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Crises a public health emergency. a different technical term which basically makes it a little easier for states to shift some very limited funds dedicated to other problems. trump did use his press availability today to tell a personal story designed to demonstrate his empathy for those facing addiction. >> i had a brother, fred. great guy, best looking guy, best personality, much better than mine. but he had a problem. he had a problem with alcohol, and he would tell me, dont drink. and to thi...

Find out who it is. im sure that will come out. if i were to guess, i have one name in mind. it will probably be revealed. >> can you say definitively, the dnc, are you going, yes or no? >> i would rather not say but youll be surprised. >> harris: the president giving a lot of access to the media there on the south lawn as he gets ready to get on marine one, heading down to dallas, texas. in fact, my next guest, lets get reaction from republican congressman of texas, a member of the house judici...

>> jon: thank you, william. take you now to the intelligence chairman holding a press availability to make an announcement regarding the intelligence committee in the u.s. house. lets listen. >> well keep you posted with further details. let me go to mr. desantis filling in for mr. gowdy today. >> we do have a witness who was a confidential informant who wants to talk about his role in this and were in contact with the justice department to release him from a non-disclosure agreement. if that do...

Case commonwealth, and local resources coming together for the folks there. they also -- this is the second time this week the president spoke for over half an hour to open press. and hes one of the most, if not the most accessible president in modern times. he and mitch mcconnell, the leader of the senate the other day, holding about 30 minutes in the rose garden with the press. today 36 minutes or so with the governor of puerto rico, willing to talk and answer questions. many times, harris, be...

Year. thats why the budget director, mick mulvaney, expressed some frustration with the senate as he was interviewed with brian kilmeade this morning. >> im frustrated and the president is frustrated and people back home are frustrated. they ran promising to repeal and replace obamacare. they havent done that. and tax reform and were hitting a hurtle. we want to folks in the senate to deliver on their promises. >> the president has a joint press availability for the greek president. the possibil...

Went further writing top the damn lying. youre the president. i went to dover air force base with 44 and saw him comfort the families of fallen military and dea. near the end of that impromptu press conference yesterday he clarified the earlier comments about president obama never calling families of the fallen. listen here. >> president trump: president obama, i think probably did sometimes. maybe sometimes he didnt. i dont know. thats what i was told. all i can do is ask my generals. other pre...

>> why? >> they want to get tax cuts. tax cuts is a huge shiny bubble that justifies humiliating yourself. you are the senate majority leader. whether what you think of mcconnell, he had a career for three decades. you stand there and basically you have to say nice things about donald trump. we have been friends for a long time. i look forward to working with him. its pathetic. he doesnt have to go out attacking donald trump every day. dont go to a will bech. dont stand next to him for 40 minute...

Wh why he loves -- attacking them, then the establishment republicans feel they need donald trump to defend him against the bannonites. the bannonites wants trumps approval. hes pulling the strings. i was struck by that with mcconnell today, he enjoyed having mcconnell squirming and looking uncomfortable as trump went on and on at the press availability. >> thank you so much, every time you come we look forward to it. appreciate it. bill kristol who we should tell our viewers even when the subje...

>> finally, give me a numeric chance that when the next congress comes in, the gop will have a majority, but it will include nationalist bannon iet numbers and the new senate could as well, meaning not a did he factor governing majority. >> i think the civil war is real. i think the gop may not have a majority. its real. and trump loves -- thats why he loves having bannon attacking them and then the establishment republicans feel they need donald trump to defend him against the bannon eyesight. ...

Well he didnt, he didnt go the whole 100% and say well its done, im going to scrap it. so i think he gives congress an opportunity to take another look at it. and to see what needs to be changed. >> ive got jim sciutto whos joining me that president trump plans to desert if i the iran unequivocally leer deal next wee >> i was able to go into a press availability with the iranian president and he was expressing his distaste with all of this. it was interesting, rouhani when asked about the deal, ...