Page 12 - Doesnt Take News Today

With the prime minister, leaders of australia and other countries so you dont say something stupid, giving you talking points, making sure the state department sets up meetings, not having this weird thing in the oval office with foreign minister of russia. those are to protect the president. >> it is to protect the president and american peoples interest and bring expertise to the table. you dont go on foreign tour to learn about other countries, youre supposed to have done that through the pre...

Version as well. where do you stand on that? it seems like this $8 billion thats been set aside, is that you have? is that a real figure? >> the $8 billion is not enough, its not a real figure but it joins $130 billion that was already there. let me give a hat tip to gary palmer from alabama who looked at the system and understood the vast bulk of costs are driven by a fraction of the population. we have a duty to ensure even folks with pre-existing conditions can get care but if you create high...

Position where you can and just what youre doing and the tactics much more quickly. i think that is a positive. the larger question though is how are you working with others on the ground and what is the strategy you head for what comes after. >> in the coming several months we will find in these places that isis will be defeated. but unless there is a strategy in each place for what comes afterwards in a planet can be implemented in terms of reconstruction in terms of governance and security. i...

>> well, i will certainly be at work tomorrow. so if there is a late friday news break we will be ready. >> you and me both. >> obviously it is a holiday weekend. we also, you know, congress is out. so thing are a little quieter. but with this white house, we really can never stop watching closely. this is a president who doesnt take breaks. he is always on twitter. we never know what to expect from him, or when. i think to the broader point about the influences and who he is talking to, and his...

U.s. military action, at least for now. >> at least for now and you have to define how much time does that really mean. is this -- are we going to see a rolling set of operations that will occur within hours after this? i think not. the and al says very accurately lays that out. the amount of human suffering taking place in syria is immense and outrageous. but i dont think you build a strategy, cluesive exclusively that. nor have we done that in the past. this administration doo sided thats enou...

Struggle? >> would he be joking when he said that making a deal on healthcare would be an easy one? >> i think if you watched the tape, it was a light-hearted moment, jonathan. he was having -- >> -- he didnt think it is easy. >> no. watch. he was having a fun time the with senators there jim? >> you know, the other thing that the president said last night was our soldiers are fighting like never before in iraq. as you know, sean, u.s. troops there are in support role and advise and assist role....

Doesnt take into account changes that might happen over the next few days, and we are getting a sense of what those changes might be, and do you think the number 26 is likely to be going up or down at this point? >> likely to go up even though we have seen a successful lobbying effort on behalf of the evidence, and certainly speaker ryan being open to making changes to the bill after initially being reluctant to do so, and even if it passes the house of representatives, johns, we know its going ...

Outlaying less money to cover people under medicaid and cover people, pay for some of these tax credits. theres a little bit of a feedback loop here. its worth saying, though, the white house is saying, this doesnt take into consideration all the other stuff were going to be doing down the road. the problem is that no one really knows what to paycheckma that other stuff, because theres no paper, no text, no documentation. >> paul ryan was asked that, this is part one of basically a three-step pl...

Union, but addresses the american people, a chance to lay out his agenda and just, again, show his supporters out there its an amen moment, theres our president standing up there. for those who didnt vote for him, theres a point where hes the president, going to be the president for 203 more weeks at a minimum. >> were seeing the presidents motorcade, by the way, arriving at capitol hill. >> also an important moment for him to see the expanse of government, the cabinet officials there, the supre...

Media. by and large theres little courage in terms of talking about at openly as you just saw ith -- like you just saw. >> now these people dont have the health insurance they need. theyre sick. the veterans are sick. the veterans are broken down. theyre not getting what they need. if you can answer any of that ill sit down and shut up like elizabeth warren. >> and steven, you worked in the senate and the house. you know when these guys come back and this is all taken very seriously. as much as ...