February jobs numbers. My question to you, how much do you feel that President Trump should be credited for that . How would you characterize the economy that President Trump was handed over by president obama . Well, look. Numbers are gonna go up and down. We remembericognize that. When you look at the ceos that hire people and the ceos that have talked about the investment they want to make in america, you can look back over the last several administration. I dont believe i have ever seen the number of ceos and businesses come out and talk about investments and continuing investments and the expansion of investments or hiring based on the vision and agenda of an administration the way they have in this one. So its not just a question of what we believe. I think if you look at the automakers, the other manufacturers, and frankly some of the Service Industries that have come out and talked about the investments that theyre going to make, or the continuation of a project that they had going, or the movement of a manufacturing plan or job investment. Those speak for themselves. Not a question of what we believe. Its a question of the commitment that u. S. Manufacturers and job creators and businesses are making because they want to buy into the president s agenda and vision for creating more tax and regulatory business friendly environment to grow here. I think those speak for themselves. Do you believe though that the policies already have had an impact . Absolutely. Look at the confidence indexes. Theyre all going to the top. Stock market generated over 3 billion of additional wealth since he was lected. There are several Economic Indicators that show signs of strength because of the president s vision and agenda. I dont think thats any secret. When you talk to the economists. When you talk to Business Leaders, they have confidence in the president s agenda that it will yield to a more favorable Business Climate. To make us more competitive around the globe. I do believe that. I dont think its a question of what i believe or what the administration believes. If you look at what outside economists and Business Leaders do, they confirm that. The president is referring to job reports as phoney or fiction. Does the president believe his jobs report was accurate and a fair way to measure the economy . I talked to the president prior to this. He said they may have been phoney in the past, but its very real now. Sara . Thanks, sean. Could you clear up what appears to be contention between what you said yesterday about when the administration or the president was made aware of general flynn, ap reporting today the Transition Team was informed of the leak. Theres a big difference between when he filed which was two days ago and what happened then. What the ap is reporting, just so were clear, is that a personal lawyer of general flynns contacted a transition lawyer and asked for guidance on what he should or should not do. The lawyer was instructed that that wasnt the role of the transition and that it was up to the personal lawyer to work with the appropriate authorities or subject Matter Experts to determine what was appropriate and what was not in terms of filing. This was a personal matter. Its a business matter. Its not something that would be appropriate for a Government Entity to give some guidance on when they should file as a private citizen. That was the guidance that was given, which is consistent with what should be done. And so i dont think it should be a shock to anybody that if youre asked a government lawyer what you should do in your private capacity as a citizen, theyll tell you you should consult experts in that area to determine what you should or should not do. If the transition was aware of that advice, why wasnt the president aware of that . There are tons of individuals that consult with the lawyers and with ethics experts and say i own this stock, will i have to sell it . I own a business, a house. For the most part, theyre given guidance as to, hey, go seek professional help, consult with a lawyer. Almost like asking someone for tax advice. If you call the irs and say i want to know what i will do with this, they will tell you to consult a tax attorney. Thats not the job of a government official, to tell you what you should or should not do in your capacity as a private citizen. A vastly different scenario. Whether you regardless of what department you call in government, if you call the department of education and ask them about education standards, theyll probably refer you to a local enty. Thats not why government officials, theyre very clear about the line between private action and government action. Jordan. Thanks, sean. Does the president agree with house conservatives that medication should be moved up to the end of next year. I think that the bill that is before the house right now, the reconciliation piece. I cannot reiterate it enough. Is part of a three prong process. The current process does several things. Number one, its the first time you are going to have a full addressing of an entitlement like this in decades. It is actually a very very good thing for conservatives when you look at how were going to address medicade and an entitlement that many have fought for years need to be addressed. That being said, the president ed has also been very clear to all of the discussions, as he meets with members of congress and outside groups, that if someones got an idea that can make this legislation more accessible, give more choice to the American People, drive down costs, make it more patient centric, he wants to listen to it. Right now thats where the bill stands. Were going to continue to work with members of the house and senate. I dont want to prejudge the process itself, but the bill was crafted in a way that i think represents the president s thinking and a very smart way of addressing entitlement and projections. The president is willing to negotiate on the expansion measure. Right now the date thats in the bill is what the president supports. He is willing to listen to individuals, different aspects of the bill that might make it that might achieve the goals that he set out. Its not about negotiation. We have a date in the bill and thats the date in the bill. The bill continues to work its way through the house. That goes for speaker ryan. Hes got members that are approaching him with ideas. Im sure hes listening to them as well. Senator mcconnell is probably dealing with the same issue in the senate. Thats how the process will work. I have made it clear that this is a process where well take the best ideas, listen to individuals and try to achieve the goals that the president has laid out. Piggy backing off john and john. The breakfast this morning, same one you referenced, nanty pe pelosi said it couldnt be true, the president s allegations against the former president , because that is not how our system works. She also said obama would not do that and it would be a waste of time for the House Intelligence Committee to investigate that allegation. Does the white house have any evidence to refute House Minority leader and former speaker pelosis claim . And could you explain why the president asked the fbi chief about this directly . I think we spoke very clearly about what we would like to happen last sunday. Im gonna reiterate it. We believe the house and senate Intelligence Committee have the appropriate forum to look into matter and report back. Can you say that the president was informed about this arrangement . No. No. Just so were clear, you wouldnt general flynn filed with the department of justice like asking what about the files . Thats up to his personal lawyer. Each person that goes through the process in government seeks counsel in many cases regarding the assets they own and the activities that theyve conducted. This is something that its like asking whether someone needs you to file, if they had a client, whether or not they have to file a lobbying disclosure form. Thats up to them and their counsel to determine if they entkpwaeupe engaged in activities in the past. Or if a doctor needs to reup their certification. Thats not up for the government to determine. There are certain private citizen activities you seek counsel on. Thats how the system works. You already got your question. Were doing one questions. Its not, john. You have an attorney calling the transition saying that the person in line to be the National Security adviser may need to register as a Foreign Agent. That doesnt raise a flag. Its not a question of raising a red flag, john. Its a question of whether or not they gave him the advice that they are supposed to. It is not up to them to make decisions as to what you need to do or not do. There are certain activities that fall under each of these requirements. As far as what the threshold is. It is not up to, nor sit appropriate, nor is it legal, for the government to start going into private citizens, telling them what they have to register or not. That would be the equivalent of walking through someones tax return saying thats not a deduction. Thats why when you contact these agencies, they will tell you you should seek counsel or professional advice or expertise. That is not up to them to determine. Plain and simple. Moving beyond the legal question. Just to follow up with john. This is an issue of judgment about who you want in your administration. There were published reports that your potential National Security adviser had dealings with the government of turkey, a controversial regime at this moment in time. Congressman cummings sent a letter to mike pence during the transition informing him of this and raising a red flag. Mr. Pence was on television i believe yesterday saying twice that he had no knowledge of that letter. Hold on. Hold on. Before you accuse the Vice President of certain things. No, what he said is that he was not aware of the filing. Just so were clear. He wasnt. Thank you. In terms of the larger question. Forget about filling out forms. What does this say about the Transition Teams judgment about still appointing him as National Security adviser when you had nothing of this . Youre asking me forget about the legalisms . Thats what we ask people to do is follow the law. You can forget about the legalisms. Thats what you said. What im saying is thats what we did. They consulted a lawyer, which everyone who had something is advised to do. That lawyer consulted the Transition Team. It is your job to consult the appropriate lawyers. Beyond the legal issues. Im saying when moving beyond the issue of papers here, were talking about the judgment, judgment of the president , the Vice President and your team made to select this man as National Security adviser when you had information that he had dealings with turkey. What dealings are you referring to . Fact that he had a client. He was also the head of the department of Defense Intelligence agency. Unbelievably qualified, 40 years in the military with impeccable credentials. So what is it . What exactly are you getting at . He has impeccable credentials. He had a stellar career in the military. For you to impugn mike pence said that yesterday. There was no disclosure at the time. And the question is, is that if his counsel worked with whomever he worked with and determined that he didnt, that was up to him. The burden is on the individual to seek the legal advice from professional expertise to decide what they have to file or not. We could literally have a hypothetical question about somebody who made an inappropriate filing on their tax return or a professional qualification. At the end of the day, when people present it with you, they are advised to seek expertise and counsel and legal advice about whats appropriate and whats not. Its not up to the transition attorneys to go through someones livelihood and determine what they need to seek. If they were given the proper legal advice at the time, which is to seek expertise in that matter. He already obtained counsel. Let me clarify. The transition officials were not overly concerned by his the question is did they provide him the avenue they were supposed to . Did they tell him to seek counsel . They did. Thats what is supposed to happen. Thats it. Plain and simple. Yes . I guess the question for you would be right now does this ray concerns that there may be other members of this administration or members who served in the transition that were or are currently lobbying on behalf of Foreign Governments right now that maybe advising the president of the United States . We trust people to fill out the appropriate forms that they need to. And the president acted accordingly. He made the right call then. He may have been taking actions. Youre asking me look. Can you tell me that the executives at nbc news have gone through every single reporters background i understand that. We trust people to fill out the forms that they are required to do in an honest and legal manner. In this case he retro actively filed the form that he was supposed to do. We advised him to do what the legal proper thing was. We expect every employee to follow the law. This president , when it comes to ethics, lobbying, he instituted a five year ban. He has ran on a commitment to drain the swamp. He has been very committed to making sure that we Institute High standards here. When he found out that general flynn had betrayed the trust of the Vice President back in the day, he let him go. The president had high standards for everyone that works in this administration. The answer to your question is, if somebody does something that is not in keeping with the president s standards that hes set for every Single Person in this administration, they will be let go. You have faith in all the people right now . I believe everybody has done what has legally been required of them. I cant tell you every sinle person has done everything. I can tell you the president has made clear that you are expected to live up to the high standards he has set for them. And if you dont, you will be dismissed. The removal of the south korean president. Whats the reaction of the white house to him . And also, we know that there will be a president ial election very soon in south korea. We know several leading candidates, prefer less competition with does the white house look into the impact of the election . Well, i believe they have to have an election within 60 days. Theres an acting president who we have strong relationships with. We will continue to work with south korea. They are an ally and friend in the region. This is obviously an issue that we need to keep up with on the developments there. Its a domestic issue which the United States takes no interest in the outcome of that election. It is up to the citizens of their country to determine the future of their country. Thats it. Obviously you are very excited about the report. Tweeting within an hour of the jobs data coming out which is a violation of federal rule. So im wondering i guess if there is counseling in the president s future. Also critics do say the risk of doing this is politicizing kind of what should be nonpartisan. What i understand is that rule was instituted to deal with market fluctuation that could be wrong. I believe thats i think tweeting out great way to start a friday here are the actual numbers that you all have reported is a bit dont make me make the podium move. Honest to god. Every reporter is here reported out that we had 235,000 jobs, 4. 7. There isnt a tv station that didnt go live to it. So to tweet out great way to start a friday i think, yes, the president was excited to see more americans back to work. I dont think thats exactly market disruption. I think theres a lot of excitement in this country when we look at the policies that the president has instituted to help put more americans back to work. I mean, i understand the rule, but lets the obama white house, for instance, you know, went out of their way not to comment on that. They rearranged the president s schedule around it. I get it. Its not about commenting. Its one thing to give analysis. Literally tweeting out great news. Yes, were excited that when the president and the rest of the team saw the news this morning, as reported on every television station, twitter, the internet, and every major news site in the country, we were excited to see so Many Americans back to work. So i apologize if we were a little excited. We are so excited to see so many fellow citizens back to work. President in november did lay out that general flynn was being paid to lobby for turkish interests during the campaign. Why did not raise a flag . Its not a question of raising a flag. We keep forgetting something. His attorney then went to a transition attorney who was told you need to seek counsel on this and get further guidance. Its not a question of raised flags. Not up to us to adjudicate whether we need to file under the disclosure act. Thats not the job of a transition attorney. Its to tell them to seek additional counsel or to explain to them where to find that information. Not to tell them what to do or not to do. President specifically not saying you should go to this attorney or giving legal advice, but why when this information was brought to the Vice President attention didnt he raise questions, bring it to the president , look into it further . I think its fairly simple to say why didnt this occur. Were going through several people. The answer is did they seek the appropriate professional advice and counsel . They did. Thats the answer. Alexis. I have a Health Care Question for you. Oh good. Will the president be willing to sign legislation and be flexible about the refundable tax credit portion of the house bill . Would he be willing to sign legislation that voided that particular provision because, as you know, conservatives are concerned that thats an additional entitlement. I think more and more as the president talks to members of congress and outside groups. Number one, i think theyre excited to understand the totality of this. He addressed this in a weekly address you can find at white house. Gov. Continues to explain the comprehensive aspect of this. The administrative piece that secretary price will institute. And the additional legislation, buying health care across state lines, allowing Small Businesses to pool things. Allowing Health Savings accounts to expand. The stream lining of the federal, the fda, going after medical malpractice. All those things that bring costs down. People have to remember that if you get your health care through your employer, which the majority of americans do, you are not taxed. Your employer is not taxed. It is fairly inadequate and unbalanced for Small Business owners, ranchers and farmers, sole proprietors to have to face a disproportionate tax burden because theyre not a big employer. This is something conservatives should be embracing. More they understand the comprehensive nature of this, theyre beginning to support it more. Refundable tax credit provision. Absolutely. Asking why mr. Johnson is still in his job. Id refer you to the tkep of treasury on that. The president tweeted that russia, quote, ran over United States an in particular picked off crimea and added missiles which the president described in his tweet as weak. As has been called for by the house and Armed ServicesCommittee Chairman and both Party Platforms although the republican language was watered down . And if hes not going to, i did ask you this several weeks ago when senator mccain sent a letter asking for this. If the president doesnt want to do it, is that because he would rather focus efforts on partnering to try to defeat isis . I think Ambassador Haley noted at the u. N. That any attempt to under mind sanctions that currently is pwaouz of the annexation of crimea will remain in place until that issue is resolved. The president , when it comes to his overall negotiating strategy has made it clear that his philosophy is not there. Why would sending weapons to crimea have anything to do with sanctions . Im not going to get into the president s negotiating strategy. Secretary tillerson. Its your birthday, you get a question. We have about several dozen emails. We talked to congress men saying if youre going to repeal and replace obama care why not give everybody what congress and senators get. Can you address that since Congress Wont . Part of what were trying to do. Someone asked the other day about federal benefits. Third of our countries have one provider. Thats not choice. Thats why were doing this. So Many Americans have no choice. And that he wants there to be greater choice and lower costs. By doing the stuff were doing, especially the third prong of this, allowing competition over state lines. Thats really going to institute more choice. There will be more options. Prior to obama care you could go on the open market and go from a variety of different options and tailor what you or your family needed based on the conditions that you sought or the deductible that you wanted and choice dried up with obama care. Thats the point though. If you want more of that kind of system, then this is the bill and the legislation and the comprehensive approach that you should be supporting. Congress and senators get better care than the rest of us. Can you address that . Yes. Thats why were trying to pass it the way we are. We want more choice. We want lower cost. The American People deserve a Better Health care system. Did the white house sign off on secretary tillersons decision not to take the press on him what would be an important trip to asia and a growing north korean threat . And what are his marching orders . You talk a lot about the flexibility the president has given to his generals. What flexibility has he given for diplomatic initiatives for secretary of state . The president sruz withing lunch with secretary tillerson. I know the trip was one of the top eubgs of discussion. The press is being invited to that trip. Theyre traveling commercially. Theres a press logistics component to make sure they can get everywhere. The answer is the plane that the secretary is taking doesnt accommodate that but they have made accommodations for members of the press to cover everything. We dont get involved in the logistics for every cabinet members trip. I would advise you to touch base with the secretary wrbg the state department on this. I know that they were made aware of the concerns of some of your colleagues and they are making accommodations in the future with respect to the size of the plane. Make no mistake. There is a logistics component to make sure press is welcome. And that accommodations are car logistical support. There will be a press conference component. Would you like Public Diplomacy for this administration to be covered fully Going Forward . I hope it will be covered fully. Are reporters allowed to be on the plane with the secretary . When appropriate, they can. Theres a big difference between making sure that we carve out x number of seats and making sure that we have transparency and openness in covering events. They have hro skwreus call support for you all. Theres hotels, travel support, accommodations and filing centers. At some point this isnt about blocking anybody. Theyve gone above and beyond. Not every plane can accommodate every member of the press. Can they get a bigger plane . I understand that. Theres an element of cost savings at this point that the secretary is trying to achieve. At the end of the day there has been a press component to every step of the secretarys trip. He is doing everything he can the support the press who wants to cover him. They are being open to make sure the secretary is available throughout the trip, yes. President trump has been very critical of germanys chancellor on the campaign trail. How does the white house think that will affect the meeting on tuesday . I know that we did a bit of read back earlier today on that. Theres excitement on both sides of the ocean for this trip. I know that we are looking for war to meeting with the chancellor and her team. Talk to her folks over there. Theyre very excited about coming over. Theres a lot of trade and economic interest on both sides. Theres an element of National Security that we share. And so i will let the trip look forward to the readout. Theres a lot of excitement coming. I know the president looks forward to meeting with the chan hror and discussing areas of shared interest. I wonder about the one discussion. I gathered from today and yesterday. Correct me if im wrong. I want to make sure i understand the question. Are you saying the president was not aware that lieutenant Michael Flynn was acting as a Foreign Agent when he appointed him to be National Security adviser . Correct. Just remember you wouldnt know that until you filed. He didnt file until two days ago. Therefore nobody would have known that because he hadnt filed as a Foreign Agent until two days ago. He filed a lobbying disclosure in november. Thats different than filing with the doj. The other question is did flynn disclose he was acting as a Foreign Agent in the security clearance review before he became nsa . I dont know the answer to that question. Thats something you should follow up with general flynn on. April . When is it when a president , former president s spillover ends and the new president stands on his own merit . When does that happen . I think on january 20th at noon you start to take command of the government. What specifically are you asking . Numbers from jobs. This is the first full month that encapsulates the president s time. We are seeing the enthaou enthusiasm Business Leaders have been excited about. Were going to continue to work with policies that will lower regulation and lower taxes, create a more business friendly Business Climate to allow the expansion of u. S. Companies and grow u. S. Jobs. Lastly, over the last couple weeks, all the negatives welsh not all the negatives, but a large portion, of the Affordable Care act. How youre looking to make it patient care. So with that, are there any positives that you can ar tick a little from anything that will carry into possibly this. Children being able to stay on their parents plans until 26. Theres a preexisting piece. Youre asking if theres elements. Those are some things again, remember, theres some stuff that was part of the aca that republicans have supported as well. This is making sure that it is the most Effective Health care policy that achieves the president s goals. I dont know april. Im sure i could go through the bill. Its very long, as you saw the other day, 1,000 pages. 974 paeupbges. President trump invited president obama to the white house very soon, can you confirm that . I can. Thank you very much very much. Well end on a positive note. Have a great weekend. Are you watching snl this weekend . White House Press Briefing just wrapping up. So much for that one question friday that sean spicer eluded to yesterday. Im sandra smith. You just heard. Everything from Michael Flynn to a lot more on whats happening with the economy and that big jobs number. Thats what sean spicer led off with. For more on all of this, youve been waiting so patiently. Fox news correspondent at large. Thanks for sticking around. He did lead off on the economy. Something you and i were chatting about was the different tone that we are seeing from sean spicer in the briefing. He started off as press secretary so awkwardly. His suits didnt fit. He was very strident. He was very defensive. He told a joke today. Laughed. Said he was gonna move the podium the way they do on saturday night live. Sandra we hoped he would have done that right after the snl skit. It was great and relaxed and much more in line with the correspondents. I thought it was to me obvious that general flynns problems registering as a Foreign Agent for turkey at the same time he was the National Security adviser, the president treated him kinder than Vice President pence did. Sandra there was some feisty exchanges there. Reporters didnt come off of that. There were multiple questions fired at him. Here was one of those exchanges. I believe that everybody has done what has legally been required of them. I cant tell you every Single Person has done everything. The president has made clear to everybody in this administration, you expected to live up to the high standards that he has set for them. If you dont, you will be dismissed. If i was a body language expert, i would tell you theres one time you were all tensed up. He battled. He got the question three different ways. But the whole idea that here you have turkey. Turkey was the conduit to remind people during the whole of the syrian civil war, almost the isis terrorists going through turkey to get to europe. All of the tidal wave of refugees. Turkey was, in my view, absolutely complicit with isis. They were a member of nato. They had a very strained relationship with the United States. At the same time that strained relationship with with the United States where general flynn to be Foreign Agent for turkey, does raise questions. Sandra they stayed on that for a bit. He led off on the economy. The trump administration, the white house is touting that jobs report. The Unemployment Rate dropped 4. 7 . Here was a joking moment that sean spicer had. Listen. The president is referring to particular job reports as phoney or totally fiction. Does the president believe this jobs description was accurate . I talked to the president prior to this. He said to quote him very clearly. They maive phoney in the past, but its very real now. Thats good. Sandra you like the fact that he joked around. To give you the history on that, during the campaign process, the election process, President Trump would see obama touting strong job numbers while he was still in the white house and President Trump, then candidate trump at the time, was sort of saying, come on, those arent real numbers. But now theyre real. Now theyre real. You know were speaking about it numbers. This has been a trajectory. President obama maybe with all that borrowed money that caused a big hole in the deficit, from beginning in 2009, the jobs have been shooting up. There hasnt been a single month since 2009, as far as i know, where theres been a negative. Sandra private sector jobs growth has grown every single month since the recovery. However, if you did dig into the details of that jobs report, i did indicate construction jobs are growing. The areas where were seeing job growth is from the job Participation Rate is one of those more real numbers that some of the economists watch there. Its at the highest level that it has been at. There were some indications that things did look strong for this economy first month under President Trump. I give him absolute credit for it. Even if there was a trend that was undeniable and unmistakable and this is just part of the train that barack obama started from the station. There is no doubt that everybody feels better about the American Economy now and since november 8th. Donald trump absolutely gets credit for feeling that the tide is rising. Were all gonna take this ride up together. The rosy times are ahead. I like the vibe. I think that is President Trumps biggest accomplishment. Sandra he can at least own that. Definitely. Sandra hes promising 4 growth in the first year of his presidency. Geraldo thank you. Growing pressure on the head of the fbi to publicly reveal what he knows about plt trumps claims that obama wire tapped President Trumps trump tower. Katherine, hey. Reporter the fbi directors briefing did deal with the wire tapping allegations. We dont know the extent of those conversations, but what we do know is that a letter has been sent by the house excel generals Committee Leadership to the Justice Department asking them for any documentation that would reflect these allegations of wire tapping at trump tower. Speaking to reporters the House Minority leader said that director comey has an obligation to be forth coming on the issue. Theoretically do i think that the director of the fbi who knows for a fact that something is mythology but misleading to the American People and he should set the record straight, do you think he should say that publicly. Reporter a Law Enforcement source emphasized that when the former director of National Intelligence said their investigation found no evidence of collusion, it also reflected the so called odd computer link thats being reported by other news outlets as elements of the fbi investigation which may relate to trump tower as being handled by the koupber intelligence team. On the former National Security adviser mike flynn filing as an agent of a Foreign Government before taking that white house job. Fox news learned that flynn really took over the lions share of his turkish contacts in early 2016 which included a vast Intelligence Network and it was closely associated with a long time opera teufrb for the cia. The House Intelligence Committee has its public hearing on the calendar for march 20th. That includes comey, the head of nsa, the group that oversees these surveillance orders and executes them, along with the former cia director, former director of National IntelligenceJames Clapper as well as former acting attorney general sally yates who was fired by President Trump over her refusal to enforce the first travel ban. And this morning a Committee Republican told fox news that the hearing should be pretty eye opening. We need to see the evidence behind our governments response to those efforts. So i come from a background that is evidence centric. Im not interested in summaries. I cant deal with anonymous sources. I need witnesses. I need facts. And i need evidence. Reporter so the obvious thing about this witness list is that these are people who have first hand knowledge of the last administrations investigation into russia. But if i can read in between the lines for you here. This is also a group that probably has a pretty good idea where these leaks came from because its just a sphapl handful of individuals who had access to that information. So you can expect them to be put on the spot during that hearing about the leaks and what they thought the origin was. Sandra . Sandra got it. Well be on it. Thank you. A scandal which started in the marines now spreading to the whole military. The pentagon is addressing it head on just moments ago. Plus 2500 american troops are headed to kuwait ready at a moments notice for whatever happens in iraq or syria. And beyond. General jack keen joins us. We are all dealing with activities perpetrated by iran and its proxies operating in the region. It is my view that iran poses the greatest long term threat to stability for this part of the world. [car engine failing to start] [clicking of ignition] uh wha woof eeh woof wuh [silence] [engine roars to life] [dog howls] dramatic opera music swells from radio [howling continues] at clorox 2 weve turned removing stains into a science. Now pretreat with clorox 2 watch stains disappear right before your eyes. Remove 4 times more stains than detergent alone. Why do we put so much effort into engineering the canam defender . Well, why do you put so much effort at everything you do . Because a job worth doing, is worth doing right. Canam defender. Tough, capable, clever. Get a 3year brp limited warranty plus a 1,500 cash rebate on 2016 defender models. Visit your local dealer for details. Sandra the top u. S. Marine blasting a scandal thats rocking the marine corps. Active duty an retired marines sharing nude photos online to shame, harass and threaten their female colleagues. U. S. Marine corp expander general Robert Neller holding a news conference, condemning those involved in this, calling the behavior inexcusable and a threat to success on the battlefield. I can assure you if theres accountability to be made, those that are involved will be held accountable. For those marines that are watching this or listening, or may have been involved in this, if youre participating in this type of behavior in any way, shape or form, youre not helping me or your marine corps. Sandra chairman of the institute for the study of war and a fox news analyst is here. Good to see you. First, did you have any comment on what you just heard from neller on this nude photo sharing scandal . He said those responsible will and should be held accountable. No doubt about military organizations are not like a normal organization. Death is a silent companion to these fighting organizations. The way they can face that kind of danger on a regular basis, they have to have good order, discipline and unit cohesion. And the fundamentals of unit cohesion are respect and trust in one another. These acts here are a violation of that trust. It is an absolute betrayal of that trust. And theres no wonder that he is very upset about it. Sandra i also want to move on to this news that were sending 2500 troops heading to kuwait. They are ready to fight in syria and iraq. Ready to fight at a moments notice. Your thoughts as we move those troops in. Yeah. Whats happening here, were just seeing some of the initial installments of a change in strategy in particularly in syria. But dealing with isis overall. The president had to ask for a comprehensive plan to defeat isis as quickly as possible. I know the chairman of the joint chiefs with the joint chiefs worked on this. They have briefed the white house on it. The white house is not gonna disclose all the details of it, for obvious reasons. But we will begin to see more installments on this plan as we go after isis at raka and all undermind their finances, under mind their ideology and work with our allies to defeat isis in the countries its expanded into. Sandra talk about the Central Region and the security challenge that we face there. Cent com commander spoke ab this on the threats in the middle east. Listen to this. The Central Region has come to represent many of the security challenges our nation faces. Most importantly, the threats in this region continue to pose the most direct threat to the u. S. Homeland and the global economy. Sandra to the u. S. Economy and the global economy. General . Youre absolutely right. We have been engaged in the middle east going back to the early 90s. Certainly the two 9 11 wars. Now isis itself. And the other thing that the general is very concerned about is not just the spread of radical islam throughout the middle east and underminding the governments that are there, its the iranian strategic objective to dominate and control the middle east and the problems that theyre causing in lebanon, in syria, in iraq, and now in yemen where they have overthrown the u. S. Backed government. They are trampling on u. S. Interests and those of our allies in the middle east. Were on a collision course with iran. Sandra general keane always good to get your perspective. Good talking to you. Sandra members of Congress Facing angry constituents at town halls over what may happen to their health care coverage. My next guest is opting out of meetings like this to go one on one. I have a lot of people that gave me good feed back. People came in. They said in the past weve avoided town halls because they didnt feel comfortable bringing up issues in front of a crowd. Im ricardo, a sales and Service Consultant here at the xfinity store in bellevue, washington. Here at the store, we offer internet, tv, phone, customer service, home security. Every situation is a little different. It could be about billing, simple questions like changing the phone number. Sometimes, they want to upgrade, downgrade, but at the end of the day, you want to take care of the customer. One of the great things about comcast, theres always room to move up. Of course, it depends on you, how hard you work. Sandra we aoefr seen many lawmakers encounter anger and shouting at their tall Hall Meetings back home. Now a republican congressman has come up with a unique alternative to the town hall inviting constituents to the office and giving them ten minutes to voice their concerns one on one. I thought there might be a crowd. Im surprised theres so many. Had a long time to wait but i appreciate having ten minutes one on one with him to have him hear my issues and get to ask him questions. Sandra here to tell us how it all went republican congressman from california, david valadao. How did it go . I think it went well. My constituents i think felt really comfortable in that environment. I had people coming in they didnt even feel comfortable sharing their opinions. Once they got in and met with me, they felt comfortable. They told me some personal stories. For me it was very very beneficial. Sandra what are you hearing from them . Were hearing everything. Just like youre hearing anywhere else. You have folks really concerned about the Affordable Care act. Some of them positive. Some of them negative. I have people coming in with actual statements from the Insurance Companies and how much theyre paying out of pocket and how its taking half their salary. I have people who truly need the assistance that did come with it. It was a good opportunity. Sandra we have up on the screen the gop plan to repeal and replace obama care. It is a process. And there is, there are many who have a problem with what is going on. You are hearing it from your constituents. Where are you on this plan . I mean, were still going through the details. Its moved through two committees. Were watching the process. Were keeping our voices heard with leadership to make sure the voices of my constituents are being heard in d. C. We want to do everything we can to help those who have been hurt by it and also those who have been helped by it. Sandra youre a republican in a district where democrats hold a 17 advantage in registration. Yes. I have got one of the most challenging republican districts in the country. Sandra as far as your outreach, i would wonder if you would recommend this to some of your other republican colleagues, 23,000 outgoing constituent letters, all personally signed, 16 community events, 59,000 personal phone calls, automatic dials in the thousands. I mean, clearly these are some big numbers as far as your outreach stats. Youve been busy. Yeah. I think its very important to stay in contact. We do everything we possibly can. Were always looking for new ways. This is something we thought would be creative and interesting. So far the feed back has been really good. Sandra there was an evening at the white house last night that the president held to convince skeptical gopers on the health care plan. Were you invited . Are you invited to one in the future . Im sure i will be, but i have not invited last night. There was only one lane in that bowling alley. Sandra there was two, for the record. Only one was working, were told. As far as the messaging coming from the administration on this, do you see them selling this the best that they can . You know, i feel like theyre trying. But obviously its up to us in the house and the senate to make sure our constituents are connected. Were their representation into the government. Were their voices. Thats our job, to make sure that were voicing it in both directions. This possibly could be coming down. Obviously what the concerns are with it and what we can do to make it better. Sandra all right. Congressman valadao, great to hear your story. Youre certainly taking a different approach to this, meeting one on one with angry constituents. Giving them ten minutes. They werent all angry. There were happy ones, too. Sandra fair to. Out. Congressman, thank you. Well be right back. We asked a group of young people when they thought they should start saving for retirement. Then we asked some older people when they actually did start saving. This gap between when we should start saving and when we actually do is one of the reasons why too many of us arent prepared for retirement. Just start as early as you can. Its going to pay off in the future. If we all start saving a little more today, well all be better prepared tomorrow. Prudential. Bring your challenges. Sandra a great sea turtle names beck is swimming again. After doctors in thailand surgically removed 11 pounds of coins from her stomach. Veterinarians putting her back in the water four days after her operation. A surprising sight at the Great Barrier reef. The bleaching of the coral reefs. Bleaching happens when water temperatures are too warm raising concerns that Climate Change could cause permanent damage to the sea life. Nesco working with Australian Authority to protect the reef. Im sandra smith. Heres shep. Shepard its noon on the west coast, 3 00 at the white house. 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