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>> this, i think, though, is a defining test of the next several weeks and months. the second 100 days finish them out and get to the six-month mark, if you will, in the sense this is something the president can do with executive power. said he'll renegotiate nafta. waiting for an announcement from the commerce department. he has to meet his own test from the campaign, correct? or on several issue, backed off. mentioned this is not republican orthodoxy. several issues backed off. will he find a compromise or all trump? >> already seen a fake out with nafta. reports he was getting ready to xra ...

Little bit. to be clear, u.s. planes and ships remain on station and ready to present options to president trump if the syrians do move ahead. but a short time ago, defense secretary mattis told reporters traveling with him -- let me insert here, no television journalists were invited on that trip. so we are quoting reuters here. secretary mattis telling them that it looks like the syrians, in fact, backed off. separately, defense officials here telling me that does appear to be true. it looks right now like perhaps the syrians are not moving ahead, perhaps like president trump's warning worke...

Start with jake tapper. >> appreciate you joining us. there were obviously attempts by president trump this evening to raise issues that are traditionally embraced by democrats, talking about trade, new infrastructure, lowering cost of prescription drugs, paid maternity leave. did you hear areas where you think you can work with president trump? >> well the problem jake, this is simple. another one of his speeches where he talks like a populist but the way he's been governing is opposite, governing from the hard right. he's talked a good game on trade but ran in the campaign, said would declar...

Trump's faith an issue. and when trump responded in kind, carson quickly backed off. what takes place this week? >> carson doesn't have the stomach for trump's style. you put that unhinged, that was one of the uns you missed there. listen, trump will aim hard at carson because he's the threat, right? i mean, a month ago it was jeb bush saying horrible things about jeb. he will find some way, mark my words, to say something horrible about ben carson in simi valley. >> no one who has responded to trump has seen a gain in their polling data. rick perry tried and is now out of the race. >> he's th...

Would allow discrimination against gays and lesbians. in indiana and arkansas and all the other states that are not colored in in this map, there is no state law that protects them. this has been news to a lot of people. not only are the vast majority of americans supportive. eight out of ten believe it is already illegal to refuse to hire someone because of sexual orientation or gender identity. a similar number thinks it's not okay to refuse service to people. in most states that is legal. it hasn't been decided by a court. the fact that it is legal is really unpopular. that has become clear...