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That should be fairly simple to provide assistance are always more complicated than they intend to be. this is going to be a difficult six weeks ahead for president trump. he is still in the words of my colleague stephanie rhule, donkey kicking congress. what has to happen differently in the next six weeks before we see yet worse things happen. >> first, not just complicated by the relief package for hurricane harvey but by an open question what the president plans to do with bothered wall fundi...

Washington. congress is going to be back in session. and before the end of september, we have a massive problem. we have a budget resolution that has to be passed. otherwise, the government could shut down. that has now been complicated by harvey because there is going to be a need for not just federal assistance but this stuff doesnt come easily, these bills that should be fairly simple to provide assistance are always more complicated than they intend to be. this is going to be a difficult six...

There are also a lot of shared goals, and thats what were focused on. were disappointed that obamacare, they failed to get it repealed and replaced. but at the same time president trump has worked with leader mcconnell to reach out to other members and to work on those shared goals, and were going to continue to do that when the senate comes back from recess. >> reporter: and ali, i think whats interesting is you dont get the sense that the president really wants to mend fences. he may see this ...

Expanded the investigation. he has these big foreign and domestic issues. >> right. the probe is expanding further than people thought it would. you cant address the issue without looking into some of the potential financial connections. thats already been alleged. the open question is how ably is the white house able to function? how are they able to impress the will of the united states around the world while this is all happening? north korea is an interesting test. your report something prob...

President trump calling the immigration bill he supports the most significant reform to americas immigration system in half a century. maybe so, but the question is, what message would this bill send to the rest of the world? joining us to talk about this and the new russian sanctions bill and the latest on north korean turmoil, we have rick grenell, former spokesman for four u.s. ambassadors to the united nations. >> thapnks for having me, chris. >> you know so well what a symbol we are and wha...

So theres big news tonight about this new proposal from the white house about who can get into this country legally. now, instead of talking about the white house, we wanted to talk to the white house. thats the best way to serve your interests in this situation. we asked for stephen miller, the man you saw earlier in the show going at it against our jim acosta. we asked for kellyanne conway. we asked for sarah huckabee sanders. none was able to come on the show. just know, we asked and we alway...

Anthony scaramucci is gone but will not stay gone, april. he is going to have a huge event, as he calls it, an online event on friday. hes going to be on facebook live and hes going to speak directly to the american people, specifically the base, as we call it now, those people who supported trump during the election. anthony scaramucci says he has a message for them about how hes been maligned, why he went to the white house, what he was there to achieve and what hes going to do next. what do y...

Immigration system would be ahistorical. secondly, i dont want to get into a whole thing about history here but the statue of liberty is a symbol of liberty and lighting the world. the poem that youre referring to was added later is not actually part of the original statue of liberty. more fundamentally -- but more fundamentally -- >> youre saying it does not represent what the country is always thought of as immigration coming into this country? >> im saying that the notion -- >> that sounds li...

And as long as she wants. i was going to say in terms of anthony scaramucci, im not sure about a short-timer. he might be a no-timer. he spent almost no time as the communications director here at the white house but i talked to a friend of his earlier this week whos been in contact with him throughout this whole drama who says that anthony scaramucci feels very good that he, quote, cleared the decks here at the white house and feels very good that he was able to oust reince priebus and sean spi...

Professors and the people who can pay for their own health care. theres a reason it doesnt. thats the passion and purpose that formed this country. i dont have to preach this to you. you know this. >> look, if youve ever served on the visa line in the state department or been the recipient of applications, you will see that the american government and first year foreign service officers deny millions of people. this is not about who gets denied. this is about who gets entry. and i can understand...