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The question that marco rubio, ted cruz, john mccain, really a clear signal from republicans who are concerned about what is happening to their party with the silence of the president on this subject. do you expect to hear from him today, perhaps when he has that photo opportunity here this afternoon when hes doing a trade action against china? >> reporter: well cory gardner called it an opportunity for the president. at any moment he has a chance to say more than he has so far. and the criticis...

Happening in the south and this is a countrywide issue and this is a country wide problem and really, what do we do about it? >> i know thats a really huge question to ask someone, but i think thats the frustration they have and so many people have that people are looking into the organizations and they have investigations, but what do we do? this this is a time to hear from the president of the united states and in times like this in the past when there have been americans at each others throat...

Youre going to need republicans because, mr. president, you are not getting any of the democrats on these big issues? >> its hard to know what mike pence says in private. he is so sink oh fan particular in public its difficult to imagine him talking straight to the president, but maybe he does. i talked to one republican strategist today who said that you cannot believe the personal zbus for donald trump within the senate. and what that means is that there are some things on which they share pri...

In some cases, that may be true. but the onyx of shutting down all leaks and all whistle blowers, as opposed to saying, you have to be skeptical. make your own decision about it. thats for the journalists and the news consumers as a whole. but in our government it is essential, imperative, that you have an informed citizenry. some more than others, but every president wants to control the flow of information. they want to accentuate the positive for themselves. do you feel this administration ...

Blowers, as opposed to saying, you have to be skeptical. make your own decision about it. thats for the journalists and the news consumers as a whole. but in our government it is essential, imperative, that you have an informed citizenry. some more than others, but every president wants to control the flow of information. they want to accentuate the positive for themselves. do you feel this administration is leaking more than others? >> do i. i cant remember an administration where you had thi...

Any details. a lot of the administration critics, had to admit that this is a really big moment that the united states is able to get it done. >> absolutely. its a tremendous achievement. we were sort of talking off-camera about what a great job shes doing. this is really a difficult position that shes in especially during this time and dealing with the geo-political arena, north korea unstable, volatile. the number one national security threat as it relates to the united states right now. its i...

A big win. all of the administrations critics, had to admit, that this is a really big moment that the united states was able to get this done. >> kimberly: absolutely. its a tremendous achievement. we were talking off-camera about what a great job she is doing. this is really a difficult position that she is in, especiallyal during this time, t dealing with a geopolitical arena, north korea, verya unstable, volatile. definitely, the number one national security threat as it relates to the unite...

Any details. a lot of the administration critics, had to admit that this is a really big moment that the united states is able to get it done. >> absolutely. its a tremendous achievement. we were sort of talking off-camera about what a great job shes doing. this is really a difficult position that shes in especially during this time and dealing with the geo-political arena, north korea unstable, volatile. the number one national security threat as it relates to the united states right now. its i...

Some of the complicated relationships. russia is part of it, to be sure. part of the administrational explanation for why they just want to chill things out with russia a little bit is importance of working on stuff with north korea. look at chinasthe most important potential partner and a balancing act between trade and the clear signals the u.s. wants to send to china on trade versus the imperative of getting china to work with hem on north korea is something you really see playing out. >> the...

Of axios, michael allen. mike, you tell me, what has stood out the most in this last 100 days? >> well, stephanie, what we see from those clips, the three words that sum them up is "dug himself deeper." so we see this again and again both with the investigation and with congress, the very first frame in that awesome montage showed what twitter called trumps mission accomplished moment when he had a victory rally in the rose garden for the house passing health care. well, theres another hat to th...