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President hasnt been consistent. its not reasonable to say that were going to have a cease-fire before entering into negotiation. >> rick, on the element of surprise and i look at this story, him surprising diplomats and him surprising pentagon officials, as well. the eddy gallagher and folks involved in that were looking for concrete guidance about what was supposed to happen and what rules were supposed to happen. is the tweet a directive from the president. took me back to the debate over the...

Right here so we can get a sense of whats happening. listen to what the two of them said. joe walsh and charlie dent. >> we have a president of the united states, pardon my language this thanksgiving, john, who literally just [ bleep ] make up. when you talk to republican voters they are generally tired of all of this. >> theres no question having sfoenl of them privately they are absolutely disgusted and exhausted by the presidents behavior. they resent being put in this position all the time. ...

Accusations are tantamount to smuggling and espionage or spying. weapon still face centuries in prison. >> reporter: hes not alone, in june, the captain of the ship was arrested by italian authorities after docking on the island. >> we unfortunately, didnt have any other options than to enter the port without permission. >> reporter: on board were 40 migrants who had been rescued from the mediterranean. he was later released from arrest, but still faces an ongoing investigation under anti-people...

Migrants arriving by sea has been falling. at the same time, according to eu-funn hf eu-funded research theres been an increase in accusations targeting aid workers. >> that is in need and that p n plainly needs to stop. >> reporter: as a result, of the crackdown, there are fewer rescue ships, claiming migrants in the past years. n a statement to cnn, european commission acknowledges there is a lack of clarity in the implementation of the humanitarian exemption clause and will gather more eviden...

Serious problem. and warrant a change of directive. >> reporter: rescuers warn if not changed, the criminal charges will continue. >> the effect has been to embroil us in costly and lengthy legal procedures. and this acts as a form of deterrence. it has frightened people away from doing this kind of work. and it has frightened without a doubt. >> reporter: a situation he says will result in more deaths at say. simon cullen, cnn, london. u.s. immigration authorities have deported a worker injur...

Under the bus? lets listen to that. >> all of these comments, which are totally insulting, i mean, ive seen things written like hes going to throw me under the bus. >> right. >> when they say that, i say he isnt but i have insurance. >> all right. politico national security correspondent natasha. natasha, what do you make of that? kind of an interesting statement. >> and i think its true, right? i mean, i think that theres very difficult for people surrounding the president in his current, you k...

Acquitted in the deadly stabbing of a teenage isis fighter in iraq in 2017, was found guilty of posing inappropriately with a corpse and sentenced to four months time served. the president repeatedly intervening on gallaghers behalf, including publicly slamming the navy for starting the process for a review that could have stripped gallagher of his rank and full benefits. >> this is all about ego and retaliation. this has nothing to do with good order and discipline. >> reporter: secretary of de...

Fire is injured but expected to make a full recovery morgan chesky, nbc news. tonight, president trump is defending his order to the pentagon not to strip a navy s.e.a.l. of elite status in a controversial war crimes case instead, its the navys secretary who is out of a job. miguel almaguer has the latest. >> reporter: tonight, defense secretary mark esper says the order came from the president, do not remove embattled navy s.e.a.l. edward gallagher from the unit a clear directive from the com...

Transcript of a phone call that im holding in my hand. >> the perfect phone call. >> if only there were a transcript of a phone call from july 25th, where the president of the united states says, you know, theres a lot of talk about bidens son, that biden stopped the prosecution, a lot of people want to find out so whatever you can do with the attorney general would be great. >> but again, and as republicans thought they won points from in sondlands testimony, sondland said he could not -- he co...

Respond to the onslaught of requests, subpoenas, strategy for pushing back against the impeachment probe, and mulvaney and the lawyer are not necessarily seeing eye to eye on many of these issues. what were seeing here is both are blaming the other for this kind of coming out in the public. >> bottom line here, so far as the inquiry is concerned, is there evidence here that the white house halted the payments in order to get the investigations into the bidens or even into the 2016 election? do y...