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Mean challenging him and giving different points of view. part of the challenge is you can tell from the way weve seen the tweets over the last few hours, the last few days, the president is making policy sort of on his own, off-the-cuff, during speeches, on twitter, in the car, on the ride to church. thats a challenge. the issue is not getting staffed properly. john kelly still in the presidents orbit, thats a positive thing. if kelly ultimately loses influence, as it appears he may be or is ul...

I think youre right to have a republican president stand in front of the nra especially someone who gave him so much money. but this is the thing, ryan. this president says a lot. he says a lot of things like im going to do this. its going to be my decision, im willing to take the heat. he said that for a couple of issues. but then he goes back and does exactly the opposite or does what his base says. hes not talking about raising the age anymore because the nra is against it. >> this is classic...

Capitol hill and some conservative democrats who are going to oppose it to do something. and we dont know the answer to that yet, don. >> listen, i think your point is well-taken. to have a republican president stand in front of the nra especially to someone who gave him so much money. but he said its going to be my decision, im willing to take the heat on a cup of issues. but then he goes back and does exactly the opposite or does what his base says. hes not talking about raising the age anymor...

Climate record. >> it was all about putting our economy at a disadvantage despite leading the world in co2 reduction anyway. the president showed tremendous fortitude to stand in the way and say i will put america first. >> reporter: donald trumps mostly unscripted hour and 15 minute remarks yesterday and organizers are happy the president at the range went from jokes about bald spots to reassurances about gun rights. >> dont know how we could have done better. he had a prepared speech which the...

Theres nobody that loves the second amendment more than i do. dont worry, youre getting the wall, dont worry. [ crowd chanting ] i saved you, cried the woman. and youve bitten me, heavens, why? oh, shut up, silly woman, said the reptile with a grin. you knew damn well i was a snake before you took me in. >> kind of a "best of" there, that performance. some would describe that as being off-the-cuff, elise. critics say its off the rails. but a performance like that, does that help or hurt the pres...

President talked about. mental health, video games, the culture, they have not been in the conversation as much. >> the question is, what do you want to do about it? the nra is for people -- people on the prohibited list for guns. what is the president talking about with mental health? he has off-the-cuff said we should have mental institutions again. many were closed years ago. the details really matter when youre talking about these things. video games? what does he want to do? does he want to...

>> my children are adopted. i see this so many times when i was a prosecutor, unfortunately people who are addicted and mothers who are addicted have babies that are addicted but to adopt that child is just one of the most wonderful things we saw last night. rob: what resonates with you from last night? >> he spoke from the heart and spoke to all americans and outlined where the future is headed. the job creation, the infrastructure, when and a half trillion dollars to rebuild our bridges but mo...

Columnist and radio host derek hunter and leslie leslie marsh. assuming we are mentally healthy enough to have this debate, i want to talk more about this. bandy lee admits she has not met the president. she says "we feel that the russia tweeting is an indication of his falling apart under stress. trump is going to get worse and will become uncontainable within the pressures of the presidency." derek, seems like hes been the same guy weve seen. weve known. ration bold and off-the-cuff. do you th...

Columnist and radio host derek hunter and leslie leslie marsh. assuming we are mentally healthy enough to have this debate, i want to talk more about this. bandy lee admits she has not met the president. she says "we feel that the russia tweeting is an indication of his falling apart under stress. trump is going to get worse and will become uncontainable within the pressures of the presidency." derek, seems like hes been the same guy weve seen. weve known. ration bold and off-the-cuff. do you th...

Needs to articulate what the trump doctrine in is asia because everyone is confused. its a military but also diplomatic but also economic message that he has to -- >> the chinese work on five year plans and they do increments in their bigger plan. their whole thing is thinking long-term and forward. they dont do anything off-the-cuff. >> i think the chinese have been around, what, 2,000 years. youve got to remember president xi who just won re-election, what they want from this president is some...