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The country for a matter of weeks, were being told by several officials. and also that despite the fact that u.s. military officials have said publicly that this unit, this task force had performed this mission many, many times, these actual 12 u.s. soldiers on the ground had only been there for a matter of weeks raising questions about how familiar they were with the terrain and some of the surrounding villages that they were engaging in. >> ryan, thank you. ive got car ren wikaren with m natio...

Of criminality during watergate but this question of any kind of competency and real stability is something that might have been whispered but really isnt said out loud the way bob corker said it. >> over and over and over again. >> yeah. yeah. >> let me ask you all to stand by. did someone want to jump in? michael? real quickly. go ahead. >> hang on a second. here we go. senate majority leader. >> well, good afternoon, everyone. as you know, we had the president at lunch today and he went overa...

Mali and chad, there are groups where some claim to have relationships with the islamic state and others are traffickers and its an extremely difficult terrain to operate in and its a region where the threats are becoming more and more complex and are morphing. due to trumps condolence calls with sergeant johnsons widow that were hearing about this but this has been a threat for a long time. >> karen, michael, thank you so much. coming up, the white house briefing is set to begin shortly here....

And intelligence gathering capabilities within the nigerian local population. so i would be very curious to see if this will lead to a different strategy or approach when it comes to how we rotate in our soldiers and how were communicating with the local nigerian population and how the capabilities are being done and also the french. you know, the french have been there for a long time. we were there and im wondering if this is going to lead to any strategic changes. >> karen, let me ask you wha...

Insurer. many providers opted out of providing coverage for the states because of the expense. tough increase competition. im not sure this is going to do that. while i want the president to be successful, i want something to benefit the american people. i think the president recognizes that. im not certain that this legislation does just that. >> michael singleton, alice stewart, thank you. >> thank you, fred. coming up, next, republicans face a war within their own party. democrats have an ...

Monday, president trump refused to take the blame for legislative failures saying he is not going blame himself. to be honest, they are not getting the job done. on friday, trump suggested his personal feud with republican lawmakers are an asset, not a liability because sometimes it gets people to do what they are supposed to be doing, end quote. let me bring in my panel to discuss this. cnn commentator allis and michael. good to see both of you. >> hi, fred. >> alice, you first. the president t...

Are created, wages increased, businesses grow. the overall theme, i dont know how anyone polled could not support the plan. the number one focus is providing it for middle class americans. providing tax relief for them. i dont see how anyone could be opposed to that. that is the goal of the tax reform plan, to simplify the taxes we have and also provide relief for the middle class americans. that is a big goal and something he knows. those hard working people that have higher wages and want a be...

That is a change. i think the point is to get on the same track. there is a un find thified appr. >> this fall meeting that doesnt ordinarily incorporate players and players union is this time. >> i was layer rep. and it was always us versus them. and there is always a contentious relationship between the union and league. but for them to come together to see how important this is for us to make a change together in communities as players have been trying to do, you know, they have been out in t...

The absolute right to do that. i think that the president is standing with the vast majority of americans who believe that our flag should be respected. >> the pretty believes it is his role to improve race relations. >> reporter: a lot of passions on both sides of this argument. what we do have to point out is how unexpected this controversy is, right? colin kaepernick first started kneeling during the national anthem last august, more than a year ago. yet the president felt it was important to...

Thats a part of the problem. ben, ben, are you -- ben. >> let me finish. >> finish, ben. >> presidents always talk about guidance and their opinion on the private sector. that is very normal. obama, for a goodness sakes, criticized police officers when they arrested somebody in harvard when he knew nothing about it then had it covered up with a beer summit. dont tell me they dont say things about private sector individuals or anything else. here is one other thing that i need to say thats import...