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Dot, dot, dot, like this perhaps, but that wasnt clear, dana to the white house press pool or to us whether the president was ever going to go there, which would be against the nra. >> thats exactly right. i think that were at a point right now where we are reminded once again that what the president says is not necessarily and almost never is correlated to what he pushes directly on the policy. now, lets be clear what he is saying what he wants to do here is for the most part a step, maybe baby...

Failed. many years, and its failed. and frankly, that patience is over. >> joining us, cnn international correspondent ivan watson there in seoul, south korea. and gordon chang, columnist for "the daily beast." ivan, let me start with you. sorry, theres the book by gordon. the author of "nuclear showdown: north korea takes on the world." cant forget that, gordon. got to get the book plug in there. ivan, this tweet from cnn contributor michael bender sums up what generously is confusion by the wh...

So how chaotic and high level is the trump west wing staff wars? the chief-of-staff john kelly summoned a group of reporters to his office in an effort to clear the air, take some blame and try to turn the page. well get to the details of what was discussed in a moment but it almost doesnt matter. this does. en an hour after the session ended accounts quoting other west wing officials that kelly didnt have his facts straight. kelly closed the meeting to try to close the books on how he handle th...

Mr. trump announced. rob porter played a role as a gatekeeper of the oval office. one of the jobs there was to run point on trade policy. rob porter, along with gary cohn, using shorthand here called globalists when it comes to trade. they effectively had isolated some of the protectionists like peter navarro. with rob porter out of the building, peter navarro has worked his way back into the oval office. a promotion ag a week ago and yesterday signed off on one of his top priorities, which are ...

Chief of staff john kelly revisiting one of the biggest scandals to plague the white house, in order to defend himself. anklecy clarifying exactly what he knew about rob porter, the former white house aide who was fired when domestic violence allegations surfaced. michael bender is with us now, white house reporter for "the wall street journal." michael, you were in this meeting with john kelly. tell us what he revealed. >> it was a lengthy meeting with john kelly. he spent quite a bit of time t...

Was he afraid it was going to come out in testimony? why now? >> he had to give it to the federal election committee. his lawyer had to respond on his behalf to the complaint filed by common clause. so that statement eventually was going to get out. so im sure he was thinking, ill do it on my own terms as opposed to somebody elses term. but to michaels point, lets take a step back. michael was absolutely correct. there are so many things that have happened just in one day that its so easy to for...

Michael, i want you to talk to me about this off the record west wing meeting. you were there after the "daily mail" published a picture of rob porters ex-wife. sarah sanders set that up and rob porter took questions to, what, deny the allegations? >> i dont want to interrupt your texting with michael cohen, but im not going to talk about the content of an off the record meeting. you know, i will say that this is a common occurrence at the who is and at capitol hill. you know, government officia...

We have some breaking news to tell you about right now. president trumps longtime personal lawyer michael cohen says he paid porn star stormy daniels $130,000 off his own pocket. cohen says he was never reimbursed and the trump campaign was not involved. stormy daniels once claimed that she had an affair with trump. here to discuss, senior political analyst mark preston, senior political analyst michael bender and a white house reporter for "the wall street journal." okay, guys, thank you for jo...

I mean, i think thats the part we dont know. we dont know who knew it. we dont know why it never got to kelly if it never got to kelly. its all gray right there. >> we do know that domestic abuse is bad and we do know that the president has not said so over the last eight days and has had a.mple opportunity to. michael bender, youre sort of in the middle of all of this the last day or so. i want to address what you heard from general john kelly, despite trey gowdy saying listen, mr. chief of sta...

Of controversy around defending somebody whos been alleged of domestic abuse. any other president, don, would not be able to survive one of those attacks. and for donald trump, he seemed to just move on. >> well, michael, you talked about the stories coming left and right. heres another story that we have. its related to what mark just said about the conversation over possible kelly successor heating up in washington. this is according to our dana bash, gloria borger, jamie gangel, jim acosta, a...