments that a president has to channel the nations grief that we see his true nature. some of president obamas finest moments were his addresses after the tragic shooting at newtown, and during the two state of the union addresses that followed it. george w. bush, he was so moved by the strength and colonurage the first responders who ran up the stairs of the world trade center towers as they burned, but the exp...

Ordering the flags at half staff. >> it says the white house cant mourn properly. its not that difficult. chris is right. this is what the void feels like when you dont have a consoler in chief. you put your personal feelings aside. you put your own bickering aside and talk about the larger picture. what this person meant for the country. this isnt the first politician, by the way, of the same party john mccain had disagreements with. remember when it came to torture and water boarding, the publ...

I have experienced that myself. he thinks they can convince them that this is all a horrible mistake. >> i respect the presidents belief that he has the special ability, the special power where the special consoler comes out and says you know what, folks, we give up. but the tweet is important to the extent that twitter does have transparency, and he knows mueller is looking at his tweets for obstruction. he is just digging himself in a deeper hole. >> he is also aware which he rant to the attor...

President trump needs to bring to the stocks. >> that is right. handy kim. [inaudible conversations] he helped secretary pompeo with both meanings in pyongyang and andrew has been a conciliar and he knows the korean consoler as well as anyone could in our government and speaks the language with native fluency. hes bearing the president with a leadership profile on kim jong-un and what makes them tick so the president can step out smartly and establish that relationship we need in order to succee...

The grace and power of first r first ladies who attended the funeral of hillary clinton is crooked, obama wiretapped him and so on and so on, what have we learned about melanias ability to maintain her poise through every scandal? >> i think shes very confident and self assured and i think she sees her role separately from him. i mean, she on twitter came out offering condolences separately from her husband when barbara bush passed. think seem to be operating in two separate spheres in a way tha...

The example of many of his predecessors, and relied on his better half, the first lady. >> former first lady, barbara bush, was referred to as her husbands not so secret, secret weapon. >> dont dare criticize george h.w. bush. >> now president trump may have found a not so secret weapon of his own. >> i just want to thank first lady melania trump. >> melania trump solo saturday, representing her husband as consoler in chief at barbara bushs funeral, an event president trump chose not to attend o...

>> he says he didnt say it, but then he is defending it. and by defending it, it sounds like he is advocating for it, right? >> right. he saidette was misreported, and he confirmed he said it by talking about it more. but there is another element to that that i think is really unfortunate and not helpful at this time. here he is. he is fresh off of a wednesday meeting in the white house with students and teachers where he is trying to play the role of consoler in chief, a role that does not come...

Davis, a white house reporter for "the new york times." thanks so much for being here. you talked to survivors. i have as well. everybody has their own impression of what they think of the president as a leader during this time and as a consoler. so tell us about some of the kind of polar extremes you found. >> it seems to me like a lot of peoples interpretations of their interactions with the president are founded on whatever their pre-existing opinion of him was. i spoke with andrew pollack, t...

Also serve as a deterrent to the cowards that do this. far more assets at much less cost than guards. attacks would end! what do you think? he says he didnt say it, but it sounds like hes advocating for it, right? >> right, he said it was misreported and then he confirmed he said it by kind of talking about it some more. but there is another element to that that i think is really unfortunate and not helpful at this time. hes made it all about him, right? so here he is, hes fresh off a wednesday ...