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Build a better life for themselves and their children. and for american companies with a competitive edge. i'll be happy to get that story to everybody so you can get those numbers later. again, i know that that may be an oversimplification but i think it paints a very good picture of the tax system. with that, i'll take your questions. >> reporter: first i'd like to get the white house reaction to the indictment with gates and manafort, and papadopoulos. we've heard a couple tweets from the president. if you can help me understand when he says, whi aren't crooked hillary and the dems the focu...

Children. and for american companies seeking a competitive edge. i will be happy to get that story to everybody so you can get those numbers later. again, i know that may be an oversimplification but it paints a very good picture of the tax system. i will take your questions. >> reporter: i'd like to get the white house reaction to the indictment of paul manafort. specifically, we have heard a couple of tweets from the president, when he says "why are cricket hillary and the democrats the focus" is the president saying special counsel mueller should be investigating hillary clinton and the dem...

It is clear h.r. mcmaster, with the help of john kelly, the new chief of staff, is getting the national security agency to act like the national security agency, that it is not an apendage of bannon or anyone else. it is people committed to our safety and security, whose politics we don't even know most of the time and who are trying to protect you and me from the dangers that we face. so this is -- this is refreshing in so many ways. >> all right. so let's take one more layer down then, steve, which is if any of it is true, that there was so much unmask canning that went on during the obama e...

The national security agency to act like the national security agency, that it's not an appendage of bannon or anything else. they're committed to safety and security whose politics we don't even know most of the time and who are trying to protect you and me from the dangers that we face. so this is refreshing in so many ways. >> so let's take one more layer down, steve. which is if any of it is true, that there was so much unmasking that went on during the obama era, first of all do you agree with that notion? and two,x plain to us why it shouldn't be the red flag many are making it out to be...

The president believes, and this is a very smart guy, especially when it comes to media, works for him. these lawmakers, they're all in the sewer. not me. i'm not one of them. that's why you elected me. even sessions, got weak in the knees when it comes to hillary clinton. boy, they don't like going after their own. so he takes that path. on health care, not about me. it's all about them. he even talks about the republicans as a separate entity. >> yep. >> from him, even though he is the punitive head of their party. this works for him. the question is, why does it work for him, if it does, an...