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House lawmakers this week preparing to repealing and replacing obamacare. Complaints from some conservatives. We are looking ahead on sunday morning futures. Maria major battle over the budget could be in the works one week from tomorrow. President trump will submit his budget plan to congress. Lawmakers are gearing up for a fight among the biggest issues the president calling for a 54 billiondollar increase in military spending. Some critics are already saying its not enough and others worried ...

Nsa and fbi Tell Congress that russia did not influence electoral process. That is not, however, what the fbi and nsa said at all and director comey said so. And this isnt true what sean spicer said today about the campaigns former chairman. Theres been discussion of Paul Manafort who played a very limited role for a very limited amount of time. Trying to minimize Paul Manafort as time. I have fantastic people. Paul manafort just came on. Hes great. Paul is amazing. He helped us get through the ...

Some say he should step down, some say he should recuse himself. The latest here in whats at stake at the Justice Department where Catherine Herridge is. Were setting the scene here. There will be a twominute warning that Jeff Sessions is about to speak. I want to set the scene. Weve seen a highly series of un usual events today. This press conference was called with less than an hours notice. Highly unusual with reporters of every News Organization descending here on the Justice Department. The...

Its at the story weve devoted more time to here than any other since inauguration. And after a messy change of leadership and the house russ investigation, the expectation was that things would go more smoothly in the senate. But we are learning tonight that the Senate Committee doesnt have a single fulltime staffer assigned to the russia inquiry. According to two new reports democrats on the committee are demanding immediate changes. All this as donald trump nears the 100day mark with some of t...

Were very honored to have him. Mcmaster is a decorated army soldier, a veteran of the first gulf war, iraq, and afghanistan and a widely respected military strategist. Its safe to say what a privilege it is to continue serving. Known as a creative thinker hes a west point graduate and holds a phd in the military. The pick drawing praise from both sides of the political spectrum. Senator john mccain whos been among one of trumps critics, hes an outstanding choice to head security. This is one wee...

Curb, the president s 36 year old soninlaw is in baghdad today. The u. S. Secretary of state has not been the baghdad since the new administration started. But jareds there. That said, its not totally clear what the secretary of state does in this new administration. I mean, take the president s special envoy for middle east peace. That is a person that has been appointed to be the Trump Administrations eyes and ears, the point person on middle east peace. That person doesnt report to either the...

You like me because im a scoundrel. There arent enough scoundrels in your life. I happen to like nice men. Im a nice man. No, youre not, you a short while ago the Star Wars Franchise released this statement saying Carrie Fisher, our princess, passes away. The president of lucasfilms saying her Ground Breaking role as Princess Leia served as an inspiration of power and confidence for young girls everywhere. Fisher hailed hollywood royalty. She was the daughter of the pop Singer Eddie Fisher and t...

More broadly including preparing for the president ial meeting. He has been put in charge of u. S. Relations with canada and u. S. Relations with mexico, including building the wall. He has been put in charge of all trade deals. The Washington Post reported last week hes in charge of reimagining the veterans administration. Hes also been put in charge of the National Broad band policy and criminal Justice Reform and the rebuilding of the nations infrastructure. He also sits in on National Securi...

Deals as admissions of guilt. No individual too big to jail. That should include people like hillary clinton. I mean, five people around her have been given iunity to include her former chief of staff. When you are given immunity that means you have probably committed a crime. Dana maybe not. President trump once said something similar though about the clinton camp. Does he think flynn is guilty of a crime . Here is sean spicers answer earlier. He believes mike flynn should go testify. With or w...

In essence, these active measures pose a threat, not just something that happened in the past. Yes, sir, thats right. This has been going on for a long time. Theres nothing new, only the cost of doing it. The use of cyber social media increased the impact of capability is russia has. The ability to use the interconnectedness and all of that provides but it didnt provide before, they literally upped their game to having a significant impact. From my perspective, thats just another tool americans ...