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Were asked about this. sarah sanders, the white house press secretary, would have walked around this issue and said he has the authority, but did not say specifically hes wrong. to me it sounded more like a former republican senator, which he was from indiana and a member of this administration, rather than a career service person here. it sounds like spin to me. >> thats a key point, i think, because the fact that dan coats is a former politician means he understands the pr problem created by a...

Macron do appear to share a really interesting friendship. at one point here in the oval office when the two were meeting, the president brushed a little bit of dandruff off of macrons collar rather than being offended. macron took it in stride. despite the friendship, theres some big policy differences. one of the biggest over the u.s. decision, president trumps decision to pull out of the paris climate accord. president macron alluded to that in the welcoming ceremony this morning. listen here...

Donald junior thought he might get with hillary clinton? >> i think it is very clear in reading through this transcript that he thought this meeting was about some information, perhaps damaging to hillary clinton, to her campaign, but its clear that about 20 to 30 minutes into the meeting the meeting lasted 20 to 30 minutes he got frustrated because he realized that perhaps it wasnt what he thought this was going to be about and then hes asked this question by one of the committee members what h...

Annual military drills between south korea and the u.s., the two military allies there. how those drills will be perceived in north korea, which has always been enraged by them, and just how large scale they could be may depend on what happens in these talks in pyongyang. >> all right, andrew, talks about talks. and certainly a great deal of skepticism on the u.s. side about the motives of kim jong-un. well have to see what comes out of those talks. andrew, thank you for the reporting. this we...

They werent doing anything to begin with. it was not a credible investigation. >> laura: that is the democrats take. messenger boy. i dont know if that is nice to say. >> that will be their take through the midterms and through 2020. the problem in the mid-terms, of course, is that you have marginal races that are in play. so 80% of the districts are either 90% republicans or 90% democrat. there are no real marginal races about 22 -- >> laura: we will get into the pennsylvania race in a moment. ...

Originated in south korea that china had illegally provided energy to north korea. it to that, china denied it. he said "i have been soft on china because the only thing more important to me then trade is at war, okay?" he is suggesting that he has gone soft on trade on the trade issue so that china can go after north korea, and if that changes in that relationship will change. he said that democrats could have gotten a better deal on the tax law if they had negotiated. also switching to domesti...

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Fighting terrorism inside syria. we know about that already. they dont target terrorists so much as the opposition forces. thats the meat of that. one surprise today, a major weekly newspaper in germany had quotes from the german chancellor angela merkel. this is sort of a full frontal on the trade issue aimed precisely at president trump when he arrives here. we know there are major differences, personal differences between them. she said, look, on globalization, the united states sees it in a ...