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Committee. >> i dont have to make that decision. i dont have to make that decision because im not at liberty to declassify anything. so, i dont comment on it. his decision is to, when its in the best interest of the united states, its his decision and his decision alone. the editorial writers will comment whether he did it correctly or not. >> cnn conducted a new poll, and we released it. only 36% of the american public thinks the president is, quote, honest and trustworthy. does the president, ...

Thats why i want to continue to see him put pressure on the republicans in congress to eventually find something that lowers premiums and deals with the problems that everyday people are having. look, this was a core promise. failure to keep it means hell to pay from the voters who have voted for this not just once, but repeatedly over seven years. but listen, republicans on the health care bill, all of them had very low support among republicans. i want to bring mark in now. the president has a...

White house. thats why i want to see him continue to put pressure on the republicans in congress to eventually find something that lowers premiums and deals with the problems that every day people are having. look, this was a core promise, failure to keep it means hell to pay for the voters who voted for this not just once, berepeatedly. >> among republicans and the health care bill, all of them had very low support among republicans. i want to bring mark in now. mark, president has a trust issu...

Shows approval ratings have sunk to a new low. americans reveal an astounding low trust in their commander in chief. the president has an unprecedented credibility problem. and political climate, a new government report on global warming is creating anxiety among scientists who fear the trump administration will ignore the dire results or worse. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." >> announcer: this is cnn ...

Hesitation, she said, north korea. and now we are seeing a situation where the president of the united states as peter said has known about this, clearly hes worried about it, but as we have seen in the past, presidents when presented with a situation like this, they project firmness, but at the same time at least try to project some kind of calming language so that you, nicole, can sleep at night, that the american people wont freak out. that the world will not freak out. and now, we have presi...

>> the "the washington post" politifact, the list is so long that they take out an entire newspaper page. >> ana i know. i developed parts of the list. we report on the list. we do fact checks all the too many. time. matt is making a valid point, is it a little off point but just because you disagree doesnt mean that somebodys a liar. matt, youre right about that. sfwlim not calling matt a liar. >> i gotcha. matt is right what hes saying about disagreement in general. to anas point thats not the...

Although, i can imagine, jonathan, the president of the united states sitting there and loving that exchange. do you get the sense miller is what the president is looking for? >> the audience of one is going to be, you know, be the president of the united states who seems to like this performance art for his own benefit, then steven miller has a good shot at being behind the podium. if the president wants to eff t effectively communicate his policies to other republicans and to eindependents and...

Fake news, which you criticize, you condemn what you call his simple answers to complex issues. are you the only republican in congress who believes this? because it does seem like youre just about the only one whos speaking out >> i do think there are two parts of being a conservative, one to believe in limited government, economic freedom, free trade, those kind of policies, but the other part is in your demeanor. a conservative is nothing if not -- particularly with foreign policy if not meas...

A conservative is nothing if not, with foreign policy particularly, deliberal. i think our allies need that. certainly our adversaries need to hear that. and im concerned we dont have that >> how big do you think the credibility problem is? >> i have a chapter in the book, information, fake news and how we deal with it. it is a problem. exacerbated by social media and 24-hour news. its tough to believe some of what we see. it used to be, there were truths that were self-evident, that we all beli...

Wanted to work with them to get information that would hurt hillary clintons campaign and they are pursuing that. >> as we saw with the reporting today, the bottom line is that manafort has a history of working with pro russian parties. this isnt too surprising, i think. i think we are but again this is another thread that were going to see investigators follow and perhaps we never would have gone down this road had president trump not along the way. >> it will be interesting where in the time l...