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Fighters. so the situation in iraq is clearly not stable. theyll never be a unitary state in syria, iraq, lebanon, afghanistan. were just presiding over these terrible, internal comments did you find it notable that neither mattis nor mcmaster was in on the trump talks with putin? >> simply astonishing. i doubt that thats ever happened before. first of all, you want a note taker that can back brief the officials of government who were not present and who has a recommend random of record for it. ...

Worn stars on your shoulder, did you find it notable that neither mat his nor mcmaster was in on the trump talks with putin. >> simply astonishing. you know, i doubt that thats ever happened before. first of all, you want a note taker in there that can independently backbrief the senior officials of government who werent present and have a memory randa of record of it. but not having h.r. mcmaster or mattis or tillerson present at all these significant meetings is shocking. again, it goes back t...

Conflicts that are primarily ethnic and religious as you know. >> because i try to follow issues that are important to all of you who have worn stars on your shoulder, did you find it notable that neither mattis nor mcmaster was in on the trump talks with putin? >> simply astonishing. you know, i doubt that thats ever happened before. first of all, you want a note taker in there that can independently back-brief the senior officials of government who werent present. but in addition, you know, th...

Gone. this is remarkable. very small u.s. military footprint. 5,000 to 7,000 people in iraq and maybe 500-plus m syria. and theyve actually started to deprive isis of the caliphate, which will have a pretty substantial impact. now, mosul, this tragic situation -- by the way, the iraqi army got run out of there, two divisions worth, by maybe 800 isis fighters. so the situation in iraq is clearly not stable. theyll never be a unitary state in iraq or syria or lebanon or afghanistan. so were just p...

U.s.-russian issues. >> david, you are right to say he spoke of this on the campaign trail. he said we need a better relationship and told supporters he would be the one to do that and he would get along with putin and putin would respect him. he had nothing but warm words for him throughout the campaign when he was quick to attack absolutely everybody else. i found it notable, tillerson said theres no use relitigating the past. the issue of russian hacking is stra intractable and the two leader...

Dinner with the secretary of state tonight, rex tillerson. thats when i caught him in that moment. part of my conversation was not recorded on audio, when my colleagues joined me. prior to that, i wanted to keep eye contact with the president and make that moment last in order to try to get his reaction. and, so, i think he was not prepared to take questions tonight. he will have an opportunity to take questions when he has the two and two as you would know, nicole, two questions from each deleg...

One. lining up. its tebow time in new york. the team is about to introduce the star quarterback to the new york media. dave, good morning. i dont know if the jets have ever had a press conference like this ever before. how is it expected to go? >> reporter: no one has ever had a press conference like this. you dont normally learn of press conferences for backup quarterbacks its inside their fieldhouse, for the first time ever for this franchise. a 100-foot long:field. also who is not here makes ...

Part of my conversation was not recorded on audio, when my colleagues joined me. prior to that, i wanted to keep eye contact with the president and make that moment last in order to try to get his reaction. and, so, i think he was not prepared to take questions tonight. he will have an opportunity to take questions when he has the two and two as you would know, nicole, two questions from each delegation, the u.s. and japan tomorrow. but tonight i think we literally caught him between the office ...

To the core american and constitutional values we as federal employees took an oath to uphold. it says that this hearkens back to when the u.s. detained japanese-americans during the world war ii period, and said that the u.s. will look back on this and show that it made some of the same mistakes. so theyre not really sure on what they want to do with this. obviously this is just a draft right now, circulating among career diplomats. im getting e-mails from a lot of them saying theyre very conce...