. >>> joining to talk about this, david rhodes, online news director. david, on the russian election hacks. obviously, the intelligence community very concerned. congressional officials very concerned. the homeland security secretary yesterday said we have to protect this or we're not a real democracy anymore. then the president calling it a hoax. what lesson do you think the russians are taking from this? what have they learned about their efforts? >> the signal is, keep going. the president is deeply skeptical of nato allies. spending enough on defense things. deeply skeptical of the news media here but vladimir putin continues to get a pass. the stakes are really large. a great and long story in "wired" magazine how russia is carrying out in ukraine and a testing ground to carry out similar hacks possibly in the u.s., on the financial system, the power grid. this is the new reality, and the white house so far seems to be ignoring it. >> an issue of national security of utmost importance, his own secretary reiterated over and over. a lot of people in t

. >> joining me to talk about the president's reaction to the attack david rhodes.urs what donald trump can do to stop terrorism less talk. >> it's a reference to some of the things you reference there. let me be clear about one thing. this message he's getting out there needs to be a travel ban which is about muslims and then he attacks the mayor of london who is the most prominent muslim mayor in the world. he's playing on division which is wrong. i talked to some counter terrorism people and they say this ban would help muslim recruiting. >> you think it's dangerous. >> i do. what's odd about this is the sort of constant attack and push back of political correctness and his veiled krcriticisms of europe. he seems much friendlier with sort of auto kra tick rulers. it's unusual and he's using this attack for political purposes. that was very unusual. >> there was a huge backlash coming from britain about this tweet he sent out in particular the one concerning the mayor khan. bren don cox wrote this you represent the worst of your country. khan represents some of th

could have -- >> caitlin collins, white house correspondent for "the daily caller" and analyst david rhode. "the new york times" has a story, when asked by the pool of reporters covering a midday meeting with republican lawmakers at the white house whether he supported mr. mueller, mr. trump gave no answer, even though he often uses such interactions to make headlines or shoot down stories he believes to be fake. that may have been by design, according to a person who spoke to mr. trump on tuesday. the president was pleased by the ambiguity of his position on mr. mueller and thinks the possibility of being fired will focus the veteran prosecutor on delivering what the president desires most, a blanket public exoneration. caitlin, what's your response? does he understand how this works and the gravity of it? what do you make of that? >> well, i think he likes keeping reporters on edge. that's why he's stayed silent since his friend chris ruddy went on pbs on monday and said he was weighing terminating robert mueller. that's a big deal, that's been the news story for the past few days. white

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i want to bring in david rhodes, cnn global affairs analyst. online news director at the "new yorker." thank you, sir, for joining us. question to you, the president still doesn't say there are definitively not any tapes. he said he didn't make any or doesn't have any. is this a parsing of words? >> i think it is and it's partly distraction to keep this hovering mhove hoveri hovering. he did this often in new york in the real estate world. tim o'brien, he's been on the a journalist, he threatened over and over, saying i have these tapes, u have these tapes as an effort to intimidate him. there were no tapes it turned out in that lawsuit, so this wases a sort of new york real estate-style effort to intimidate james comey but i think it undermines the president's credibility. it could create some legal issues for him. athink there are absolutely no takes and this is all distraction. >> i think jeffrey toobin and i are in agreement, all along we were saying there are no tapes. >> there are no tapes. >> is this a distraction? >> i don't know if wha

david rhode joins us via skype from new york. thanks for talking with us. the concern at this hour is that it's four hours or so after this incident took place and still there are no answers to the many questions and this in the aftermath of attacks on the west pin st minister and london bridges, why is it taking this long authorities can explain to people there what happened? >> i think authorities are being cautious as they have been in past attacks in determining blame but the danger here is that there would be a sense among the muslim community there is a double standard, that this isn't being called terrorism when it should be. i don't think we're there yet. i think the police need more time. they are the ones who know who this person is that's under arrest. it's very important if this is terrorism, it be called terrorism. an attack on anyone based on their religious faith is wrong and totally unacceptable. so it's important that that be the response if that's what the facts are if this is an attack targeting muslims. >> if this is what it looks like,

and cnn global affairs analyst david rhode is joining us on the telephone. police aren't sure if this is a terror attack, they have one person in custody. presumably they are interviewing this person right now and they believe this is the driver of the vehicle they are talking to. you say this is exactly what isis wants. >> again, we don't know what happened, but if this was some sort of retaliatory attack on muslims, they do want to sow division. they do want people of different faiths, christians frankly versus muslims carrying out these kind of attacks. it's a step backwards. i mean, whoever carried this out thinks he's going to somehow, you know, slow this down or this is going to cause radical muslims to stop their attacks, it's not. this kind of violence will just sort of feed further violence. so, it's not clear, again, but it's really disturbing if this is what it appears to be. >> david, stand by. i want to bring back the senior editor at the islamic monthly. arsalan, we are learning from police they are not calling this a terror incident. they say

networks, for instance, abc, ben schorr wood, his sister was on obama's national security council, david rhodesident of cbs news, his brother, ben rhodes is deputy national security advisor for obama. you have this across the board, this harvard shorenstein study shows the first 100 days or so of the trump administration, how the coverage has been even, particularly cnn, and nbc, 93% negative. now i question that. i still haven't seen 7% positive coverage on either network. neil: one of the things that you do wonder about, roger, i always say, people interpret the news through their own prism and their own bias and own set of facts. what i always like to argue with people, regardless of your political viewpoint, in my case i had three hours of programing i do a day here. two hours on this fine channel. an hour on fox news. there are several 24 hour news channels. several 24 hour business channels. we have time to get into any and all. plenty of time to get into the russia, collusion charges, donald trump, whether he is crazy, if you want to do any of that, fine, fine. you also have time to step

david rhodes has more.se with sleep apnea, getting a good sleep can involve a mask. i needed to do something about it. the exhaustion was getting difficult to deal with. it got to the stage i wanted to kill myself. looking back now, i can't believe it got that bad. but at the time, iwas believe it got that bad. but at the time, i was wondering what the point of going on was with such a terrible life. it happens when muscles in the throat relax and block airwaves. sufferers consistently wake up during the night. it is linked to obesity and heart and brain problems. last year there were 140,000 plus diagnoses last year. problems. last year there were 140,000 plus diagnoses last yearlj will ask you to hold it in place. 1.5 million of us in the uk are believed to have sleep apnea, though 80% of us have no formal diagnosis. to establish if someone has the condition, patients are monitored during their sleep. when it is red, you are still breathing. in this ten minute window you can see how many times it is happe

rhode island. they all indicated how they've benefited from the a.c.a. and how trumpcare could be a devastating impact on their families. for example, david from providence, rhode island, wrote to me to tell me how his life has been affected by the affordable care act. he said, i don't usually write senators. actually, i've never written a senator. i have great concerns about my health care. i have a preexisting condition. two heart attacks and open-heart surgery, triple bypass. i had medical issues and needed to leave my position at a full-time job three years ago to get well. during that leave, the company went chapter 11. i lost my health care and had no income. i was able to acquire medical insurance through the affordable care act. i started my own design business as a soul proprietor and worked a second job to make ends meet. my health care was subsidized for two years. i'm now successful in my design business and will be paying back the subsidy for this year and for longer need the subsidy going forward. i will able to purchase affordable health care through the health connection in rhode island. affordable health care and the subs

. >> during the fight as you we heard, one of your rhode island colleagues, david cicilline quote tens of millions of people will die if this senate republican bill is passed. do you know what evidence he and others have said on your side of the aisle are looking at when they're citing these numbers? >> yeah. yeah. case in point t. whole premise of the affordable care act is to focus on central health benefit, early preventative care so that you finds problems early before they become those catastrophic diseases or illnesses that are either difficult, expensive or impossible to treat. so my colleague is exactly right, that there are thousands of people that will die if either they no longer have health care coverage and they don't go to see a doctor until it's too late or if they just can't afford the coverage, it's not provided, they don't get the health care coverage or if they have a health plan that doesn't cover those things, the essential health benefits that don't require pre screening for breath cancer or colon cancer caught early you can make a difference in treating or curing

david sissel laney of rhode island. >> thank you for being here. it is clear the devastating cuts proposed in this budget would make it impossible to lead the world and that is why it has been decried by virtually every serious diplomat scholar next. i have very specific questions which i would ask you to answer with a yes or no. first, i've see you are familiar with the first amendment and the rights afforded to the american people. >> yes. >> to you believe in open and unrestricted press is a vital part of the unrestricted government. >> yes. >> in your opinion does russia and china have a free influence? >> no. do you believe they reliably inaccurately report meetings and conversations between u.s. government officials and their government? >> not lately. >> do believe it sends any type of message to any authoritative governments when american media is excluded from reporting on these events? >> i'm not sure i understood that one. >> do you believe it impacts the narrative or sends a message to the leaders of other countries when american media

david sissel laney of rhode island. >> thank you.ng here. i think it's very clear that the devastating cuts proposed in this budget would make it nearly impossible for america to lead the world in its white has been the cry virtually every scholar and diplomat. i have very specific questionsk that i asked you to answer with yes or no if you can so i can get through as many as possible. first, i assume you are familiar with the first amendment and the rights it affords the american people. >> yes. >> you believe in open and unrestricted press is a vital part of a transparent and accountable government. >> yes. >> in your observation, do china and russia have a free press free from government influence. >> no. >> do you believe chinese and russian media sources reliably an accurate report meetings or conversations between u.s. government officials in the government. >> not likely. >> do you believe us in narrative or any type of messag message. [inaudible] when american media is excluded from reporting on exclusive events involving yourself, t

david sis leany of rhode island. >> thank you for being here. i think it's clear our devastating cuts proposed in this budget would make it nearly impossible for america to lead the world. that's why it has been decried by nearly every serious diplomat, scholar, and development expert. i want to associate myself with my colleagues's remarks about this budget and what it would mean for our diplomatic work. and i have very specific questions, mr. secretary. which i would like you to answer with yes or no if you could so i can get through many. i assume you're familiar with the first amendment and the right it affords the american people. >> yes. >> and do you believe that an open and unrestricted press is a vital part of a transparent and accountable government? >> yes. >> and in your observations, do china and russia have a free and unfettered press free from governmental influence? >> no. >> and so do you believe that russian and chinese media resources reliably and accurately report meetings between u.s. government officials and their governmen

benn rhodes, obama's policy advisor tweeted that trump cares nothing about human rights of cuban people. david: cares nothing about human rights. he is talking about human rights! steve and carol to talk about this, steve, an amazing thing somebody from the obama administration saying he doesn't care about human rights. he didn't listen to the whole speech. the whole speech was about human rights and about the despicable behavior of the regime in power for almost 60 years. let's play a sound bite what trump said. >> many of you witnessed terrible crimes committed in the service of a depraved ideology. david: depraved ideology, i couldn't think after better phrase to describe the castro regime. compare that to the way president obama dealt with them, he went down, holding hands with raul castro. fidel was dead or on his deathbed. they were shaking hands, buddy, buddy. different doctrine way of dealing with dictatorships. >> that's right, david. unfortunately president obama was an appeaser, as he has been to a lot of other thugs in the world. did nothing to human rights. did nothing to release