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Lets get more now from reporters who cover the white house. michael shere of "the new york time times", josh doszy, nanny carney of politico. i want to shift gears a little bit, you just posted a story, josh, on changes that could be coming to the white house. the long and short of this is the political operation could be changing in the face of the midterms. what do you know? >> theres a lot of frustration inside the white house about the political operation after defeats in virginia and partic...

From rex tillerson. called it confrontational. tweet won to some as offense to his legacy, including north korea. kimberly, start with you. first question a lot of people wondered when they read this, is the secretary defending a legacy he wants to continue or writing his obituary here? >> i think hes saying im here to stay, not going anywhere, and also messaging to future possible voters for gop in midterms that centrist republicans, adults are in charge. kind of policies he articulated matched...

White house offering no information. there have been reports out of south korea, unconfirmed, north korean vessels and chinese vessels and what appears to be the transfer of oil. this shows that white house is going to continue to make this important part of the foreign policy into the new year and role that china plays will be important. >> thanks so much. more from three reporters who cover the white house from "new york times," "washington post" and politico. josh, you posted a story on chang...

When you see teleprompter trump, hes saying right things about russia. but speaking off the cuff, hes a lot warmer. >> ambassador? whats your take. >> i think kimberly is probably right here. he never really wanted to go. theres rumors around he will go after tax benefits appear in his account. but i dont know how to take those. its more or less a guess at this stage whether he will or not. perfectly reasonable for secretary at end of the first year to try to add up pieces. not sure they exactly...

You believe in goelobal warming? if you read this statement president made, certainly doesnt seem to believe in global warming, as far as i can tell. >> thats what his comments are. incendiary among many, but to a lot of his supporters, they probably dont believe in it either, department skepticism there and speaking directly to the tens of millions who voted for him and share those views. seen time and again the white house tries to manage president trump. even before he went to mar-a-largo, ef...

Joining the presidential race of all he says officials are trying to stifle any possible challenge to putin. the election commissions vote was a setback for no vaal me twelve of the thirteen members supported the motion to bar him from running in next years election with one member abstaining earlier the commission argued the opposition leader was in eligible due to a past conviction for embezzlement. the crime which alexy until you gave each was charged with is a serious one which deprives a pe...

A vote of twelve to zero the commission says his conviction in a fraud case widely seen as retribution for his anti corruption campaigning makes him eligible to run he had been considered the most serious challenger to putins bid for a fourth term in office. well just after the election commissions announcement that his bid was being rejected the voll they released a message criticizing the decision we announce a boycott of the election but the way they want to carry out the vote is not a real e...

>> it sounds like a frigging movie, but its real. >> the call would turn out to be just the beginning of an unbelievable saga that would baffle investigators and turn this husbands life upside down. the next few days would bring one setback after another. and no one could have predicted how it all would come to an end. it was around 5:00 p.m. september 4th, 2009. reids wife, quinn, had called him at work and told him she had just been kidnapped right out of their $4 million home. reid couldnt be...

Selected the ones who dont pose any threat to him they havent campaigned and they will not campaign is better to look up on your. president vladimir putin is campaigning as an independent polls show him on course to win a fourth term. allowing him to stay in office another six years. well its taken out of moscow and sure when he has been following the story for us emily quite a setback here form of all me hes calling for this election to be boycotted now but what is he really going to do well he...

Is, its believable that he would say these things. and so, you know, thats something hes going to have to deal with. but, it looks like a diversionary tactic for sure. >> and, erin, if you could talk a little bit more about that, because "the new york times" report, nbc has not been tiebl corroborate it. but what kind of impact to these antidotes have considering that the trump administration just suffered another setback with the travel ban? >> well, its going to be seen if thats something vote...