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This is very much a show of unity, a show of force, a show we have seen in the last few hours in spain. standing strong and united. a defiant barcelona. living up to its motto. more than a clump. today, a city. a fitting ending to what has been a somber day. spaniards involved outside. inside, king and queen pay tribute to those who died and more than a hundred injured. the prayers hadn't even been heard when the tragedy of august 17th was relived once more. authorities telling cnn 7-year-old julian thought to be missing was confirmed dead. as the country comes together to

Few weeks. we have to show results. we have to get those results. and we have to find a way to work with the white house to get it done. like, for instance, my own view is that we should, for the moment, put healthcare aside. it's not going to go anywhere. let's put some quick points on the board that are good for the people like tax cuts. not even go with tax reform. go with tax cuts to help middle income people to bring back money from overis overseas, through repatriot the money. small businesses and corporations tax cuts they can hire people. people see results. go on to infrastructure. we...

>> good morning, i'm alley velshi. >> and i'm stephanie ruhle. it's thursday august 17th. let's get started. >> more lawmakers and business leaders are distancing themselves from the president. >> the backlash is growing this morning and could hit at the very heart of mr. trump's presidency. >> ceos writing intolerance racism and violence has absolutely no place in this country. >> i think for a lot of these ceos to be blunt with you, i don't think they want to be embarrasses in their country clubs and their social circles saying they supported president trump. >> president trump's tweet that ...

Platform since 2014. north korea isn't listening. i was after president trump phone call with the south korean counterpart , the pentagon will have missiles to deal with the threat from pyongyang. there is limits on south korean missiles. the pentagon want those restrictions gone and this topic is under active consideration according to a pentagon spokesperson a short time ago. in 1991, they remove the tactical news from south korea, it bars any medium-range missile because of a decade-long treaty with russia. the state department says secretary of state rex tillerson and defense secretary, ji...

>> but president trump has repeatedly denied russia's role in the 2016 election, disparaging the efforts to punish russia. last year nbc news reported that president trump received his first intelligence briefing on august 17th about russia's efforts to interfere in the election, but continued to doubt their findings even after the intelligence community went public on october 7th. take a listen. >> i don't think anybody knows it was russia that broke into the dnc. she's saying russia, russia, russia, but i don't -- maybe it was. it could be russia, but it could also be china. it could also be...