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Secretary of state rex tillson wanted to quit this summer and further he called the president a moron. quote, tensions came to a head around the time president donald trump delivered a politicized speech in late july to boy scouts of america, an organization he once led. during the meeting pence gave tillerson a pep talk but also had a message. the secretary needed to figure out how to move forward within trumps policy framework. the moron comments came following a july meeting about afghanistan...

Ambitious climate targets than any jurisdiction on the planet. and now recently this last month you saw governor brown again signing new legislation in california, which will seek to extend the cap and trade program to deal with this pollution and to reach the targets that we established in september. and, you know, the real important thing about the progress that were seeing in places like california, massachusetts, in state jurisdictions, is that these are very broad constituencies that are co...

Fbi director or any other intelligence director to withhold information when talking with the intelligence committee or is that normal for them? is he just following routine procedure here? >> you know, i would say that certainly there is a cultural, as well as a policy framework for when individual members of congress approach the department and when committees do. what the department has to look at is, is this within the scope of the committees responsibilities and clearly it is. is this in th...

Contents of the testimony, but i can tell you the director spend three, three and a half hours with us. on the areas he was willing to discuss we had a very in-depth set of questions and answers. but there were very large areas that were walled off. those walls are going to have to come down if we are going the do our job. >> is there a standard for the fbi director or intelligence director to withhold information when talking with the intel committee? is that normal for them? is he following ro...

Further marginalize groups. thats how its been used. and its not different from other policies. its not unique. but please understand the body does not see heroin like different from oxycontin or even different from things like alcohol. thats us constructing this. not the body. >> so that is incredibly provocative. i want to talk about that policy framework. bring both of you in on hillary clintons plan to address these issues. i could feel our deadlines racing towards us. we didnt need a loan. ...

American drones have aggressively chased terrorists from the mountains of pakistan to the desert of yemen. high-tech warfare consistently defended by the obama administration. >> to stop plots, prevent future attacks, and to save american lives. >> reporter: in his state of the union address, president obama laid out a broad legal justification for this use of deadly force. >> my administration has worked tirelessly to forge a durable, legal, and policy framework to guide our counterterrorism ef...

Un-american to abide by what the founding fathers set up. >> where necessary to a range of capabilities, we will continue to take direct action against those terrorists who pose the gravest threat to americans. now, as we do, we must enlist our values in the fight. thats why my administration has worked tirelessly to forge a durable, legal, and policy framework to guide our counterterrorism efforts. throughout, we have kept congress fully informed of our efforts. i recognize that in our democrac...

Those terrorists who pose the gravest threat to americans. now, as we do, we must enlist our values in the fight. thats why my administration has worked tirelessly to forge a durable, legal, and policy framework to guide our counterterrorism efforts. throughout, we have kept congress fully informed of our efforts. i recognize that in our democracy, no one should just take my word for it that were doing things the right way, so in the months ahead, i will continue to engage congress to ensure not...

Alarm bells. you know, dense neighborhoods near jobs and transportation are a good places to live and particularly for folks that dont have a lot of other opportunities, we dont want to push them out to the extremities, which is also something weve seen happening and thats what our policy framework is right now. >> i grew up in prince georges county right on the northeast corner of washington, d.c., and without revealing my birthday, all i can remember, which is fine, 1960. without -- but i feel...

Washington, d.c., has been fondly known for so many years as chocolate city, but because its predominantly african-americans and also because there are large numbers of african-americans who live in the city that are highly educated that are doing very, very well. theyre raising their children. their children have access to excellent education and it seems to me that if were going to talk about how we sort of stave this off, you know, government cant come in and say when white people move into t...