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The president is yet again using an enormous taxpayer expense for the security and his travel and his family's travel to get here into new jersey so there is an optics problem for this white house as they try to get out from underneath this latest controversy. >> it just doesn't seem to be focused solely on tom price as the president talked about that optics issue. we appreciate it so much. thank you. and we're going to talk about it some more because joining me now is cnn political analyst, and congressional reporter for politico and former earth licks lawyer for george w. bush, the white h...

Deliberately lied or misled and acted in reckless disregard of the truth. both of them are terrible things. they shouldn't be discussing a strategy for how to respond. they should have told the truth. >> it sounds like you're saying this is potentially more of an optics or perception problem for the president than anything else. >> it is definitely an optics problem. but it is one of those things that adds dramatically to the number of things we already know. and when you add in the deliberate misleading, what are they hiding? we know there is something there. they can't keep saying it is a no...

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President obama a blank check. but it's an optics problem for republicans as well. how can they not do something to deal with what they have deemed as a crisis? there is going to be pressure on congress to do something. will the white house get the full $3.7 billion? that's dubious, craig. i anticipate you'll see a comprise. something in the realm of $2.7 billion. >> would there have to be offsets or going to be -- >> it's a great question. it will very likely be a part of the conversation and a part of how this debate plays out that is typically what we see when there is an ask this being of ...

An expectations that a whole lot is going to come out of the meeting. it's a chance for the white house to deal with the optics problem they have right now. the fact that president obama is in texas. he's going to fundraisers. but he has no planners to visit the boarder. the official line from the white house if he goes there, he could ultimate get the way of the efforts to deal with the influx of unaccompanied children and minors and folks coming across the border. the realty, there's a political problem for the white house. the optics of the president actually visiting the border are complic...