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Standing by, as well. her's the tape. >> we had 3.2 last quarter before this. so it's really, really going good. we have a lot of things happening on the economic front. i think the military's doing good. and now, you know, on niger. so, what happens is we're decimated, you know, it's a rough business. they're rough, too. they want to kill us. we've let the military do what they have to do. and whether you call it rules of engagement or any way you want to say it, we let them do it. in the middle east there's very few left. we really -- we've done a very good job. we've done more in seven mo...

Now there is something wrong there. i mean, congress is entitled to accurate information. >> i agree with that. >> and it sounds like if the answer was yes, the response may have been so what. that's what campaigns do. but if the answer given to congress is incorrect, that's just not right. >> that's not how the system is supposed to work. >> we have to end there. i appreciate everyone jumping in. it was bright and full conversation. we are going to end it on congress should know. thank you all very much. i appreciate every single one of you here. we have to move on. pentagon holdingal confere...

Didn't mince any words. will all of this have an impact? will you guys va s fail to get votes that you need to enact major tax reform? >> well, that's several questions, but in answer to the last question, i don't know. we're cautiously optimistic that we will get the 50 votes that we need. but i really don't think this fighting baffe ining back and fg to affect that. look, we're not doing this for president trump. we're trying to reform taxes to get it done for the american people. so that hard-working, middle class american people get a tax cut, so that we grow jobs in america, we grow the e...

Air. >> let me hone in on niger and the reactions to it. i'd love to know, admiral kirby, how you felt about this belated response. it's strange to me that there was this sort of week-long period where there was almost no attention. there was a little reporting from the pentagon about what happened. but it wasn't until monday's impromptu press conference where niger really became a national news story. >> yeah, i was really disappointed to see that, brian. i can understand why nobody said anything for the first 48 hours because they were still looking for sergeant johnson, that makes perfect s...

Nothing worthy of reporting. there's several reporters that have been in that room that say this is really getting beyond the pale. it is unprecedented what's going on. larry speaks famously said don't tell us how to produce the news and we won't tell you how to cover it. that's fine. you want them to put their best foot forward but you also want them to be cognizant of reality. and in this white house, there is no recognition of the fact that facts matter. it's their facts and the rest of us be damned. >> olivia, what do you make of my original thesis about media pressure, whether it's the am...