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quite yet. >> aaron david miller, robin wright, thank you. great to talk to both of you. >> thanks. >> we're following a lot of news this morning. let's get right to it. >> pruz warning israel about new settlements. >> the dire situation in eastern ukraine demands strong condemnation of russian actions. >> iran continues to be a rogue nation. >> we are not going to sit by and take -- >> when you hear about the tough phone calls i'm having, don't worry about it. >> this is an unnecessary and frankly harmful. >> we are learning more about the deadly raid in yemen that claimed the life of a navy s.e.a.l. >> the operation was authorized properly. these things happen in war. >> this is "new day" with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. >> welcome to "new day." it's friday, february 3rd. we begin with trump administration's foreign policy. the white house hitting russia
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for its military moves in ukraine for the first time and warning israel about new developments and settlements in the west bank. all long-established approaches actually used by the obama administration. >> mr. trump taking the page from the obama playbook with iran, threatening additional sanctions over last week's ballistic missile test. day 15 of donald trump's presidency. our coverage begins with jeff zeleny at the bhous. >> good morning, chris. president trump is forming his foreign policy. it's far too early to say what a trump dock krin would look like. this morning there are similarities between the previous administration and this one and many differences between candidate trump and president trump. >> president trump telling israel not so fast with settlement construction in the west bank and east jerusalem. the white house releasing a statement warning israel that the expansion of existing settlements behind their current
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borders may not be helpful in achieving peace. those words sounding similar to the obama administration's approach to the settlements. >> they cannot permanently occupy and settle palestinian land. >> reporter: far different from the tone mr. trump took on the campaign trail. >> israel, our great friend and the one true democracy in the middle east has been snubbed and criticized by an administration that lacks moral clarity. >> reporter: the white house noting that president trump has not taken an official position yet and will continue discussions when he meets with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu in two weeks. >> i must condemn the aggressive actions of risch yeah. >> reporter: tough talk coming from un ambassador nikki haley condemning russia for a recent surge of violence in eastern ukraine. >> we do want to better our relations with russia. however, the dire situation in eastern ukraine is one that demands clear and strong
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condemnation of russian actions. >> her rhetoric stronger than the president's comments on russia. sources tell cnn they signed off on haley's speech. meanwhile today the white house could announce additional tougher sanctions on iran following sunday's ballistic missile test. these sanctions expected to be similar to actions by former president obama. mr. trump also not ruling out military action. >> nothing is off the table. i haven't eased anything. >> reporter: foreign policy center stage on rex tillerson's first day as secretary of state. >> hi, i'm the new guy. >> reporter: speaking with foreign leaders from israel, germany and mexico, but also doing damage control after the president's tense phone call with australia. >> president obama said they were going to take probably well over a thousand immigrants that
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were in prisons and bring them into this country. i said why. >> reporter: republican leaders alarmed at the president's tone toward a long-standing u.s. ally. >> the relationship between the united states and australia is of the greatest importance. i'm concerned about the effect of this difference. >> reporter: coming up this morning in about 30 minutes, the first jobs report of this presidency and the reaction from the white house will be interesting to watch. during the presidential campaign mr. trump always said the unemployment rate was far higher than the government said it was. this will be his first unemployment rate since taking office. by the end of the day, the president is heading to floor for his first weekend retreat vacation as president at mar-a-lago. >> interesting to see what happens. thank you for previewing that. top republicans are shifting their stance on obamacare saying
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it should be repaired, not repealed. also doing something controversial on gun control. let's bring in phil mattingly live on capitol hill. what's the latest? >> reporter: when it comes to the affordable care act, the republican efforts to repeal and replace it, no question it's going to be hard, particularly getting the team, getting the republican party to coalesce around a repair plan. they're also having language problems. the idea of do you repair obamacare or repair the issue. listen to what paul ryan had to say. >> there's a miscommunication or misinterpretation of what we're trying to say. our job is to rebare a health care system from collapse. the best way to the that is repeal and replace obamacare. >> as you heard, repair the system, not the law. still big questions about what the actual replace plan will look like. repeal and replace still the
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strate strategy. the house is moving forward on a particular provision, a rule put in place at the tail end of their final days in office. requiring the social security administration to forward criminal background checks names of anybody listed as unable to handle their own benefit payments. the rationalization was to cut back on their ability to buy guns. that rule has now been blocked by the u.s. house. the u.s. senate is expected to focus -- to vote on it soon. i will tell you guys the reason why is not just because of the nra. the aclu also had due process concerns here. if you want to see action, there are things that are actually happening on capitol hill even if the democrats don't always like it. >> boy, oh, boy, such an interesting context that it comes down to mental health. we don't do enough about it, but when we do do something, it causes another fight. joining us democratic congressman adam schiff, ranking
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member of the house intelligence committee. >> good morning, chris. >> the trump administration seems to suggest the following, you were weak, the obama administration was weak, our foreign allies and sad sayers knew it and took advantage. i am strong and will lay the groundwork for our supremacy and then they will do what we say. do you believe that's the right approach and do you believe it's work? >> i don't believe it's accurate or the right approach. it goes beyond that. it's not just enemies took advantage of america. you listen to the president's statements at the prayer breakfast yesterday, everyone in the world was taking advantage of america, all playing america for a fool, we're the victim of an international conspiracy of friend and foe alike. this is why he had such a hostile interaction with the australian prime minister. i think his world view is darker than that. this is also a trend we're
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seeing in the early days of this administration which is blame everything on the last guy that was in the office. that kind of thing is only going to last so long. they really have to take responsibility for their own foreign policy, and i don't think merely talking tough with our friends as well as our enemies, everyone except putin apparently, is a very good strategy. >> you just had nikki haley following through on their thought, it is that they're setting the ground rules that america is not joking around anymore. nikki haley goes into the un and says, russia, until you get out of the crimean peninsula, we'll keep the sanctions in effect. that's tough talk. saying about ukraine, that the new violence there, that's a concern for us. this country has been quiet on ukraine. there's been some talk but not enough action. john mccain asking for the weapons that the obama administration would not give to kiev to defend itself. that could be an opportunity to
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be stronger, no? >> absolutely. i would say nikki haley's statement was probably the best statement of the administration thus far. admittedly it's a pretty short list. yes, i like everything ability what she said. there's still a question about whether the president really subscribes to that policy. at the same time she was making that statement, the administration was sending a different signal to russia by a small relaxation of the sanctions on russia. that was a symbolic measure, largely technical, but the symbolism was in the wrong direction. what does that mean? does that mean we're following the nikki haley policy or does that mean donald trump still thinks russia is our friend? i would love to see us pass legislation to provide weapons to the ukraine, to the leaders in ukraine to provide for their own defense is something i advocated during the obama administration -- i disagreed with during the obama administration. will the president support that
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policy? that's yet to be seen. i'd like to see the president say a few things that nikki haley said. >> another thing for you to chew on for us this morning. you said the president had a tough call with the prime minister of australia. i agree with that. administration officials back that up. the president put out a tweet this morning calling that fake news. one of his counselors referenced as an attack of the existing refugee policies and vetting in the united states a massacre in bowling green that never happened. called out a ban for six months of iraqi refugees, that never happened. how do you deal with those types of bold face inaccuracies? >> that's exactly what they are. apparently, according to the trump administration fake news is synonymous with any bad press they get. if they get bad press, it's
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fake. at the same time they demonstrated a willingness to event facts at will. certainly kellyanne conway talking about a non-existent massacre in bowling green. people on social media were saying where were you when this event never took place? frankly, the false fire in chief, donald trump himself, perpetuating this fabrication that millions of undocumented immigrants vote in the election. you couldn't have something more supremely false than that. that was the single most disturbing thing in the early days after the election, that the president would put out this fiction. so i think you just have to confront it. i want to applaud you and applaud the media that are not going to normalize this propagation of patently false information coming out of the white house. they are trying to bully everyone including the media, and they're trying to set different media outlets against each other. i think it's very destructive. >> there's a bigger problem.
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there's an old adage, you can't convince somebody of the truth if they are intent on believing a lie. i think part of the problem here is political. the base that got donald trump does not like you, they don't like your party or what you represent. they would rather believe him in the hope that he will make their life better. they will support him even though they don't believe what he's saying because they don't like you. how can you win these people back? they matter. >> they absolutely matter. there are going to be some people that can't be won over. you're right. they're going to believe whatever this president says because they want to believe it. i don't think you can persuade those people. those aren't the majority even of trump voters. the vast majority of people that i think voted for donald trump voted for him because they were worried about the economy, they were worried about the fact that they weren't living the life they hoped and expected and had even less prospects for their
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kids. those are people we can talk to, those are people we need to talk to. those are not people ready to believe anything merely because donald trump says it. i think we have to continue to call out this administration when they're saying things that are patently untrue. we have to speak to people we didn't speak to in the campaign and i think, frankly, these ought to be natural democratic voters. when you look at all the wall street people they're filling the positions with, the fact they want to roll back the dodd-frank regulations that got us into that horrendous recession and jeopardize people's economic futures, we are the party that do represent those voters. we didn't make the case in the election. we're going to have to do better. >> got to offer better. always good to have you with us, congressman. look forward to seeing you again. >> thanks, chris. following breaking news out of paris. a man wielding a large knife rushed soldiers near the louvre
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museum causing one soldier to open fire, reportedly screaming allah akbar during the attack. a second speck also under arrest. a terror investigation under way. paris has been under a state of emergency since the november 2015 terror attacks that left at least 130 people dead. >> still under a heightened state of emergency there in france. now we know why. repealing and replacing obamacare. that was the bread and butter of president trump's campaign when it came to domestic policy. now top republicans say another r is more workable, repair. let's dig deeper with a gop senator. what is going to be your reality when it comes to getting insurance if your employer doesn't give it to you next?
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. despite republican promises to repeal obamacare, let's discuss this with wyoming republican senator john barrasso. good morning, senator. >> good morning, alisyn. thanks for having me. >> great to have you. is the plan to repeal obamacare over? >> absolutely not. i'm committed, even though obamacare cannot be fixed, health care in america has to be fixed. i'm committed to finding long-term solutions to help patients get the care they need from a doctor they choose at lower costs.
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>> got it. it sounds like the language has shifted to instead of wholesale repeal, repair what you have. >> we need to repeal the health care law and replace it with things that actually provide relief for the people hurt by the health care law. that's how i look it as a doctor who has practiced medicine for 25 years. so many people in my home state of wyoming had insurance that they like, prices went way up. it was canceled because of the obamacare regulations. we want to get the decisions out of washington. i want patients to make those decisions, put the decisions at the state level, give much more freedom, flexibility and choice there than washington dictated. people are tired of the bureaucracy, tired of all the headaches and hassles that have come with the health care law. >> it sounds like your colleagues, like senator lamar alexander are using different language. let me read it for you. he said think of it as a collapsing bridge.
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in the meantime, we repair it. no one is talking about repealing anything until there's a concrete practical alternative to offer americans in its place. he's talking about repairing it right now, not repealing it. >> he and i met with a number of state insurance commissioners this week along with a large group of senators to talk about how anyone who has insurance today doesn't loolz it tomorrow, provide a safe transition to those people so they can get affordable care. but right now there's general agreement that obamacare has failed, insurance markets across the country are collapsing, and other insurance companies are saying they don't want to participate in the exchanges either. i want health care for people that they can use, even those that have obamacare. we see so many of them, the deductibles or co-pays are so high, they can't even afford to use the insurance they've gotten from obamacare even if they're getting subsidies to pay for the
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premiums. >> senator, you've always done a good job of laying out the issues and the problems with it as you see it. when will you all have a plab? >> as we also said, we're not going to bring down a 2700-page bill to the floor of the senate. we want to do this, as we said, piece by piece, step by step, and that's what we're working on now, to make sure we go through the steps. we have to get our secretary of health and human services in place so he can work through the regulations that have actually made the health care law worse than it was as written, so he can do things there. legislatively we'll be able to do some things as well. we are committed to long-term solutions for health care. >> senator, i want to ask you while i have you about what's going on with gun control in the house. there's just been this measure to lift a gun control restriction that will now allow people with severe mental illness to get their hands on
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guns. how does that make sense? >> i don't look at it this way. i'm a strong proponent of our second amendment rights. it's interesting. this is a rule that president obama came out with in december long after he was a lame duck president. if this is something he was so committed to, you would have thought sometime in the previous eight years he would have come out with a regulation. >> forget the timing. what about the substance of it. if there's one point of agreement, bipartisan point of agreement that everyone has said from gun enthusiasts to gun control activists, it's keep guns out of the hands of the mentally ill. this sounds like it would make it easier for them to get their hands on guns. >> i don't view it that way at all. this is going against people with social, people who make financialtion decisions and it's putting the social security administration in a point where they would then be determining who is reported in ways in terms
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of our second amendment rights. >> as i understand it, it involves 75,000 people with mental disorders so severe that they cannot work and they have someone else manage their social security benefits. how does it make sense to let them have guns? >> this is a new change by president obama, a midnight regulation on his way out the door. it should be subject to a full debate, discussion, and the house voted on it yesterday and voted to repeal that rule. >> if someone has a mental illness so severe that they cannot work, should they be able to have a gun? >> the question is somebody able to have a gun at the same time they're receiving social security disability benefits. you can take a look at how those decisions are being made. >> disability for a mental illness. >> -- seven, eight years of president obama's term, it was fine. to come out with a midnight regulation at this point that maybe even members of his own party don't support seems like
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just another thing that president obama has done while leaving the white house to try to gum up the works as he leaves. >> senator, are you comfortable with somebody having a mental disability and having a gun? >> you can take a look at what the constitution says which is what i do as a physician who spent lots of time working with patients with all different backgrounds. they're clearly people labeled one way or another, and i'm not comfortable with this late midnight recommendation by the president as he's leaving office. >> senator, i want to ask you about scott pruitt. as you well know, democrats did not show up to be a part of that vote. i know you disagree with that strategy. thaw say some of these committee -- some of these cabinet posts have been rushed through without the proper background vetting, without the proper questions being answered. what do you say to your fellow
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democrats? >> well, at this point when president trump was elected -- when president obama was elected, he had his full cabinet in place. the democrats have been obstructing every step along the way from so many cabinet appointees. it is their playbook. chuck schumer has called the play and committee members have been doing this for a number of committees. i'll tell you. it seems like the democrats want political theater. the e.p.a. needs a new administrator. that's what we did in the environment and public works committee yesterday. we said that, if they don't want to show up, fine, we suspended the rules. he's been voted on, approved by the committee and he will be going to the floor of the united states senate because the epa needs an administrator. scott pruitt answered over a thousand questions, more than any other epa administrate ernie wherever. the democrats don't like the
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answers to his questions, donald trump won the election. scott pruitt is the right person. he has a history in oklahoma of protecting the environment as well as strengthening the economy and fighting for states' rights. >> senator barrasso, we appreciate you being on "new day." >> thanks, alisyn. >> what the president of the united states matters. proof, the president of france taking aim at president trump. he's telling other leaders there may be no future with this administration. we discuss why. fareed zakaria is going to give you "the bottom line" next. this bar is made with cranberries and almonds. so, guess what? we call it cranberry almond. give kind a try.
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another fight brewing between president trump and french president francois hollande telling eu partners at a summit, quote, it is unacceptable that there should be through a number of statements pressure by the u.s. president on what europe should be or should no longer be. there is no future with trump if
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it's not worked together. let's get to "the bottom line" with fareed zakaria host of "fareed zakaria gps." this isn't usual rhetoric from france when it comes to the united states. how much of this is bumping chests, how much could be something more? >> it's not usual rhetoric, but what trump has been doing is highly unusual with regard to the european union. the europeans, let's remember, got together after world war ii and decided to make sure there was never another european war like that, they were going to create an interdependent organization, first called the european community, and the united states strongly supported this idea that fran ch and germany bind themselves together. trump for the last six months has been making anti european union statements. he's been talking about how it's corrupt, it will break up. he starts predicting what countries are going to leave it. obviously this is very troubling
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to the europeans. for the first time, they have a critic of the european union in the white house. they're used to having the russian president trying to undermine the european union. but the idea that the president of the united states is criticizesing them, that's highly unusual. >> it sounds like they don't know what to make of it. they don't know what to make of president trump. where do they go from here? >> join the club, don't you think? part of it is that one doesn't know how much that's just a kind of expression of how trump feels, the famous line about trump now from that atlantic journalist, do we take him literally or seriously? is thhe really trying to active undermine the european union or are you getting this populous sentiment that he expresses about lots of different things. >> so what are you to do when you analyze the impacts of this? this election was largely fueled
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for trump on the, we're weak, i'm strong. he's got this guy bannon in his ear who loves the idea of disruption. that seems to be the mandate thus far. it does not seem like he was doing anything in the first instance to bolster relationships. he was being disruptive. now we see a second wave of moves, nikki haley at the un, what we're seeing with what "on notice" meant. how do you analyze this? >> i think what's happened, and who knows, but it appears that professionals are now beginning to assert themselves. you have mattis at defense, very competent guy, tillerson at state, very competent ceo his whole life. probably what happened with the nikki haley speech is this was drafted or in large part drafted through the secretary of state and the state department and reflected the continuity of american policy. so what nikki haley said was surprising only because it came from a trump appointee.
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otherwise it was entirely in keeping with what the u.s. policy has been on russia's aggression in ukraine. the settlement issue, the white house's statement was again surprising only given trump's lavish phrase of israel and criticism of obama. otherwise, what the white house said about israeli settlements was what every white house has said for 40ers yoo. perhaps what's happening here is the continuity of american policy is asserting itself through these professionals which is a very good thing. frankly, once you give trump credit for recognizing that you do need continuity. people expect the united states to have a consistent foreign policy. >> and then there's this. your op ed in "the washington post" that is the headline "sorry, president trump, i agree with you." what have you done with fareed zakaria. >> there are parts of trump's program i agree with,
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infrastructure. i think there's excessive regulation in some sectors. i think it's a very good idea to have tax reform. the tax code is too complicated and frankly corrupt. part of the problem for us in the media is trump attacks us so much all the time, we're the opposition party, third rate human beings. bannon says you guys should shut up and listen. i was trying to grapple with the fact that we have to be careful not to absorb and reflect that negativity. we can't mirror trump's hostility to us and we have to fairly evaluate his policies when we agree with them, we say it. when we disagree with him, we say that, and not get caught up in this psycho drama that may serve his political purposes, but it's not what our role is. our role is to keep the government accountable and keep the citizenry informed. that's why the constitution explicitly protects only this one industry. >> what would be helpful in that
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would be this administration focusing on what got it there. i am a little kind of confused about why, what you point out you agree with -- you could point out the way he's been folding in corporate perspective on regulation and tax especially. that's new and being done at least in an overt way that could bear fruit. what aren't they focusing more on that in ststead of lighting fir fires? >> if you look at the attack on the media, what's the point here? every president after getting elected has usually tried to unify the country, has tried to say to the people who didn't vote for him, you know, i represent you as well. trump has done the opposite. he's doubled down. i think possibly he's getting advice from bannon. possibly this is his own view that there's an anger and
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frustration and desire for destruction out there. his job is not to make nice. his job is to keep americans mad, riled up. >> also lost the counties that make the most money in this country and pay the most taxes. >> yes. >> fareed, thank you, great arlt curveball for everyone to read about the points of agreement. the january jobs report is out. the first of the trump administration. we'll break down the numbers for you next. looking for balance in your digestive system?
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jobs, jobs, jobs. we just got the january report. what does it say? christine romans has the details. >> one word, guys, strong. this was a strong jobs report for the first month of the year, 227,000 net new jobs added. that's the strongest since the summer. continues this pace of 183,000 new jobs each month for the past three months if you average it out. unemployment rate 4.8%. that's less than half of what it was at the worst of the financial crisis. you have the jobless rate coming down, now here at 4.8%. the labor force participation rate, that's one of the numbers you've often heard team trump talk about. that's up a little bit here.
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that means a few more people entering the labor market. here is where the job gains are. this is pretty interesting, broad based. retail a lot of job gain there. construction, this has been strong all year. the housing market, this is activity, building activity has been strong. and business, computer systems design. there's been a lot of josh creation there for some time. this is where those jobs have been created. we also saw wages pop 2.5% year of year. one of the reasons is 19 states in january raised minimum wages. you're seeing that filter through. markets open soon, futures are hi area. >> time to now for the five things to know. the trump white house seeming the mirror the obama administration in terms of foreign policy, threatening iran with sanction, hitting rush y for aggression in ukraine telling israel west bank
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settlements, quote, won't help accelerate the peace process. >> a terror investigation under way in paris after a man wielding a large knife rushed soldiers near the louvre museum prompting one fire to open fire. the suspect we are told seriously wounded. a second suspect under arrest. the parent company of snap chat is going public with an initial public offering of $3 billion. snap says the 158 million daily users create nearly 2.5 billion snaps every day. >> camerota big on snap chat. more than 100 million americans expected to watch super bowl li. 30-second commercials going for 5 million bananas. tom brady trying for an
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and cnn media analyst bill carter. it does seem this will be a political. we have lady gaga. >> the owner of the falcons is anti trump. you have warring fractions on the field, even on the game where everybody comes together to watch, this is going to be an awful lot of divisiveness, apparently even the ads. >> got the budweiser ad. >> this country is so divided. is there any surprise this game will be political. some people like a break for a few hours, but i'm not sure that's possible. >> a football can transcend a lot of things. if this is a good game, that's what people will be focused on. >> a lot of people tune in for the ads, let's face it. there's been an ad deemed so controversial by the fox network that part of it has been pulled. it was for this lumber company,
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84 lumber. we have a little portion of it. it's about a mother and her daughter, and they are undocumented, and they're going to be attempting to make it to the border. as we understand it, it is now going to end in a cliff-hanger, because that's the part that fox changed as you see them trying to make it to the border. >> originally they get to a wall. that's the part fox said we're not gong to put on. it's still an ad about apparently undocumented -- seems to be from mexico, central america at least. this dream to come to america, that's the essence of the ad. >> what's the plus-mean news? >> just a quick statistical basis. hillary clinton won the counties in this country that make the most money, drive the economy the most and pay the most in taxes, but that's not who decided this election. so if you do an ad like this to
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sell product ultimately, what's the plus minus? >> you are taking a risk and hoping the reward of all the promotional value, all the attention, all the controversy ultimately benefits you more than turning off a few folks than causing a boycott or protests. we've seen attempts at boycott. this budweiser ad showing an immigrant story, the founder of bud. they say it has nothing to do with politics, but give me a break. they could have chosen to run a different ad instead. >> that causes controversy in the past, it would be a celebration of the american story that all of us have. my grandparents came from europe, probably yours did, too. that's what the ad is. now it's controversial. >> maybe the idea is if you're starting to debate politics with your family, you'll go to the fridge and grab at bud. >> do we think lady gaga is going to go rogue? she's been told not to talk
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politics, she does sometimes. >> certainly the producers would prefer for her to stick to the music. >> they picked the wrong person if they wanted a patsy. that's not who she is. >> the nfl said they haven't told her not to mention trump. i think they said we want to have an inclusive half-time -- i think she'll be clever about something if he does something, try to do something subtle, not overt. >> a little bit of business here, donald trump tweets it's fake he had a tough call with the prime minister of australia, it's demonstrably false. people in his own administration telling a different story. kellyanne conway talks about the bowling green massacre. it never happened. the trump base picks it up, runs with it, the media ignored this, it's fake. she just tweeted she made a mistake. she meant the bowling green terrorists who were there who slipped through the system. they changed the vetting because of it. there was never a ban of iraqi
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refugees. that part is still untrue. what do you make of this situation, stelter? >> i look at this. she said on hardball with chris matthews, she said the master minds of the bowling green massacre. if she says she means terrorists, the entire sentence was misconstrued. i think it's an open question whether she thought there had been an attack in bowling green, kentucky. >> and the media would suppress it. this is the insanity of it. of course she misspoke. she meant the terrorists. she suggested that the news wouldn't cover a terrorist attack, a massacre because of politics? stop the madness. >> because she says we're fake news. i completely agree. this is the problem with annette does versus data. she sees on one anecdote as opposed to the data which says refugees are less likely to commit crimes -- she's seizing on an anecdote trying to sew
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fear. i'm disappointed chris matthews didn't catch it in the moment. interviews with kellyanne conway are very hard. >> they are. when there's incoming, she fires up chaff to misdirect the missiles coming at her. don't pay attention to the facts. i'm throwing this up to distract you. >> i hope she sees something in this and they think about it messagingwise. a lot of of the base is refusing to let go of the idea that there was a mass care. sometimes a lie or a misstatement gets a life of its own. >> i haven't seen that part. i have seen them hold that up as an example that the vetting process doesn't work because these two iraqi terror suspects got in. >> they're right. >> and it was addressed. >> and it was in 2009. the system was changed as a result of that when they figured out they didn't have their fingerprints on a database, they changed the system. that's an important part of the story. >> the headline is sensational and disturbing.
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somehow comedians keep finding material for late night laughs. >> white house press secretary sean spicer announced four reporters would receive skype seats for press briefings rather than being there in person. spicer said he picked the four reporters at random and said cnn, "new york times," buzzfeed and telemundo. random names. >> sources inside the white house when trump gets on a call with the foreign leader, the people around him, the aides, the people around him, their faces are white with fear, i should say whiter with fooer. >> when he said he was going to get tough on foreign leaders, i didn't realize he meant arnold
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schwarzenegger. >> for some countries, trump is number one. >> president trump threatened to use u.s. military force to halt mexico's drug force. he reportedly said he's ready to send u.s. troops to stop what he calls, quote, bad ombres down there. >> hey, hey, look on the bright side. trump is learning spanish. >> president trump spoke at the national prayer breakfast this morning. of course, ever since he was elected, every breakfast is a prayer breakfast. >> i've always said the prayer breakfast is the most important prayer meal of the day. and trump took a moment to show his tender side. >> what i hear most often as i travel the country are five words -- >> please don't grab my [ bleep ]. >> some things you do just never run away. >> we have to somehow shift from
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our laughter now to our sadness. it is a bittersweet day here. this is our final toss to carol costello because this is her last day at cnn. we know you'll still be part of the family, but we are sure going to miss you, carol. >> i've been crying all morning. really i have. people have been so wonderful. >> will you miss me? >> i'll miss you the most. >> are you sure? you usually push me out of the way when you see me. >> i have my giant picture of chris qom ma that i'm going hang in my office in los angeles. not. >> best of luck, carol. >> best to you. i'm sure i'll see you anyway. i'll be on some remote location. you'll be asking me questions i can't answer. >> thank you, guys. it's been a wonderful run at cnn. "newsroom" starts now. >> this is cnn breaking news. >> good morning. i'm carol costello, thank you very much for joining me. the u
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