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About this, one of the things the president brought up which his predecessors have done, the idea of sending militarized troops to the border. in the past it was national guard troops. the president broadly said the military, so not sure what he means, but he is talking about until the wall is built sending troops there. what do you think? >> i think we all want to be able to control our border, full stop. but first of all, the idea of building a 30 foot wall for 2,000 miles, very expensive. 30 ...

Soldier with a rifle, an m-16 would do to guard a boarder? isnt that dangerous? they cant shoot people for coming into the country? i mean, i always wondered. that seems like a cumbersome deployment, susan. >> it is one thats been used before. george w. bush sent national guardsmen to the border, barack obama sent some, too. it sounded like. >> what were the duties? >> their dues i think were to patrol the border and try to keep people from coming over illegally. but i think president trump will...

Blame squarely on democrats. >> the democrats have really let them down. they have really let them down. they had this great opportunity. the democrats have really let them down. its a shame. and now people are taking advantage of daca and thats a shame. >> give me one second. first, michael bender, white house reporter for "the wall street journal." michael, nice to see you. all these outbursts from the president, name the issue. i want you to tell me who has been in his ear in the last couple ...

Dont look at sinclaire as a media company, look at sinclaire as a company that wants to curry favor with the federal government. think about when if 2017 when you had companies bragging about opening up factories in the united states -- which they were probably going to do anyway, but crediting donald trump with doing that which allowed him to tweet it out. or think about the announcement of bonuses to workers after the tax bill was passed. again, primarily that money went to share buybacks but ...

Predecessors, obama and bush, both thought, okay, i can magically make the relationship good. i have the qualities, unlike my foolish predecessor, to have a terrific russia policy. the reset didnt work. cannon actually said years ago that the problems with u.s./russia relations are structural. whats interesting to me is at the end of the cold war everybody said, oh, that cannon, what a genius. but then everybody forgot that he said our problems are not so much communist as much as they are russi...

Predecessors, like obama and like bush, both thought, okay, i can magically make the relationship good, i have the qualities unlike my foolish predecessor to have a terrific russia policy. the reset didnt work, bushs soul gaze didnt work, the problem with u.s.-russia relations are structural and whats interesting to me is that at the end of the cold war, everybody said, oh, that cannon, what a genius, but everybody forgets that our problem is not that their communist, its that their russians. no...

>> after 400 years as a muslim temple, the crusaders replaced the crescent across the sacred dome of the rock with a cross and turn it into a church. >> partly motivated by religious zeal partly motivated by simple desire for conquestions. >> the crusaders were exclusionary. muslims were not allowed to live in christian areas. >> jerusalem remains in christian hands until 1187 when the hero of islam draws together the muslim near east to recover the holyland. >> as the muslims close in on jerusa...

>> people look to him because hes a voice of conscience, and its a voice that has an authenticity to it because it doesnt speak for a political party. it doesnt speak for a national interest. its a voice of integrity, and he calls us to be the best we can be. >> in march of 2000, pope john paul ii apologizes for the crusades and the violent campaigns of his predecessors. >> translator: we are asking forgiveness for the use of violence in the name of truth and for the attitudes of indifference an...

One american and one british on a counter isis operation were killed when their vehicle hid an ied. the presidents comments are also contrary to what hes insisted in the past, that he didnt telegraph his moves. >> i have a substantial chance ever winning. if i win, i dont want to broadcast to the in-any exactly what my plan is. let me tell you, this is what obama does. were going to leave iraq on a certain date. >> reporter: the president has also been a tough critic of his predecessors in the m...

Been left in charge of these failed programs that are not serving our nations veterans. these people need to be removed. elizabeth: when we talk about the agency as whole, were talking about 360,000 of folks in the agency and talking 186 billion annual budget. this is a huge task he has in front of him. some have argued that he doesnt necessarily have the experience to take it on and whats your response to that? >> his predecessors, you could argue had a lot of experience in the public and priva...