hello. i'm wolf blitzer. it's 1:00 p.m. in washington. 7:00 in mosul, iraq, and friday morning in pyongyang, north korea. from wherever you're watching from around the world, that's very much for joining us. we start with president trump and his latest tweets sending shock waves through washington, d.c. and around the country. perhaps around the world. uncertainty right now over north korea, possible military options for the u.s. there's also the question of whether the president will have a substantive meeting with the russian president vladimir putin at the g-20 summit at the end of next week and there are senate republicans trying to revive their health care overall, but with all of those critically important issues swirling through the white house, the president of the united states took time out this morning to tweet this -- i'll put it on the screen. "i heard poorly rated "morning

joe" speaks badly of me. don't watch anymore. then how come low i.q. crazy mika along with psycho joe came to mar-a-lago three nights in a row around new year's eve and insisted on joining me? she was bleeding badly from a face-lift. i said no. quote/unquote. jim acosta with reaction at the white house. jim, we're going to be getting a host of other responses to that, those tweets in just a few moments. first, i want to know what you're hearing from inside the white house on those tweets, which were truly outrageous. >> reporter: truly outrageous. appalling. hearing bipartisan criticism of the president coming from all over washington today, wolf, but so far the white house is issues no kind of apology or statement saying that the president regrets these tweets from earlier this morning about msnbc host mika brzezinski.

this is what sarah huckabee sanders, the spokeswoman at the white house said earlier on fox news. here's what she had to say. >> i don't think that the president's ever been someone who gets attacks and doesn't push back. there have been an outrageous number of personal attacks. not just to him but to, frankly, everyone around him. this is a president who fights fire with fire and the president, again, isn't going to be somebody who's bullied and allows people, himself and those around him to be personally attacked. >> reporter: so i suspect, wolf, we'll hear the same from sarah huck babe sanders when she take the podium in less than a half hour. steve mnuchin may be making a policy statement, from what we understand, this afternoon. wolf, they can come out, issue

policies, talk about proposals and the president's agenda. sarah huckabee sanders complaining we don't pay next attention to the president's ajend dgenda and policies. of course, you know, when the president issues tweets like this that are repudiated by the likes of the house speaker, saying earlier this morning this was not appropriate. susan collins, senator from maine, who said that this is not how we should be talking to one another here in washington. when you have that kind of criticism coming from the president's own party, it is very, very likely that this, this press briefing coming up here within the next hour or so will only be dominated by questions about these tweets. the president, as you and i both know, covering this, this president for some time now, he occasionally throws everything off court at this white house with just 140 characters, and he has done that yet again, as the white house is grappling with health care, how to get it over the finish line in the senate and so many other issues.

the president welcoming the leader of south korea in the next 24 hours. here we are talking about the president's very appalling tweets aimed at somebody who's on television. wolf, this is the not the first time he's done that, of course, we know. he attacked megyn kelly on fox news talking about her in a very unflattering, really just appalling way. and earlier this week, there was a female reporter from, an irish news outlet in the oval office, and she raised questions about the president's behavior, how he was commenting about her looks and smile, and that sort of thing in the oval office. there will be a litany of questions on this subject from all sides in the briefing room in the next hour. >> people asking, especially a lot of republicans, why would the president do this on such a critically important day or on any day for that matter. >> reporter: that's rinchts jgh >> jim acosta from the white

house. republican senator lindsey graham tweeted, mr. president, your tweet was beneath the office and represents what is wrong with american politics, not the greatness of america, and this from republican congresswoman lynn jenkins of kansas, ale leader of republica. your tweet is beneath the office joining us from miami, political calm tater anna innavorro and da dash. lots to digest. congresswoman jenkins, thanks so much for joining us. i saw your tweet, why we invited you on the show. when you saw what president tweeted what was your initial reaction? >> well, i was just extremely disappointed. that's not okay as a female who's been involved in politics

for a number of years. i've had to deal with this, and it's just -- not acceptable. we need to demand better of folks in positions like myself and the president. we have a lot of things that we're working on here on capitol hill. the senate's wrestling with health care, how to save the broken system that we have today in the house. we're focused on tax reform, how to get the economy moving and people back to work and raises increased. we would just appreciate it if the president could focus with us on doing some really good things for the american people, and leave comments like that to himself. >> why do you think he does this? why do you think he issues such a, a really brutal personal attack on mika brzezinski, an anchor over at msnbc? >> i'm not going to pretend to understand what he's thinking when he does that, but i do know

that i think he's capable of doing some really good things for the american people. we've seen some good work on the regulatory front already. he's got some folks working with us on house ways and means on the tax reform bill. if he could just focus his attention there, i think we could advance the nation. >> i think you're probably right, but the white house says, and they have said, that these tweets that the president posts, they should be treated as official statements from the president of the united states. i guess the bottom line, question to you, and you're a leader among republicans. i think the fifth highest ranking republican in the house of representatives. do comments like this make your work harder? >> they're unacceptable. i hope that they stop, and that we all can get back to civil discourse, treating each other with respect on both sides of the aisle, and putting good

public policy first. >> the first lady, according to her communications director, stands by the president saying that when he is attacked, the president hits back ten times harder. you see the quote, as the first lady stated publicly in the past, when her husband gets attacked, he will punch back ten times harder. from stephanie grisham, communications director. when you see that kind of defense, you've been very active on the hill. this is a busy day, as you know. have you heard anyone, any of your republican colleagues, male or female, say anything positive about this president's tweet? >> not about this particular tweet. i think everyone around here wants to take the high road. we're happy to have a debate and disagree, but do so agreeably on public oepolicy issues. if the president disagrees with someone on policy, i hope we'll have that debate. that's what we do here. find common ground and move

forward, but to refer to a female's face, as someone involved in politics, it's just not appropriate. >> so if the president is watching you right now, what's your bottom line message to him? >> we look forward to working with him on some public policy, especially tax reform on house, ways and means. i hope he'll focus and meet us on the hill to advance our cause. >> representative lynn jenkins, republican of kansas. representative, thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> dots to get to with our panel. dana, start with you. shouldn't be surprised but when i saw the tweet i was pretty startled. >> let me say i'm impressed with the fact, there are two women in the house republican leadership, if you look at it as a member of five, she's the fifth. the vice chair of the house conference. she is not going to be in a good stead with the white house as a fellow republican by, not just tweeting but coming on cnn and

saying, he's got to stop. but she had the guts and the courage to do it, and, you know what? i think in that should be, should be applauded. it is not easy for these members of congress who go to work on both sides of the aisle every day, trying to do important things. like trying to figure out the health care system in this country. and they understandably get asked about really monumental, unbelievably inappropriate tweets by the president of the united states, and they have to spend time reacting to that, and the fact she recognized that it was important enough to do, to show that there's another face to the republican party, i think is really noteworthy. >> your reaction when you saw the tweet? >> i obviously commend her for taking the high road, not going down there. no doubt, the high road has a lot less traffic in washington, however, we're constantly addressing gutter language from the president. a huge distraction. his tweet was upsetting,

unacceptable and very unpresidential and in my view, shame on anyone at any time in any way that condones or defends that kind of talk. and for the comstock to plame the media for not addressing policy, tell their boss. pushing policy on the treasury, get health care passed, that's what he needs to be tweeting about. >> the issue isn't so much that the president's reacting to negative comments. got plenty from joe scarborough and mika brzezinski. plenty of megtive comments from a lot of tv anchors, but to go after mika brzezinski for what he says, she was bleeding badly from her face-lift? that is pretty outrageous. >> it is outrageous. there are a lot of ways to come at the criticism, because there's so many levels of ridiculous to that tweet, but i actually am coming at it, actually, not as a woman, which is the way you can, but as a parent. i have a 6-year-old boy. what -- how do i explain to him that you can't say things like

this as a 6-year-old when he's looking at a guy who's the president of the united states who thinks that it's okay? how do you do that? >> let me get anna into this. certainly it's not the first time the president made statements along these lines involving women. listen to this, this goes back during the campaign, and years earlier, although the "access hollywood" tacame out during th campaign. >> you know, you can see there was blood coming out of her eyes. blood coming out of her -- wherever. but she was -- in my opinion, she was off base. >> i'm automatically attracted to beautiful -- i just start kissing them. just a magnet. start kissing them [ laughter ] when you're a star they let do you it. >> whatever you want? >> grab them by the [ bleep ] -- do anything. [ laughter ]

>> i'm anxious, anna, to hear what your thoughts are. >> look when i first saw the tweet this morning i was frankly disgusted and thought, this dude has such a fixation with women and blood. what is wrong with him? and then you remember that this disgusting dude is the president of the united states. and you realize just how much he is diminishing the presidency of the united states. you realize that what he is doing is not just acting for donald trump. he's acting for all of us. he's acting for our president, and he is embarrassing. he is shameful. he is disgusting. and i'll say this about republicans. i'm really tired of hearing words like, disappointed, like disturbed. i'm, i'm bothered. i wish he wouldn't do it. somebody has to look at the camera, calls him up, listen, you crazy, lunatic 70-year-old man, baby, stop it. you are now the president of united states, the commander in chief and you need to stop acting like a mean girl. because we just won't take it. we won't vote with you, work with you. i can't start talking about tax

reform. i can't start talking about health care reform because i can't get past the fact that we have a president who lacks the sufficient character. we have a president who is mean. we have a president who is nasty. we have a president who is immai immature, unstable and asks like a crazy person with anybody who attacks him because he has thin skin and he is snever going to pivot and anybody around him, whether his daughter, his chief of staff, his wife, who i remind you had said her signature issue was going to be fighting against online bullies, or any republican on the hill, stop enabling him. confront this and confront this hard, or it will never stop, and it will embarrass all of us. it will take the presidency low, low, low. >> i suspect the president's not going to accept your advice, but what do you believe he needs to do to fix this? >> stop. look, if you can't control your tweeting habits, then stop

tweeting. go seek theerapy. go knit. find a hobby. talk to your wife. do as anger management. you've got to realize once and for all you are no longer donald trump. you're no longer just speaking for trump tower and trump hotels and trump states. you are speaking for an entire country and our people do not deserve to be embarrassed and represented by somebody who is so unfit for the job. so you've got to start pivoting. you've got to start acting presidential. you should have started six months ago. but start now, if you couldn't do it back then. >> ana navorro, thanks very much. dana bash, ella stewart, thanks. a lot more on this story coming up, but there's other really important news unfolding right now as well. including north korea's growing threat to u.s. national security. how can president trump leverage u.s. connections in the region to slow the north's growing nuclear capability? republican senator roger wicker,

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the white house. standing by for the official white house reaction to president trump's latest tweets. the deputy press secretary sarah huckabee sanders getting ready to hold the daily white house press briefing, on camera it will be live. we will, of course, have live coverage. stand by for that. there's critically important issues on this important day, including the threat posed by north korea's nuclear program. it will be front and center, of course, when the president meets later today with south korea's visiting president. this will be the first meeting between the president and the south korean leader, and it comes as the united states updates its military options for dealing with north korea. let's bring in our pentagon correspondent barbara starr. barbara, the u.s. has now prepared military options for president trump to consider. does that include the possibility, for example, of a pre-

pre-emptive strike? >> reporter: they always have options full ai cross the board. 234e have an option for everything. back to what you said a minute ago. updating. that's the key here. they are updating the options now, because north korea is making progress in its ability to build a weapon, a missile and a nuclear warhead that could some day attack the united states, and they are beginning to better be able to essentially deceive the u.s. about their intentions. hiding their test program. hiding their launches until the very last minute. all of this leading to concern that the u.s. has options for the president, if there was to be a leak to it, a destabilizing test and have to give the president an option to respond to all that. listen to a little snip of what the national security adviser, h.r. mcmaster had to say about this. >> the threat is much more

immediate now, so it's clear we can't repeat the same approach, famed approach, of the past. >> reporter: so updated military options if it comes to that. still, very much hoping to focus on increasing chinese pressure on north korea to ratchet back on its weapons program, but the idea here is, north korea is speeding up and the u.s. has to be able to match the pace of that threat, wolf. >> arguably, the most serious national security threat facing the united states right now. barbara starr at the pentagon, thanks very much. both president trump and the south korean president, they want to rid north korea of its nuclear weapons program, of course, but they disagree on the approach. the trump administration wants to put more pressure on north korea, won't negotiate without pre-conditions. the south korean leader is a strong supporter of direct talks and engagement with north korea. republican senator roger wicker

of mississippi is a senior member of the senate armed services committee. senator, thanks so much for joining us. >> glad to be with you. thanks for the opportunity. >> senator, what do you think president trump needs to deliver when meeting with the south korean president later today, having dinner at the white house? >> i think kim jong-un is one of the most evil and most dangerous men on the planet. and the president needs to make sure that the south korean president, our ally, understands that he shares this feeling about the danger and the threat that we, that we face from north korea. >> you have calmled north koreas program a growing danger to regional allies including our own troops, nearly 30,000, along the demilitarized zone. what are the realistic options for dealing with this threat, because if the u.s. were to launch some sort of military

strength, the north korean response to be devastating to so many millions of people who live within 20 or 30 miles of the dmz? >> that's true. we have to hope that as unstable as kim jong-un is, that he's not suicidal, and i do not believe he wants to commit suicide. so he has to understand that any attack on the part of his regime against us or our allies would be met with a devastating response. to that end, we are building up our military again. we just finished the markup of the national defense authorization act this week in the senate. we marked a $640 billion number, higher than in the past. higher than the house was able to, but they marked to $621 billion. so suffice it to say the house

and the senate are building up our military. the president's called for over 350 ships in our naval fleet up from 276, where we are now, which is completely inaccurate. a lot of that will go to the pacific, and then we're going to have to make things hard on the kim administration, the kim regime, financially. >> well, let me ask you -- >> to that state ash hurt them in their pocketbook. >> well, do you think the chinese are doing enough to help in this crisis? >> i don't think they're doing enough, but i think they're doing more, and they have to realize as a country that's trying to engage in more trade and be more open and have more americans and more westerners coming in and out with all the benefits that it brings to us and also to their people, they've got to realize an unstable north korea along their border and in their neighborhood is a huge wet blanket to their

efforts. >> six prominent experts on north korea have now written an open letter to president trump urging him to begin direct talks with the kim jong-un regime pap groat that letter, talking is not a reward or concession with pyongyang and should not be construed on north korea. no guaranteed diplomacy will work and no good military options and a north korean attack could devastate south korea and japan. what's your -- direct talks? >> the president and the south korean president are going to be talking about this tonight, and, clearly, the new south korean president was elected on a platform of opening up talks and maybe a softer approach to the kim regime. that has not worked very well in the past. i guess there's no harm in sending messages back and forth,

but until we can get some indication that talks would mean anything, i think more severe sanctions. less western travel, and hurting the regime in their pocketbooks as well as making it clear that an attack on the united states would be a death warrant to the regime and to a lot of people in the north. i think those are better approaches. >> senator wicker, before i let you go, i want your quick reaction to this uproar, this tweet by the president that's causing a lot of commotion today, especially among your republicans colleagues. you know, he attacked a 235fema anchor, mika brzezinski, described her as bleeding badly from a face-lift during an encounter around new year's eve. your republican colleague senator ben sass of nebraska tweeted this response "please, just stop. this isn't normal and beneath the dignity of your office." is this tweet, i assume you were

shocked when you saw it as well, but is this what we should expect from the president of united states? >> i'll say two things. i wouldn't respond in that kind to the attacks of "morning joe" and mika brzezinski, but i wish the president wouldn't do things like that. that said, this really is a side issue as far as most people out in, in the great heartland of america are concerned. they want us to get health care done. they want us to cut taxes. they want us to get the economy going to build an infrastructure program and to make our country strong and more respected again, and these sorts of things are distractions. i wouldn't have spent the morning talking about this, if it were up to me, but i think the american people are not going to be distracted from the important issues, the ones we are working on across the street in the capitol. >> but you agree, senator, that

tweets like this make it more difficult to focus in on what you correctly point out are those critically important issues? >> i agree that i would rather do without the distractions. >> senator roger wicker, thanks so much for joining us. >> thank you. after the break, a glimpse from the front lines of isis' crumbling regime in mosul in iraq. why the coalition now says a definitive victory in iraq is imminent. we're going to the front line.

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recaptured a hugely symbolic site. the ruins of the el nuri mosque, three years ago today in this very city isis baghdadi declared his caliphate. our senior correspondent nick payton welsh joins us from nearby, erbil iraq p. a short distarnsnce away. what can you tell us about this final, final stage of fighting? >> reporter: bizarre to hear those iraq military officials declare the mosque in their hands when we've spent much of the last two days, up to 3:00 this afternoon, watching iraqi special forces valiantly and exhaustingly try to fight to actually surround there. when we left at 3:00 this afternoon they were not in control despite eastern the pentagon suggesting it was in their hands. explaining the political statements, perhaps the idea isis had been kicked off, the mosque uninhabitable perhaps

they can say it's in their hands. on the great pressure to cast success in this and appears to have said openly the fall of mosul happened. the mosque they say in in their hands meaning isis is defeated in iraq. a historic moment politically for iraq here after years of fighting. the problem really is, this victory isn't actually much of a victory, because they are still fighting around the mosque, and will still have to fight to clear out isis from the old city. 700 meters to go to hit the river and the end of the isis territory in iraq. other towns they have a presence in and a broad reconciliation that has to happen. the shia mostly in charge of government get to deep prommerly wi -- properly way lettvel of support from isis. we saw bloodshed here today near the mosque. the broader problem, how fast

can this fighting end and quickly deal with the remnants of isis everywhere. wolf? >> it's taken three years for iraqi forces and coalition partners to deal with the, the second largest city in iraq. mosul. nick paton walsh, thanks very much. and meanwhile, president trump spent much of his 2016 presidential campaign talking about russian president vladimir putin and what their potential relationship would look like. he will soon find out. the kremlin announced today the two leaders will finally meet on the sidelines of the g-20 summit at the end of next week. let's discuss with retired rear admiral john kirby and diplomatic analyst, served with the state and the pentagon, press secretary, also our cnn global affairs correspondent elise lavert. if this meeting takes place between president trump and putin could be significant?

>> could be. i hope the white house sees it as way to shape the relationship going forward and bullish, frankly, with all the areas we have with russia. an opportunity to lay markers down with the president in a way he hasn't done. >> before and will the president do in this meeting, do you bl , believe what he did do with meeting wit russian ambassador a few weeks ago in the oval office, raise russian interference, meddling, in the u.s. presidential election, and tell the russians to stop it? >> i don't see that happening. president trump himself really hasn't acknowledged that he believes -- kind of danced around the topic. certainly never come out with a clear statement he believes russia was involved in the hacking and made clear he wants to move the relationship forward and not look back. has really kind of distanced himself from these charges of hacking and the election and trying to influence the allegation.

even as these investigations about possible collusion between his aides and the russians continue to move ahead. and so i think they're going to keep it on syria, north korea, ukraine, other type issues that are important. >> and's in recent days, complained president obama didn't do enough telling the russians to stop it when he knew what was going on as far as last summer is concerned. it he doesn't do it this time he'll be bitterly criticized. >> i agree. elise is think is right. he won't bring this particular issue. >> it's the elephant in the room. >> we have a midterm in 2018. you can expect the russianless want to get involved in that in a cyber fashion. this is about the future and the president should raise it, sadly -- >> why can't he just say what a lot of people would like him to say. president putin, with all due respect, you continue this, we

have better capabilities to destroy your infrastructure than you have to meddle in u.s. presidential politics, and deliver a threat like that? >> i think -- i don't know how well a threat's going to go over in a sideline meeting like that, but this is an opportunity for him to deliver a big, strong message about where the relationship with russia is and needs to go in the future and i don't think -- i just don't think with respect to cyber hacking he'll be willing to bring himself to that, because, wolf, he continues to see this as striking a licthe legitimacy the election. can't get past it. >> you covered this, meeting on the sidelines. one-on-one with translator, usually just the two of them. why not bring it up? >> he might bring it up, wolf, say something like, these investigations are total nonsense. you and i keep our eye on the ball going forward. issue whether or not congress will pass sanctions against russia. the administration has said because of the hacking and the

interfeerngs trenc interference, putting a chill on the relationship between the u.s. and russia and cooperation on syria and so he's urged the congress not to do that. i don't see the president getting tough on putin. i think he's going to ask the president to move forward on the relationship, particularly in what you see in going on in syria. i think they really need the russians help in not only going after isis but trying to avoid any chemical weapons attacks in syria by the regime. i think that's what he wants to keep his eye on. >> and speaking of intentions and staff, reporting, secretary of state tillerson angry at some white house staffers. what have you learned? >> a story originally reported in politico, but as a meeting that secretary tillerson had at the white house with reince priebus, chief of staff, jared kushner, also the head of presidential personnel johnny

distefano. look, there's been a lot of frustration on both sides. secretary tillerson has been taking a long time to fill some of the many vacancies at the white house. the white house is frustrated with the slow pace, but secretary tillerson is also frustrated that the white house keeps pushing its candidates, either political appointees, of course, they're entitled to, secretary tillerson doesn't always think these are the best qualified people for the job and part of the natural push and pull of any administration but it is taking a long time for the state department to stand up. ened i think this is what you had. frustration, and some of tillerson's aides told me everybody got a clear sense at this meeting where each other stands. there are concerns and now they're committed to moving forward on making some of these appointmen appointments. >> thank you both very, very much. these questions will likely come up in the press briefing, said to begin fairly soon. sarah huckabee sanders getting ready to answer reporters'

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day away from now the self-imposed deadline for senate republican leaders to rewrite their health care plan. originally they wanted to vote on the bill today, but a cascade of republican opposition put that plan on hold. as the process moves ahead, president trump weighed in with his own health care guarantee saying, and i'm quoting now, "we're going to have a big surprise. going to have a great, great surprise." our national politics reporter m.j. lee joins us from capitol hill. m.j., what is he talking about? what is this big surprise? >> reporter: wolf, i can tell you that no lawmaker i've spoken to today has wanted to make applications about what this big surprise is that president trump is talking about. what i can tell su thyou is tha negotiations with mitch mcconnell continued. he has continued to have conversations with various senate republicans who have problems with the health care bill. i want to emphasize there is no deal yet. we do not yet know what this revised bill will look like, but

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bottom line, if this bill is not good for the state of nevada, i'm simply not going to support it. >> reporter: the reason leadership has been pushing on a deadline of tomorrow, they want a new bill sent to the cbo. we should have a better sense later today whether that timeline is actually realistic. wolf? >> m.j., thanks very much. see what happens. from capitol hill. tonight, 8:00 p.m. eastern here on the east coast and in just over six hours from now, president trump's revised travel ban goes into effect across the united states. the ban is a watered down version of his original plan, like earlier version, it still blocks citizens from these six majority muslim countries from entering the united states for 90 days, but a u.s. supreme court ruling allows for exceptions. those who have a "credible claim of a bona fide relationship with individuals or entities here in the united states will be allowed to enter." this includes green card

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once again, any moment now, we expect the white house deputy press secretary to start taking questions from reporters. the white house likely will have to answer for several of the very outrageous tweets the president sent out earlier this morning, including this one, "i heard poorly rated morning joe speaks badly of me, don't watch anymore. then how come low iq crazy mika along with psychojoe came to mar-a-lago three nights in a row and insisted on joining me. she was bleeding badly from a facelift. i said no." let's discuss with our politics reporter and editor at large at cnn.com and the editor of

cnn.com's the point. congratulations on "the point." what was your reaction when you saw that tweet this morning? and you're not surprised by a lot. >> no. i mean, i feel like i've been doing this for 20 years. i've been following donald trump's political career for the last two. this -- his tendency to make personal attacks is not terribly new. the lead quote on my twitter handle is about how i am one of the dumbest political pundits from donald trump. but it is -- i think there's a tendency, wolf, to say, well, that's just donald trump. you know, he says and does stuff like that, which he does, but that should not make it normal in any way. this is the president of the united states. this is not and should not be a partisan issue. this should be a -- how do you want -- what kind of community do you want to live in? do you want to live in a community in which this is acceptable behavior, in which

you can just attack people willy-nilly, the president of the united states, the leader of our country? or do you want to live in a place where you say, you know what? i don't agree with this. this is wrong. this is not that the president is a republican or a democrat or a green party. this is about these are things that when we teach our kids how you talk to and about other people, we don't teach them this, and i feel like you know, his tendency to just wash away every line and insist that the lines being drawn are ridiculous and that's how we got into this trouble, it's what got him elected and he's right, there are a lot of arcane things in politics that should be shaken up. this is not one of them. we should be able to be silver civil to one another. this is beyond disagree without being disagreeable. disagree without personally savaging someone. you have, however many, 20 plus million followers on twitter. it's ridiculous. stunning is a word that i bring up a lot with him.

not surprising but stunning that he would do this, that someone who has been elected to be the leader of the united states and in many ways the most powerful person in the world would spend time and lack the judgment to understand that you don't do this. >> and the white house is defending it. >> which is -- and they will. they will. sarah huckabee sanders was on fox news earlier and said, when he gets punched, he punches back. >> you can punch back. there's nothing wrong be punching back but you don't have to start talking about, she was bleeding badly from a facelift. >> yes. that is exactly it. the other thing i would say, is, you and i and many other people get punched every single day on twitter and many other places. and i almost always don't punch back, because guess what? you got to try to set some sort of example of what the dialogue should be that we can, again, disagree without being disagreeable. sarah huckabee sanders is going to do the exact same thing that she did in that fox news interview, no apology, no walk back, insisting that this is being blown up somehow by the

media and it's just not accurate. >> the new newsletter comes out weeknights. go to cnn.com/thepoint. >> yes, sir. >> to subscribe. there we see it. very good job. thanks very much for watching. the news continues right here right now on cnn. hi there, i'm brooke baldwin, you're watching cnn. in just a couple moments, the white house briefing will begin for the second time this week, the administration is allowing the cameras to record, and there are multiple major headlines that dominate reporter questions today, all stemming from events happening today. fewer than six hours, the president's travel ban will partially go into effect. also two of his immigration laws will begin debate on the house floor. the president will be meeting with the new south korean president amid heightened tensions with north korea and of course there is his party's efforts to draft the revised health plan