the trump family is very proud of uncle john. today, uncle john would be called a trump in this building by many other people especially in political appointees -- trump. unfortunately it looks like the company ministrations going to continue the same patent hating policies that have been pursued by the obama administration. the inventors are today behind me who attended the examiner award ceremony earlier hope the present will hear their pleas. it's time for us to make patterns great again. patterns are at the core of what makes america great. it's what made john trump great tickets what's going to help us grow this economy, and i believe that it starts here to give you one of the patent owners and inventors behind me has had terrible experiences with ptab process which basically invalidates 90% of the patterns that you look at in one way, shape, or form. the ptab is an inspiration of the obama administration but also involve some republicans who i think are quislings as part of their, to pass it through congress. those people w

according to a "new york times" report today, donald trump's ominous warning to pyongyang was entirely improvised. among those taken by surprise was johnonald trump's chief of staff. today north korean state media issued a new response to president trump. it called his statement, quote, a load of nonsense, end quote, but again threatened, quote, historic enveloping fire at guam, end quote, and said it will develop a plan to carry it out by mid august. donald trump thinks he knows something about nuclear weapons that we don't know because 35 years ago, his uncle, the m.i.t. professor, told him all about it. >> look, having nuclear -- my uncle was a great professor and scientist and engineer, dr. john trump at m.i.t. good genes. very good genes, okay? very smart. the wharton school of finance, very good. very smart. >> we're just going to cut that right here because you've heard the next minute several times. it's the part where donald trump compliments himself about how smart he is and the schools he went to and all of that. he goes on for at least a minute with that. then he comes back in and says this. >> nuclear is so powerful. my un

. >> i donald john trump do solemnly swear -- >> reporter: just blocks away some members of lacy macaulay's swung into action, >> there's a large undertaking to oppose the operation of donald j. trump. >> reporter: macaulay believes hate speech is the equivalent of violence and can be answered with violence. and we've seen her tame on armed white supremacists with little more than a bullhorn. >> so why do these confrontations always get so violent? >> yes, you might have your hot-headed 19-year-olds on antifa who i know are actually trying to act in self-defense. >> reporter: but what about the vandalism and harassment here of an inaugural ball guest perpetrated by some of her associates using so-called black bloc tactics? >> everyone wears the same color, hey, basic black, it's trendy and also just wearing the mask again to conceal your identity. >> reporter: the world got a glimpse of these tactics in action when some in macaulay's group clad all in black smashed the windows of a starbucks and a bank of america. >> breaking a window is a symbolic act. windows break all the time. things br

trump and john f kelly the white house chief of staff that september could be the breaking point for the trump presidency. a total meat grinder, bannon told them tp joining us tonight to talk about coronell belcher back with us the democratic police sisters work on president obama ace campaigns and with a a number of of house democrats. david jolly former congressman from florida. a different time that was when he was in the house of represent he was. congressman i'm beginning with you. i have a dramatic reading from something just dropped tonight. this is an editorial from the wall street journal. from the editorial board of. he informed second wife marla map willing by lacking are leaking it "the new york times." he seems to be using at which timer to tell republicans in congress that he is divorcing them at least seeking a trial separation for his -- and for

john, you wrote this new article headlined "amid washington dysfunction: lack of accomplishments, trump clings to his shrinking support." does that strategy have any chance of improving his approval rating, john in it's now down to what, 33% in the latest quinnipiac poll. >> it doesn't. he's been going backwards. we talk a lot about the trump base and people do a lot of interviews with trump voters and talk about how they're sticking with them through the tough times. some of them are, but some of them are not and that's why if you look at his approval rating since january, they have slowly drifted down from 44 to 38, when you average a bunch of polls together, and then you cited that quinnipiac poll down to 33 and more significant with that, even with his core demographic group, those white non-college voters who propelled him to the nomination and to the white house, his numbers have shrunk among that group, he's now net negative in the quinnipiac poll and in terms of the intensity of support, strong disapproval is significantly higher than strong approval. he is not making progress w

. >> i, donald john trump, do solemnly swear -- >> reporter: just blocks away, some members an antifa group lead by lacy macauly disrupt a limousine and scuffling with police. >> there's a massive undertaking innauguration of donald j. trump. >> reporter: macauly believes hate speech is the equivalent of violence, and can be answered with violence. we've seen her take on armed white supremacists with little more than a bullhorn. so why do these confrontations always get so violent? >> i mean, yes, you might have your hot-headed 19-year-olds. antifa who i know are really trying to actually act in self defense. >> reporter: but what about the vandalism and harassment here of an inaugural ball guest perpetrated by some of her associates, using so-called "black bloc" tactics?ryone wears the same color. hey, basic black.y. and also just, you know, wearing the mask, to conceal your identity. >> reporter: the world got a glimpse of these tactics in action when some in macauley's group, clad all in black, smashed the windows of a starbucks and a bank of america. >> breaking a window is a symb

o'brien: john trump, his uncle -- his father's brother. he invokes his name. he has had this healthy, concern about nuclear proliferation and the potential of armageddon that is always balanced or offset, rather, by, i think him his own, sort of, much, and is willingness to take on a fight. he highly personalizes these sorts of events, which i think is dangerous. he is more or less wildly ignorant about most foreign affairs, and that creates a fairly caustic mix in a moment like this. we don't know if the stories he tells about his uncle john are authentic or not, but he has been this touchdown going back to the 1980's -- touchstone going back to the 1980's in a series of interviews. trump has always said my father was a nuclear expert and instilled in me a fear of war. david: let me talk about how -- this policy. we look at the response to this, and what his advisers are saying, do you get the sense he has a plan going forward, a way to get the parties to the negotiating table, or do something else? eli: i think, in the end, he wants to make a deal, and i thi

so if we can get john kelly strength -- to remove gorka that's good for the country. but trump is not our moral leader. he's not going to be a national healer. there are many others who can do that. this is a large contract. the president is only one person. there are other elected officials. i think as a republican -- >> let me just stop you on that point. i'm going to let you finish, but is he the instigator? i mean, these are people that stood in the street brazenly. i mean, i take your point and i agree with you. he's not going to be a healer but i think the question to answer and the question for republicans to answer with more than tweets is is he instigating? is there -- i mean, i know leaders in charlottesville think that's a string that can be drawn between the two. >> i think there's some connection -- there have been some connections. i don't mean to minimize. lack of leadership is very bad. the things he's done from the birther movement on are bad. and the damage -- the real damage has been done. what can we do? we can try to get jeff sessions the attorney general w

john mccain now voted against donald trump, so, it is all about john mccain now is an enemy of donaldp, and that's how he will be treated no matter what. >> david axelrod, what was your reaction when you heard that exchange involving john mccain? >> well, what struck me was it was just a couple of weeks ago at the beginning of that debate, that final week of debate on health care when the president tweeted out a tribute to the brave and courageous john mccain for returning to washington to allow the debate to continue. so, apparently his opinion has eroded since that time because john mccain ultimately didn't vote the way he wanted to vote. >>> listen, this press conference was in every way, shape and form a car wreck for the president. it showed a guy who is melting down. it showed a guy who is small minded, intemperate, and sending dog whistles to white supremacists and neo-nazis, which is why they have thanked him for his comments. i mean, he was bleaching their white robes and he was shining their shields with his remarks today. and he may say he condemned them, but that's not the

so it shows that trump is giving john kelley enormous latitude. i think trump liked scaramucci. i think they 4 a real relationship. i bet this was not an easy decision for trump to do this, but for kelly, it's a pretty important sign that he was able to exercise control and it's a betrayal of scaramucci, you have to be honest. trump told him he could report to the president, the new guy comes in and says that's not good and he got rid of the old guy. >> it's going to be interestinging whether scaramucci stays in president trump's orbit, whether officially or unofficially. the whole notion that it wasn't necessarily what he said but that he was getting so much attention as we know from the past, you know, when president trump said to comey you know, you're getting more famous or you're more famous than i am right now. >> yes. >> that was sort of not a good sign for the future of jim comey. >> i-reported this in a piece tonight at new yorker.com. even before i published my ar, had i it on very good authority that there was some tension between scaramucci and trump and he was on a

. >> the reporting from "the washington post" that was just breaking that president trump actually dictated john junior's misleading statement on his meeting with russian lawyer, i'm wondering if true, this is "the washington post" reporting based on multiple sources, how daping is it for the president? it's certainly something special counsel bob mueller would be looking into. >> sure. a leave your legal experred to comment on that might mean to former director mueller's investigation. i was watching the breaking news and the thought occurred to knee when i was a military attache

particularly calmed and controlled and common crisis. >> that judgment would now rest with donald trump. johnclaughlin, thank you for joining us. i appreciate it. >> thank you, lawrence. >>> coming up, guess who is paying for the wall now. hint, trump threatened last night to shut down the government to pay for it and he did not mean the mexican government. what's critical thinking like? a basketball costs $14. what's team spirit worth? (cheers) what's it worth to talk to your mom? what's the value of a walk in the woods? the value of capital is to create, not just wealth, but things that matter. morgan stanley deliit's perfection.ruit. seriously? an epic soundtrack? is there any other way? that's what a smoothie should taste like. visit a store today for fresh fruit smoothies and summer deals. there's nothing more important so when i need to book a hotel, i want someone who makes it easy. booking.com gets it. and with their price match, i know i'm getting the best price every time. visit booking.com. booking.yeah! if you've got a life, you gotta swiffer >>> you remember the wall. of course y

john kelly is in as chief of staff. president trump is hoping the changes will bring order to the white house after several sweeping changes in six months in office. our question of the day to you state of affairs at the white house? go to wjla.com now and let us know. the latest now on the west wing revamp. >> already a crisis for the new white house chief of staff, john kelly. president trump personally dictated the misleading initial state and released by donald jr. to the new york times that the meeting he, jared kushner and paul manna ford had with a was not arussians campaign issue at the time. >> he was coming back from the g 20 and the president wasn't involved in that. >> trump's legal team denied that he had any involvement but sources refute that. donald jr. also admitted the meeting was campaign related and he agreed to take it after being promised on heller clinton. >> it shows the president is willing to micromanage the russia investigation response mislead the american people. >> his lawyer talking about the report sayin

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trump's ban on all of this. he, very much, is leaving the door open. john. >> very interesting maneuver. u very, very much. >>> iran is threatening to quit the 2013 nuclear deal with the u.s. hits it country with more sanctions. earlier, president trump signed new sanctions. iran's parliament are countering u.s. measures in the region. >>> at least 245 people dead and 600 people missing after powerful mudslides in sierra leon. 3,000 people have been displaced. flooding triggered the mudslide and the death toll is expected to rise. >>> president trump did call out white supremacists and neo-nazi's by name, finally in the wake of the charlottesville violence. how do those groups see his words in that way? i'm going to speak to a former know owe nauz next. ♪ walter? hmm? is that the rest of our food? what? no. how come you have cheese in your beard? because switching to geico could save you 15% or more on car insurance. oh! ok. geico. because saving 15% or more on car insurance is always a great answer. whoa! gross! four seconds on the clock, championship on the line. erin "the sharpshooter"

thanks for the former missouri senator john danforth, trump is no piece this his morning in the op ed of the "washington post," he wrote the ollowing tochlt fellow republicans, we cannot allow donald trump to redefine what ican party, that is he is doing. as long as we give impression by words are our words and his actions are our actions, we cannot allow that impression unchallenged. as true since the beginning, we republicans are port of lincoln, union, we believe in founding principles, we are proud of our history, we believe essential part of our present day american politics. our country needs conservative party, our party has been corrupted by this hateful man peril.now in in honor of our past and in belief of our future, for the of our party and nation, we republicans must disassociate ourselves from trump by our opposition to his devicive tactics and by clearly strongly insisting he does not represent what it means to republican. a view of former senator john stanforth. and democrat's line, what is on morning?d this caller: yes, with all the budgetion about proposed and debt c

john berman is in for anderson cooper. "ac360" starts right now. >> good evening, it's the end of the trump presidency as he knows it and steve bannon feels fine. john berman here, steve bannon out at the white house already back at his old website, breitbart. he is talking, more like spilling, and talking about the presidency he and donald trump fought for is over. that is only one item of a stripping of developments, bannon's firing completes the picture, just watch him go. mi michael flynn first, sean spicer, steve bannon, every single person from this january photo gone, except for the president, vice president and andrew jackson on the wall. of course there was vladimir putin on the other end of the call, seriously. this breaks the president from many sides to presidential advisory panels resolved, another one scrapped before it even began, mass resignations from a fourth, the president's committee on the arts. and this evening we learned from the administration on the evangelical advisory board. and carl icahn is out. condemnation from republican senators, sharp criticism from a gop nominee and more all in the wake of t

trump talking about ties to russia. >> i have nothing to do with russia. i have drawn. john, are you a smart man. i have nothing to do with russia. i have nothing to do with russia. i have nothing to do with russia. maybe -- they say donald trump is involved. the answer is no. i had nothing to do with it. i had nothing to do with russia. i have no deals there. i don't know anything. still we saw john roberts report about michael cohen, trump attorney, executive vice president of the trump organization emailing with dimitri pesek off to push through this trump tower deal. that was in january 2016. we are told mr. trump signed off on a letter of intent. >> nothing came of it. you will recall michael: was besmirched by many earlier this year because they had the wrong michael cohen. saying he had been in russia. michael cohen said he had never been in russia. he was out with his son when they said he was there. he's already been besmirched once. nothing came of it. no deal was made, no visit was made and when the president says he doesn't deal in russia, watched gas said again and again -- what he ha

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john kelly is in. it's monday night. the big story on "action news" tonight is a white house under dramatic transition. a half year after donald trump'sn. this was former general john kelly with president trump minutes after kelly was sworn in as the new white house chief of staff. >> i predict general kelly will go down in terms of the position of chief of staff, one of the great ever. >> kelly didn't waste time to end the chaos over taking the west wing. first things first, scaramucci had to go. it apparently wasn't a hard sell because trump became disillusioned with scaramucci after his rant to a new yorker magazine reporter. >> the president felt that anthony's comments were inappropriate for a person in that position. he didn't want to burden general kelly, also with that line of scetion. >succession. the departure example that kelly has the authority to do what is necessary. >> first responders rescued a woman from the schuylkill river. no word on what led to her being in the river. she was conscious and alert as an ambulance took her away. >> the mother accused of abandoning her hotel has been located and is in custodies at t e

trump runs for re-election. and by 2020 there could be a very big opening for john kasich in trump country. donald trump came in a close second in the ohio caucuses in 2016. in 2020, he might come in a distant second in the iowa caucuses in john kasich runs against trump on jobs in iowa. wright county, iowa, voted for donald trump two to one over hillary clinton, but some trump voters there are now very disappointed in the president because he actually fulfilled one of his campaign promises. >> i'm going to withdraw the united states from the trans-pacific partnership. >> donald trump actually delivered on that promise on his first week in office. one farmer in wright county, iowa, who voted for donald trump told politico, i was disappoint the trump kind of broadly wiped out tpp before there was even a discussion. iowa was one of the many agricultural states that was poised to win huge economic gains and jobs if the united states ratified the trans-pacific partnership. but that's not the story trump and other politicians told about the tpp. >> the trans-pacific partnership is another disast

mitch mcconnell's wife, elaine chao, was standing beside donald trump yesterday during the press conference that johnand mitch mcconnell have been criticizing. today, senator ted cruz had no problem saying the kind of thing that donald trump should have said if he had the decency to actually think these things. >> the president said that both sides were to blame and seemed to equate the white nationalists with the counterprotesters. do you agree with him? >> you know, the president speaks for himself. the klan is evil. they are racist bigots. nazis are the very face of evil. their hatred, their anti-semitism is completely unacceptable. and i think we should speak unequivocally, condemning their hatred, condemning their racism. >> our next guest is a former republican who quit the republican party when donald trump secured the republican presidential nomination. pulitzer prize winning columnist george f. will joins us next. prn prn and clearer skin. this is my body of proof that i can take on psoriatic arthritis with humira. humira works by targeting and helping to block a specific source of inflammat

entre otros, la favorecerÍa el actual y pasado jefe de gabinete, john kelly. ivanka trumpral jeff sessions. por otra parte, un sector importante de la base polÍtica que apoya al presidente trump, tambiÉn estÁ en desacuerdo con esta propuesta. ellos quieren que el presidente cumpla con su promesa de campaÑa de deporte a todos los inmigrantes indocumentados. >> en el senado esto no llega a los 60 votos que se necesitan. reportera: la casa blanca nos dijo que no comenta sobre planes que podrÍan, o no, estar contemplando. >> eel presidente apoya una reforma migratoria en donde se trata no sÓlo el tema de la inmigraciÓn ilegal, sino tambiÉn la inmigraciÓn legal. enrique: steve bannon, quien hasta el viernes pasado era el jefe de estrategia del gobierno de donald trump, estÁ criticando al mandatario y a su administraciÓn. desde washington, claudia nos habla. claudia: prometiÓ guerra y ya empezÓ. steve bannon, el ex asesor del presidente ahora al frente de la publicaciÓn, lanzo sus dardos. anoche el presidente anunciÓ su estrategia en afganistÁn sin dar detalles del nÚmero de tro

john kasich say a simple no. he will not challenge donald trump for the nomination. wn willie geist reported last week, sources close to john kasich tell me after charlottesville there is growing should be worried about ohio governor john kasich. >> does a republican need to step forward to challenge president trump in three years? >> well, jake, as you said, i don't have any plans to do anything like that. i'm rooting for him to get it together. we all are. we're only seven months into this presidency. >> i don't have any plans. no, you did not hear john kasich say a simple no. he will not challenge donald trump for the nomination. our own willie geist reported last week, sources close to john kasich tell me after charlottesville there is growing sense of moral imperative to primary trump in 2020. it seems the question is not will the republican challenge donald trump for the nomination, the question is how many republicans will challenge donald trump for the nomination. we'll be right back. i'm so frustrated. i just want to find a used car without getting ripped off

i don't know if you can do that in this white house with president trump. >> john, do you ascribe to this theory that some people have that scaramucci was salas -- because his star was shining too brightly for trump, and this is a warning from everybody to take it down a top? >> i think that applies to virtually every office on wall street, in the news media, everywhere ae everywhere else. never out shine the boss. >> this issue of loyal with jeff sessions, windy he was at that meeting on monday. sat directly across the president, looked him in the eye, the president didn't say anything to his face. again mooch was loyal to the president, said he loved him about 80 times with the first news briefing. that loyalty it seems is a one-way street with the president. >> totally a one way street. and you wonder why so many people do not want to go into the administration. the stories we see that people have been declined to be nominated for something because they're afraid they're going to be thrown under the bus. jeff sessions, i think one of the things that have happened is the republicans

do you think the shake up is a good thing for the trump administration, john kelly in, scaramucci remembers preeb bus out? what's your take.& >> i think it's great. one thing we've seen with the first six months of trum trump's president is that the president is not prone to leave people in if they're not proving well. unlike government officials where individuals are permitted& to stay on even if they're not performing well even when they've been proven to actually be doing a bad job they've they're left there, sometimes for job security, sometimes their benefits package. president trump has demonstrated a clear and distinct propensity for letting people go when they do not perform up to expectations. i'm in the saying that because i think that sean spicer had issueses with his h performance, but i do think that anthony scaramucci's comments over the weekend and that late night interview played a huge factor in the decision to let him go. how much do you think it plays into the fact that the president made a point to bring in some people that are outside the realm of scaramucci was certain

reported to president trump but now -- >> general john kelly has the full authority to operate within the white house and all staff reports to him. >> picked a good guy when it comes to enforcing order. >> reporter: president trump denies there is chaos in the white house. >> i think we are doing incredibly well. >> reporter: another bomb shell, the president himself dictated his son's misleading statements about why he met with a russian lawyer. donald trump, jr. said the meeting was about the adoption of russian children but he later acknowledged he was promised dirt on hillary clinton. special counsel robert mueller is looking into potential ubjurisdiction of justice and russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election -- obstruction of justice and russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election. sharon chin, kpix 5. >>> a few hours ago president trump tweeted this, a great day at the white house. and check out the front page. >>> a police stand off that lasted for 15 hours in san francisco is finally over. tonight one w

. >> rose: this was the week retired general john kelly was sworn in as president trump's new chief of staff. "the washington post" obtained trichts of the president's calls with leaders of mexico and australia. and the city of los angeles was awarded its third olympics, the 2028 summer games. here are the sights and sounds of the past seven days. >> nikki haley calling venezuela's election "a sham." >> "the washington post" reporting that president trump personally dictated a misleading statement about his son's meeting with a russian lawyer. >> a grand jury is empanelled in the russia investigation. >> the russian story is a total fabrication. >> the dow passed 22,000 for the first time. >> the markets shattering records. you see that? raining money. big day on wall street. >> what a moment for the most infamous cubs fan on the planet. >> he was presented with a 2016 world series ring. >> l.a. struck gold in its quest to bring the olympics back to the south land. >> it's official, the olympics will return to los angeles in 2028. >> every reporter in town is mourning over the passing

john didn't support president trump and if he thinks he'll run against president trump i'll take the opportunity to destroy john kasich's career. >> jeff sessions, the attorney general had been taking a presidential pounding from trump out of frustration over the russian investigation affair. you know, the a.g. having to recuse himself on this matter. on saturday, however, the beleaguered trump's word, that's what the attorney general was getting out of this, but donald trump had said after many leaks going on in washington it was great to see the a.g. taking action for national security. the tougher the better. meanwhile, the investigation into possible ties between the trump campaign and russia grind on. this week's biggest headline coming courtesy of robert mueller. the special council has been asked of the white house for documents relating to the former national security adviser, michael flinn who failed to disclose his lobbying work for foreign governments. joining me now to delve into this is michael isikoff, john harwood, editor-at-large for cnbc, olivia newsy political corres

trump's defense? >> the team is been centered around three people. johnis trumps personal -- >> turning to personal counsel, he turns to his personal law firm -- which is more about bankruptcy and litigation. it was quickly clear that mark casowitz was not working well with the trump administration and he was sidelined. they've reached out to a number of high-powered firms such as sullivan & cromwell, but were rebuffed in part due to conflicts or a sense that the president doesn't want to listen to legal counsel. which could be a reputational risk for the law firm. oliver: for the votes were at -- so right now, who are the folks who are at the helm for trump's defense? >> the team is been centered around three people. john dowd who is trumps personal counsel. he took over the lead role in july. he is a longtime criminal defense lawyer. a firm called akin gump. does criminal defense work as well as congressional investigations. he is very experienced. the face of the team at the moment is jay sekulow, a christian rights lawyer. and the third individual, ju

. >> jon: president trump hailing his selection of john kelly to bring some order to the west wing. the former homeland security secretary has a lot on his to-do list. >> i think he's got to sit down with the legislative liaison's letter in the office and put a strategy together. >> jon: also, the incredible heroism one pilot displayed after a freak storm did this to a passenger plane broke his windows. and a hollywood ending for the l.a. bid to host the olympics. it's all to be 20. but we begin with a fox news alert. vice president mike prince overseas of visiting allies who may feel threatened by russian aggression. good morning, good afternoon i should say now. some of you would still morning. welcome to the second hour of "happening now" ." >> massive military drills near mato members at the end of summer. the vice president just arriving in montenegro. the newest nato member while he will meet with balkan natives there. early today, vice president pence pledge support for the former soviet republic of georgia which has seen russian aggression on his territory. >> at this very m

john kelly is called president trump's best last hope.iticism of the presidents white house reads in part "kelly urged his staff to stop the infighting and set their egos and agendas and any leaking aside." he told his audience that they must assert serving a hierarchy that puts the nation and not the president first. country, president, self. so began a new era at president trump's white house, when the might be his last and best chance for success. i feel like the like the chief of staff role is a thankless job and he only ever think about the chief of staff or hear about them in the mainstream media if something horrible is happening. meaning if you're doing a great job and everything is running on time, everybody's doing their job, the staff is serving the president well, you don't even knew who they are. if something goes down when there's a crisis, then all of a sudden the chief of staff is always a forefront in the news. i think in general, it's probably not fair to say that general kelly is the president's last and best hope, but

rob: donald trump calling his cabinet together for the first time since john kelly's wearing and.o was chief of staff under george hw bush says it is now going to be a very different white house. >> i think the president deserves credit for knowing he needs someone like general kelly there and general kelly has enough confidence from the president to do that. i'm a great believer in a strong chief of staff, service the president well. if they mesh together, the chief of staff understands what the president's agenda is. i think you will see a very different white house. rob: a call for a special prosecutor in the russia investigation to resign. trent franks says robert mueller cannot legally serve because of his relationship to james comey, congressman frank saying those who worked under them, he and jim comey have a close friendship and have delivered on the records payments using praise of one another, congressman saying mueller hired three lawyers who donate to hillary clinton's campaign. than a republicans attempt to repeal obamacare not dead yet at least not if the president h

realize this is getting real. >> coincidentally, we happen to have a poll of new hampshire, john kasich versus donald trumpe. this is interesting because we had a report yesterday about john kasich thinking seriously about challenging this mt. in a primary. john kasich, 52% in new hampshire. donald trump, 40% in new hampshire, and donald trump won new hampshire -- the new hampshire primary about 35% of the vote, and that means if he was going on one-on-one, john kasich might have won new hampshire, but he would win today. >> well, just it is early and a lot of things can change, and we have spent a lot of time underestimating donald trump in the last year and a half. unlike richard nixon, donald trump has that echo chamber and he has the alternative reality media that will support him and go to the wall. richard nixon only resigned because of two things. number one, there was the smoking gun, and number two, you had principled republicans who were willing to stand up against him. i don't think you're going to see republicans stand up against president trump until that base begins to crack. if the base begi

maybe you could learn something. >> if anyone can rein in president trump, it will be john kelly. ld trump doesn't do a chain of command. if you think ivanka and jared aren't going to have a direct line to their father and father-in-law, you're sorely mistaken. i hope that john kelly can do the job a chief of staff has done but i'll believe it when i see it. >> when you do have here is one thing that i think is sort of customary in a white house pup have a new chief of staff coming in saying i want my own people and i want the authority. you go back to ronald reagan, the shortest previous record for chief of communication was eight days, this was six. a new communications was installed, then a new chief of staff, howard baker, came in. the old one was pushed out because don reagan and nancy reagan didn't get along. there is somewhat of a similar dynamics playing out with had one. the so opera dynamics with this one go back much farther. but the thing at the core that we are seeing here is i think something we've seen before, which is a chief of staff asserting himself early on and

the man who hit the forward button, john dowd, an attorney representing president trump. find out what is actually going on here at the moment. let's get to cnn white house correspondent, kaitlan. >> reporter: john dowd, as you know, is the lawyer for the president leading the legal team and sported this e-mail around to two dozen reporters, government officials and friends. the subject line is, the information that validates president trump on charlottesville. let me read you some of the things included in this e-mail that the trump lawyer sent around. he is saying there is no difference between george, between the two men, referencing george washington and robert e. lee. saying you cannot be against general lee and for general washington. he listed several reasons why, saying both men owned slaves. both were about the ruling government. both tactics are taught at west point. both are great men, americans and commanders and both saved america. as you see, kate, this man wrote the e-mail is equating robert e. lee with the founder of our country. in an interview with "the n

>> you know, it depends on which kind of trump supporters you're talking about. some see johnly as a savior. someone who will stabilize and it will be a turning point. and there are some trump supporters that see this as a betrayal of the true trump. that john kelly is in some way being brought in to blunt the sharp ideological edges of nationalism and so forth. that trump had promised.and look, that white house is a snake pit. you talk about the military bearing of john kelly impressing people. hr mcmaster has i believe three stars on his shoulder and his military bearing has not protected him from a campaign of vicious leaks coming from people within the white house and regarding him as sort of a sellout on foreign policy. john kelly has got to get, he has his hands on the problem right now and i think a lot of people inside the staff are looking to see if he can really get control of it. because if he can well, i think you will have established his authority and people will do what he says. by somehow people find ways to work around even john kelly with back channeling dire

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