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It cant enforce executive orders, it cant pass legislation, as we saw last night. it cant prioritize the presidents agenda. it cant stay on message. scaramucci is the latest surreal twist in all of this. the fundmental problem is that donald trump, an outsider president, who has no idea of how to govern, in my opinion needs an empowered white house chief of staff who knows the ropes who can execute his agenda and most importantly tell him what he doesnt want to hear. this is a west wing populate...

Around at least for now. we are told he has a pretty close relationship with secretary kelly while they have sort of been at the beginning of this administration. so, he may come on sort of better footing with this new chief of staff than we might have expected, considering that bannons name was thrown around as someone who could potentially be on the ropes as well. it does not sound like he will be departing, at least not now. >> i want to remind our viewers were waiting to speak live with rein...

The white house chief of staff, did the communications director of the white house accused you of being a fing schizophrenic, what would you do? >> number one, you cant run a white house where you have members publicly shooting at one another while the president needs the support of a strong staff in order to be able to conduct policy. you just cant do that. and as chief of staff, if the communications director publicly said something like that, then i would have a very serious talk with the com...

You can see their journey through the jail walls along a makeshift ladder. eventually, they get to the roof. authorities say the fugitives cut and moved aside that barbed wire, then anchored their ropes to the wall right there, and repelled down the building. the three men were being held in jail over charges ranging from murder to attempted murder, kidnapping and torture, later showing themselves nearly 400 miles away in santa cruz, and holed up in a van in san francisco. >> friday night in san...

Secretary sarah huckabee sanders responded with this. >> i dont know if he has an opinion on what they should do between the two of them. i think the president, as always, enjoys healthy competition and conversation and he sees that as such. >> okay. how can this go on? because this is all happening as were following major breaking news an capitol hill. senators on the verge to repeal parts of obamacare seven years in the making. bernie sanders will be my guest in a couple of moments. i want to ...

Please the conservative base. i think he needs it psychologically in order to feel mobilized to go forward and feel empowered. as you see, its extremely divisive. when you look at the polling on some of these issues where the broad american citizenry stands and the more centrist republicans that he needs to coral to get health care done. steve bannon and reince priebus feel like theyre on the ropes. scaramucci is in. hey, guys, dont forget, im still loving you, maybe its a message to them righ...

Being encouraged to over the past 24, 48 hours, youve seen this ground swell of support to try to signal sessions, conservatives have your back, dont go anywhere, focus on immigration and other issues is really fascinating push back from republicans. >> the domino effect from other people in the cabinet, if youre treating jeff sessions today, what does it say about your management style. this is the attorney general who has a unique place because of the investigation. >> and it wasnt just a mont...

Mission into a terrible military catastrophe. >> 12 soldiers killed. >> why let them drag by ropes through the streets. >> we have gone way beyond what our original intention was in somalia and its time to get out. >> after two days of stinging criticism, the president said today the u.s. needs to, and i quote now,en collude its role in somalia. >> if the american people are to say yes to u.n. peace keeping, the united nations must know when to say no. >> there was enormous pressure on the clint...

Say -- sorry. go ahead. >> we can talk about the optics and the pr all we want but we cant lose site that there is something going on. meddled in our election and there is a good enough. a good intuitive cents that the white house, current white house, donald trump and his family, were somehow involved in that and there is certainly colluding after the fact by covering up and refusing to investigation. >> and for all his attack on washington, this city where there are a lot of good professional ...

Were dying by the thousands. >> americans are very generous about putting their treasure and lives on the line, but we have to be disciplined and careful where we do st. >> when president clinton came into office, there was a reluctance to get american forces involved. we were trying to figure out what is americas moral responsibility. if, in fact, people are being killed and we know about it. >> stunning news from somalia. the deadliest battle l yet involving u.s. forces. >> the battle began af...