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Its up to him now to figure out how to move us forward. the department of defense is going to be differently, the medias going to do what they do and he can set the tone here. he can reach out to mrs. johnson and say how can we make this right and move forward. we need that leadership now -- >> russia, another big story nobodys talking about, its part of the larger story about how russia is trying to drive us apart. i think the recent story is how their trying to stir up racial animosity and hav...

Speaking from the podium would have more of an impact than the president of the white house? >> the white house communicating i spoke to was that sarah sanders going out and tlifring a statement from the podium in front of cameras would have more might and magnitude than a written statement. they didnt clarify whether there was a written statement that was supposed to come from the press secretary or the president. its possible anderson, that that was not a determination that had been made at th...

Sergeants were killed. whats the white house saying about that? >> one of the perplexing things about this anderson, has been the presidents silence, why he waited two weeks and had to be asked about it before making a comment on this. when talking to white house officials about this they said look they got the information from the nfc, they tried to find the best way to tlifr it. and sarah sanders decided instead of putting out a statement she delivered it from the podium. she did do so on octo...

Times since then. >> so, did general kelly know the president was going to mention his son? >> well anderson, sarah sanders hinted at the fact that he didnt. and my colleague ran this down further and found that general kelly and other staffers in the white house were caught off guard when president trump originally brought general kelly and the story of his son. he was killed in afghanistan into this mix. remember, trump said you can ask my chief of staff, you can ask kelly about how he never g...

President to release in his own names about the former sergeants. im wondering if it wasnt because -- who -- coming from sanders at the press come podium. im not clear if that statement was supposed tb a written statement from the press or the president himself. having been in the corners of power like this how are statements like that normally handled? >> well, it zpentds on the case -- depends on the case. many times where decisions were made in agencies that not only was a cabinet official go...

Congresswoman totally fabricated what i said to a woman of soldier dying in action. when asked for clarification today the white house says the call wasnt recorded but there were other people in the room. the president also said this today. >> didnt say what that congresswoman said didnt say it ate all. she knows it and she now is not saying it. i did not say what she said and id like her to make the statement again because i did not say what she said. i had a very nice conversation with the wom...