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And this is the scene, shannon. >> shannon: youre doing an excellent job and your crew as well-being there for days so the rest of the country is seeing going on. stay safe. theyre bracing to be hit in louisiana because harvey is moving there. eric, there have been a lot of lessons learned from katrina in louisiana and beyond. it has helped them to be more pre-set with things theyll need as the storm rolls in now to the east. >> eric: they have learned that from katrina. what we just saw in term...

And again, they are going to have dinner together and we are waiting for remarks and news from a meeting. standing by with us and well go backing to the podium and well keep up the picture so we will not miss anything. well go to david, this brings back memories, david, leland used an interesting term about a re- set of saudi relations and re- set of israeli relations. >> each of our allies hope to get more out of the administration. there was a lot of hope that president trump would be a strong...

We absolutely do, we just dont need to tell you. >> i think the -- >> does getting this woman released show maybe theyre on to something? >> i think the most applicable theory of the case is he is a transactional president. he has signalled less of a problem with el sisi than obama did. maybe obama you cant point to the gains he got by showing american displeasure with crackdowns on human rights, trump welcomes him into the white house, tweets or speaks congrat laytively to erdogan, less of a pr...

A re-set to start to move forward and tax reform is going to be difficult. youre seeing some of the regulations that theyre going to do. those are easy. but its going to be very hard for them to build political capital to get some big things done. >> all right. this was, i believe, what you would consider the highlight from this news conference that wrapped up just a few moments ago. here is the white house press secretary. >> ive said it from the day that i got here until whatever, that there i...

Acknowledge theres a whole half of the country that didnt vote for him, and its time to start bringing people together, and its time to start annunciating a positive vision, because theres a lot of anxiety, and a lot of anger, and theres a lot of people really concerned about the direction of the administration, and i would like to see a little bridge building tonight. i think its a great opportunity for him to do that, and then, of course, all the other things your commentators have been talkin...

President. its a chance for a re-start, and he has to make the sell of his presidency thus far. but he also seems to be getting in his own way, blaming barack obama for the damaging leaks plaguing his white house and for being behind what we are seeing at the town halls. all this as lawmakers spar over the trump campaigns alleged ties to russia, and to think we are just 40 days in to the trump presidency. lets begin our coverage with senior washington correspondent, joe johns, at the white house...

Baltics. i think in a way step by president obama is a gift to the incoming trump administration because he doesnt have to act on it right away. he can say its happening. he may think he wants to lift those sanctions and his new secretary of state is on record as not liking sanctions. i think they are proportional measure to a very blatant hacking of our election season system. the impact we wont ever know. i think it was an appropriate stance to go back and say president obama has not stood up ...

The baltics. ball bal baltics. i think in a way step by president obama is a gift to the incoming trump administration because he doesnt have to act on it right away. he can say its happening. he may think he wants to lift those sanctions and his new secretary of state is on record as not liking sanctions. i think they are proportional measure to a very blatant hacking of our election season system. the impact we wont ever know. i think it was an appropriate stance to go back and say president o...

Hes doing this whole thing of we have to let the president-elect find his way and he wants to be supportive and not hypercritical, but at the same time, he just went on a trip. every foreign leader, not just angela merkle, were just stunned, bummed out, terrified. >> mm-hm. >> this is not a normal passage of power. and we shouldnt treat it as such, not that you do. something is off here. you know, trump met with media executives today, television executives and anchors. >> i heard that. i did no...

Executives and anchors. >> i heard that. i did not go. i heard my boss went. >> nor did i, but i did some reporting on it from the other side, and they were stunned. it began with a 20-minute rant about coverage. >> him criticizing the coverage. >> making fun of martha raddatz for crying on the air, which never happened. going on and on. this is not ordinary behavior. it was thought they were coming in for a so-called re-set, that was the term used by the press secretary. that went right out the...