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New markets. it could look more like last year. one of the reasons why president trump has been aggressive on trade is we have agreed to a lot of bad deals that disadvantage the united states in the past. the thing is then if you look at the tariffs we put on china, they are a bigger consequence for china than our economy. if those were to stay in place, i dont think it would have inasmumuch impact on growth this year. >> some see it differently. well see what plays out. i want to ask about a nu...

Kelly to give his son-in-law jared kushner a top security clearance. kelly then overruled the persistent and longstanding objections of career white house security screeners and wrote about it in a memo. months later, the president denied any of it ever happened. listen. >> did you tell general kelly or anyone else in the white house to overrule security officials? >> no. i dont think i have the authority to do that. im not sure i do. >> you do have the authority to do it. >> but i wouldnt. i wo...

Coming back next week for more testimony. now the president has reportedly been caught in a dangerous lie about his son-in-law and the nations most sensitive secrets. his answer is to lambaste michael cohen and democrats in tweets this morning. davider vin joins me, former senior adviser to the trump campaign in 2016. good morning to you. david, let me begin with you. whats the high point for the president this week? >> poppy, listen. they continue to have negotiations on the korean peninsula. i...

President was lying. any way you square it, somebody was lying assuming this "new york times" report is accurate. if people were writing contemporaneous memos there is no reason to believe its not accurate. everything kushner had to go through to get clearance. all the way they mishandled the paperwork. the fact his attorneys were out publicly in may of 2018 saying this is taken care of only to find out in all-that there were still issues and now we are finding the issues were so concerning to o...

Presidents former lawyer and confidant is coming back wednesday for more closed door q&a with the house intelligence panel. joe johns is at the white house this morning. two reports, two separate papers, a lot of good reporters on the lines on the white house isnt denying reports about the president mandating kushner get the top secret security clearance. >> nothing so far from the president indicating otherwise. look, there are a couple of questions raised by the "new york times" reporting. fir...

Sei clearance that allows him to see secure information including the presidents daily briefing. for individuals who are delivering the briefing this is the most sensitive, classified information we have. the idea that jared kushner would be able to see this information considering all the background and concerns over why he could not receive a security clearance is quite disturbing. i have talked to people who said they really are shocked this is the way he received clearance. >> sarah, we hear...

Would actually be an advantage. age is a consideration. >> i dont think we will hear vice president joe biden or bernie sanders say that. if joe biden gets into the race he gets in because he wants to be president of the united states. bernie sanders is running because he wants to be president of the united states. they all want to be president. if i was advising somebody, we are not saying we are getting in just to be a one and done. im getting in because my candidate can be the best choice out...

It wasnt a complete catastrophe. >> right. >> on capitol hill, his republican allies stuck up for the president. >> yes. >> as ludicrous as it seemed at times they didnt ask a single probing question about what the presidents former attorney was saying. instead they attacked him and did the presidents bidding. >> i wonder if they did it in the closed door sessions with michael cohen. david, weigh in on that. >> as errol points out, secretary pompeo, steve began, they have been working with the n...

Times. i hear you. they all seem appalled the president has taken the word of an autocrat when it comes to the death of otto warmbier. >> listen, thats incredibly regrettable. whether kim jong-un knew about it, the fact remains that a young american student was kidnapped, captured, murdered by a dictatorial regime in north korea. i think the president should have slammed his fist down on the table on that one and said, look, we are going to hold people accountable and push to find an answer here...

The security clearance issue with jared kushner, despite a contemporaneous memo we learned from john kelly, should any president bigfoot security professionals ever when it comes to this? >> there is substantive danger to it. he has all these top aides. people come out of meetings with the president and feel they have to write things down, take notes about it. his white house counsel, chief of staff, former fbi director. people are clear they are getting instructions from him directly or indirec...