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Official travel, he receives per deep as all government employees do. when hes on personal time, he does not receive per diem. >> right. so this is certainly something worthy of looking into. in other words, for those weekends he is not receiving per diem. one of the questions is, is he receiving the per diem on friday when hes staying home. that is something weve sought to examine and will continue to examine. that is a relevant question. the tripses are definitely related. hes doing meetings t...

President of the united states is talking about his predecessor as, you know, cheatin obama. hes still talking about crooked hillary. if mr. obama had done that or george w. bush had done that, you just cant imagine former presidents doing that. and now it just seems kind of normal. >> it does, and thats a shame. its part of this presidents war on norms, institutions, checks and balances. he goes after his predecessors of both parties. he goes after the free press, attacking this network and oth...

Between special counsel robert mueller and lawyers president trump, the "washington post" reports that he was looking at the president as a subject of his investigation but does not consider him a criminal target at this point. mueller also relaying to mr. trumps team that investigators are compiling a report about the presidents actions and possible obstruction of justice, stressing that he needs to interview mr. trump, according to the "post". president trump ramping up tough talks on immigrat...

Others in the uk. he did not, however, exactly lead the way. shortly before the expulsion, mr. trump congratulated vladimir putin on winning what was a rigged re-election. on the same call, he talked about them meeting at the white house. as for the presidents claim to be the toughest president ever on russia, that might come as a surprise to his predecessors. >> it shall be the policy of this nation to regard any nuclear missile launched from cuba against any nation in the western hemisphere as...

Economys doing well. the american publics pretty happy with that. and, you know, he feels pretty good about it. >> paul, it is interesting, though. every now and then i like to step back and realize how strange this is, that the president of the united states is talking about his predecessor as, you know, cheatin, obama. hes still talking about crooked hillary. if mr. obama had done that or george w. bush had done that, you just cant imagine former presidents doing that. and now it just seems ki...

Forms of aggression to undermine our open societies and the foundations of international peace and stability. russia brazenly and implausibly denies its actions, and we have failed to impose sufficient costs. >> he said he welcomed the u.s.s decision to expel 60 russian diplomats, but when he uses the words "we have failed," i dont think the president of the united states likes to acknowledge that his administration has failed. >> exactly. and we have a scenario whereby president trump keeps doi...

These houses! yes, yes and yes. and dont forget about them. uh huh, sure. still yes! xfinity delivers gig speed to more homes than anyone. now you can get it, too. welcome to the party. >> special counsel robert mueller, reportedly telling attorneys of president that he is not the subject of a criminal investigation at this time. and president saying he is getting testifier on moscow. >> good evening president trump tried to make case he is been tougher on russia than any of his predecessors, he...

Been sort of thinking about in. and its is his decision making based on intelligence information and policy process, or does he just sort of say what comes to mind in the moment. >> remember, he said he was going to pull out of syria, right? we dont know -- we still dont know where that came from. or does it come from what he watches on television? >> the question is this state of emergency with the honduras caravan, does he need to put troops on the border? if there is, why is there such an ima...

>> well find out. ill let you know. there will be a time when ill let you know. youre going to find out very quickly. see what happens. >> if you couldnt hear the question, how do you see putin? is he a friend or foe. the president didnt really say. >> no, this was another example of trump he waffled again on defining the status of his relationship with vladimir putin. thats his go-to strategy and he missed a key opportunity. i staff a lot of these meetings with the baltic states, for example. t...

>> martha: i think it can be understood that actions speak louder than words. the president has said he believes he can have a good relationship with vladimir putin and yet he stands there with these three countries which you know putin would love to find a way to get back under the mother russia title. >> its interesting because we are pushing back on russia and confronting him more than his predecessors did. he is conspicuous in his silence and not criticizing putin for anything. so whats goin...