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The counter message on all of the stories, he is being investigated for this and that. its not the message the administration wants, i dont think. >> let me ask you this. there are some people that would have concerns with the idea that the head of the epa is rolling back emission standards, does not seem to believe in human inputs into climate change. thats separate. these are policy issues. given that he is already a lightning rod for people that care about the environment, whats wrong with sc...

Of mass destruction on the soil of a nato ally. basically treated the idea as though it was in play. finally, brian, donald trump is all over the map on a lots of policy issues, domestic and foreign policy. there is one through line clear as day he wants to talk to vladimir putin, he want to befriend vladimir putin. there are a lot of people telling him to slow down and back off, and he doesnt. viewers may think that pretty string about that. >> and were going to get you a new microphone for you...

Finally, brian, donald trump is all over the map on a lots of policy issues, domestic and foreign policy. there is one through line clear as day he wants to talk to vladimir putin, he want to befriend vladimir putin. there are a lot of people telling him to slow down and back off, and he doesnt. viewers may think that pretty string about that. >> and were going to get you a new microphone for your lapel. >> lets take a turn into the mueller matter. whats the chance in some sort of sentencing sta...

Linger for a long time. we have to figure out, what do we like about social media, what can we tolerate and what cant we tolerate. until we have that conversation these issues will persist. >> melissa: is it a change in management, is it a change in their business model? i know im putting you on the spot. >> i think its a change in the story of how they create value for people, i think its going to mean they have to pull back from a lot of what they do and find an new source of revenue, that wil...

I think there is a mix here. you are likely going to see the democrats just want this as an issue heading into the election and we will see how that plays. tonight we have the ambassador to mexico, the mexican ambassador to the u.s. here on "special report" to talk about all these issues including the caravan you reference. >> melissa: i will be sure to watch that, thank you so much. china hitting back at president trumps tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. what retaliation could mean for our...

There is more to it than that. some of the other factors may be the idea that weve had a long run up and people take these opportunities to take a little money off the table. >> you got other issues like amazon, thats a big story, thats definitely affecting markets. when the tax sector suffers the market is going to suffer because thats the market these days. there are bigger issues and amazon and facebook are really at the forefront. >> melissa: im glad you brought that up because facebooks pro...

After a phone call with president trump, he made plans to meet with the president before his time in the administration suddenly and abruptly came to an end. >> we spoke the day he sent to the tweet out. just a few hours before and we talked a lot about issues in the va that were important and how we could continue to make progress on policy issues. we set up a meeting for the next day where i was going to meet with him at 11:00 in the morning. >> a vocal white house critic has said hes worried ...

>> we actually spoke the day that he sent the tweet out. just a few hours before. we talked a lot about issues at va that were important and how we could continue to make progress on policy issues. >> did you know after the conversation you were going to be fired? you expected it? did you think you had a shot at keeping your job? >> no, i did the not. in fact, we set up a meeting for next day where i was going to meet with him at 11:00 in the morning. >> you had a meeting on the calendar thursda...

Security detail that are armed. were in presidential succession. there was never any change to my security detail. its been that way for years. >> did you have somebody standing outside your office preventing certain political aides from having access to you? >> i always have my security detail on my floor outside my office. there was no change in protocol there. >> was there a change in who was allowed in to see you? >> well, when the political appointees decided that they were no longer going ...

Heilemann. the question of your job security has been in the news for a month or so now, a few weeks ago -- i know you went in for a meeting at the white house with the chief of staff and the president, some of the reporting that came out of that meeting suggested your view was part of your problem was that you were being undermined in a conspiratorial way by trump appointees on your staff and you lost trust in people who were placed around you in the department. is that right? >> that is part o...