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And hes not going to start out with something that is going to force republicans to compromise on some really important things for them. so, they went with a strategy that i think seems reasonable given that they have majorities in the house and in the senate. the problem for trump is that he ran kind of outside of the ideological pair paradigm in washington. you have a candidate in trump who is not a sort of, like, tea party republican, hes not a establishment republican so its harder to figure...

>> well, i think the way that you have look at it, to go back to the conversation we were having in the previous segment, is how does he approach these problems? before -- or during the campaign, he campaigned as somebody who had a huge disdain for washington. who had a huge disdain for people who have actually spent their lives trying to deal with these problems. he now has come here and has understood and you could see it in what he said recently about, oh, this job is a lot harder than what w...

100-day list, you can always find things to nitpick. look how he changed the culture of washington, started to do things that are different, thats where youre seeing the protests come from. i think the epa website that says "this is being updated" is a perfect metaphor for exactly whats going on in washington right now. of course youre going to have protesters. no one out there is protesting for jobs. >> should he be reaching out to the people -- tens of thousands of people out there who are par...

Stream of attacks on the media about what president trump calls fake news. especially over the march of stories about possible russian ties to his circle. this president has undeniably pushed forward at a breakneck pace and perhaps many of his promises will yet come to pass. faced with a string of protests and a plummeting approval rating, his first 100 days, as he, himself, has hinted, have been more complicated than expected. tom foreman, cnn, washington. >> our thanks to tom foreman. up nex...

White house, ana. we also know that there is a group here from harrisburg, pennsylvania, where the president will hold a rally later on today. that group says that they are intentionally leaving this protest early so they can then meet the president in harrisburg, pennsylvania, and they plan to disrupt that rally there with a message that youre hearing out here which is essentially they feel that the administration is attacking their environment and they want changes, ana. >> all right. rene mar...

Changed the political system. you can tell theres just a different feeling about it in the way that hes not going to abide by the traditional norms and constructs -- >> were definitely seeing changes compared to what we would expect in terms of the norm. >> the way that the president is going to be rallying with the people in pennsylvania, as opposed to washington, and a black and tie ballroom with a bunch of insiders. i think hes going to feel good right now. >> bakari, do you see it that way t...

See the passion on the street here. tens of thousands of people have come out. i might add temperatures are in the 90s right now. theyre braving a lot of challenging elements to be out here, ana. >> its looking a little swampy in washington, d.c., today. lets get to rene marsh whos outside the white house as well where marchers are all now gathering. as they arrive from their march. rene, as climate change protesters rally there outside the presidents door, i know you have some new reporting on ...

>> health care, republicans, biggest misstep? >> i think because theyre outsiders learning washington is a much bigger dragon to slay than maybe people thought it was. doesnt mean theyre not going to keep at it. a team of outsiders getting into washington, its a much, much bigger problem to change this place than they probably first thought. >> what about you, abby? >> i think the president also didnt identify the need to have a functioning white house. i mean, the white house was so kay kbrchao...

Skip this time-honored tradition. but as president trump is quickly learning, not all things are avoidable. while the show goes on at rallies and dinner parties, threats remain. a big one, north korea. the regime there just tested another ballistic missile. the pentagon says it failed like the last. president trump is casting the test as a show of defiance toward china, tweeting, "north korea disrespected the wishes of china and its highly respected president when it launched, though unsuccessfu...