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Deals with paper instead of going on television all the time. but what weve seen, what you just played in that clip is that the presidents, you know, legal defense all along has really just been a p.r. strategy. its been all about messaging, undermining mueller, trying to convince his supporters and anyone else who is listening that he has done nothing wrong without really delving into the nuances and the details of what the actual law is, what the actual circumstances that are under review migh...

Issue when he was at nato last year. so 2% is what the base line is now. he wants to double it. >> and thats the thing. are the goal posts just going to continue to move? if they get 2%, 4%, is it going to be 6%. what would actually make him happy? would anything make him happy or is it just a fight against nato and trying to essentially undermine it. and if you look at the messaging on this, is the apology tour for america is over, right? and donald trump is going to go over. hes going to be st...

Presidents criticisms on that front in particular, arguing to the president that while this may be a difference between the united states and some of its allies in the nato alliance, that the nato alliance is ultimately stronger when these allies put aside those differences in favor of this collective good, this collective goal of protection between these allies. the secretary-general did, however, back up the presidents calls for increasing defense spending, but the president appearing again to...

Meantime, no rocket launches or nuclear testing in eight months. all of asia is thrilled, only the opposition party, which includes the fake news, is complaining. if not for me, we would be at war with north korea. >> how does the president say its going well with north korea when u.s. intelligence agencies saying theyre making more fuel? >> as i said yesterday, im not going to confirm or deny intelligence reports. we had good meetings with ambassador kim. as you know, secretary of state is head...

Into the white house as a way of saying these are my values, these are the things i look for in a supreme court justice. the president likes to say a lot that one of the reasons he think as lot of conservatives supported him in 2016 is because of the supreme court. of course, there was an opening then during that year. now hes very pleased to have a second opportunity to shape the court. >> shepard: thanks a lot. mr. mason, appreciate you. >> thanks. >> shepard: mike pompeo heading back to north...

His candidate for governor won. do we think that hes going to use, theyre going to deploy him more strategically and hes going to be able to influence say the theyll hold the senate in the fall? >> i think what theyll do is theyll, theyll just sort of ramp this up as we get closer to the election. i think that the supreme court opening gives them a sense of focus. i think it is something, it will allow him to sort of just focus on something that i think that can absolutely unify conservatives, e...

California democrat one of the leaders of the discharge petition forcing todays vote and a key player in the immigration debate. great to have you today. the goal posts are changing. this administration making some changes. what do you work of the highlights of this? what is positive that people can take away? >> i think everybody should take away there is mass confusion. the president implemented this policy of zero tolerance. we have 2300 young people separated from their families. the preside...

Cages? >> guy: that is the previous crisis when you had unaccompanied minors housed in cages in the same facility. the virginia example you gave earlier about the alleged abuses in the obama administration. the idea that this is all new under trump is not true. >> harris: that is the point i want to make. policy shift. >> guy: however, the zero tolerance was a significant shift. my frustrati democrats were saying this is the biggest moral outrage, this is the humanitarian crisis. then instantly ...

>> this all seems to be falling apart relatively fast. my main question for you at this point is was it a mistake to try to negotiate with the freedom caucus in your view? >> no. i think it was an important exercise to negotiate in good faith with members o our entire conference. >> did they negotiate in good faith with you? >> it certainly -- i would just say there is only one way bill is going down today. if the freedom caucus no longer supports the measures they negotiated up front. >> it sou...

The house speaker already. this basically represents revolt from the moderate side of his conference. and the president had been engaged in trying to convince ervatives and others that they needed to get on board with this compromise package. but late last night as we were wrapping up a very crazy news day yesterday they were meeting behind closed doors calling the bill not ready for primetime. there were accusations that members of the freedom caucus were moving the goal posts at the last minut...