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Are supportive of taiwan. in beijing, they put out a statement, and they said that basically chinas urging the u.s. to strictly abide by these agreements. the joint communiques and the others that have helped create this sustainable relationship. maybe a slip of the tongue or an off the cuff remark, but certainly did raise some questions in this part of the world. >> part of the ambiguity is leaving that question open, as to what the u.s. would do, part of the deterrence against a possible chine...

In him. >> was it appropriate for whitaker to say he has been briefed by t eed about the muel? >> it was an off the cuff remark. it goes against the policy about the fbi and doj policy of not commenting oni ongoing investigations. the acting attorney general says something. everybody says, well, is he telling truth? did he mean what he says? i think it speaks to the difficult situation that he has gotten himself into, not just as o overseeing the mueller investigation, but doing the important pa...

Trump is calling on the congress to do. come to the table in a spirit of good faith, well secure our border, well reopen the government. >> he called it perversion of the work of one of the greatest social activists. why? >> the policies of this administration are antithetical to absolutely everything martin luther king fought for. so having vice president pence invoke martin luther king really flies in the face of his memory. and there is no way to look at that history and align it with anythin...

Willed no lewill ed not lead to anything. the governments have not had a strategy. when the president says we ought to leave it to others, well, lets understand who the others are. just last wednesday in ankara, turkey, there was a three-party negotiation going on between turkey, iran, and syria, who was not there? the united states was not there. thats what happens when the president gives an off the cuff remark at some rally in ohio saying were going to pull out. well, thats it. we were not at...

Then you add to that the fact that it seems to be all about the money and how much were spending, and not the understanding of what it does for americas security or americas status in the world. it just confounds me. >> admiral kirby, again, the policy of wanting to withdraw troops from syria, you can be for or you can be against it. i guess for me, my focus is more on the president announcing this without having had these -- it seems without having had these discussions prior to announcing it. ...

>> five white guys i call them. you hope a hamburger stand next or what? >> so the five guys joke seemed to fall flat in the room. your thoughts, chris? >> thats just-- thats the perfect example, mike of what were talking about. if you want to talk about race, you know, trump says, s-hole countries and thats a racist term suddenly and she specifically says five white guys. she invokes race. if ever there was racism on display in an off the cuff remark, its miss pelosi, not the president. mike: a...

Has done for the last six months and allies trying to figure out what can they work with america on now or not. and they dont trust what comes out of the presidents mouth to reflect whats going to happen in a weeks time. just as we dont. what he says on monday to germany or britain or france might not be what he says next wednesday to britain and france. thats the problem allies are dealing with. there no longevity in the message out of the white house. >> the substance monday night was deadly s...

Korea better get their act together or theyre going to be in trouble like few nations have ever been in trouble in this world, okay? thank you very much. were going down to the other side and we will -- were going to take a few more questions, okay? thank you, thank you. >> all right. wow. the president there with the vice president sort of standing by his side. answering press questions there. in new jersey. but what shall we call this, doubling down now, doubling down. with the original volley...

Brooke. the often tf the cuff remark, improvised remarks, fire and fury. we were told by administration officials yesterday it is something the president has said before in private. of course saying it publicly certainly caused alarm. but the president, as you said, doubled down without question. but also spoke unequivocally. i think with the most clarity weve heard him speak as of so far on this impending crisis and threat from north korea. now, he would not really reveal his hand if a preempti...

This is the new entitlement program and its just bad all around. i mean, there are a few good things about it. we shouldnt replace one entitlement program with another. its not a republican conservative bill. >> sandra: okay. so is it off the cuff remark, is that something youre walking back at this point, to be clear? >> no. its still a stinking pile of garbage. >> sandra: all right. so lets get into the details of this. there are many provisions you say to this bill that you find objectionable...