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Are. >> anderson, you know, i sort of think of barbara bush through the prism of her two sons who i covered, george w. bush in the white house and obviously more recently jeb bush on the campaign trail. and about the kind of men that they are, just as a mother of a son myself, i know what it takes. my son is young. they grew up to be president and governor, and one obviously ran unsuccessfully for president. its the kind of people that they are. and they became those people because of barbara bu...

Think of barbara bush through the prism of her two sons who i covered, george w. bush in the white house and obviously more recently jeb bush on the campaign trail. and about the kind of men that they are, just as a mother of a son myself, i know what it takes. my son is young. they grew up to be president and governor, and one obviously ran unsuccessfully for president. its the kind of people that they are. and they became those people because of barbara bush. as youve been talking about with t...

Perfect example. properly vetted then the president changes his mind. the wild card. the president, is he circumventing the process? usually actors are within the white house, within the administration trying to do this. thats unusual. >> clearly a huge miscommunication with huge foreign policy implications. shifting to stormy daniels. obviously, court proceedings surrounding it. stormy daniels released that sketch of the man she says threatened her nearly a decade ago. not to share her story ab...

Presidents that have had close relationships with the united kingdom. we saw and some of the images a moment ago, barbara bush with princess diana, obviously many, many visits both business and diplomatic and otherwise to your country. >> thats right, weve always been pleased to see them, president bush and mrs. bush got on very well with successive british leaders. i remember that sense of humor particularly. they once came to a play performed at the british embassy, a family event which was ve...

Hacking. >> clinton, he had as you remember fbi agents who were just absolutely beyond themselves that the president of the united states, barack obama, twice interfered in the investigation by saying six months before he came out and said anything, hey, theres nothing to this. im confident that no national security issues were raised by her using this server. the fbi obviously couldnt believe the president of the eyes was trying to weigh in and did it again in the spring. >> its interesting i s...

There. he side-stepped the question, didnt dismiss it, didnt answer in the affirmative, though. senate minority leader chuck schumer has put out a statement, warning the president not to do it. sayin saying this statement. obviously, senator, you speak as a republican. should mueller be off the table, or would you be okay if the president fired bob mueller now? >> well, the president has the ability to do that, but i dont see him doing that. i think weve come too far in the russia investigation ...

Importantly, who are telling the president to stick with scott pruitt. i am told that herald hamm, an oklahoma oil and gas man, a billionaire, a key trump supporter, called the president is told him to leave scott pruitt in the agency. this is the presidents decision. will the bad headlines, the draining the swamp, weigh out over the substance of what hes doing at the epa? only the president knows that. erin? >> david gergen is out front. obviously, david, were talking about an epa chief with a ...

Set by va secretary shulkin and former hhs secretary tom price has really indicated that the white house is not going to tolerate this type of behavior from cabinet secretaries and that really does put scott pruitt in a place of jeopardy. hes coming under fire, not only for this condo situation. we just learned that not only was it being used as a fund-raising hub, but also the client, one of the lobbyists from whom he was renting this condo received approval from a project from the epa. hes com...

All have been transported and treated for injuries that are treatable. were hoping for the best obviously. [ inaudible question ] >> my understanding is the building has been evacuated. there arent people in the immediate area. were trying to contact a large amount of people to try to identify and gain information from witnesses at the scene. so you can imagine is this a monumental task. [ inaudible question ] >> what weapon or weapon? >> i dont have that information. im sorry. [ inaudible quest...

The back and forth over whether the president actually fired his veterans affairs secretary, david shulkin. shulkin says he was fired. >> you received a phone call from chief of staff john kelly, who fired you? >> general kelly gave me a heads up. >> the tweet fired you? >> yes. >> reporter: while the white house has offered evasive statements, sinsisting shulkin resigned. >> general kelly called secretary shulkin and gave him the opportunity to resign. obviously, the key here is that the presid...