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cnn, pyongyang, north korea. >> i want to thank him for his exclusive report from north korea. i'm wolf blitzer in the situation room. erin burnett starts right now. breaking news. anti-trump protests in cities across the nation as the president names his new pick for national security adviser. plus republicans warned as angry protesters show up to make the case. we'll speak to one congressman facing the protesters live at this hour. and the president spending nearly every weekend at his florida golf courses why is the white house so reluctant to talk about trump's golf game? let's go "outfront." good evening. i'm erin burnett. breaking news. anti-trump protesters taking to
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the streets today marking the president's day with not my president's day demonstrations. we saw it from los angeles to chicago to new york. the president was silent, be speaki, not speaking or tweeting about it. waving but saying nothing but b the perhaps. perhaps uncharacteristically. he did speak about something so totally different. before boarding air force one, you see him introducing his pick for national security adviser. alone general h.r. mcmaster. general kellogg. he will remain as the chief of staff. jeff, this was a surprise announcement from the president today. >> it was indeed. there was a sense the president wanted to get this announcement after the fallout of resignation
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michael flynn. he wanted to start his second month in office on a smoother foot. naming a new national security adviser tonight, general h.r. mcmaster. >> a tremendous experience. i watched and read over the last two days. he is highly respected by everybody in the military. and we are very honored to have him of. >> the president making his announcement. general flynn was forced to resign after misleading the president. mcmaster a soldier rising through ranks to become a chief strategist. >> i look forward to joining the team to do everything i can to advance and protect the interests of the american people. >> the president re-fig tstarts
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second month in office. in brussels, vice president pence speaking about the resignation for the first time. >> i can tell you that i was disappointed to learn that the facts that have been conveyed to me by general flynn were inaccurate. >> the vice president gave his opinion while he sought insurances from his allies. >> who should they listen to? can they be sure it won't be triktd at a press conference. >> we look forward to working across the channel in the sears ahead. >> the president's defensive comments reverdict braigt around
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the world. >> rest assured, the president and i strongly support a free and independent press. you can anticipate that the president and all of us will continue to call out the media when they play fast and loose with the facts. >> so so far the reaction tonight to the new national security advise soriano positive across the board from capitol hill and military officials as well. and as for the vice president there, he was asked, the president was asked if he played a role in the selection of this national security adviser, of course, given his role with michael flynn's depart you. the president and mar-a-lago. he did. >> i want to go to our pentagon correspondent. you've been talking to your sources. what are they saying may be general mcmasters' toughest challenge in. >> he is a very competent military officer. now he wads inwads into politic.
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it may be one of the biggest challenges. mr. bannon now has a permanent seat on the national security council. so mcmaster will have to deal with him. who will be the one that has the president's ear when there is a national security crisis? who goes to brief the president when there might be something from north korea, russia or iran that president trump has to deal with? general mcmaster is known to be very precise, very organized with national security strategy. very, very experienced in all of this. tours in iraq, afghanistan, and his military career. mr. bannon perhaps looking or the at the policies. so he tried to bring calm and
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take complete charge of it. >> that's a big question. up next, rick santorum, the correspondent for the daily beast who has interviewed general mcmaster and our senior political analyst. let me start with you. you know lieutenant general h.r. mcmaster. what do you think? >> i think he is a stabilizing pick. as he smart guy. strategic. he is forward thinking. i think the big issue for him will be whether he can wrap his arms around an extraordinarily dysfunctional process. as barbara alluded to, whether he can establish a degree of trust with the president himself and push back against some of the crazy and chaos coming out of this white house. of interest, h.r. mcmaster's
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book really talks a lot about how the white house at the time of the vietnam war was too insular. >> you've interviewed general mcmasters. general flynn was trump's close adviser. trump trusted him. he had a lot of influence. do you think mcmaster will have the power that flynn did or not? >> well, mcmaster has the military experience that trump respects. he's fought on the fwro kungrou. he tackled corruption in afghanistan. he's been political enough that he's made to it his third star but contrary enough, spoken back to enough people that it was tough getting there. he got passed over for promotion a couple of times. so he has in the past criticized
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his superiors, criticized army doctrine and you have to think he will bring that into the white house. >> he is active duty. not allowed to turn down an order from the president. i want to ask you this here is donald trump. >> i watched and read a lot oh the last two days, we're very honored to have him. >> he said he watched and read a lot. what he didn't say is that he knows mcmaster. he is not part of trump's ener circle. wh what insurances are there, if he disagrees with the others who have no national security experience but the president has made clear will have big national security roles? >> because he put him in as the
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senior guy. you don't put someone in and don't have a lot of responsibility. he surrounded himself with generals for a reason. i think he has a lot of respect for the work that they've done. all three of these general who's are in major positions in the administration. i take issue, this is a dysfunctional. i don't think there's evidence that it is dysfunctional. this president is trying to take the country in a different course. i don't think it is a bad thing. i think general mcmaster would be a good steady hand to guide the process. >> what about the president out there, active duty. he says you will do it and he will do it. is it possible because of that obligation that he is not? >> i don't think so. we've seen that he has bucked
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the system. as kimberly noted, for not necessarily being the go-long get along guy which programs caused him to wait a little while to get his star. what i think is interesting, can we see some kind of military order brought to this administration. if you look at who is running, general mattis, if you look at general kelly running homeland security. now you have somebody right next to donald trump, president trump and general mcmaster. you have to wonder if those three, and one who is not known for being outside box to try to bring some stability to our foreign policy. >> so aides to president trump have been reluctant to talk about his golf habit. it is a serious issue because he's made it one in the past. his white house spokesperson
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said, i know he played a couple holes. we do know that he's visited his two golf courses six times since he's become president. golfed during most of those visits. this is what he said about president obama who also liked to play golf. >> this guy plays more golf than people in the pga tour. >> obama, it was reported today, played 250 rounds of golf and he'll be in hawaii, did they say for three weeks? he played more golf last year than tiger woods. >> i just got back from a tour of the suffering and devastation in louisiana. honestly, obama ought to get off the golf course and get down there. >> is he realizing, it is a lot different when you actually have the job, from things like that. so easy to criticize. now here he is doing the same thing. >> i don't think anyone will be critical of donald trump that he hasn't been engaged as president
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over the last month. he's been one of the most active 30 days that we've seen from any president and the things he's tried accomplish. so i think what he was complaining about with president obama, in the case of louisiana and other places, he was not engaged. i don't think anyone will make that claim of trump. is it a cheap shot to hit the president on playing golf? it was. and i think he's realizing that getting out of the white house and getting out there and swinging that golf ball is probably a good thing for his head. >> thank you all very much. next, republicans warned about their safety. one of them live. plus. blocked from a major republican event. what happened? and jeanie moos on the british. >> when we think that the man who thinks it is okay to go
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protests growing at a town hall for a congressman in virginia. angry protesters showing up. sometimes even shutting down these town halls. it comes after members of congress were warned about their safety and the staff's safety. is the same group behind tonight's protest? >> this is the same group we've seen atle town halls. i want to you look this. this began about 15 minutes ago. it is a near capacity crowd. they're trying to fill a few more seats. a huge crowd outside was not allowed in i spoke to a lot of these folks. there are a number of reasons why they're here. a lot of it has to do with
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trump's agenda but also to make a point that they're real voters. not being paid to show up. >> town hall fury from utah, to nebraska. chasing down congressmen at town hall events. this year aiming squarely. the gop bracing for the protests. the president even noticing. >> they fill up our alleys with people that you wonder how they get there. >> sean spicer shared the theory. >> this is becoming very paid astro turf type movement. >> are you making any money on this. >>? no. this is not a money making vent you are. >> meet the team responsible for the movement. three former congressional staffers. >> we had seen a very powerful local activist movement, the tea
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party eemergency. we knew exactly how powerful local action could be because it was used against us very effectively. >> based loosely on teem tactics, this skexd out a guide for progressive on how to stop trump's agenda. >> when we put it out, we hoped our parents would like it. >> ten people were reading it. then 20 people, then 90 people were he had rooing it. >> then it crashed. it is now viewed 15 million times. downloaded about 1.7 million. about 7,000 indivisible groups. >> there are four simple tactics. >> a viral video followed. they said the $10,000 video was crowd sourced from $5 to $100 donations. they have now filed with the irs as a nonprofit. this is one full time employee
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who still has not been paid. they weeks ago they put up a donation tab on the website. only small don'tations so far. their movement growing based on a simple idea. >> that's a smart move because it keeps your coalition together. >> i was so inspired and motivated by what they said. do you know the people who wrote this guide? >> no. >> this is ann taylor, grandmother and founder of the indivisible 757. their target tonight, republican congressman scott taylor. >> how do you feel when the gop brushes you off as someone who is paid? i think it is funny. it is a desperate attempt to delegitimize what they most definitely perceive tonight a powerful grassroots movement.
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>> what you're seeing happening here behind me is that the congressman is taking a slightly tiff tack. you can see one of his workers standing closer. what they're trying to do is have people write down their questions and then randomly taking these questions. trying it appears to be working. you can hear some of them giving vocal protests but so far they seem to be -- >> we'll see how many people are there. how many people are passionate across the country. >> you can see, speaking right now. aid chance to talk to him as people were filling the seats. whether he was worried that his town hall could be shut down tonight. >> i'm not so much worried. i think it is important for people to have a seat at the
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table. contract . they're passionate. that's fine. if they shout over a bunch of people, they just call other people out to have a seat at the table. that's the wrong they know. >> he know members of congress were warned. you were warned in a closed door about safety. how seriously are you taking that warning? should very seriously. a lot of people were afraid mirgs staff is certainly concerned. we've back up with local law enforcement in case we had issues. i'm optimistic. most of these folks are good people. they won't cause a ruckus and try to harm people. >> some republicans, you talk
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about having a suit at the table. >> it is not these or gabbegoga movement. this is becoming very paid astro turf type movement. >> there was also a well organized element that came to disrupt and disrupt they did. >> congressman, is that the right attitude? >> i think it would be naive to say these organizations are organic. they certainly are. i don't know of any paid organizations here tonight. they're organized from the democrat party which is fine. they're my constituents, too. i'm fine with them being here. i've heard from people who have not been involved with politics before who are here organically. i won't take that approach. i don't have of any here.
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>> smeft spreftors are now in congress full term. does the president need to do something to help the situation? they are there at your town hall because of donald trump. >> listen, i think there's a little blame to go around on both sides but i will tell you. i think he needs to calm down. i think some of the rhetoric could be toned down. i think the media could toneett down as well. we can decide. do we want to move forward? i think that's the wrong answer for the nation. did does president have a responsibility form, to deal with it? he does. >> some are calling at this time tea party of the left. the original tea party, have been, the rising of that led to the shellacking of the 2010 mid
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terms. is it happening again? >> i think it is important that republicans will have a seat at the table. when it happened with the democrats, they didn't allow the republicans to have a seat at the table. and people were opposing everything. i think that's the wrong answer for cancer to oppose everything now. it is the wrong answer. you have to have people have a seat at the table. >> all right. thank you. appreciate your time. >> thank you. next, leaked memos from the leaked memos. what wille -un's oldest brother. of kim
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president trump's sweeping order about to be put into action. how undocumented immigrants will be detain asked deported could go into effect as early as tonight. the aggressive stance like i to include accelerated deportation hearings. also, a large he group of immigrants will be targeted. >> we will have strong borders again. >> the trump administration is preparing to roll out a new order. it revises the original botched order which caused confusion, mass protests and portions of writ halted by multiple federal courts.
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the take two is intended to be streamlined. this time it will except green card holders, take out preference for certain minorities allowed in the country and attempt on fix due process concerns by giving detailed notice on restrictions of those coming from the seven identified countries with colonel or penaltying visas. >> we will have a short phase-in to make sure they don't get to air planes. if they're on an plane, they'll be allowed to enter the country. >> all this as homeland security is set to release aggressive new guide lines for the new immigration policies. outlined in two earlier versions, directions to agencies to implement the tightening of immigration laws. by raising the standard on aisle emseekers. senting people awaiting immigration proceedings in the u.s. back to mexico. expanding the use of expedited
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removal proceedings for unauthorized immigrants which could impact thousands more. the memos call for an encrease in potential moves. setting off democratic lawmakers. >> ultimately, anyone found in an undocument status would ultimately be raep helened and deported with due process total totally. >> the travel ban executive order challengers stay anticipated revisions won't stop the legal challenges ahead. they warn the litigation in courts could happen as well as protests in the streets them say they will likely continue in full force. >> all right. thank you. outfront, governor, thank you for being with me. in the past couple of years, 2012 and 2014, you have seen
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this first hand. undocumented immigrants in your state up by more than 10%. it is a big number. what would these new immigration policies, increased facilities, increased ages mean upon the your state? >> it is hard to say what he is really talking about. from several points of view, what is the cost going to be? one rumor has the federal government hiring 10,000 i.c.e. agents. put in the new facilities, incredible spems. and then we're under 3% unemployment. in agriculture, construction, even in tech. we're not sure how many undocumented people are in these agencies. this might be the perfect time to kind of look at congress to try to address and find, what is the right compromise? let's really solve this problem
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that has been haunting us for 20 years. >> we've been covering this story of an undocumented immigrant, mother of four. she is taking refuge at a church in colorado. she's afraid of being deported and separated from her children. here she is. >> i belong here. this is my home. this is my community. >> so as the governor of the state in charge of law enforcement, what should happen here? should they go into the church to get her? because she is defying the rules? should they not? what do you say? >> it's hard to imagine going into a church, in a sanctuary like that, and dragging somebody out. an awful lot of successful law enforcement is biuilt on the
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trust built up over many years between the police force and the community. that's another serious cost. this notion of going around, rounding people up and hauling them off in detention facilities. and then without much due process. expelling them from the country. there are serious costs to our economy and the fabric of our community. >> back, it's a tough issue. back a few years ago we did a report of a canadian woman. she was married to a citizen. they had a baby. she had to have a green card. she was not with her husband. he missed all the firsted for his baby because he was in the national guard, full time student. a tragic story. this family was separated as the mother waited until she could come in legally. the big question is, if they played by the rules should not others as well? we see the heart-wrenching stories like the one in your state. but this is a real question.
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>> it is. and i mean, look. countries come with borders. right? and borders create complexity. and there are an awful lot of tough decisions. i'm the first person to say we should be overhauling a lot of these rules and figuring out, what is the right number we need to make sure our work force needs. make sure we're not losing jobs that americans can fill. i can tell knew colorado, there are a lot of farming jobs, ranching jobs, they offer $20 an hour and they can't fill them of they're trying to hire people to do sheet rock and plumbing. they can't fill those jobs at $18, $20. some of them by the third year, they're making $60,000 a year and they can't find people to work. >> so the hill listed as one of the top people to run for president. and you're one of four democrats that steve bannon asked for research on you.
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if it is bad, they're going to final it. do you think you could beat donald trump? if he ran? >> to help mr. bannon, last year i put out a memoir. i would like to think i'm too young to write a memoir. there are a lot of things i've done. i don't think they have to worry about me coming at them from their blind side. >> but it's on the table. >> i don't know. there are going to be a lot of things on the table. the key is to figure out, with all the turmoil going on, how do we make sure we move the country forward and figure out, where are those lines that should not be crossed. ? i think between states and federal government, you will see a whole lot more governors saying we believe in states
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rights and the federal government shouldn't come and impose these burdens on us. and i think you will see more republican governors saying don't compel us you will cut back our medicaid expansion. >> thank you very much. >> strange times. >> and next, new surveillance video appears to show the moment kim jong-un's brother was poisoned. and president trump fighting back after suggesting this was a terror attack in sweden when this was not. plus, why is controversial bright wart editor being blocked from a major gathering? wow. you grilled that chicken? yup! i did... n't. smartmade frozen meals. real ingredients, grilled and roasted. it's like you made it. and you did... n't. it has long been called storm of tiny bubbles, the champagne of beers. ♪ if you've got the time welcome to the high life. ♪ we've got the beer
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chilling new surveillance video appears to show the murder of kim jong-un's brother. it is the moment he was believed to be poisoned. a woman appears in white to be walking up to kim. she then holds him while officials say another woman sprays him with some sort of a toxic substance. moments later a man believed to be kim in the gray suit as you can see walks over to the desk there and asks for help.
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two hours later he was dead. at this moment, there is a search for four north korean men. there are four additional suspects in custody. out front now, author of nuclear showdown. north korea takes on the world. and a columnist for the daily beast. let's go back to this video again. i think it helps to see it one more time. the woman walks up to kim. you can see her over there. she walked up to kim. and then holds him. another woman sprays him. i don't know what i think. is it aaerosol? >> the north korean have been using poison. in 2011 when they were going after a south korean disdental in south korea, the north korean assassin was caught with a poison pen, poison gun, poison pills. so that's their weapon of choice.
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>> and they would have known his schedule somehow in the airport. >> and she's acting very decisively. she leaves quickly. that's trade craft. >> so let's show him asking for help. he is in the gray suit. he goes back. gets almost in line. he is moving purposefully but not distressed. then it appears he is escorted by police. how many people do you think were involved? they're looking for all the people. you saw at least two women there. >> the thing that's important, they have four suspects on the loose. they're all north koreans. these are the people between perm traitors and the master mind. and clearly there's a north korean link. they've already detained one north korean so obviously north korea is involved. they were half brothers by different mistresses. to their father. but the older brother, of course, is the first born and there is legitimacy. some said if they got rid of kim
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jong-un, kim jong-nam would be there. what does it mean that he is now dead? >> it means china feels it has been disrespected by the north koreans. >> they've been protecting him. >> he lived in macao. he was unprotected. the north koreans knew they couldn't hit him there. >> thank you very much. next, president trump refers to an immigrant crime wave in sweden. the swedes say it is not true. we'll give you the facts. and jeanie moos. >> unfortunately, the intellectual capacity of the president is protozoan.
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president trump firing back against the media tweeting, give public a break. they are trying to say that large scale immigration from sweden is working out just beautifully. not! it come after trump was accused of making up a terror attack in that country. trump is now trying to clarify. brian is out front. >> you look at what's happening last night in sweden. sweden! who would believe this. sweden. >> president trump's ominous comments sparking worldwide confusion. there simply was no terrorist attack many sweden the night before.
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it turns out trump was actually talking about this. >> there was an absolute surge in both gun violence and rape in sweden. >> watching this friday night story from one of fox's opinion shows, trump's head scratcher suddenly makes sense. >> they took in large numbers. they're having problems like they never thought possible. >> this conservative u-tube video barely had any views until fox called. now it has the attention of the president. and the police officers who appeared in the film are two of a growing number of swedes saying the film's depiction of sweden is inaccurate. >> it is all fake news. all fake news. russia is fake news. this is fake news put out by the media. the news is fake because so much of the news is fake. >> president trump may think some news outlets are enemies but clearly fox news is a friend. >> zpox friends in the morning,
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>> reporter: fox seems to shape the new president's views. last month, trump parroted these words. >> in a new article for the guardian, the disgraced former army private is slamming obama as a weak leader with few permanent accomplishments. >> reporter: within minutes, the words on screen appeared in a trump tweet. two days earlier, a similar pattern. trump threatening to send federal agents to chicago right after a guest on fox suggested it. >> he called in the national guard. >> absolutely. you could call in the national guard. >> president trump, i hear you watch the morning shows. >> reporter: some advertisers are buying time on cable news hoping to reach the president. he tweets reactions to msnbc's "morning joe," cnn's "new day" and this show, accusing "outfront" of cutting off bernie sanders. >> it looks like we l senator s.
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>> reporter: technical difficulties were the culprit. sanders came back on the air to finish the interview. but as sweden proves, trump's cable news fixation can now have international ripple effects. >> brian, it's pretty incredible. the swedish prime minister in terms of this comment about sweden, the most recent thing, is weighing in. what's he saying? >> saying he was surprised by trump's comments as well and that we all must take responsibility for verifying information that we spread. the fact is, sweden does face some challenges, as do other european countries as it tries to welcome asylum seekers but crime levels are still relatively low in the country despite some uptick and the fox segment blew it way out of proportion. >> brian, thank you very much. the editor in chief of the daily beast is with me, the author of washington's farewell, founding fathers warning to future generations. among the many things we learned here is how much the president watches cable but not just cable, fox news specifically. fox and friends specifically, the morning show, when he gets
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up. he's using it for speeches, using it for policy. >> yeah. that's a problem. i mean, it's almost like remember the movie "being there" where chauncey gardner is watching television obsessively and drifts into the oval office. this is real. this isn't fiction. if the president is paying more attention to what's on fox or what's on a chyron and tweets about it immediately, maybe more interest than he pays to his intelligence briefings, that will lead to a distorted word view. it increases the bubble and for someone with a lack of impulse control like him, you have gaffe after gaffe. >> this all started because he was ad libbing at a rally on saturday night. right? this was completely self-inflicted. >> as many of his gaffes are. this is a president who his supporters believe it's a sign of great authenticity that he seems to say whatever comes to his head but if he's repeating on twitter or on speeches whatever he sees on cable news,
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particularly partisan cable news, that's going to lead to an increasing credibility gap, a gap with reality. it doesn't actually fit with the fundamental responsibilities of the office which is to be briefed better than everybody else and be more disciplined when you speak. >> i want to ask about mile yono yonopoulos. this is a line that is too difficult to cross, also credited with being a leader of the alt-right movement. how significant is it for cpac to reject him? >> we apparently know there is a line. the good news is there is a line. we know what's too far. what is too far apparently is pedophilia. the fact that that's the line we
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can all agree on it seems is awfully low for american society. defending free speech is important. but he obviously crossed a fundamental line that we can all agree on. now we know where the new line is. a little low. i think we can do better. >> you're right about that. thank you very much, john. next, jeanne moos on whether god can save the queen from president trump. >> you have a man who is the president behaving like a petu lant child. hello, i'm an idaho potato farmer
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insults flying over trump's
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invitation for a formal state visit to the uk. one member of parliament today likening it to quote, pimping out the queen. here's jeanne moos. >> reporter: president trump doesn't just get people stirred up at home. look what happened in the british parliament. >> let's have some fake outrage here. i'm standing here as a woman being shouted down by women. >> reporter: all because britain's prime minister invited president trump to -- >> pay a state visit to the united kingdom later this year. >> reporter: over 1.8 million uk residents signed a petition saying it was okay for president trump to come visit, but that he should not get an official state visit, because it would cause embarrassment to her majesty the queen. a position members of parliament lobbed insults at president trump -- >> like a petulant child with the intellectual capacity of the president is protozoan. >> reporter: like a single celled microscopic animal?
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>> can you really lay out the red carpet for someone who talked about grabbing women by the [ bleep ]? >> reporter: members of parliament went there. >> think about a man who thinks it's okay to go and grab [ bleep ]. >> i became concerned when i heard comments like grab them by the [ bleep ]. >> reporter: the scottish lilt helped. >> which one of us has not made some ridiculous sexual comment sometime in our past? >> reporter: the queen, probably. she would be president trump's official host as she was for president obama, that time he accidentally toasted -- >> to the queen. >> reporter: right through britain's national anthem. outside parliament, protesters rallied, god save the queen from donald trump. the president was portrayed as king kong, clutching the monarch as he scaled big ben. >> i think the nos have it. >> reporter: in the end, the government made clear -- >> the visit should happen. the visit will happen. >> reporter: but god save the
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queen from this debate. jeanne moos, cnn. >> i don't think it's in order to refer to pimping out our sovereign. >> reporter: new york. >> there's just something about that. thank you for joining us. anderson starts next. thanks for joining us. exactly one turbulent month and another bumpy weekend into his administration, president trump marked the occasion by naming a new national security adviser, an active army lieutenant general, defense intellectual known for speaking hard truth to superiors. unlike many of the president's decisions so far, this one appears to be garnering praise from across the political spectrum. more from barbara starr. >> he's a man of tremendous talent and tremendous experience. i watched and read a lot over the last two days. he is highly respected by everybody in the military, and we are very honored to have him. >> reporter: army lut