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Right? the sort of constant talk about president obama and what president obamas administration didnt do in regards to flynn. again, that has essentially made obama or obama aides to come out and talk about this conversation. when spicer was leaving, was president obama right about flynn? was he right to warn you about flynn and it turns out he was. trumps inability to accept that he was wrong about flynn. >> its all a diversion. you want to talk about leaks, you want to talk about sally yates l...

Security clearance woonce its issued. >> what we know is what we knew at the time. does knowing what the white house knows now, does the white house, does the president believe that general flynn should not have had that clearance reissued last year, number one. and number two, does the white house believe that general flynn was truthful when he filled out his form for the investigation last year? >> im not going to get into those details. that is something that was adjudicated by the obama admi...

Strongest opponent against your president? >> going back to that bernie sanders point, simone sanders kept telling me hes a democratic socialist, and she of course was his press secretary during the campaign. i would say the silver bullet would be michelle obama. remember when she would go after trump, everybody cheered. trump never went after her on twitter, never really went out there on twitter. the points were always strong. republicans and democrats all agree that michelle obama was a very ...

People are going to lose pre-existing protections, they are. 20 million people will lose coverage, they are. insurance premiums will go up by 15%. all that is right. but because the senate, a lot of money flowing the the states to take care of people in the medicaid program, because the medicaid program takes care of about half of the births in this country, a lot of senior care, a lot of people with disabilities, $800 billion plus is going to be cut from medicaid would be incredibly painful to ...

>> of course. i think warren would hit. but heres my dark horse candidate. al franken. >> i was about a half a second ahead of you because he knows tv, and hes funny. >> yes. >> and he could cut him up. >> he would. >> and he wouldnt be afraid of him. >> he wouldnt be afraid at all. >> you guys keep mentioning -- >> mr. republican, sir. what do you think -- >> going back to that bernie sanders point, simone sanders kept telling me hes a democratic socialist, and she of course was his press secre...

Obviously tax reform would be much more complicated. when will we see the details? when will we see the actual plan? >> we are moving as quickly as we can. so we are working with the house and senate on all the details, and this is -- everybody has an agreement we are going to move this as fast as we can. when we have an agreement, we will release the details and go through it. >> second question, will the president release his tax returns so that -- >> the president has no intention. the presid...

To take action -- more acting in syria? >> you know, italy is an important player and supporter of european integration. do you believe that actually a strong europe is important there -- for the united states also looking forward at a french election. second question, you said you look forward to coming to italy for the g-7. is it possible to meet during your visit? >> interpreter: syria, we

With the iraq government on how this should look in the future. is that has the white house given the military authority to preemptively strike at syria if in fact you had knowledge of a looming chemical attack? then i have north korea question. >> no. >> youve not been given authority to preemptively strike if you know of a syrian attack? >> no, we have not. >> thank you. does the u.s. view chlorine barrel bombs as a chemical weapon? the second question. going back to north korea. are there any...

Full-fledged plan. its hard work and it will take time. >> i would just add on the question directed to me here, the campaign plan remains where we thought that it would be at this particular point. obviously engaged in very difficult fighting in mosul and around the iraq area. we anticipated the fighting would be difficult at this particular part and thats exactly what were seeing. again, we certainly wont put a time line on this. it will ultimately prove to us be wrong. i think this is proceed...

You, secretary mattis mentioned that assad has used chemical weapons the lot in the past several years. what are we talking about there? chlorine or something more specific? >> i can answer the question. you asked him about my answer, if you wish. we have -- of course weve seen chlorine. its been documented by independent medical authorities. they have been using chemical weapons. youre correct. thats what were looking at. as far as the -- >> no other nerve agents that youve seen other than the ...