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Only the beginning. the bill faces a number of challenges going forward, including the senate. phil mattingly joins us now. actually, phil, what was the presidents reaction to the bill passing today? >> reporter: the president was very pleased about what happened. but you made a very good point here. this is the first step of a three-step process. and this was the easiest step, getting it through the house. then, they have to move through the senate, where the president acknowled acknowledged, t...

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Talking about an investigation that has to do with the presidents associates. so we dont have the answer to that. >> thank you very much. mark warrener joins me now. i appreciate your time, senator. were you shocked? how did you find out? >> shocked would be a gross understatement. this was -- didnt see this coming. its obviously outrageous. we now have got a president whos fired the acting attorney general, virtually all the u.s. attorneys, the fbi director. hes had hid u.s. attorney had to rec...

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Koreakorea will likely be on the agenda. >> translator: on the issue of the korean peninsula, its not about who can say the most hateful word, about who can raise the biggest fist, who will win. rather once war breaks out, there will be losses on all sides. no one is the real winner. >> no one is the real winner, he says. follow the story, alexandra mill are join us. it would be an understatement to attentions are high. there as a lot happening. what is the mood there in seoul? >> you cant overs...

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Meeting we know rex tillerson will be going over there to moscow this week to meet, the first big meeting between these two governments in person since the chemical weapons attack, not to mention since president trump came into office. so now its on rex tillerson to see how he can smooth the way from clearly a very big disagreement between these two governments and a real confrontation over an incredibly important place in an unresolvable civil war that russia and the united states both had stro...

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Stories make it harder for republicans in congress to do the thing they have been waiting the last eight years to do, which is govern. so, you are going to see all of that on display here today. we are down in the basement area. to the left, theres a conference room where the gathering will happen. afterward, members of congress come out of the meeting. we get a leadership press conference with the speaker. well get reaction there and bring it to you. >> casey hunt, well go to capitol hill to ch...

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