Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20170802:16:18:00
>> this is the president taking aim at his own party on capitol hill. he wants to be seen as a winner in the media, that is the overriding goal here, and he can't do that if he can't sign bills. and that's the game here, and that's why he's frustrated. but he had no choice, he was going to be overridden on this legislation, on the sanctions if he hadn't tried it so he has no choice. >> he could have declined to sign it and just let it pass into law, which would have been a little bit less of a situation. he really could have picked a fight an said i'm more popular with the republican base than...