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Issue he will talk about. who will replace the vacuum that has been created by the withdrawal from tpp? these are major issue that is the obama administration pivoted to asia. now the question will be is the trump administration going to sustain that pivot or move to another part of the world? >> samantha, you have been on trips like this with president obama. how difficult are they? what is the administration up against over the next 12 days? >> these trips are highly complex and very tiring under the best of circumstances. ad libbing on these trips is not good policy. when i was at the white...

The calm before the storm and he winked. >> mr. president, what did you mean by calm before the storm yesterday? what did you mean by that? >> thank you very much. you'll find out. >> what was that? i mean, we don't know. and a lot of people asking the white house spokesperson who didn't have an answer and tried to argue this is all part of trump's mysterious wait and see approach to foreign policy. >> was he referring to military action when he said calm before the storm? >> as we have said many times before, i know the president has as i have from this podium on quite a few occasions, we're ...

That does it for us tonight. thank you for being with us. we'll see you again monday. now it's time for "the last word" where ari is in for lawrence. i'm sorry, i ate a little bit of your first minute. >> don't worry, rachel. i need to speak to you for a minute. >> okay. >> since i know you a little bit, i know you might not like it. but i want to wish you congratulations -- >> oh. >> for two emmy awards last night. >> thank you. >> i know you're not big about victory laps on awards. >> yeah. >> but i'll add, you know, i went to school in michigan. and i think the award on flint coverage, the ...

You'll find out. >> what was that? i mean, we don't know. and a lot of people asking the white house spokesperson who didn't have an answer and tried to argue this is all part of trump's mysterious wait and see approach to foreign policy. >> was he referring to military action when he said calm before the storm? >> as we have said many times before, i know the president has as i have from this podium on quite a few occasions, we're never going to say in advance what the president's going to do. and as he said last night, in addition to the comments you will have to wait an see. >> now, there c...

Newtown. so what do you think went into today's trip and today's remarks? >> the white house certainly managed this one differently. they knew that they had fallen behind the narrative. as well as the humanitarian crisis in puerto rico. this was managed carefully from the get-go with john kelly being the one to inform the president what happened in las vegas. he's not seeing it on twitter or waking up to see it on television. he's informed by his chief of staff. the president did strike the right notes in the initial hours after this tragedy. he delivered a fine speech that was again read off ...