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Celebrating. >> he will have a very close look at how many people really are there for his event. remember, he is obsessed with crowd sizes and might well compare this to his inauguration when he was very disappointed by how many people really turned up. >> that event was held on the national mall and was the first time in nearly seven decades that a u.s. president addressed a crowd on independence day. opponents criticized the president for using taxpayer dollars to fund what they called a camp...

It did go out. it was hard to look at anyway because there was rain all over it. >> k >> cnn white house reporter is following the president today. just so were on the same page, president trump is blaming a broken teleprompter, to remember there were not airports in june of 1775. >> yeah, brooke. president trump is blaming a teleprompter malfunction for that misstatement. he said his teleprompter went out vet moment he started in on that sentence where he described some of the heroics acts of t...

This was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period! thats what you guys should be writing and covering. >> are we worried were going to see something like that again? >> well, this is a president who obviously thinks a lot about crowd sizes, even in the recent protests in hong kong. the thing that struck him he said publicly was the crowd size there. when kamala harris announced her candidacy for president, the thing he mentioned in an interview with my colleagues and me was h...

Gathered on the national mall. this was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period! thats what you guys should be writing and covering. >> are we worried were going to see something like that again? >> well, this is a president who obviously thinks a lot about crowd sizes, even in the recent protests in hong kong. the thing that struck him he said publicly was the crowd size there. when kamala harris announced her candidacy for president, the thing he mentioned in an interview ...

Took home 15 tickets and was just going to hand them out to whomever she could tomorrow. and the big concern on the part of the white house and the rnc is whether or not these seats will be filled. they dont want it to be like the inauguration where trump ends up being really upset by the crowd size and then ends up sort of not giving the patriotic, non-political speech that so many advisers want him to give. >> right. and peter, with respect to the inauguration, the president didnt have a lot o...

The crowd sizes and weve seen what hes done at military establishments around the world where hes gone to either korea or germany and even japan on military bases and hes talked about his own election and what hes done for the country, we saw how even acting secretary of defense shanahan reprimanded some soldiers who were wearing maga hats going back to what chris was saying, this is not the protocol, they are not supposed to be political, those who serve in the military. so this is something --...

Never before, except harry truman has the president given a july 4th speech in washington. >> it can be a deeply symbolic holiday. the thing with this president, especially is hes arranged for this parade in his honor, some people have likened it to a make america great again rally on the steps of the lincoln monument. if you look back at past moments, doesnt strike the right tone or substance for that moment. there is a world in which he delivers a speech that is light on politics and heavy on ...

In the gulf. i think she got a taste of what the next couple of years might be like. >> brian, we dont know if this means she will go to those lengths to go to bat for reporters or if they just wanted -- she knew this was important for president trump and he wanted to have this video. i guess it will remain to be seen if she has daily press briefings and accessible to reporters. >> this is a good sign. this the beginning of her role as white house press secretary. she deserves a lot of credit ge...

Campaign slogan, vote for meh instead of vote for me. the crowd sizes matter. it is a reflection of intensity of support and it will be problematic for joe biden in the primary coming in states like iowa and others where it is about motivating your base to the polls. it shows it is a tight state like florida, might be at the margins, being able to turn out your base whether it is hot or rainy. rob: if 2020 candidates, you see biden has them by 10 points but what people dont understand is you sti...

Their american flags. the patriotism didnt stop there. they hope to get a seat at the rally. some of the waiting 40 hours. the media reporter saying the outpouring of support shows the 2020 election will bring that. >> we were told to dismiss crowd sizes, they didnt gauge enthusiasm behind a candidate. the fact that people were there 40 hours before the event, 20,000 in orlando and the enthusiasm we saw in a key state like florida tells us 2020 is going to be a close race and the president has n...