sarah: i don't believe so. i have answered that quite a few times today. >> you said the investigation for the special counsel and russian meddling, given what we learned today, does the president think that is over the bounds? sarah: i have not asked him that question. >> regarding the plea agreement with george papadopoulos. you indicated the president did not remember the meeting. sarah: i did not say he didn't remember the speeches, he didn't remember the comments. believe he went into detail about the meeting itself. he remembers it taking place. >> he didn't remember the russian comments? or that papadopoulos was present? >> what is your reaction and has the present changed anything? -- changing anything. sarah: we are pushing forward on a bold agenda with tax reform and tax cut's -- cuts. the economy continues to grow and strengthen. at the same time, these are some of the same polls that also said the president would never be president. i do not have a lot of confidence in them. >> can you please clarif

reporter: thank you, sarah. two questions, first, let me follow up on kevin's question earlier about the iran agreement. we know that certified does not mean a complete cut. and it would still keep the u.s. in the negotiating procedure. on the other hand, a clean break such as advocated by former ambassador john bolton would completely separate the u.s. from any agreement with iran. ambassador bolten opposed that, reportedly has been unable to talk to the president about it. is the clean break advocated by him still on the table? sarah: as i told kevin, the president is going make an announcement about the decision that he's made on a comprehensive strategy that his team supports and we'll do that in the coming days. i'm not going to get ahead of that announcement. john, i'm going to try to get to everybody. reporter: i asked two. sarah: i know, everybody has two. [laughter] if that's the case that we're setting, somebody can say, i have 12 questions on the front end and i never get to go to anybody else. i'll c

sarah: i don't believe so. i have answered that quite a few times today. >> you said the investigation for the special counsel and russian meddling, given what we learned today, does the president think that is over the bounds? sarah: i have not asked him that question. >> regarding the plea agreement with george papadopoulos. you indicated the president did not remember the meeting. -- i didn'tidn't say he didn't remember the meeting, i said he couldn't remember the details. here members the meeting taken place -- he remembers the meeting taken place. >> does he or member papadopoulos was present? sarah: not that i'm aware of. is your reaction and has the present changed anything? sarah: we are working aggressively on pushing forward on a bold agenda with tax reform and tax cuts. the economy continues to grow and strengthen. at the same time, these are some of the same polls that also said the president would never be president. i do not have a lot of confidence in them. please clarify if the stock market is m

sarah: good afternoon. our thoughts and prayers today are with the victims and survivors in las vegas and with the people of puerto rico and the u.s. virgin islands where massive storm recovery efforts are ongoing. the president will be flying to puerto rico tomorrow to view the devastation and he will assure the people there that we are with them 100% today and for the long haul. puerto ricans have shown incredible resilience and we're fully committed to helping them rebuild their lives. last night thousands of our fellow citizens endured what the president has rightly called an act of pure evil in las vegas. the president has ordered our flags to half-staff and to further honor those lost in the attack, we will hold a moment of silence on the south lawn this afternoon at 2:45 eastern time. the president will visit las vegas on wednesday to grieve with the friends and family of the victims, to offer his support to those recovering from their wounds, and to thank the courageous first responders. in the comi

sarah: i don't think so. i think i have answered that quite a few times today. >> you said back in july, does the president believe bob mueller overstepped the boundaries of his position? , regarding question the plea agreement was george papadopoulos. you indicated the president did not remember the meeting. sarah: i said he did not remember the comments. >> did he remember anything about the meeting? i don't believe he went into detail. whomever said taking lace but we did not go into anything beyond that. >> do you remember his presence or interaction? >> not that i'm aware of. what is your reaction to the approval rate of the president? is the president aware of this? sarah: we are focused aggressively on pushing through a very bold agenda. i think as the economy continues to grow and strengthen that is something that will certainly change those numbers. these are some of the polls that said this office would never be resident so i don't have a lot of confidence in that. >> can you please their fight your

sarah: this is something just announced. the department of justice has it, i refer you to them for specific questions. >> congressman gowdy this weekend suggested there should be an investigation into the threesks grand jury investigation or robert mueller's investigation. do you think there should be an investigation or are all you asking for an investigation? sarah: we haven't asked her it. -- asked for it. i think any time there is leaking of sensitive information it should be looked into but beyond that we don't have any comment. >> does the president hold himself personally response frble hiring manafort? saffer ra: not that i'm aware of. >> on the point of hiring the best people, does this not at at least bring questions about president trump's vetting process and judgment when it comes to bringing on people? >> i don't believe so. i think i've answered that quite a few times today. >> the president, you said back in july the president believed the investigation for the special counsel stays within the con nivense russ

sarah: correct. more to do on the record, on camera briefings to allow that sense of access and transparency so that you have that. it goes both ways. i do not think we can be asked to constantly be out in the open and transparent and do something so forward leaning and always on the when we constantly have to compete with anonymous sources that were not in the room, part of the process. they can think of anything in the world they want to because they cannot prove the negative. if we have the compete with that constantly, that is a big disservice to the american people. ite of the bigger outlets, is a problem. anyone with a computer can be a journalist. jugglee to constantly the differences of real journalism and not. the anonymous sourcing is a really big problem. we will turn to the floor. helen thomas said everything comes to the white house. i want to go back to a comment you made about people making jobs or saying something. , of we ask questions of you course there are people there who ask que

sarah: correct. more to do on the record, on camera briefings to allow that sense of access and transparency so that you have that. it goes both ways. i do not think we can be asked to constantly be out in the open and transparent and do something so forward leaning and always on the when we constantly have to compete with anonymous sources that were not in the room, part of the process. they can think of anything in the world they want to because they cannot prove the negative. if we have the compete with that constantly, that is a big disservice to the american people. ite of the bigger outlets, is a problem. anyone with a computer can be a journalist. jugglee to constantly the differences of real journalism and not. the anonymous sourcing is a really big problem. we will turn to the floor. helen thomas said everything comes to the white house. i want to go back to a comment you made about people making jobs or saying something. , of we ask questions of you course there are people there who ask que

sarah: correct. more to do on the record, on camera briefings to allow that sense of access and transparency so that you have that. it goes both ways. i do not think we can be asked to constantly be out in the open and transparent and do something so forward leaning and always on the when we constantly have to compete with anonymous sources that were not in the room, part of the process. they can think of anything in the world they want to because they cannot prove the negative. if we have the compete with that constantly, that is a big disservice to the american people. ite of the bigger outlets, is a problem. anyone with a computer can be a journalist. jugglee to constantly the differences of real journalism and not. the anonymous sourcing is a really big problem. we will turn to the floor. helen thomas said everything comes to the white house. i want to go back to a comment you made about people making jobs or saying something. , of we ask questions of you course there are people there who ask que

. >> sarah? >> yes. sarah, are you concerned, is the white house concerned at all that the conflicts keep escalating and could impact the president's agenda, and specifically, could senator corker as the president continues to lash out at him like this, and could that prompt him to, you know, do things that compromise the tax cut? >> i would hope that senator corker is more focused on getting things done in his final months, and so we hope that he will be supportive of the tax cuts and tax reforms that the people in his state have demanded and frankly elected him to go to congress to help do. >> and what about the distraction though? >> the president in two tweets said that senator corker was fighting tax cuts and those were his word, and he will now fight tax cut, and so there is nothing p public from senator public that he is against the tax cuts, so what is the president suggesting or referring to in the tweets as senator corker privately told the white house or the president that he is agains

sarah: ok. that is carsten von nam in washington and max hoffman in brussels, thank you to both of you. here is a look at other stories making news around the world. former french culture minister audrey as a late has been named the new head of unesco. the board of the cultural agency picked her over her rival from qatar. the announcement comes a day after the u.s. and israel said they are both pulling out of unesco. washington accusing the organization of anti-israel bias and it says it is too expensive. and ceremonies have been held in thailand to mark one year since the death of the king. the nation is preparing to bid a final farewell to the monarch in a five-day funeral later this month. the day of the king's death has been declared a national holiday in thailand. wildfires in the u.s. state of california have killed 31 people, making them the deadliest fires in the state's history. hundreds are still missing and the death toll is expected to rise. dry conditions and fierce winds are hamper

sarah: i think we do, every single day. speeches, events at the white house, to activity that we are doing. typically, the metal summit roni -- the medal ceremony would be the top pieces. when you have someone go on twitter and refute what a congressman says, that is news. about that was appalling how we have focused more on the process than the people. i think it is a sad moment when we are focused far more on the process of what time it call was placed versus the fact that there was loss of military soldiers and that there were visuals killed in action. should be talking about the heroes, their lives, and that has not been the focus. apology?ll there be an caucus, theamerican women of that caucus are calling for an apology from general kelly. i do not think general kelly was wrong. i do not think he should offer that apology. he was there. wants to narrow this down for nine minutes each. this was an event that took place during the course of the day. we have two different accounts. -- hek general kelly gave gave the most

we will look at what went wrong. ♪ sarah: i am sarah kelly. welcome to the program and thank you for joining us. u.s. president donald trump is visiting las vegas three days after the city suffered the worst mass shooting in modern u.s. history. president trump and the first lady visited survivors in the hospital before meeting members of the emergency services. 59 people were killed and what an 500 injured when a gunman opened fire at an open air concert on sunday evening. investigators have been trying to establish a motive for the attack, which they say was prepared meticulously. the shooting has reignited a nationwide debate on gun control . joining us now from las vegas is our correspondent. as we just saw, president trump not having any public meetings. rather, some public meeting -- some private meetings. does it seem as if his trip will be seen as striking the right tone? guest: it looks like it. definitely, donald trump struck the right to only praised police and the first responders and all of those ordinary citizens who helped those

reporter: thank you, sarah. two questions -- first, let me follow up on kevin's question earlier about the iran agreement. we know that certified does not mean a complete cut. and it would still keep the u.s. in the negotiating procedure. on the other hand, a clean break such as advocated by former ambassador john bolton would completely separate the u.s. from any agreement with iran. ambassador bolton opposed that, reportedly has been unable to talk to the president about it. is the clean break advocated by him still on the table? sarah: as i told kevin, the president is going make an announcement about the decision that he's made on a comprehensive strategy that his team supports, and we'll do that in the coming days. i'm not going to get ahead of that announcement. john, i'm going to try to get to everybody. i will come back if there is time. reporter: i have two. sarah: i know, everybody has two. [laughter] if that's the case that we're setting, somebody can say i have 12 questions on the front end and i nev

but certainly support that effort. >> sarah? >> sarah? >> april. >> sarah, congresswoman wilson, i talked to her a couple hours ago. and she says that this is the president's benghazi. she says that jackson was -- were in niger, trying to find out information and doing the mission about boko haram. and she said his transmitter was still emitting for two days, emitting a signal when he was located. and she says that makes no sense, why he wasn't located. what say you about that. and also, what do you say about her comment that he did not know, and the wife, the widow, said that the president did not know his name. he kept saying "your guy, your guy." >> just because the president said "your guy," i don't think that means he doesn't know his name. the hardest job he has is making calls like that. i think it is appalling what the congresswoman has done, and the way she has politicized this issue. and the way that she is trying to make this about something that it isn't. this was a president who loves our country very much, who has the greate

. ♪ sarah: welcome to the show. i'm sarah harman. good to have you with us. we begin in spain, where the prime minister says he is dissolving the catalonian parliament. he sat the government -- sacked the government and has called a snap election for the region that that is set to take place on december 21. all of this after the catalan parliament voted in favor of declaring independence from spain. that vote triggered huge celebrations in parts of catalunya, large ones on the streets outside. [cheers] correspondent: yes to independence, the moment the separatists were waiting for and they took to the streets in the thousands to celebrate. ♪ [singing] [cheers] >> it is an enormous satisfaction because we achieved what we had 44. long live the independent state -- had fought for. long live the independent state of catalonia. >> i never thought it could happen. thanks to these brave people. correspondent: they were singing inside parliament as well, the unofficial national anthem. catalonia's opposition had already quit the chamber, refusing to take part. the

sarah: thomas, thank you. and as chancellor angela merkel tries to form a government at home, she has also been discussing brexit with the british prime minister and other eu leaders. a meeting today in brussels ended with the two sides still struggling with the terms of britain's divorce from the european union. angela merkel raised hopes that the talks may move on at the next summit in december. but she said that progress would depend on britain's financial settlement being agreed. correspondent: theresa may did her best to keep up appearances in brussels, but she offered a few new answers to the many questions that remain about brexit. how much is london willing to pay to settle its divorce bill, and when? it remains a mystery. prime minister may: the full and final settlement will come as part of the final agreement that we are getting in relation to the future partnership, and i think that is absolutely vital. correspondent: finances are the main sticking point between britain and the eu. >> britain still

and to help us we have sarah wire and ed o'keefe. sarah: i wanted to start with the shooting in las vegas. after the shooting in orlando, the democrats really try to push and nothing changed. is this moment different and what can the democrats do? rep. sanchez: it is different. it is the same tragedy that tends to repeat itself and democrats have limited then use by which to force action on some sensible gun violence prevention legislation. the sit in galvanized attention on the issue and i think it was impactful, but we have to use different tools and strategies for different situations. because we do not control the agenda, we are not able to set hearings or schedule specific pieces of legislation for the floor. there are limited avenues we have available to us, so we are pushing in ways we can. we are reaching out to republicans to see if we can get members on the other side of the aisle to stand with us on sensible measures. we will continue to do that, but like many things the republicans have been hesitant or not willing to pur

. >> sarah? >> sarah, is the white house concerned at all that these conflicts which keep escalating could impact the president's agenda? specifically could, for example, senator corker if the president continues to lash out at him like this, could that prompt him to, you know, do things that would be detrimental to the tax plan. >> i would hope senator corker is more focused on getting things done in his final months, and so we hope that he'll be very supportive of the tax cuts and tax reforms that the people in his state have demanded and frankly elected him to go to congress and help do. >> to follow up on that, because the president in two different tweets today said that senator corker was fighting tax cuts. those are his words. will now fight tax cuts and now fighting tax cuts. but there has been nothing public from senator corker that he might be against tax cuts. so what exactly was the president suggesting or referring to there in those tweets? has senator corker privately told the presi

sarah: a different picture they have been vocal about. you have been looking into similar movement like this in a series called new nationalism. we have been traveling the world looking at various different countries, how does the separatist movement in barcelona compared to what you have found elsewhere -- compare to what you have found elsewhere? correspondent: i have been traveling the world asking people why they feel inclined to vote for politicians who encourage a strong national identity. i see some similarities in catalonia with scotland. they are much inclined to vote for a regional government that supports independence from the u.k. the difference is, in scotland, their negotiation with the u.k., the referendum was upheld in legal terms. here it is a aggressive form of civic nationalism. these people are not nationalist because they do not want refugees in their country but it is aggressive and comes from the way this referendum was executed. there was no negotiation with spain and the main government in madrid that catalonia is

sarah. let's talk a a little bit about what it means for president trump to be a republican this year. >> he has seemingly had a lot of tensions withio the republican-controlled congress even though there's one party control. and at the same time, he seems to be working toward a goal with that republican congress. maybe a two-pronged goal. one,da attempting to get things accomlished that are in his agenda, and two, trying to shape a republican party that's a little buiit more in his vision. i guess i wanted to ask you why you think that tension exists. also, he ran as a republican, but do you see president trump as a republican or do you see him as a third-party candidate or a no-party candidate? >> so i definitely see him as republican. no matter what the mix of policy issue is, no matter what direction he wants to move the party, he run s at the end of te day withh an "r" at the end of his name and all the republicans run with an "r" at the end of his name. voters will see him as a republi

imagine if sarah palin had won. that's how they described the trump white house. >> you think it couldn't get any lower, but it always can. that's what i am most concerned about going forward. you know n a week where you see the commander in chief call out the wife of a fallen soldier, a widow, argue with her publicly in her moment of deepest grief, and you think how could he go any lower. but the amazing thing about donald trump is he always can. and that's why i think it's just enough is enough. i mean, we have seen what this man's character is. more people need to be speaking out. and i commend jeff flake for what he did today. >> but the truth is, i mean, this is -- bannon is popping champagne if someone like steve bannon drink and celebrating tonight. >> when some of these moderate republicans leave, they create a vacuum. >> they are not moderate. he is a very conservative republican. way more recall no. >> bannon is eager to claim scalps and brag about this. >> exactly. >> and if he can to fill this vacuum alt

i disagree profoundly with sarah. nobody hates anyone. >> i don't. >> the thing that has -- i can't speak for everybody. i ask only speak for my mellow self. the president made steve bannon like the second -- i don't remember the timing of this. said -- the president called the enemy of the american people. what did steve bannon call us, the opposition party. this is a president who has a political strategy. we know this because we have interviewed his political strategists. because of his high negative ratings that were present during the campaign, north of 50%. unprecedented numbers for a major party candidate. his strategy as a presidential candidate was to raise the negative of his opponent which is entirely intuitive and totally smart. by the way, geniugenius. it worked. he's president of the united states. he needs an opponent. this is a politician who does not do particularly well standing alone on center stage. he's something who performs best as a politician and as a political entity with opposition. in the a

sarah: kind of outnumbered? glen: incredibly cool she would come here and submit herself to this sort of thing. frank: it is just a conversation. think part of the thatem has been the fact they are learning on the job. a lot of disruption we refer to, and there is no question the mood in the country are restive.nt -- is i don't think people wanted it shaken up this way. you see that reflected in a lot of numbers that shows the president lost a significant amount of support from om heendents, without wh would not have been elected president. [laughter] >> check your phone. >> my phone is dead. >> it makes you even more questionable. [laughter] glenn: i will just let that one go. i think in general part of the issue is this guy is learning on the job. he had no experience in this. i think part of the problem is his brand precludes him from -- you can't necessarily do what a lot of presidents in this say ion due which is to am ramping up. that reflects itself in the way that, with all the respect, some of the commu

>> thank you, sarah. two questions. first, a lot of the view on the rule on payday lending. >> not that i'm aware of. have to check on that. >> a followup on the topic. there have been some house republicans who believe that there's already cause for firing richard cordray, the handling of the wells fargo case. why hasn't the president taken -- does he approve of the job that cordray has done? >> win we have personnel announcements we'll coop you posted. that's to two already. margaret. sorry. >> sarah, 0 two quick questions. one, there have been some rumors about the future of secretary of state rex tillerson. today and you continue to say the president remains confident in him as secretary of state. >> he does. as he said yesterday -- two days ago, as i said yesterday, nothing has changed despite what you may read in the media or watch on tv. i would certainly trust the president and my comments far above those of other reporters. >> i want to ask you, is the president -- if words matter, the president, cause miscalcu

reporter: thank you, sarah. i wanted to ask but the president's tweet in which he called pastor robert jeffress a wonderful man. given there are 70 million american catholics why would he say that about somebody who so viciously anti-catholic? >> i'm not aware of robert jeffress being anti-catholic. i know he engages with the catholics in his ol' state on regular basis to participate in events like the march for life. those are the only actions i have seen him participate in. so i couldn't comment any further on that. brian. reporter: sarah, thank you. one of the aspects of civil discourse is for people in the discussion to acknowledge when they have made misstatements and there is pattern in this white house and with the president, when they make misstatements those are not corrected. for example, the chief of staff came out here at this podium and mischaracterized a speech by a congresswoman at fbi building dedication. why won't the chief of staff or you right now acknowledge that was a mischaracterization and

what sarah sanders said today clearly doesn't make any sense. she needs to come out herself and apologize for what she said. >> i'll say just one more thing on this. the thing that gives the u.s. military an edge, unlike a lot of other militaries in the world where you're not allowed to question the generals, there is a culture in our military of holding responsible people for their actions and their words. of taking accountability. of learning from mistakes. evolving and adapting. that's what makes our military special. so when sarah sanders suggests that you have to just take as given anything that someone like john kelly says, she's talking about not the first rate military of the united states, but third rate militaries of other countries. >> stand by, jake. we have more to discuss. there are other developments unfolding right now. we'll take a quick break. we'll be right back. when you're close to the people you love, does psoriasis ever get in the way of a touching moment? if you have moderate to severe psoriasis, you can embrace the chanc

david. >> thank you, sarah. since we last heard from you, the film producer harvey weinstein has become the subject of some very serious sexual harassment allegations and there's building pressure on democrats who ceive campaign donations from him to send the money back. does the president support the idea that democrats who got donations from this person should send the money back? >> i think that's a decision for those individuals to make. whether or not that's money that they want to take, that's up to them. that's certainly not a decision for us to make. >> one more. i'm sorry. why hasn't the president fired john cosca nin from the irs in all the skand over -- the conservative targeting scandal. why does he still have his job? >> i'll have to ask him and get back to you. >> las vegas question. the president lavished praise on the las vegas police for their amazing handling after the sunday mass shooting. nevadans credit programs that -- >> can you speak up a little bit? i'm sorry. >> nevadans credit federal

sarah sanders getting ready to answer questions. let's see if she shows up with any other white house officials and maybe legal advisers because there will be a ton of questions on all of this. also we are expecting to see paul manafort and rick gates make their first court appearance momentarily. special coverage continues after this. >>> there she is. sarah sanders beginning the briefing. >> i would like to start by addressing a topic i know all of you are preparing to ask me about. that's tax reform. a couple of you got it. the initial house tax reform bill will be introduced on wednesday by the ways and means committee. this is the product of months of work and is going through an open process in the house. the committee plans to mark up the bill next week starting on monday. the house is likely to consider the bill week of november 13th. to stay on pace, we want to see it passed by thanksgiving. this is aggressive timeline, but one that will help us get tax cuts this year so families and businesses can plan for 2018. we look fo

>> thank you, sarah. can you, please, clarify the president's position on kyrgyzstan -- especially given the takeover and does the president of kyrgyzstan have an ally in general? >> the president's position hasn't changed. talked about it a couple times. we urged all sides to avoid escalating this further, oppose the violence from any party and would like for them to focus on helping continue in the fights against isis, and that's where -- and iran -- that's where we'd like to see their energy focused. sorry. i'm keeping to one question. >> it's been more than two months before the president declared national aid as a national emergency. monday, said he'd get it done next week. to get there a lot of work done and called it time consuming work. can you explain why it's taking so long and details what this consuming work is and what players are involved in the process? >> an in-depth legal process that goes in the worksy declaring federal emergencies. there have been multiple people. it's an inner agency p

the angry woman is sarah chase. angry and articulate. in the 1990s, she was the paris correspondent for npr. this clearly is not paris. in 2001, she went to pakistan and then to afghanistan to cover the start of the u.s. war there by 2002, she decided to leave journalism and try to help rebuild and build up afghanistan. she moved to kandahar full time. she did rebuild the homes in that blown-up village by the airport. she worked for a karzai ngo at the time. she opened a factory with cosmetics to make money and build their economy on their own terms. how does a random solo american white lady last in kandahar when many aren't allowed to leave their homes there. first of all, first rule, don't dress like an afghan woman, dress like an afghan guy, also, be sarah chase. the better part of a decade, living and working in afghanistan, working as a journalist, working ngos, ultimately becoming a high level adviser to the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. what sarah chase ended up becoming, through all of that, unexpectedly, what she ended

. >> sarah, thanks. does the president feel as a matter of principle that it is not adequate to simply send a letter of condolence to the family of a slain service person as president bush and president obama typically did? and does he feel that it was not adequate for president obama to have sent a letter to general kelly but not call general kelly on the death of his son? >> i don't think that there's anything that any president can do, there's never going to be enough that a president can do for the families of those that are killed in action. the point the president was making is that there's a different process. sometimes they call, sometimes they write letters, sometimes they engage directly. the comments were certainly, i think, taken very far out of context by the media, and if there's any frustration, i think that's where it should be focused. >> sarah. >> let me ask you about something steve mnuchin said since you talk about the stock market a lot and the president does as well. he said, and i

here is what sarah sanders said about it today. >> sarah, did the president speak to his chief of staff before invoking his son's death and what has become a political argument. >> i know he's spoken to general kelly multiple times yesterday and today. >> in other words did general kelly know he would be raising the issue of his son's memory when talking about -- >> i'm not sure if he knew of that specific comment, but they had certainly spoken about it, and he's aware and they've spoken several times since then. >> some new reporting on this. so did general kelly know the president was going to mention his son? >> well, anderson, sarah sanders sort of hinted at the fact that he didn't. they ran this down further and found that general kelly and other staffers in the white house were really caught off guard when president trump originally brought general kelly and the story of his son who was killed in afghanistan into this mix. remember, trump said you can ask my chief of staff. you can ask kelly about how he never got a phone call from obama. and as you pointed out, kelly has taken gr

back to you, jim and sarah. >> there you have it. thank you very much. now you can stay dry and get out of the rain, that's the important part. >> it's a mess out there. >> it's critical that we pass this legislation this week to give the people in california the support they need to fight these fires to help the victims and also to help the communities still recovering and dealing with the humanitarian problems with the hurricanes. >> all kinds of disasters we have on our hands here. house speaker paul ryan promised congressional action in response to the deadly wildfires in california >> this comes as the house expected to vote ton a $36 balloon disaster relief. a aid to california as well as resources for areas impacted by recent hurricanes. lee ellis is from the hill and thanks for coming in. let's talk about this. it's -- i don't want to say it's unprecedented. there's so many natural disasters to prepare for. this is going to be a big undertaking. >> absolutely. they do survey of how many natural disasters over a billion dollars occur every year an

reporter: thank you, sarah. two questions. first, does the white house -- [inaudible] >> not that i'm aware of, i'd have to check and circle back to you. reporter: follow up on the topic. there have been house republicans who believe that there's already cause for firing richard corker in the wells fargo case. why hasn't the president taken action? does he approve of the job corker has done? >> when we have personnel announcements, we'll certainly keep you guys posted. that's two. i have to move on. margaret? reporter: two quick questions for you. one, rumors about the future of secretary of state rex tillerson today. you can continue to say the president remains confident in the secretary of state? >> he does, as he said yesterday or two days ago, as i said yesterday, nothing has changed despite what you may read in the media or watch on tv. i would certainly trust the president in my comments far above those above the reporters. reporter: and i want to ask you, the president move markets, he can cause miscalculation when it

good for sarah. came o and that shows the human side of the weight and responsibility people at the white house carry. good for sarah. >> dana: it wasn't until like i think the second question at the briefing room today that sarah huckabee sanders had to start to -- basically she batted them away. questions were about gun control. hillary clinton this morning, first thing she did was to tweet about the nra, etc. how do you, as a press secretary, best deflect that? look, there's a time and a place for it. but in the meantime, unlike when you and i were there, there's now social media. so that debate is happening right now. what should the administration do? >> it's not surprising people say what can be done about this and that people can have differing opinions about it. there's no surprise that people go to that next step. when you're in the government, there is a proper sequence of things. as sarah pointed out, an investigation is under way. we don't know how it was carried out, what the weapons wer

>> sarah, over the last couple days the president has used the word fear, hate, cruelty. you're saying you're talking and having conversations as it relates to las vegas. what is the conversation when it comes to the issue of terror? we've not talked about it yet, not classified it as such. talking to people from both sides of the aisle, they're saying there's no one settled universal definition for terrorism. we've seen timothy mcveigh with oklahoma city, we've seen womotr emanuel in charleston. under all circumstances we've seen so far, people who are intimidated, scared, ambushed military style, a planned, thought-out effort, whether it's political or not, they were tearized. is this administration willing to start -- since they're having conversations about other things, was this terror, domestic terror? >> i think that's something for the law enforcement communities to define and identify. i think the bigger thing that this administration certainly has been focused on is the prevention. looking at how we can stop things like this from ever happening again. i don't ka

john. >> thanks, sarah. over the past few months the president has criticized a number of senior republicans sometimes in sometimes in very personal terms. senator murkowski, senator flake, leader mcconnell. most recently senator bob corker. what do you say to critics who say, who say the president is alienating himself from republicans that he will need to move his legislation forward? >> i don't think he is alienating anyone. congress has alienated themselves by not actually getting the job done people of this country elected them to do. they all promised and campaigned and repealing, replacing obamacare. they haven't done that they have campaigned on tax reform. hopefully we see that happen. we're certainly committed to that. we think we'll get there. time and time again congress made promises failed to deliver. if anyone is being alienated people that are promising things panned not delivering on them. >> one more, sarah. >> i will skip around. >> -- roll out comprehensive plan on iran, and we also know

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sarah huckabee sanders. >> yesterday three u.s. servicemembers and one partner nation member were killed while providing assistance to counterterror operations. as many of you are aware u.s. forces are in the country to provide training and security assistance to the local armed forces. in their efforts to counterviolent extremist organizations. additionally two u.s. servicemembers were injured and evacuated in stable condition to germany. names are being withheld at this time as part of the next of kin notification process. our thoughts and prayers with the families and friends of fallen servicemembers who made the ultimate sacrifice in defense of freedoms we hold so dear. the let also visited las vegas yesterday to offer his support to the incredible people there. he met with law enforcement, first-responders, medical trauma teams, all who did incredible work under dire circumstances and visited with survivors and their families. the president was deeply touched by the spirit of people in las vegas. in one particularly stirring m

>> thank you, sarah. i just wanted to ask about taxes and maybe just a very quick follow on the discussion about compromise. if i'm understanding you correctly, what you're really saying is he's not suggesting a compromise on slavery, he's talking about other compromises that may have been germane to that part of history -- >> look i think that was part of the conversation a lot of people have had. he didn't get into the specifics because that's something that's been discussed very widely by many histarians from both the left, the right, the north, the south, however you want to look at it. and he didn't get into the details of it, because it wasn't the point he was making. >> on taxes, i just want to get a sense of what the president might be really interested in as far as the child tax credit and as far as the obamacare individual mandate. is it your opinion that the president would be supportive of both, meaning that may need to be a major tenet of the tax reform unveiled this week? >> he certainly sup

>> thank you, sarah. last weekend former president carter offered his availability of go between between the north korea regime in the hopes of resolving the differences between this country and pyongyang. he has a history with the family of the current leader in north korea leading with his grandfather in 1994. is the administration in contact with president carter? and does it have any plans to use him as a go-between or ? >> i don't think that's parts of our process at this time. if that changes we'll certainly let you know. but that's not current part of our plan or thinking how to plan with north korea. >> i'll ask the 401(k) question. >> see, you got friends helping you out. >> helping me colleague out. >> and you didn't think anyone here liked you, john. >> i got his back. is the president considering dropping the amount of pretax contributions that americans put into their 401(k) at about $18,000? seems like this is up for negotiation. does the president lower it? >> as i said this week the presid

>> really, as sarah huckabee sanders usually goes the other way. but on a bipartisan basis, presidents typically are trying to contain information in the executive branch. that's the usual behavior. so for the president to be encouraging this. and, look, there is a difference between him saying this is what he would like to see and giving a direct order. >> saying do it. >> that's right. and this is not crossed into that territory. nonetheless, when you are over in doj you know what the president wants, and you undoubtedly if it's plausible and reasonable to do t it's one more item on the scale in favor of that transparency. so i would note that going forward this kind of transparency is an expectation now that the trump administration is setting. so in it's first year of its first term, i think it's pretty noteworthy to see this sort of position being taken by the president. >> and you nodded on the transparency note. what do you think of what ken just said? >> well, i think that the president simply does not seem to understand the boundaries betw

here what sarah sander said about it today. >> sarah, did -- speak to chief of staff general john kelly before invoking his son's death? >> i know he spoke to him multiple times yesterday and today. >> in other words did general kelly know he'll be raising the memory of his son -- >> i'm not sure if he knew of that specific comment but they'd certainly spoken about it and he's aware and spoken several times since then. >> so, did general kelly know the president was going to mention his son? >> well anderson, sarah sanders hinted at the fact that he didn't. and my colleague ran this down further and found that general kelly and other staffers in the white house were caught off guard when president trump originally brought general kelly and the story of his son. he was killed in afghanistan into this mix. remember, trump said you can ask my chief of staff, you can ask kelly about how he never got a phone call from obama. as you pointed out, kelly have taken great pains at trying to keep his son's death a private issue. a lot of members were surprised to see the president come out and tal

reporter: thanks, sarah. state department announced that it is up to 24 people impacted by sonic attacks in havana. i want to ask is the president satisfied with the investigation into what is happening and has he reached out or considered reaching out to any of the victims. >> i don't believe he has reached out to any of the victims involved at this point. that is ongoing investigation. something we can't weigh in on further at this time. reporter: on the call to myeshia johnson, president trump said there is transcript of the call and he read it. has the transcript made available to members of the family? >> there is not a transcript of the call. she was responding to reports. i refer towercam pain that handles her press inquiries. there is not a transcript. reporter: senator john cornyn said he is blocking the nomination of -- [inaudible], to try to get more relief funds for texas and hurricane harvey. does that come as surprise or disappointment, number two republican would be blocking a nominee? >> the a

so sarah got that wrong, but let me say this. the white house press corp. is the first line of questioning in an american president and those who were in that building. say general kelly, yes, he is a four star general, but say he was on the military, on the battlefield and had top secret information he couldn't share. that's one thing to say he will not take questions, but when you were in the people aes house, the taxpayers' house and working for an american president-elected president-ele ed by the people, it's unfortunate that the crede bability of the chief of staff is in question. people want to see proof of what he said. >> there's the facts that were wrong, whether he remembered it wrong. whatever it may be. the facts were wrong. there's also the hi hypocrisy. but to act as if you're taking the high road, what someone else is so horrific when you're own boess is doing it left and righ is problematic. the president spoke today to the fox business network. here's the president responded. here's the quote. he is a very elegant man. like a word he took

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hiring sarah huckabee sanders. judging by the tweets over the last 2a hours, this is causing a certain amount of heartburn over there, isn't it? of course. any time you have an individual turn themselves into the fbi, one of our top law enforcement agencies here in the us, who is the president's campaign manager, that's going to because of heartburn. from a legal perspective, these indictments, in my view, show that the fbi and of course the special counsel office are probably going to try to flip these two individuals. they will try to find a way to find someone they will try to find a way to find someone further up the chain, much closer to president trump, than these two. so yes, if i were a lawyer associated with the president 01’ lawyer associated with the president or his white house staff, i might be having a tough go of it today. let's pull out a couple of bits from the papadopoulos indictments, because sarah sanders they're saying there was no connection to the campaign. 0ne was no connection to the camp

also, be sarah chase. the better part of a decade living and working in afghanistan, works as a journalist, in ngos, in business, ultimately becoming a high level adviser to the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. what sarah chase ended up becoming through all of that unexpectedly, what she ended up becoming was one of the world's leading experts on corruption. her central argument which she learned in afghanistan and all over the world is that you can't get security now and then thereafter take care of the governance issues and the corruption problems. corruption turns out to be like a really bad, bad, bad virus. it's easy to get and it's hard to kill. but if you're a country, once you've got it, once you've got a bad case of corruption, it not only saps a country of its ability to thrive. it accelerates some of the most dangerous things on earth. radicalism, conflict, unbridgeable division. she literally wrote the book on it "thieves of state." she's here tonight because she's just written something e