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We will keep out the gang member, criminals, drug and human traffickers that threaten our citizens and that threaten our security. [ applause ] any member of congress who opposes our plans on Border Security, and i know these folks did, is only empowering these deadly and dangerous threats and we will not put up with it and the public wont put up with it. This bill also includes Important Health care resources for our great coal miners who have not been treated well. But now theyre being treated very well and continues to make funding available so inner city children here right in the Nations Capital can go to the school of their choice. Choice is so important. After years of partisan bickering and grid lock, this bill is a clear win for the american people. We brought lawmakers together from both sides of the aisle to deliver a budget that funds the rebuilding of the United States military, makes historic investments in Border Security, and provides health care for our minors and School Choice for our disadvantaged children. Very importantly, there is no longterm bailout for the Insurance Companies that the democrats desperately wanted to subsidize, the badly failing obamacare. Do you know what a donor is, fellows . Youll learn when you get a little older. Youll learn about donors. I used to be a donor. I used to get everything i wanted. This is what winning looks like. Something that you folks really know a lot about. What a record. The falcons had ten wins and only three losses, a tremendous achievement. And they played tough, tough teams. And they played some teams that were slightly larger, right, coach . Coach is saying, boy, theyre big, but you beat them, right . We did. You beat them. He knows how to win. I just spoke to bob kraft of the new England Patriots and he gave you a little pep talk and hes a big fan too. We know one thing, as good as this coach is, even he says hes not replacing belichick. Is that right . But someplace else. Youre going to stay where you are. You better stay right where you are, coach. Right . [ cheers and applause ] you better never leave us. He better never leave. And the falcons not only that but finished very strong. You ended the season with six straight victories, including a win in the arizona bowl, which is a big deal. Who did you beat . South alabama. Good team too. But we all know the games that youre most proud of. I shouldnt say this, because i love these teams too. Should i say it . I thought they were great americans, guys. All right. The games, they beat navy. Good team. Do i have to give the score . Yes. Beat navy 2814. And you beat west point. 3112. Its a great privilege for me for the first time to present you the commander in chiefs trophy. My first time. Established in 1972. The commander in chiefs trophy has been claimed by the a force academy. This is pretty hard to understand. You did go under the radar. Its an amazing thing. A record 20 times. You have the record. More than any other of the Service Academies. [ cheers and applause ] pretty amazing. As the United States air force celebrates its birthday this year, this will serve as a point of pride for the academys cadets, graduates and all of the members past and present of the United States air force that we love. [ cheers and applause ] i love the air force. I love those planes. I love buying those planes at a reduced price. I have been really negotiating. I have to tell you this and they can check. I have cut billions and billions of dollars off plane contracts sitting here. Do they give me credit . No. But thats okay. We can either do one of two things. We can buy more planes or cut the budget . What do you want to do . She says buy more planes. I think youre right. Nowadays i think youre right. As proud as we are of your achievements on the field, we are even more proud of you and all of those who attend our Service Academies in general. For your distinguished service on behalf of our great nation. Whenever an air force crew flies, youll always find a powerful symbol of american strength and american prestige. From the wart hog, stand up, this is what she flies, she said please, please, mr. President , order more. You think thats just a great plane. It does some pretty big damage. I know that. And were working on that. She loves that plane. So the f 16 viper. Not as good . Not as good. To the b 2, little different, but still, no. Pretty good though. Our prout aircraft and airmen fill our friends and you wouldnt believe it with the level of confidence and they really truly strike fear into the hearts of our enemies. And ill tell you, we have so many of those planes coming in. We have planes coming in from all different corners and all different sizes and speeds and with different capabilities. Youre going to be very proud of what were doing with the air force. And wherever thank you. [ applause ] and wherever our space and cyber airmen operate world class systems for modern warfare, the full might of america will be on display for all to see. With the new budget increases we have achieved in our spending bill, well be able to purchase the greatest planes ever built including the f 35. That is some plane. And the next generation of military aircraft. We will maintain and expand our superior tee superiority and our ability to protect americas vital security interest. Just across the river, not far from the white house, standing a soaring tribute to the men and women of the United States air force. The three arching spires of the Air Force Memorial represent the core values of this noble branch of our armed forces. Integrity first. Service before self. Excellence in all you do. For 70 years the United States air force has embodied those principles. I know each of you will uphold these standards with devotion and dignity throughout your military career. And i know that each of you will continue to make your country proud. Theyre great people. I met everybody in the oval office. They actually said this is the first time youve been invited into the oval office. And the new England Patriots said that last week, that they were not invited in. We invite them into the oval office. I think we should invite them into the oval office, right . Dont you think . But were very, very proud of you, coach. Together the five branches of the United States armed forces, army, navy, marines, air force, and coast guard, are the greatest force for peace and justice the world has ever known. Believe me, getting stronger and stronger and stronger by the day. One of the reasons that i was elected, one of the reasons that im standing here is called people want their military to be strong. Not weak. But strong. Really strong. [ applause ] you keep us safe. You keep us strong. You keep us free. Thank you all for your service. Congratulations again to the winners of the commander in chiefs trophy, the great air force falcons. Thank you. Congratulations. [ applause ] with that id like to invite coach troy calhoon, a great coach. I said do you love him or dislike him . Some coaches are pretty well disliked but theyre coaches, but i like this combination better. A great coach. Congratulations, coach. Thank you. [ applause ] mr. President , were overwhelmed with the graciousness of you and your staff. This certainly has been an unbelievable trip for our young men and young women that have been able to come along. And we are so proud and only three weeks under your command they will become commissioned and Second Lieutenants in our United States air force. And what they will bring is courage, integrity, boldness, and unquestionably theyre champions, but more than anything else, theyre absolute winners, so ladies and gentlemen, the young men and young women of the United States air force academy. [ cheers and applause ] at this time we have a couple of momens tos wed like to lea. We never have anybody thats ever worn jersey number 1. Here in the last nine years. I think weve got a new tenant holder for that spot, so im going to invite up Weston Steelhammer and joke ko jacob owens to present a little gift to you. [ applause ] how about our members of congress, come on up. Tiger shark helmet to commemorate from world war ii. Lets go, come on, get up here. You hold that. Youve got to see the side. [ cheers and applause ] and youre watching President Trump as he right there gives presents the u. S. Air force Academy Commander in chief trophy presentation for the fact that they are the football winners in the armed forces. That as part of a rose garden address that was kind of a stream of consciousness from President Trump. A lot to talk about. Joining me now with all of their thoughts and much, much more, my cnn colleague jeff zeleny, margaret, Phil Mattingly and you can probably alltel i have a bout of laryngitis. Lets start with our white house reporters. Jeff, what did you make of that, particularly the idea that he said this is what winning looks like as he went through all of the list of the reason s why their budget deal was a win . I think hes doing it for the reason that republicans are being hammered at least here in washington on this spending bill. Weve been talking so much about first and foremost he didnt get the funding for his border wall. It was an acknowledgement they didnt want to shut down the government for that. He was trying to one up the democrats, if you will, by using what no one else in this town, country have, the pulpit in the rose garden of the white house. He was trying to seize the narrative to say look, we won here, we got the largest increase in Border Security, but not paying for that wall specifically. So a lot of optics here. He said a lot during the campaign. Youre going to be so tired of winning. That hasnt happened yet so hes at least trying to talk about winning as other things are coming along his way. Well talk about health care later this hour. He wants to win to hes going to talk about winning until he does. Its recalibration from 24 hours ago. I sat down with President Trump yesterday in the oval office and we talked about the spending deal. It had just been announced they reached a deal. We said did you have to give away a lot of stuff to get it and at the time we seemed comfortable and said yeah, its not a big deal its just for three months, the real fight is in september. From that to this in the backdrop of all those burly young men in the background is really quite different. And the other thing i note is that hes going to walk out of the rose garden, walk into the oval office, have a phone call with Vladimir Putin, and then meet later with his National Security adviser, so you get the secondary benefit. He may be thinking of some show of u. S. Force ahead of some of these foreign talks. They lost the messaging war on this so this is clean up. It was a bit double sided. On one hand, hes saying we got all this funding for the Border Security and the democrats didnt tell you and hes saying we ended gridlock. Theyve tried a number of ways to argue that it was actually not as bad as they thought. Theyre really focusing on the defense spending saying theyve gotten rid of the obama era dollar for dollar defense spending increase provision which was sort of there but not really really. And then the border funding. But they lost on that. Between your interview and this event here in the rose garden, there was a tweet. Actually two tweets this morning. It was clear that the conservatives are talking about got to the president. Heres what he said. The reason for the plan negotiated between the republicans and the democrats is that we need 60 votes in the senate which are not there. We either elect more republican senators in 2018 or change the rules now to 51 . Our country needs a good shutdown in september to fix mess. Okay. Now lets listen to what senior republican senator orrin hatch hd to say about that. The president today said that you should change the fil filibuster, changing to 51 votes to pass legislation. He clearly hasnt served in the legislative body. Had we not had the filibuster this country would have been gone a long time. Would have gone straight to socialism 67 socialism. There you go. A conservative republican saying his idea for shutdown or more importantly to change the rules again in the senate to apply no filibuster to legislation could result in socialism. You cover the place every day. Whats your thought . Orrin hatch always quotable. While hes a very conservative republican, hes an institutionalist as well. He is somebody who will make deals with democrats. Youre going to see a lot more of that start to come out. In the wake of the Nuclear Option for the Supreme Court nominee, a number of senators, enough to block any major rules change on a legislative filibuster came out and said well consider this. Mack kon nel said absolutely not, we will not consider this. Nobody is thrilled with the idea. Everybody recognizes that if you do that, the Senate Becomes the house and that is just based on talk to senators who like to talk down to the house, not something they actually want on the table. I do think youre seeing frustration from the president. They very clearly lost the messaging war. Victory lap after victory lap of Senate Democrats making very public and House Democrats as well making very public that they thought they won on this as we didnt hear much from republicans in either chamber has clearly frustrated the president , has made clear to he and his team that hes the one that needs to come out and spin this in a way thats positive to him. I will note he kind of hints at something thats important. Were going to do this again in september. Thats where the real shutdown threat was. And hes already ratcheted up the pressure on that ten times over. As we speak, arms are being twisted. Phone calls are being made because the white house and the House Republican leadership are desperate to make health care, Obamacare Repeal and replace happen in time. President trump says its time but does he have the votes . Stay with us. Nitrites or artificial preservatives. Now its good for us all. Like introverts. Extroverts. cheering and even bert. Man you gotta try this sandwich. Whos just overt. Oscar mayer deli fresh. So good come close, come close. Fun in art class. I like that. [ music stops suddenly ] ah. When your pain reliever stops working, your whole day stops. Awww. Try this. For minor arthritis pain, only aleve can stop pain for up to 12 straight hours with just one pill. Thank you. Come on everybody. You cant quit, neither should your pain reliever. Stay all day strong with 12 hour aleve. On a perfect car, then smash it into a tree. Your Insurance Company raises your rates. Maybe you shouldve done more research on them. 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So the purpose of our bill is to get more choices, to lower prices while preserving the protections for preexisting conditions. So that is a very important thing. Were excited about this policy. Were making good preogress wit our members. This morning i was told by a Senior Administration official that the house gop leadership goal is to hol the Obamacare Repeal and replace vote this thursday. The source told me that theyll know likely know by the end of today whether it will happen and that by their count house gop leaders in the white house are about five votes away, but theyre optimistic. Several republican members on the fence can get to yes. If successful in the house, it goes to the senate where the prognosis is even dimmer, but thats another story. Lets focus now on the substance here and now in the house. The big change in this version of replacing obamacare is allowing states to drop the guarantee that preexisting conditions must be covered. In some recent interviews the president said its not in its final form, though that comes as news to many on capitol hill. Bottom line trump says the plan will be great. The one mistake i made with the health care, we have one plan thats been going through. Its been Getting Better and better and better. And somebody said oh, the people have voted for trump arent getting good theyre going to get the greatest. These are the greatest people. Were either going to have a great plan or im not signing it. I gsaid from day one the best thing i can do is let obamacare die and then come with a plan. Before we go around the table i want to play a sound bite that was i think a minor earthquake with regard to the republican position and whether or not republicans can really get the votes on this repeal bill. It is from a congressman named fred upton. The reason why this matter system he used to be the chair of the manager and commerce committee. The committee that is in charge of health care policy. Listen to what he said about the current formed health care bill. The Freedom Caucus insisted on this provision. Theyve added it in the rules committee. As you may know, im not at all comfortable, i said this last week, im not at all comfortable with removing that protection. Ive supported the practice of not allowing preexisting illnesses to be discriminated against from the very get go. This meant torpedos that and i told the leadership i cannot support this bill with this provision in it. Phil mattingly, why is that a mini earthquake . You think about the member. When you have somebody with the statu stature and experience like fred upton and you say thats a problem. Hes essentially echoing what all of the either unsure or flatout no members ive talked to have said. They believe despite what the speaker has said, despite what the house Freedom Caucus has said that this will in fact undercut the preexisting provisions that come from obamacare. Now, the reality is a little bit more complicated. Theyre trying to thread a needle by saying that look, the states can opt out of these health care rules but in their place they have to make sure they have a functioning high risk pool. They have to make sure that those who had preexisting coverage would be grandfathered in. But to each point in the favor of this process there is a Counter Point to the idea that the high risk pools wouldnt be funded well enough, the pricing for the preexisting conditions, well, if you turn off your plan, you lose that grandfather. If you move states, you lose that grandfathering. Theres just a lot of holes there. There are messaging problems as to whats in this bill. Its hindering a process that is right on the edge of collapsing again or perhaps getting over the top. They havent done the best job in the world of making their members comfortable. Theres been a lot of pressure coming at them from the white house, from the outside groups. As it stands right now shortly before they go on another oneweek recess they are staring at a final vote they hope to get on the house floor but its unclear if they will. You asked the president about it in your interview yesterday. I want to play a sound bite of that on this issue. Well, i want it to be good for sick people. We are protecting preexisting conditions and it will be every bit as good on preexisting conditions as obamacare. Senator rubio just said that you support the individual mandates. I just want to say i agree with that 100 except preexisting condition i would absolutely get rid of obamacare. Were going to have something much better. Preexisting conditions when im referring to that and i was referring to that strongly on the show, i want to keep preexisting condition. I think we need it. I think we have to have it. So that was what he told you yesterday and what he told me in a debate back during the campaign in february, 2016, about the preexisting conditions. He wasnt alone. Every republican who was crying for a repeal of obamacare said no, no, no, were not going to touch that. Whats your take . So now hes asking Republican House members to take a vote on something that may very well, if it were implemented, undercut those guarantees. What he seems to be saying is not saying it, but what hes implying, this isnt the bill thats going to clear the senate anyway, so this will never land on my desk, dont worry about it. But if youre going on the board with that, you own that vote. He said Something Else yesterday and that was right after that clip that you played where he said this is going to be better than the obamacare, he said you know why . Because there is no obamacare. Obamacare is dead. The question is, is he saying that its better to have some protections for preexisting conditions than nothing at all or is he promising that the protections he will commit to will be better than they ever were under the promise and the initial rollout. As were talking, i should say Speaker Paul Ryan is trying to pushback like you said on the notion that preexisting conditions wont be covered. He said in a statement the amendment is clear, under no circumstances can people be denied coverage because of a preexisting condition, but is that true . It doesnt seem like its true and the reality is they are trying to get to 216 to a yes and the policy will basically come after the fact. Because its going to change in the senate. Thats not good enough for a lot of house members who i am told have very specific questions for this white house. This is theres nothing more important than health care because individual districts, it absolutely affects people based on where you live. Urban, rural, other areas. I am told that members of the congress have specific questions. Moderates in particular. The health and Human Services secretary of course whos very involved in this, tom price, hes a medical doctor. He was involved in repealing it or trying to repeal it so many times. He is fielding questions im told one by one by one with specifics. Thats something the president cant do. The president has been all over the map on this to be sort of polite about it and does not know the details or the fine print. So at this hour theyre trying to sort of have the president step back a little bit and not sort of confuse the situation here. But it is a confused situation. It is hugely controversial for these undecided voters. You dont want to be the last person to jump on board something that, you know, may not do well in 2018. We have to take a break, but i want to get your take. One of the things im struck by is when the Obama Administration was trying to guard against repealing obamacare, they really latched on to things that would be hugely popular as their safeguard and this was number one, preexisting conditions. You see it playing out now because they knew it would be divisive and politically divide republicans as they tried to do this. Stan by, everybody. President trump has a very important call in just a few minutes. Actually it should be starting just about now. And in a new round of interviews the president left a muddled message. More on that next. Y new flonaset instead of allergy pills. It delivers a gentle mist to help block six key inflammatory substances. Most allergy pills only block one. New flonase sensimist. It delivers a whole mouth clean with a less intense taste. Zero alcohol™. So it has the bad breath germkilling power of this. [rock music] with the lighter feel. Of this. 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Now that were past the 100 day mark, getting along with russia is all the more complicated. Complicated by trumps military strikes in syria and Even Administration suggestions that russia was involved in chemical weapons attacks against syrian civilians. Not to mention the Russian Investigation into meddling in the u. S. Election, something the president told the washington Tim Washington times is a dis grace. It was a fake story. It was made up so they can justify the fact that Hillary Clinton lost the election. Jeff zeleny, from your covering the white house for us, what is your expectation on this putin call that should be happening right now . A very important phone call. Obviously its the third time hes talked to him as president but the First Time Since the military strike in syria. It will be interesting to see what type of a readout we get from this side. We definitely will get one from moscow. And the expectations, my expectation is fairly low actually in terms of any Huge Development here. But back to the investigation, the president can call it fake news all he wants. Fake news there are going to be hearings on capitol hill where the russia investigation becomes very much real, very much on television. Republicans are sort of bracing for that moment, worried about that. The reality is it is a real investigation. Substantively well see what he gets out of it. I wouldnt expect a lot. Probably a lot that will be unsaid. So theres that. Theres the fact that Angela Merkel was over there with putin yesterday. President trump does not want to get cut out of the loop on that. No matter what the tepnsions ar, he wants this to be the u. S. And russia talking. There are a couple other factors to watch. One is that theres a whole series of really important summits coming up, g 7, nato. Were waiting for President Trump and putin to meet in person. A lot of tension building on all of those fronts even though russia maintains it did not meddle in anyones elections. This comes at a time when you see how many World Leaders hes met with, the reset with russia did not get off the ground. Not just the investigation thats clouding over this zra straug administration, but Trump Realizes russia is more problematic than he saw on the campaign and he doesnt like a number of things Vladimir Putin is doing. The russians asked for a meeting when the president was in europe in may and they said no and they pushed it off until later in the summer. While the president is embracing all kinds of World Leaders, some of which his predecessors would not, from egypt to the philippines, he is not embracing Vladimir Putin. Thats a good segue which is that the president likes to talk. For how quick he is to rail against the media, he spends a significant amount of time talking to People Like Us reporters. He did at least nine interviews to commemorate his first 100 days in office which to be clear we journalists welcome. The more the better. I always said the best thing about interviewing donald trump is that he actually answers questions which, again, is a delight for us reporters. But when youre president and you say so much, you shape and in many cases reshape u. S. Policy real time. The latest example is the nations posture towards north korea. Lets take a trip down memory lane. Actually, just less than two weeks ago heres what the Vice President told me aboard the u. S. S. Ronald reagan in jab ppa. Do you see a direct correlation between china and the u. S. . Not at the administration would not negotiate in any bilateral talks. Now we are hearing from the president never mind diplomatic talks. Hes talking personally about having a conversation with the rogue regime leader kim jongun himself. If it would be appropriate for me to meet with him, i would absolutely i would be honored to do it. If its under the again, under the right circumstances. Margaret, that was your interview. Did you almost fall off your chair when he said that . I just kept looking at him. But nobody knew that he was saying something really provocative that was going to get a lot of attention. He said we are breaking news. He said that . Yes, he did. So then i wrote it down. No, im just kidding. I wrote it down anyway. Look, so heres what we still dont know. Was he trying primarily to send a message to kim that theres potential for an actual oneonone talk if a series of changes happen, none of which he articulated . Is he trying to send a message to xi jinping . Was he messaging to congress . Who was he trying to reach in that message . Sean spicer almost immediately after our interview trying to walk it back from the podium in the press briefing to make clear the president did not mean now. A number of things would have to change. The kim regime would have to ratchet down their behavior. But thats not what President Trump said in our interview. And to be clear, he didnt say hey, im going to call him this a afternoon. He didnt say that at all. I asked what do you mean by appropriate and is that time now. He did not say yes, but he didnt rule it out. Even the suggestion of meeting at any point with this guy is significant. And he said to be honored. Sean spicer explained the honored and he said i guess because hes the head of state so you have to and then he talked about how hes been moving his country forward. The reality is hes starving his own people. Lets hear from one of the most Senior Republicans on National Security issues in the United States senate, john mccain and his reaction to this. I dont understand it and i dont think that the president appreciates the fact that when he says things like that it helps the credibility and the prestige of this really outrageous man. This is a dramatic departure from the kind of approach to Foreign Policy and human rights that i admired Ronald Reagan so much for. I would imagine hes not alone. No. And its not just the hawks. Its really up and down kind of the Broad Spectrum of both parties. Unsettled is what i would describe. Its not just related to kim jongun. Its related to all sorts of meetings and phone calls that hes made over the last couple of weeks. In the sense of Foreign Policy run by certainty, run by specific messages. There is a strategy to how things are said. Theres a strategy behind when thing are said. The fact that it seems ad hoc, that it flies in the face of other officials, including yourself, i think it make people uncomfortable right now. Play the devils advocate. What america and the world has been doing has not worked, so maybe this ad hoc getting kim off his game, whatever the president is doing, why not . Thats what some people in the white house say. They argue that this is a president who is not afraid to embrace people that other president s wouldnt have embraced for various reasons and that its all part of his strategy. He wants something from one world leader so he says nice things, they do something in return for him. The problem is the United States has always stood for human rights and people listen to the president of the unitedstates for signals, for ideas of our values. I think when you hear when people hear the president of the United States say that kim jongun is a smart cookie and he would be honored to meet him, thats what they hear. They dont hear all the other nuance. He not only said it there, he met with the president of egypt, he is saying he would host the p president of the philippines. This is a president who has committed all kinds of human vie rights violations. Hes also shaking up the sort of republican philosophy domestically too. Listen to what he said about breaking up the big banks. We are looking at that. Some people want to go back to the old system, right . So were going to look at that. Were looking at it right now as w speak. Dot frank is going to be very, very seriously changed so the banks can go back to loaning money. Okay. Jeff, you cover the white house now. You covered the democrats during the primary. Take the doddfrank part out of this. Just breaking up the big banks, said sounds like smomething you woul have heard Bernie Sanders say. Im not sure what he was talking about there or what the context was, but it does not seem to me that it is he has a populace strain that sent him to office. Theres been no sign in this ols that hes going to do that that i can tell. Tell me what you thought, because it was your interview, but as you do, i just wonder if you can enlighten us on his demeanor since you spent 30 minutes with him. He seemed really confident yesterday. He didnt seem at all like he had a chip on his shoulder about cutting a deal with the democrats. He seemed fine with it and he seemed like he wanted to talk about what hes going to do in the next 100 days. We covered the waterfront from north korea to whether you want to break up the big banks. I see some commonalities on them. On north korea he sees his own personal negotiating skills and we know this from his life and business and from his life as a campaigner and early months in the white house that he feels that he personally brings Something Special to the table in the way he deals with and can bond with people and that could have an impact on everything from dealing with a dictator with Nuclear Ambitions to doing things like talking to truckers about whether to try raising the gas tax or talking with Community Bankers and perhaps even some democrats about what to do if he wants to dial back doddfrank but wants to come up with some protections and divisions between commercial banking and investment. Some of this is i think President Trumps personal belief that he can, as donald j. Trump, have an impact that others could not have, whether theyre his advisers, whether theyre past president s. Certainly what his supporters were banking on when they got somebody who was very different in the white house. Thanks, guys. Stand by. We are standing by i should say for Hillary Clintons first live televised interview right here on cnn. Its her first interview since election day. You want to watch that. Stand by. President trump relies deeply on close family members to shape his administration. One of his closest confidants is his oldest daughter ivanka who has an office in the west wing. In a revealing interview she talked about what she brings that others do not who are not related. She told the paper im his daughter, ive known him my entire life. He trusts me. I dont have a hidden agenda. Im not looking to hit him to help myself. So for my friends here who cover the white house and have covered her, carol, ill start wu. Thats very telling. Loyalty, the ultimate loyalty with somebody who is a blood relative. She says i have his back at all costs. And shes right. And thats why the president values loyalty this president values loyalty. He likes having familiar people around him. He every president has had to some extent a close personal aide for president obama it was valerie jarrett. For president bush it was karen hughes. No one has had somebody who was a blood relative this close in the oval office. And in the west wing. Its something that he find comforting. And ill just tell you a couple of fascinating little sort of color nuggets. She says he calls her father dad, not mr. President while in the oval office and that she gets time with him. She gets time alone with him when she needs it. Kick the other advisers out to really have a oneonone conversation. But i want to show you another quote that she gave the new york times. She said ill go to the mat on certain issues and i may still lo lose those but maybe along the way ive modified a position just slightly and thats just great. Has she modified his positions . Climate change, womens rights, those are her big issues. Well see if they withdraw from the paris climate agreement which is coming up in a couple weeks. What i think is most interesting is she taukzilking about the ref the people in the west wing, saying other people are here for their own agendas. She is saying im not. She and Jared Kushner heading in the second 100 days, steve bannon, kellyanne conway, a lot of others not as prominent. And i think we are comments are very interesting in that regard. I agree. And i think when you make kme comments like that in the west wing it can create resentment among the other staff. They are going to be look the at skeptically. She kind of took that to another level. I would say one of the issues i hear on capitol hill is theyre not sure who is the point of contact. Defense issues. Shes a player no. Question about it. If you talk to Top Republicans who have specific issues you feel like might lineup, they are trying to get in contact and try to set something up to work. They know if shes on their side it will likely play. Whatever the issue is. Its been interesting watching the maneuvering as everybody trying to figure out whos who in the white house. The perception is if you have ivanka trump on your side, theres a really good chance that your issue wont just get a for hearing but might actually be included. Real quick, top of the hour, Hillary Clinton, her first live interview since the election will be right here. You covered her the whole campaign. I want to go around the horn briefly. Your expectation . Look, i think she wants to get back involved in the process here. Not with the expectation of running again. But to be a voice of the Democratic Party which is largely a voiceless party in terms of one emerging leader. She wants not just to have Bernie Sanders out there. She wants to be part out of that. She needs to make peace with the Democratic Party so she can move forward and pry to preserve a legacy for herself. She sees a role. She got the popular vote and i think she wants to be relevant. She sees a role for herself and sees a party that doesnt have a clear leader or clear message. I think she tries to fill that gap at least to some degree. It is going to be must see tv. Were all going to be watching. I hope you are there at home. Thats it for inside politics. Stay with us for the interview we were just talking about right after a quick break. Its nice to remove artificial ingredients. Kind never had to. Weve used real ingredients, whole nuts, and Natural Flavors from the very beginning. Give kind a try. On a perfect car, then smash it into a tree. Your Insurance Company raises your rates. Maybe you shouldve done more research on them. For drivers with accident forgiveness, Liberty Mutual wont raise your rates due to your first accident. Switch and you could save 509 on auto insurance. Call for a free quote today. Liberty stands with you™. Liberty mutual insurance. With e trade you see things your way. You have access to the right information at the right moment. And when you filter out the noise, its easy to turn your vision into action. Its your trade. E trade. Hello, im wolf blitzer. Happening this hour two major live events. Hillary clinton speaking out. Our chief International Correspondent interviews the former secretary of state live at the women for women fundraising luncheon in new york city. Youre looking at live pictures. Youll see it right here just minutes from now. Also this hour well hear directly from the White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer at todays White House Press briefing. Health care reform certainly will be a major topic of reporters asking questions as House Republicans continue to scramble right now to round up the necessary votes. The briefing set to begin about a half an h