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And human services for an update on how many of these children have been reunited. they have a court order now that instructs the administration to do two separate things. young children have to be reunited with their parents very quickly. older children with a little more time. its not even clear the administration has the resources to do that. >> right. what i make of it is its been a couple of very bad weeks for them on the pr standpoint on this. they had to backtrack on their policy. and so ...

Presidents have done it. giuliani and he are laying the groundwork to make the pardon seem kind of like a normal thing that many presidents do. giuliani is coming at it more from a pr standpoint as opposed to a legal standpoint. >> as we say the president criticized that decision by the judge to revoke paul manaforts bail. however in, a surprise q & a earlier this morning, trump tried to distance himself from his now incarcerated former campaign chairman. >> i think a lot of it is very unfair. i...

Information works. who can do it, who cant. much appreciated, sir. thank you very much. lets bring in an people, princeton professor eddie -- and editor of commentary magazine and contributing editor of the [ inaudible ] new york columnist. congratulation, you have more titles than anybody. >> its amazing. >> the justice of the peace of a small town. >> there you go, caitlin, ill admit, this for me rings much to do about nothing. but jeremy says its painting a picture of this hamstrings jared, w...

Plays from the pr standpoint, but the morality of it. the actual ethical nature of staking out ground like this and not sensitive to the issues of the accused. that is why you see the matters drag on as long as they do. they stake out ground that is outrageous. it takes a long time to walk it back. >> i think his knee jerk reaction is to be a con trkocon. no matter what it is, the president zigs when everybody else zags. we should not condemn it. he says there are good people on both sides. that...

The bottom line is he never should have been put in this position in the first place. we can all agree, even though were operating on a lot of hypotheticals, we dont know who knew what when in this whole horrible scandal, but his leadership in the white house, particularly general kelly, should have never put him in in position. he should have never had to make this statement in the first place. i do think he missed some points in his continued tweets, he misses the point that he should be ackno...

Of the presidents closest confidants. kaitlan collins joining us more on this. what are we hearing about hope hicks this morning? >> reporter: another stunning development as the white house continues to deal with the fallout from this rob porter scandal and that is the presidents relationship with one of his top aides, and closest confidantes, because sources are telling cnn that the president is growing increasingly frustrated with hicks and the role she has played in all of this, with rob por...

You kiss the ring and many people have. whether he gives money or not, a lot of people do go through that -- >> that sounds like harvey weinstein. >> its a similar thing. it goes both sides. you know, follow the money. and the money goes right into steve wynns office and a lot of people go there asking for that. so i think from a pr standpoint and just from a human decency standpoint, if i had a penny of his money, i would be writing a check tomorrow morning. >> maria, lets turn now to the diplo...

High profile position with the republican party. anyone who did accept money from him, if i were them, i was referring information to them, i would certainly suggest that they return the money and distance themselves from him. the thing with steve wynn is everyone that runs for president or runs for high office, if you go through las vegas, you go through steve wynns office and you kiss the ring. many people have. whether he gives money or not, a lot of people do go through that -- >> that sound...

Is can you explain the gap between draining the swamp and spending more than a million dollars on both personal and military travel combined? >> no. i cant explain it except one that either youre a hypocrite or you got so used to the perks of flying commercial. im sure its very nice to be able to have the plane wait on it. im sure its nice to be able not to have a whole bunch of people sitting next to you, strangers sitting next to you. its very nice. that becomes addictive. its easy as a member...

The faa authorization, that goes away, national flood insurance expires, thats a list of everything that happens at the end of september. but they were going to give up part of the recess. instead they didnt get healthcare done and theyre leaving anyway. >> they wont get anything done. when they do come back there is this talk maybe they can pivot to tax reform and lower peoples taxes and come back to the table on healthcare. as you point out there isnt any time to do any of those things because...