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Booming. but where are we in terms of the trump agenda? hes trying to negotiate a trade deal with china, congress on the sidelines for that. he needs congress to pass his new replacement for nafta. can he get that done this year? forget about this. this was a priority in the first two years of the trump administration. were not going to replace obamacare with nancy pelosi as speaker of the house. infrastructure. one applause line tonight most likely. build the wall. that is the big divide here i...

Women who wear uniforms, theyre making so much money and got so much in the bank they dont even know what theyre paycheck is. >> well, its more of a matter of fact the president of the united states doesnt care whether or not his lies or lack of facts are going over well with the troops or anybody else. sadly, one of the ways in which president trump is similar to other presidents is that he doesnt seem to have a problem lying to the troops or using them as convenient partisan and political pawn...

Im not sure how he thinks hes going to get the goal of getting them to spend more money by picking on merkel and making it harder for her to go to the legislature and get that money. >> th >> which raises the question, does the president want the goal, the policy progress, or does he just want the fight? well come back to this on trade in a few minutes. but the president has a point. the nato allies have committed to spend more. this goes back several presidencies. under obama, it started to go ...

Gets raves from the right. >> scott pruitt is himself unraveling a whole lot of regulations that obamas epa implemented. >> he is basically just taking a knife and whacking things from the epa that were implemented during the eight years of obama and he has become outside of trump the single biggest target. i hope scott pruitt hangs in. bottom line. >> we know where russia is. we have seen letters from conservatives to the white house and newspapers. is that it? is the policy progress in the pre...

Internal discipline, discipline for how the policy is working, discipline with respect to leaks, discipline with respect to the messaging. i think all of that has been in many ways lacking and you think the reactions youre seeing, fundamental reactions to some of the things that have come in the wake of charlottesville but even before that, the lack of policy progress on the hill and certainly challenges with the presidents communication and lack of coordination within the administration has bee...

Eventually across the florida straits. this will increase rain especially tomorrow for heavier downpours. the controversial proposal reportedly being floated by white house aides to deal with new violence in afghanistan. plus, president trump is said to head back overseas with meeting with president macron and the divisions and policy progress. thats coming up. whats the story behind green mountain coffee and fair trade? lets take a flight to colombia.

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Background music so it may be a little distracting but just listen closely. >> in the npr interview, you said the president is somewhat embarrassed by that. >> actually corrected it and said -- >> okay. >> distracted? >> its not true. its a distraction. >> all right so julian, which statement do you believe? >> i think its a little of both. im sure there is a sense of embarrassment when hes meeting with leaders from overseas and hes being asked about these kinds of questions and the story of the...