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In a sense signed an executive order tomorrow in the name of rosa freedom. will the president sign an executive order tomorrow? and will it eliminate discrimination among lgbt people. >> tomorrow is national day of prayer. there will be a proclamation the president will sign looking forward to having religious leaders from multitude of backgrounds come to the white house and celebrate with us. but i never got ahead of executive orders. >> you can deny it? >> i understand that. i answered the que...

If you look at that one in particular you have a chain link fence is what is currently at our southern border. that is literally down there now. we are able to go in there and instead of having a chain link fence, replace it with that ballard wall. thats what it is. >> thats not the wall the president promised though. >> hold on, jim. were gonna take turns. just to be clear, because charlie asked the same thing. ill give you help on this one. this is the 2017 budget. this is a downpayment on wha...

Lets listen. >> the new york times recently reported that the fbi had found a troubling e-mail among the ones the russians hacked from democrat operatives. the e-mail reportedly provided assurances that attorney general lynch would protect secretary clinton by making sure the fbi investigation, quote unquote, didnt go too far. how and when did you first learn of this document? also, who sent it and who received it? >> thats not a question i can answer in this forum, mr. chairman, because it woul...

Taken fairly significant action to work with the united states, especially with respect to our desire to end the threat in north korea. that has been unprecedented. the presidents ability to connect with an individual, to work with him toward a shared goal, to have back room diplomacy, is something that is going to pay dividends and get results for this country. >> follow-up on johns question. in january the president did an interview, walls on the southern border. and said i dont know why they ...

Number one goal is to get it out of the house and have conversations with the senate and then go to conference. in a perfect world they would just take it straight up and wed go, but i have a feeling the senate will want a say in this. john? >> chairman upton and congressman long were pleased to hear about this legislative fix, saying they turned their nos into questions. are there additional fixes that are set to come before this bill hits the house floor? >> look, the presidents always said he...

Discussed and considered by the president. it will continue to be a discussion that he has with the prime minister benjamin netanyahu. they are having a series of private discussions. that is why the president is able to effectively get things done for this country is to not negotiate in public. hes going to continue to have discussions with prime minister benjamin netanyahu, president abbas moving forward. >> its just not precise. >> its not a question of precise. im not going to talk about wha...

He then accept that? >> i dont know what he briefed the president -- im not trying to be coy. i dont know what he has recently briefed. i know the question was asked during his testimony. i dont know what new evidence beyond what they shared with the president in december has happened between then and now. >> one more thing on that front. he called russia, quote, the greatest threat of any nation on earth. is that something the president agrees with? >> i think the presidents been very clear tha...

With preexisting conditions pay higher premiums under this bill than they currently do? >> i think everything that weve done, including the additional 8 billion this year, have everything that i have seen shows the cost curve goes down for them in a lot of ways. if you have preexisting conditions -- again, remember what a small pool that is. if you have a preexisting condition currently, the bill protects you. the only factor would be if you live in a state that potentially has a, asks for a wai...

I think we continue to feel optimistic about the direction that weve seen the legislation go. mike? >> wanted to revisit the presidents comments and tweets about the ominous spending bill he campaigned on his business record on his ability to make good deals, make better deals than politicians have in the past. does the president view the spending bill as a good deal? >> yes. >> thank you. >> sean, can you say definiti definitivety that will be with a preexisting condition will pay more under th...

Effective way to do this. so thats what we got out of this bill. >> question about the photos. are those photos offenses or walls? >> that is a ballard wall. that is an levy wall. no, no. there are various types of walls that can be built. under the legislation that was just passed, it allows us to do that. as weve mentioned, that is called an levy wall on the left. that is called a ballard wall. >> thats not a wall. >> thats what its actually called. thats the name of it. >> it looks like fenci...