welcome back to the 11th hour. we ve become accustomed to this. when he signs a measure of some sort, of any kind, the president is fond of holding it up and showing it off, but not today. he was forced really to sign the new sanctions on russia because they were passed by an overwhelming veto-proof majority in congress. so while we didn t get to see him sign it, the white house did release two statements about today s bill signing. in one of them, the president criticized the bill arguing quote, it remains seriously flawed particularly because it encroaches on the executive branch s authority to negotiate. congress could not even negotiate a health care bill after seven years of talking. by limiting the executive s
it s a new kind of network designed to save you money. welcome back to the 11th hour . we ve become accustomed to this. when he signs a measure of some sort of any kind, the president is fond of holding it up and showing it off, but not today. he was forced really to sign the new sanctions on russia because they were passed by an overwhelming veto proof majority in congress. so while we didn t get to see him sign it, the white house did release two staps about today s bill signing. in one of them, the president criticized the bill arguing it remains seriously flawed particularly because it encroaches on the executive branch s authority to negotiate congress negotiate .congress could not even negotiate a health care bill after seven years of talking. by limiting the executive s flexibility, this bill makes it harder for the united states to strike good deals for the
sink ships. before people tried to hurt each other in their colleagues by using the press to do so or even to think that there helping the president by conveying information that perhaps they are not yet, that is not right for public disclosure. i believe general kelly also represents someone very deliberative and patient and strategic. we are reporting live from the north line tonight. doug, what can we expect from general kelly? is one of the president is fond of his generals as they say. and they former four-star general, john kelly will command a certain respect that we ve not seen perhaps in the future. his experience in the marine corps is unquestionable. 40 year tenure, homeland security director regarded as a wide success. he helped restore morale which was a low point among federal agencies. and as command of the
sink ships. before people tried to hurt each other in their colleagues by using the press to do so or even to think that there helping the president by conveying information that perhaps they are not yet, that is not right for public disclosure. i believe general kelly also represents someone very deliberative and patient and strategic. we are reporting live from the north line tonight. doug, what can we expect from general kelly? is one of the president is fond of his generals as they say. and they former four-star general, john kelly will command a certain respect that we ve not seen perhaps in the future. his experience in the marine corps is unquestionable. 40 year tenure, homeland security director regarded as a wide success. he helped restore morale which was a low point among federal agencies.
on his proposal to create a cyber security unit with russia. the president faced major backlash from lawmakers on both sides sunday for tweeting this, putin and i discussed forming an impenetrable cyber security unit so that election hacking and many other negative things would be guarded. hours later changing his tune, the fact that president putin and i discussed the cyber security unit doesn t mean i think it can happen. it cannot. but a cease-fire can and did. what happened between these two tweets? there was backlash. yes, there was. let s bring back maggie haberman, john avlon and phil mudd. what is this about, maggie? as the president is fond of saying, you re never going the really know. what seems to have happened is there was an enormous amount of bipartisan criticism you would be pairing with the people who