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President dive into some of the policy points here. >> lets talk about russia and the revelation that there was another revelation at the g 20. again, this is a credibility issue. they have not been truthful. certain things, a number of times so far during this administration. what sort of credit biblt to do they have left to say this is not a big deal. >> the white house has been pushing back on some of the reporting from ian bremer now. it lasted roughly an hour. the white house said it was qu...

Monument in par saw, poland. how many minutes? 37 minutes, 36-and-a-half minutes. joe, a lot of a review of polands history for the first part of the speech, but got so some questions in terms of goals near the end there. >> you know the first half of the speech was packed with platitudes and drive and obvious talking points and was an extremely disappointing speech for anyone hoping to get policy points out of it, i will say, towards the end, though, after he got past reminding poland that they...

Be focused on the bigger picture. >> its a heck of a lot easier to cover 140 characters here or there and what the president may be saying about the media here or there than to learn the finer points of how medicaid is funded in this country and how that water would not change under the senate bill, how the child care tax credit might affect your family. they dont cover the finer policy points. >> greg: president trump had more to say about the media in an event honoring veterans. he said "the f...

This question. >> why cant he take the heat? >> this kind of gets to the point thats been made and -- >> exactly. this is the point thats been made so im not sure why were continuing to ask the same question. >> you talk about being personally affected by all of this as well. and that nothing is wrong with the president fighting fire with fire is the argument that youre making. so i would ask this, sort of on a personal level, you have sat here and talked about your family from this podium, are ...

>> yes, the point is made, i dont know why we continue to talk about it. >> you talk about being a fighter, personally affected by all of this as well. and that nothing is wrong with the president fighting fire with fire which is the argument youre making. i ask this to you from a personal level. you have talked about your family, are going to tell your kids the behavior is okay. >> i have been asked before as role models, as a perm of faith but have one perfect role model. when i am asked that ...

A transfer of wealth from the poor to the wealthy. president obama spoke out on facebook on his page hitting back on this fight to dismantle his signature domestic legislation achievement saying the senate bill unveiled today is not a health care bill. smau tweaks over the course of the next couple weeks cannot change the fundamental meanness at the core of this legislation. so, john, what well see next week is the senate that is going to be debating this, going get a cbo score and hope to have ...

Going up, deductibles were too high. this proposal doesnt help that. and to congressman crists point, we think about medicaid, when you think about plan t parenthood, whats good about this repeal? >> well, obamacare is failing the american people and thats true, everybody can recognize that. my state of louisiana, premiums have gone up on average over 120%. this bill -- >> this bill doesnt solve that. >> well, its starting point in the senate and theyll go through their negotiations and hopefull...

Entire country. 54,000. thats it. more people work at whole foods than in coal mines jobs. i think the president has the wrong focus. i am more concerned about his poor policy focus than i am the fact that he lies about the numbers. we should be moving to a clean energy solution narrative. we should be moving to funding jobs that are in solar, in these clean energy alternatives that are glowing at a rate of 5-1, that will put these people who were in coal mines who no longer have jobs back to wo...

That change during the actual campaigns from the time he was actually given the most favorable coverage of other gop candidates for president and when it came time to recognize this as a legitimate candidate, the one who is likely to ascend -- not assigned, but be elected president, i saw a media should be doing, they started critiquing the actual policy points. >> to that point, arent independent journalist supposed to be above that fray? we are going to cover what youre actually doing. david r...

Politicians on the campaign trail, however we need a demand that these same politicians, when they come back to washington, they enact the legislation that is necessary to put real solutions to the problem. thats why we support marco rubio. we support his bill. today is another sign that president trump is adhering to his campaign promises. over the last two years, we for the president talking about a need for a ten-point plan to reform the va. this legislation will help him accomplish over half...