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Tax returns. this is the kind of thing that you know it is not ill local, but no other president that i can think of and democrat or republican would talk to a ceo a lot who is, next, under federal investigation. >> the, obviously, fox news has while during the campaign, you know, there were some folks at fox news, megyn kelly, who is tough with donald trump, critical of donald trump, maik maybe tucker karlsson until he got his own show, it seems theyre now fully on board on the trump train. >> ...

Obviously, the revelation of director comey at end of the campaign was not helpful to hillary clinton. but im not going to speculate whether it was the cause or a big cause. who knows. we got an awful lot of work to do around here and figuring out what happened with respect to russia, whether there were any connections to the trump campaign. so im just not twoing to weigh in on that issue. >> president trump apparently still believes that president obama ordered surveillance on him over at trump...

Ammunition. >> about what the issue of fake news? if the free press is not believed, thanks to fake news infiltration and confusion and all of this stuff. that erodes press freedom. >> absolutely. one the of the things is the effort by the russian government to export its propaganda efforts beyond its own borders. obviously, president putin has been a major violator of the rights of journal theists and we saw him trying to export that effort abroad. beyond russias shores. and i think the effort ...

Politics in the first place. >> i sort of tracked tend of his presidency. he was clear that he wanted to focus on young people when he left office. he signaled that this was going to be a key focus. josh, what do you make of this timing? why now? >> you know, some of this has to do with president obamas interest in engaging young people. obviously, his ability to engage young people early in his presidential campaign in 2007 and 2008 are part of the reason were having this confidence about forme...

The recess on this issue. the president is in touch with members of congress and the chairmans of the committees. obviously, the speaker. ill tell you something that hasnt happened on healthcare, something thats not changed at all. it seems that there are no democrats who want to support healthcare reform. i think thats unfortunate. >> reporter: senior administration official told us just a short time ago that the process will be different this time around on getting the language of that amendme...

Easily, should they consider france being added to that list? and secretary kelly, you know, he did not answer that. he obviously made it clear that he doesnt think its under consideration at this point, but it creates a problem. >> yeah. i mean, you raised a really interesting question, given, obviously, last nights incident. but for all intents and purposes, all iterations of this travel ban have been on hold since february 3rd, so theyve had quite a bit of time if they wanted to make some cha...

Masters of currency manipulation, now hes tweeting this, why would i call china a currency manipulator when theyre working with us on the north korea problem. we will see what happens. does that sound like a coherent policy to you? >> it sounds like a policy where theyre learning on the job. obviously, president xi was at mar-a-lago a couple days ago, i assume -- i wasnt there -- but i assume he sat down with president trump and they had a one-on-one personal conversation. the president said aft...

Julie: all of us, of course, would like to see this end peacefully. many believe we do not want to get involved in a war with north korea. but we also need to listen to kim jong un and his threats and take them seriously to prevent. he at one point, pyongyang had said during the, you know, nuclear non-proliferation treaty -- which, obviously, failed. all talks have always failed. pyongyang would never return to talks. are easing sanctions or putting pressure in the relief of aid by withholding a...

And the balance of power of all the various proxy countries that have a stake in the syrian conflict. and it may just be that this has given the u.s. a little bit more leverage when it comes to dealing with russia, and it may just be that perhaps this element of unpredictability, which at the one -- on the one hand makes the trump administration a little concerning and gives some analysts cause for anxiety, could also be something of an asset when it comes to sitting down with sergey lavrov in m...

Aircraft, that is significant. however, i would say where you are really seeing a shift here, anderson, in syria is less taking place on the ground on the battlefield and more in terms of whats happening behind the scenes, behind closed doors and the balance of power of all the various proxy countries that have a stake in the syrian conflict. and it may just be that this has given the u.s. a little bit more leverage whether it comes to dealing with russia, and it may just be that perhaps this el...