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>> reporter: two clarifications. the signing statement broadly, not just how they are used, are you saying the president was not aware of the details of the very long signing statement, just something done? >> press secretary spicer: no, that is not -- no, the president obviously is aware of what happened. the question was asked, it is a process. it has happen for administrations going back generations, i am sure. i don't have the precise nature of when signing statements came into being, but this is a normal pro forma piece that goes along with a bill signing to make sure that the executive b...

Michael. >> two clarifications. are you saying that the president was not aware of that very long -- of the details of that very long signing statement, it was just something done -- >> no, no. i'm sorry, that's -- no, the president is obviously aware of what happened. the question was asked, it is a process. it has happened for administrations going back generations, i'm sure. this is a norm aal pro aal prof. >> so a lot of things in that signing statement were carryovers from things obama had also objected to, but the president and the senior staff here was aware of wha those things were and...

And friends in europe and all over the world that have gone back generations. so it really is -- he is isolating himself not only in the united states within his intelligence and national security community, but also with people who should be his friends, angela merkel, the western alliance, the nato alliance, and so on. this is a precedent that is very, very dangerous. >> now i want to totally jump on how the public perception of his conversation with build and the times of listen done could impact angela merkel's standing. before i do, steve, to you, still on this -- on brennan and trump. an...

>> yeah. that's the piece of this is that -- i think the mayor addressed this, which is there's a powder keg sitting there. it takes one spark to light it. when you have this deep seeded -- >> it goes back generations. >> this is not new. >> it's not new. >> if we asked this before -- i have seen polling, asked in 2009, same numbers. this is still sitting there. it's not going away. it was the same number we saw after the riots in rodney king. >> what are some reform measures? a discussion of the future of policing in america. what needs to be done to restore this trust gap between african-ame...

Addressed this, which is there's a powder keg sitting there. it takes one spark to light it. when you have this deep seeded -- >> it goes back generations. >> this is not new. >> it's not new. >> if we asked this before -- i have seen polling, asked in 2009, same numbers. this is still sitting there. it's not going away. it was the same number we saw after the riots in rodney king. >> what are some reform measures? a discussion of the future of policing in america. what needs to be done to restore this trust gap between african-americans and law enforcement. [ male announcer ] are you so stuff...