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Its not new. elizabeth: that brings me to the next question. and this is more of a macro view, when families are separated perhaps its not necessarily new? am i right? because the laws have been in place and families have been separated before. its that were getting a lot of attention not only because of the influx, the concentration and obviously, its politically divisive. >> so there are cases previously when the parents have been separated from the child when theres questions of whether or no...

The plane survived the crash and got out life. elizabeth: president trump heating up frederick on china trade everything is willing to slap more tariffs on all $500 billion of chinese goods imported into the us intentions of clay. trump accused china and europe of relating the currencies to hurt the us and trade. here with more senator for policy michael waller. thank you for joining us. lets look at a macro view and i want to play the soundbite quickly. china was the topic. michael cohen has ha...

But it was a betrayal of that promise. he broke faith with americans seniors. >>elizabeth: erica want your reaction and then we will move on. >> i think what the president is trying to do is hes trying to figure out a way to work on real reforms that he campaigned on. we tried to do it the congressional body. hopefully this is something both republicans and democrats can get behind. >>elizabeth: i want to take more of a macro view to take a look at some of the moves the president has made. hes b...

In that direction? >> i havent given it a thought. im not dismissing anybody. i want them to get on with the task. i want the senate and the house to come out with their findings. >> the president of the united states and numerous of his advisors are lying about this. theres a lot to talk about. tim, lets start with a bit of a macro view of this. the president brought up nixons administrative assistant. he did that in the context of these fbi missing texts. he did so erroneously. theres no intri...

Top white house officials have said over and over theres been no thought of firing the special counsel. including the president just weeks after he reportedly tried to do just that. >> mr. president, you thought or thought about considered leading the dismissal of the special counsel. anything he could do to send you in the direction? >> i havent given it any thought. im not dismissing anybody. i want them to get on with the task. i want the senate and the house to come out with their findings. ...

What is really motivating all of this? >> the federation came out with these numbers that said retailers were seeing an increase in sales about 1.9%, which is definitely a great thing it, but you are looking at the general -- obviously, a macro view of the country. when you look at specific areas, for example. we saw houston ravaged by a hurricane. of puerto rico. ravaged by a hurricane. also, northern california it wasnt pummeled by these fires, as well as southern california, so those are the ...

Today. fathers day is much more than just lighting up the grill and getting bad every necktie. here to talk about the importance of fathers in the family, contributor and senior pastor or stop his church at dallas, dr. robert jeffers. thank you for joining us. first and foremost, i want to get your take on the message today. i know youve had a very busy morning, but before we focus on the role of the father, a macro view of how he plays into a family and the importance of family today. >> that i...

Man helping to lead that so-called war room is being looked at as part of the russian investigation. again, a word just a few moments ago trumps personal attorney, michael cohen, also now the latest to be trapped in that web that is the russia investigation. or the russia investigations. joining me now to talk about it jonathan swan, national political reporter for axios, charlie sikes, msnbc contributor, and stephanie ruhle, msnbc anchor and business correspondent. jonathan, let me start with y...

Tonight. one of my personal obsessions, not just with the trump election, but just with all of the predictions one hears in oup business, is that nobody ever stands up and says that "i was wrong."rs the pleasure of hearing you say that will make my day. how did you get it so wrong? >> nothing will give me greater pleasure than making your day. but we havent gotten it wrong yet. >> tucker: [laughs] really?ng >> we are four months in a four year presidency. itsar like writing off the new england p...

>> tucker: i guess what bothered me about it -- i think probably your macro view on this is probably right, not on trump but on trade, prosperity, et cetera. your analysis seemed to ignore the nature of the distribution of the wealth. one of the reasons trump was elected is because a small group of people got really rich during the obama years to come up with a middle-class language. you are seeing the same phenomenon across western europe. as of something that politicians need to address otherw...