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Progress over the last ten days, realizing a bold plan for tax reform, moving the health care bill through the house and funding our government. the president and his entire team will continue this laser focus on catings for hardworking americans and growing the u.s. economy. its also cinco de mayo, an opportunity to celebrate the extraordinary contributions that mexican-americans have made and continue to make in this country. yesterday at the presidents personal request, the vice president joi...

Much more rainful in that area. north of there, yes. but the damage is there are done. there is already so much water on the ground, it just has to run off. a nice, pleasant, clean weekend for you in the northeast. >> thank you very much. on a much lighter note, i think it is safe to say that president trump is a fan of donald trump. we look at why the president keeps referring to himself in the third person. watch this. >> hes first when it comes to the third person. >> nobody would be tougher ...

Truck. >> does it surprise you there isnt a claim of responsibility? >> i think its early days yet. it would surprise me if theres no claim of responsibility by this time tomorrow. they sometimes take a little bit of time. what they tell these perpetrators its almost as important to launch the attack as it is to help isis claim ownership. very important for them to sort of claim allegiance to baghdadi on social media or upload videos -- >> right before they go -- >> so we could see that come out...

But then when he started taking the advice of paul ryan and lobbyists in washington, d.c., his ratings went down ten points. i hope thats what he sees from this, that were trying to save him from bad advice and maybe hell start taking advice from the conservatives again. >> whos to blame if this fails? >> whos to blame? this shouldnt fail. after the bill goes down tomorrow, we can go back to the drawing board and they can bring conservatives to the table instead of just trying to break their kne...

Going to get cut that are going above and beyond what is already being stip late sod the potential is always there for any of our jobs to be cut. >> reporter: trump took to twitter a few hours ago tweeting his commitment for veterans saying, quote, we will rebuild our military,wy will keep our people safe, we will take care of our vets. i spoke to several veterans no work inside these federal agencies and they say they dont feel taken care of when they see this proposed budget. that says it it i...

Going out and making these outlandish accusations, you know, using information that is not truthful. some would call it lying. i would call it lying in some respects. and they feel like this is their opportunity right now to try to pin republicans against wall. thats why we havent heard a lot from republicans. the response we saw just a few hours ago. fairly muted from republican. >> fairly muted. and they all look sad. >> next, war within the gop over obamacare repeal and replace. is the bill d...

Speaking with the aid of a teleprompter, mostly sticking to the script. but then the other version of president trump, the one we all became so aware of during the campaign, is twitter trump. the unscripted president trump. frankly the version we saw on "the apprentice" years ago, running for office, running for president. twitter trump almost always seems to win out over teleprompter trump. yes, on those big nights, joint address nights, he does stick to the scripts. he was widely praised for t...

Still hard to get by. if it wasnt for obamacare, he would have been dead a long time ago. >> smile for the camera. >> reporter: they have essentially transformed themselves into nurses, a full-time effort. their sons health now as uncertain as their health care. their message to those rushing for repeal. >> come and sit with us one day and see what we go through. thats all you have to do. >> i think what they need to be able to do is put faces to what they are talking about. >> reporter: cedric ...

That woman was a trump voter, too, wasnt she? >> she was. absolutely fascinating. shes become a little bit of a celebrity there in brownsville because shes one of those people who literally, the wall is north of her. the rio grande is south of her. shes snuck that no mans land as we referred to. >> ed, thanks for showing us how much more complicated that reality is. on a much lighter note, moments ooh la la land danced away with the most oscar nods. it tied an all-time record. well break down ...

Intelligence community were established by statute for a very important reason. >> reporter: the kremlin spokesman said that this meet between trump and putin will happen. he offered no timeline. but erin, picture this, that if it happens in the next weeks and months, it could happen as congress is either voting on, considering, or perhaps enforcing new tougher sanctions on russia for interfering in the u.s. election. >> all right, thank you very much, jim. next, stunning surveillance video of...