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And avoid this meltdown like we see from donald trump. going on what kurt said, i would advise everyone around donald trump to rip that phones out of his hands because he is not helping his or the white house's case with this. >> joyce, from a legal perspective, we're hearing the white house say the president was merely tweeting something that was dictated by his counsel to a member of the white house staff. in other words, there's a chain that leads to that tweet being sent. does that matter from a legal perspective? is there a plausible deniablity issue here? >> first, i have to say, i agree...

Talk about the substance of the suggestions. these things often come out at the end of races. by the way, probably plays in favor. they don't have a lot of time to decide what to do. if he gets elected, it is hard to remove him. when you look at this, what is the question for republican leadership right now about how to deal with this? >> yeah. look, moral agency is critical to both parties, right? you have to show that you are willing to stand up for what is right even when it is not politically the most -- >> christianity very often roy moore is running as a christian -- >> yes. . no questio...

Particularly in a crisis mode with the other things happening, you say you know what, we don't just put out a statement. she doesn't appreciate that or something. to put out a paper statement and the day before the first lady is trying to do something that attracts attention to a cause that she cares about seems -- >> we know number one, general kelly was supposed to take control over the statements. she knew about this. they pick the new communications director and well aware of the interactions between ivana trump, the mother of eric and don and ivanka. this is how much she is joking. this i...

On in this press briefing here starting in about 25 minutes inside. >> as we're having this conversation, again, scenes playing out all over the country. folks have taken to the streets in protests. hallie, i know we got this statement from the white house last hour. any idea why we did not hear from president trump on this and, instead, attorney general jeff sessions? >> at this point, the white house is not commenting publicly on that. i think one could surmise that this is the president, if you look just sort of based on our analysis of this giving him a little space between the white house...

That the air strikes in april didn't work, sarah? >> look, i think that our goal every day is to do what we can to protect life in all forms and to take steps to move the ball forward in defeating isis and defeating all efforts of terrorism and i think the statement yesterday helped do that. >> why will a paper statement work when air strikes didn't dissuade bashar al assad. >> i don't know it didn't based on what we know at this point. >> hans, what do you know? >> well, if you want -- looking for example of how off message the white house and pentagon was last night when this initial stateme...