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Ceremony. white house sources tell cnn the president actually wanted to hold a year-end news conference like so many of his predecessors but was persuaded not to do so by top aides. instead, the president used the signing ceremony to tout his achievements and to complain that he doesnt get enough credit for them. and were also following beaking news. the house intelligence committee russia investigators are interviewing one of the presidents longest-serving aides, rowena graph, for more than t...

Who came up to the hill and had 18 hours of intense questioning behind closed doors and very little reporting on it and from what i understand is its because both democrats and republicans at least on the house side were shocked by what he said about the handling of the russia investigation. and how that came about and why its being pursued so much. i think we are going to be seeing more action in the house at least and it will make for an interest accident 2017. >> shocking turn of events with ...

Were snubbed. but i think we can have a thicker skin than that. we are the worlds global power. we are number one in the world. we got to stay focused on what foreign aid is trying to do. i would hold money back from the u.n., it is in desperate need of your form. secretary general president trump sat there and said they were going to do that, but i would make their money conditional on them moving toward that reform. >> shannon: i know that you think there are much bigger issues at play in the ...

Child molester. i think charlottesville crystallized what the core complaint about donald trump has been throughout his public life which is that he brings forward blatantly bigoted views and that he has a soft spot for people like those tiki torch marchers. that he does see some redeeming quality in white nationalism and that, you know, to coats point. hes the first white president and unabashedly white nationalist and thats where he still stands even now. i think not since woodrow wilson have ...

But i think we can have a thicker skin than that. we are the worlds global power. we are number one in the world. we got to stay focused on what foreign aid is trying to do. i would hold money back from the u.n., it is in desperate need of your form. secretary general president trump sat there and said they were going to do that, but i would make their money conditional on them moving toward that reform. >> shannon: i know that you think there are much bigger issues at play in the middle east ri...

Welcome back. new figures reveal a drop in life expectancy in the u.s. with the opioid epidemic playing a major role. more than 63,000 people died of drug overdoses in 2016. the cdc said drug related deaths serves 21% from the previous year. 42,000 of those deaths were opioid related. mortal dity recline. third leading death after heart disease and cancer declined in 2016. >> office trump has boasted presidential achievements outweigh those of predecessors. one of the many examples, few, if any,...

Was to build a unifying message. he didnt run on one. he ran on a sectarian message. since the inauguration, he has not done anything to try to widen his base, and thats why hes doubling down, and he wants people to see that even doubling down, hes a success. its a shame. >> douglas, as far as approval ratings are concerned, president trump even in the same league as his predecessors. his low approval rating is lower than all of the previous presidents approval ratings. is passing tax reform eno...

And theres always the possibility that president trump will emerge from this without any charges whatsoever, although others who have worked with him will not, obviously. but russia is the issue here. and i must say, as someone who spent my life in foreign policy, that president trump is exhibiting behavior towards putin, i think, thats very puzzling towards everybody. theres this assault on the american election. theres putins invasion and occupation and annexation of crimea. president trump do...

But as someone who spent my life in foreign policy, that president trump is exhibiting behavior towards putin thats puzzling towards everybody. theres this assault on the american election. theres putins invasion and occupation of crimea. the senate voted 98-2 to impose sanctions on russia, and those sanctions have not been implemented by the trump administration. congress makes the laws in our society, not the executive branch. so the president, i think, is acting in a way that none of his pred...

Qualifications. has the administration learned its lesson on vetting when it comes to these nominations. >> the administration said that just the fact they had to withdraw the nominations of three u.s. district court nominees really is par for the course in terms of president trumps predecessors. its interesting when president trump allegedly spoke with senator john kennedy a republican for louisiana who is really the one who grilled matthew peterson during his confirmation hearing and sort of g...