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A bind, familiar to his predecessors careening towards a confrontation with iran and stalemating to north korea. dispatching 1,000 more troops to the middle east in part of the escalation with iran but in the policy schizophrenia, secretary of state out with a more dove-like message. >> we are there to deter aggression. president trump does not want war and we will continue to communicate that message while doing things necessary to protect american interests in the region. >> reporter: the poli...

Mike pompeo says he expects that president trump will raise the protests with xi at that summit in japan. cnns andrew stevens is in hong kong. andrew, how big, how surprising a defeat is this for the chinese president? >> reporter: i think a lot of people in hong kong were surprised, given the fact that xi jinping is seen as much more authoritarian than his immediate predecessors and has drawn a hard line with hong kong over many things. you go back to 2014 when we had this occupy movement for 7...

>> no sighting of the elusive first lady. >> setting her own trends. >> everybody has a different taste. >> the jacket -- >> the jacket -- >> this jacket -- >> i dont think she can shake it, do you? >> not to mention coping with the intense scrutiny of her marriage. >> i get the feeling that she cares less about what people think than any of her predecessors. >> tonight, questions. >> do you think the public will come to understand her more? >> shes become a very popular first lady. >> curiosity...

They are very busy, especially during state dinners. >> grisham is in constant touch with the first lady. >> working in the east wing, being so small, we are tight knit. we have to be. we are very close. >> melanias east wing has 12 staff members, fewer than her predecessors. >> on a given day, we would have three or four events. it was a juggle. >> this man was the social secretary in the obama white house. >> mrs. obama had initiatives that she launched throughout the administration. so we wer...

Election dirt. that made waves. hes discussing decisions he could make now that could affect his predecessors. he was referring to redesigning air force one. >> the surprise from the president, the first look at an updated aircraft, a new look for air force one that he designed himself. >> heres your new air force one. and im doing that for other presidents, not for me. >> its scheduled to arrive in 2024, the exterior getting a make over with a new red, white and blue paint scheme, a departure f...

The bill has been suspended, the government made a big compromise. it may not be perfect to the demonstration. but maybe near 1 million people are also very disappointed. we just draw the line to keep peace in hong kong but not just contain you to spread this. >> in the last 20 years, the chief executives previous three predecessors has avoided the issue of plugging the loophole of criminals in many countries in the world, committing offenses and coming to hong kong and remaining untouched. curr...

In the last 20 years, the chief executives previous three predecessors have avoided the issue of plugging the loophole of criminals of many countries in the world committing offences and coming to hong kong and remain untouched. we signed an extradition bill. so, she wanted to take on this impossible challenge. and she made the strategic mistake, by tieing this with a murder case and trying to rush it through. the case of the taiwan murder case needs to happen -- >> i understand, the suspect cou...

Marriage. >> i get the feeling that she cares less about what people think than any of her predecessors. >> white house reporter kate bennett joins us with more on her special report, "woman of mystery, melania trump." she didnt seek out such a public role as first lady. now that the president is about to launch his re-election bid on tuesday, any chance she will be taking a more active part this time around? >> i mean, just looking at the past, the campaign for his first presidency as well as t...

One graphic well show you, we talked about the advantages the president has. no greater advantage than this one. $109 million the president raised since taking office, dwarfing what his two predecessors made. 11 million for obama, 2.4 million for george h.w. bush. thats something putting him on a firm footing as he kicks off his campaign in orlando on tuesday. >> mike viqueira for us. thanks for starting us off. david leventhal and jonathan allen, national political reporter with nbc news. goo...

Even the new york times yesterday admitted that mister trump prefers to speak for himself and takes questions fro reporters on a far more regular basis than most of his recent predecessors. we remember obama hardly did an press conferences. by the way the presidents may b some say his own best spokesperson, but should the office of the press secretary lay vacant? what does he actually need to. who better to ask than two men who have held that difficult post. the first press secretary for preside...