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Cor doza school of law. thank you for joining me. whats the strategy going into the testimony. >> get the president out of town. the president is scheduled oppose wednesday to go to west virginia. well see to what extent theres counter-programming. recall last week when the president went to greenville the white house announced shortly after the initial testimony when we thought it was going to be last wednesday. the chal epping for the white house is going to be moderating the presidents impuls...

Capitol hill. this was going to be a little bit of counter-programming. mueller wouldve been his foil. now the president has a new foil in these four fresh ran congresswomen. and again the president speaking right before boarding marine 1. and we will hopefully get that audio out to you as soon as possible. >> kasie hunt, we will be returning to you im sure throughout the hour. at least ahead for you, thank you both for joining us. as kristen mentioned, the president caulkitalking to the at the ...

President trump plans to hold a campaign rally two weeks from today in north carolina, and it happens to coincide with a highly anticipated event. president trumps rally is scheduled for the same day as the testimony of former special counsel robert mueller before the house judiciary and house intelligence committees. kristen soltis anderson, not surprised by this, the president has made a practice of counter programming. >> absolutely. recall back during the primary debates on the republican si...

Was flat-footed. attacks have been out of the public domain. he wasnt prepared, he had given up midway in trying to defend himself. quite frankly, he looked old and out of shape compared to the rest of the candidates. >> jessica: he did look very strong in this, its the number one issue for voters, health care. his defense of obamacare, he said, "i oppose any democrat or republican who opposes obamacare." voters like that. be free but it matters, you know this. its not just about the issues. its...

Metastasize even larger than it already is. these types of communications are not out of the historical norm, but the fact of these communications going on in a moment that was so tense and from people who have been so critical of the current administrations policy toward iran is really interesting. >> so how are leaders on the hill responding to all of this? >> i spoke to one who works on iran policy who said this particular revelation raises concerns in his mind. his view was if these former a...

Change message to neutralize, that is where joe biden is going. is that necessary? >> what i do think, once an issue reaches a certain level of consciousness in the electorate, you dont have to have message and position of your opponent, but you have to have something. something usually beats nothing, that is where democrats found themselves on wrong side of things in 2016, the president was making an argument about how some of these trade arrangements were no longer working to benefit of the am...

The average shows him 11 points ahead of trump in the state. the president. that is assuming biden makes it through the primary, not a sure thing for anybody. peter is in washington. it is early, peter. >> it is early, five months before ballots are cost, the key to biden campaign success is keystone state. he went to pittsburgh to announce the run and kickoff the campaign. president trump went there last night for counter programming. >> pres. trump: sleepy joe said that hes running to "save th...

Genuine. but i wonder if hes a little bit tone deaf to what the base of the party is really looking for. these are not normal times. in fact these are very urgent times. hes coming across sounding a little bit hes coming across sounding a little bit kinder and gentler than the severity of the situation were facing with the president requires. >> you think he didnt know that, that the party was in a ferocious mood. how could he not know that? >> he knows that, i think hes trying to be above it, a...

So theres this kind of right wing international group of terrorists who communicate online, but we dont target them in the same way that we target jihadist organizations. we do a lot of counter programming. we do a lot of counter propaganda to try to take down, for example, islamic state websites. weep dont have the same kind of effort to take down white supremacist, far right winged websit websites. we need to get after it. otherwise, youll see more body counts and more carnage. >> do you think...

Which is still a thriving business. how has the jackson family been pushing back against the allegations? >> they have released a counter programming allowing people to watch the concert from michael jackson. they also sued hbo which shares the same parent company as cnn. hbo basically said that they are going to release the film. they said that in a statement that releasing the film will allow everyone the opportunity to assess the film and the claims in it for themselves. >> the trouble with t...