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Making deductibles more. >> approval rating for the republican bill is somewhere between 16% at its high water mark and 8% according to a few polls. i think one was a maris poll, one was another respected national poll. obamacare is at least, i dont know, seven times more popular than the republican bill. tell me what the politics are just as an observer of the other side of the aisle for this bill. tell me why it fell apart in your view. >> i think it fell apart because on one side you have rep...

Thats a ludicrous statement. they cant back that up. thats not reporting. thats a motion. >> but the president used in emotional tweets to criticize a working journalist. so i think thats probably what leads -- >> tucker: that might be strong, but a tv show host. >> shes a journalist, yeah. that leads to putting journalism in the crux of the story. theres no -- i would prefer to be writing about the news, ask about policy, writing about the substance of what a white house is doing. but the presi...

Of armored vehicles, it is soldiers with rifles and hand grenades going in after the individual isis fighters there. >> jon: we saw you and selfie video, were you there as an advisor, observer, tell us about your role. >> some of the people i ran into thought i was, i was open that i was a retired soldier working on a masters degree in journalism and the self-funded trip over the christmas break was my thesis project for a multimedia journalism degree. >> jon: the civilian population there, we a...

Portion of their briefings when were on camera we have people from outside the beltway who are there. but at the same time, you have got the president of the united states tweeting out that were the enemy of the people. that we are, you know, fake media, false media. so what part of the growling dog do you believe? do you believe the end wagging its tail or the end thats barking at you? i respect the teeth. i dont think he has respect for the press. i did not know yesterday -- i knew how we all ...

Hue, my hometown, my familys hometown, im glad people are alive, people are living, things are happening, things are changing. we need to let the country open up and let the people have a moment of enjoyment, have a better life. >> i mean, obviously im an outsider, but it just seems to me as a casual observer, you can pretty much survive anything. >> thats what my brother reminds me when i used to get all upset about things happening in vietnam. he said, look, it survived 4,000 years. it will do...

David drucker, sean spicer is not here. but we have audio from the laura ingram show earlier this week. describing why hes holding more off camera and not allowing audio or video. heres what spicer said. >> the nice thing about turning the cameras off sometimes and i find in when it is not performance art as you call it, that you end up having a more, i think, sometimes a more substantive discussion about actual issues because theyre not trying to get their clip and figure out how do i get on tv...

Waiting to see what the congressional budget office decides is the score for this bill. meaning what are the tax savings, the number of americans that are affected, and by that, then he may gain more ammunition or he may not. >> so, what exactly, peter, is the democrats strategy to oppose donald trump? i mean, whats the message? because to the casual observer, doesnt look like they have one. >> no, there is none. there is none. we have no message. i just got in the mail an envelope and on the fr...

Dont have that record and bob mueller is a registered republican, whos worked for republicans. hes got an impeccable reputation for honesty and integrity in this town. if idea that this is not -- the idea that this not on the level because a few attorneys gave money to democrats seems absurd to me. >> let many go back to the obstruction of justice investigation. whats happening inside. i envision this sealed off space where no one can see in but what do you think they do? i dont know that theyre...

Clintons political campaign, he was highly criticized from the new york observer newspaper. guess who owned the observer at the time? kushner. and now this guy has been hired by mueller. >> there is a lot of shady business. >> julie: i like how you say that with an accent. i agree. >> the president said that he did believe that mueller was an honorable man. he is not completely throwing mueller under the bus, i do think it is a little shady that with comey saying he wanted to leak this informati...

Aircraft. i think both sides will work hard to deconflict that. we have a deconfliction line in place. but its monday you c, its mur its syria. >> and lets also bring in nick burns, he is professor of diplomacy and international relations at the kennedy school of government. good to have you on board. >> john heilemann has a question with for you. >> yeah, mr. ambassador, its notable that this is not something that happens every day. we havent had a u.s. shootdown of a hostile jet in around a de...