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Of all of this. president trump there flanked by his top national security. some of his top diplomatic advisors. >> whats most striking is the fact theres been four of these sort of press availability where the president has been peppered with questions on variety of different topics of the course of the last 36 hours with the president announcing he will do major news conference in washington, d.c. on monday. something has changed for the president. perhaps hes advised by his new chief of staff...

Have been best employed at a time when the north koreans had actually done something or were threatening to do something. the fact that it happened on the basis of a press report of an intelligence document of an intelligence assessment makes this a very unique challenge for the state department and for secretary tillerson. now, they have to work threw this kind of rhetoric before they can begin to get the north koreans to start to talk or to start to at least minimize some of the actions they h...

One that keeps you connected to what matters most. >> shepard: the battle over healthcare, president trump putting pressure on republican lawmakers during lunch this afternoon to get a deal done. turn tolize a collins congressional reporter with "usa today." in the rotunda, i guess theres demonstrators out there today? >> there are a lot of demonstrators. i dont know if you can hear them. every floor all spread out. were hearing, like, hundreds. >> the president is applying pressure on these sen...

Why did he do nothing from august all the way to november? >> follow-ups for you on that mr. president. you again think it was russia. your intelligence agencies have been far more definitive. >> i heard it was 17 agencies. i said boy, thats a lot. do we even have testimony that intelligence agencies, right? lets cheng it. we did very heavy research. it turned out to be three or four. it wasnt 17. and many of your compatriots had to changed their reporting and had to apologize and correct. >> th...

But ner in a bind because of the promises on this and the fact that the gop base may punish them if they dont deliver. >> and phil to your point earlier, the presidents comment after all the hull a boo lieu on the house version in the house version in the end he found it to be mean opinion the newtering remark at the end of the press availability. if we cant get a deal well live with that. that must be driving some of the republicans crazy. >> it is certainly. and the other thing that is botheri...

Listen. >> you want me to sing my praises? is that what you are saying? why should i? well, im a master legislator. i am a strategic, politically astute leader. i am -- my leadership is recognized by many around the country and that is why i am able to attract the support that i do. ed: democrats dont seem to be buying it though her own staff was putting out suggested tweets. tweet tweet #stand with nancy. they are worried. steve: at the same time she was giving press availability there in the h...

Like wisconsin, for example. this week aetna said we are out. we are done with the exchange. if you have cancer and you are in wisconsin right now god forbid its tragic. have you got to deal with it how is obamacare helping if you insurance companies are running? ainsley: he said if you like your doctor can you keep your doctor. premium going up. >> ed: what if you listened to him on that and didnt come true. went dhant do people harm when they lost their doctors? steve: remember when the olden ...

Room. you have to dig in the agencies and the dark corners of the white house, which a lot of reporters are doing. in terms of the amount of information were getting out of white house, its actually in some ways higher than in previous administrations. its just information they dont want out. >> i believe spicer when he says he hasnt had a conversation with him about russia. this may be one area -- >> but why not is the question? >> around christmastime i was talking to a united states senator w...

Near future. >> he seemed to be hinting that there are recordings of those conversations. >> im not hinting anything. >> when will you tell us? >> over a fairly short period of time. >> so it was during that same press availability that president trump said he would even testify under oath about the meeting with james comey, but some republican lawmakers warn not so fast. >> thats a matter for the president. but like we say, we havent seen enough facts that make this -- where anyone would be req...

As soon as james comeys testimony was over today, that lawyer went into a press availability and denied this claim, denied that the president ever tried to shut down the flynn investigation. he denied it on the presidents behalf again in no uncertain terms. they are declaring essentially that this is the hill they want to die on. >> the president never in form or substance directed or suggested that mr. comey stop investigating anyone, including the president never suggested that mr. comey, quot...