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And avoid this meltdown like we see from donald trump. going on what kurt said, i would advise everyone around donald trump to rip that phones out of his hands because he is not helping his or the white houses case with this. >> joyce, from a legal perspective, were hearing the white house say the president was merely tweeting something that was dictated by his counsel to a member of the white house staff. in other words, theres a chain that leads to that tweet being sent. does that matter from ...

Talk about the substance of the suggestions. these things often come out at the end of races. by the way, probably plays in favor. they dont have a lot of time to decide what to do. if he gets elected, it is hard to remove him. when you look at this, what is the question for republican leadership right now about how to deal with this? >> yeah. look, moral agency is critical to both parties, right? you have to show that you are willing to stand up for what is right even when it is not politically...

Particularly in a crisis mode with the other things happening, you say you know what, we dont just put out a statement. she doesnt appreciate that or something. to put out a paper statement and the day before the first lady is trying to do something that attracts attention to a cause that she cares about seems -- >> we know number one, general kelly was supposed to take control over the statements. she knew about this. they pick the new communications director and well aware of the interactions ...

On in this press briefing here starting in about 25 minutes inside. >> as were having this conversation, again, scenes playing out all over the country. folks have taken to the streets in protests. hallie, i know we got this statement from the white house last hour. any idea why we did not hear from president trump on this and, instead, attorney general jeff sessions? >> at this point, the white house is not commenting publicly on that. i think one could surmise that this is the president, if yo...

That the air strikes in april didnt work, sarah? >> look, i think that our goal every day is to do what we can to protect life in all forms and to take steps to move the ball forward in defeating isis and defeating all efforts of terrorism and i think the statement yesterday helped do that. >> why will a paper statement work when air strikes didnt dissuade bashar al assad. >> i dont know it didnt based on what we know at this point. >> hans, what do you know? >> well, if you want -- looking for ...

The neck, lieutenant neville is out of surgery and in stable condition, were told. meanwhile, that airport remains closed. the fbi is leading the investigation. they tell us that they are preparing to send a paper statement with a status update on the investigation which is, again, potentially terror-related. we will bring that statement to you when we have it. theres nothing more important to me than my vacation. so when i need to book a hotel room, i want someone that makes it easy to find wha...

Shouldnt obsess. my reaction this weekend was the london tweets were the only white house statement. there was no paper statement. there was no official comment from the white house, no interview on sunday morning. all we saw were the presidents tweets. so, yes, that counts as the only official statement from the white house. >> here is the problem with that, frank. we just had a congressman on. he says, no, no, no. theyre not official statement because they havent been vetted by lawyers and his...

States around the world, particularly in the developing world. >> shepard: chris, im going to john roberts at the white house. john, the stagecraft of this thing is classic trump. hes holding an event in the rose garden to capitalize on television coverage, i presume, to pull himself out of an international accord. its quite a thing. 16 minutes late, so far. >> it is. which is just about on time for this white house. its interesting hes holding this in the rose garden as opposed to the roosevelt...

President trump set to meet with the colombian leader at the white house. we expect to see the two of them together throughout the day, opportunities, perhaps, for the president to be asked by reporters about the obviously big news that has broken late last night into this morning, which is the appointment of a special counsel from the department of justice. so far weve heard a printed statement, a paper statement from president trump. well see if we get more later today. tomorrow the president ...

Rosenstein for doing a courageous act. i mean another profile in courage coming out of the a.g.s house because between he and sally yates, theyre keeping our country safe and secure and honest. >> good for our public servants. we just got a paper statement. its on paper from president trump. quote, as i have stated many times, a thorough investigation will confirm what we already know. there was no collusion between my campaign and any foreign entity. he doesnt even say russia. i look forward to...