Tariffs against china. Initially they were going to target with a 10 tariff, but sources say the president wants to increase that tax to 25 . There is a growing belief that china is a bad actor on trade and needs to be handled as such. China cannot fight titfortat trade war for very long, it will quickly run out of bullets. We also expect questions on a tweet a president sent out this morning that many people saw as him telling Attorney GeneralJeff Sessions to shut down the Robert Mueller investigation. Tweeting Attorney GeneralJeff Sessions should stop this which onto right now. Democrats started shouting about Obstruction Of Justice that the president was pretty overt and telling Jeff Sessions to shut the investigation down. Investigation, so we will see where it goes. I laugh because theres never been a natural end to a Special Counsel investigation. Harris there are very few natural ends to anything so we will see what happens. We are joined by a member of the Senate Intelligence committee which is now holding todays hearing on american cybersecurity. Great to see you to investigate whats happening. Could this be an opportunity for you and the president to cleanse our Election System of vulnerability . Can democrats work with republicans on this . This is certainly a bipartisan issue. We had a clear take away from the hearing today, the hearing was on and put misinformation. The tampering falls into two different buckets. One is a direct attack on the
Interviews with newsmakers and roundtable discussions cover the top news stories of the day. Whats out there. Sometimes its just about information in general and what i hear you saying is this misinformation campaign, they are hitting us where they know we are vulnerable, believing in each other and believing the media. Absolutely, the president s right. We know the internet is full of things that are not to be trusted and everything needs to be double checked. About the only solution that was a concrete solution, someone talked about setting up an agency that would review this stuff and determine what is and what isnt. I dont want to turn this over to the government to start making a decision as to what is to be believed and what isnt. But the take away of all of this is that people need to be very careful about what they believe when they are on the internet. Harris its frightening to think that people were showing up in places, you dont know who
might be at those organized events. Americans are vulnerable, again i bring up that word. I want to talk about tariffs. Are we any closer to confirming that you think this was russia . It doesnt have to be russia, it could be a whole host of people. It was said in the hearing today that it isnt just russia thats doing this. There are other actors, but loo look. Russia is the majorleague player in this, no one else can hold a candle to what the russians have done. Harris lets talk about the president putting some pressure, i think they call it maximum pressure now, on china. He may increase tariffs from ten to 25 on a lot of goods. What do you think will happen if that happens . Its hard to say. Look, most of us up here, our free traders. If we had a level Playing Field everything would be fine. The difficulty is the chinese have perfected using our technology to do things they want to do. Certainly there is no objection to china developing the technology they want but to take things that have been patented, we have a perfect case in idaho, micron technology, they are being sued in china for a violation of a patent they own in the United States but it was taken to china and the state Owned Enterprise is suing micron before a Chinese Court and they are having a very difficult time of it. This stuff is insidious, it is very difficult and you cant compete. Harris the president now sees economic hemorrhaging, those are my words, but it is what is happening in china right now. It is a strategy, we will see
what it yields. Great to see you, thank you. Fox news alert, day two of the trial of President Trumps former Campaign ChairmanPaul Manafort. With an fbi agent involved on the rate of manaforts home, prosecutors accused Paul Manafort of violating tax and banking laws while the defense team tried to shift blame to his exdeputy rick gates who is cooperating with the government. Houston, house intel democrat adam schiff is suggesting that the trial could cause a problem for the president. This is Donald TrumpsCampaign Manager and if he is convicted he will face substantial time if he is convicted on these charges. He may flip and that may be profoundly concerning to the president. Harris peter doocy at the courthouse for us in alexandria, virginia. Harris, the peter strzok was just rebuffed by the judge in this case when they tried to introduce photos as exhibits that will become public of Paul Manaforts closet filled with fancy suits and highend clothing as part of the mueller teams to paint manafort as someone who didnt pay taxes but paid a lot of money for designer foods. Suits. The judge that enough is enough, we dont convict people because they have a lot of money and throw it around. The president s name still has not been mentioned in either day of this trial but that does not mean he is not paying attention and he did tweet this a little while ago. Who was treated worse, al capone or Paul Manafort . The peter strzok dropped a bombshell that they may not call on their star witness to testify. His former deputy in business rick gates, the one prosecutors think has the goods on the way manafort did business, he is very important to the Special Counsel case for that reason. The prosecutor now says they may or may not call on gates because they say they evaluate every witness individually. But obviously if rick gates was not to testify it would change the landscape of the mueller teams approach and the defense approach. Harris great set up for my first guest, thank you. Stephen mulroy, or former federal prosecutor and University Of Memphis law professor, theres a lot to chew
on there. Can we start on the lecture the peter strzok got today . There are certain things they wont be able to do with this judge, what is that about . I suppose the prosecution would say they are trying to substantiate the fact that manafort got millions from ukrainian lobbying that was not reported in trying to substantiate that with all the expensive things he spent the money on. There may be a little bit of see if we can get the jury to dislike manafort because of the lavish lifestyle he lived and the judge i think said look, there is an end to this. You can put a little bit of evidence on but you cant go to the well too many times on the Paul Manafort lived a lavish lifestyle argument because thats not really against the law. Harris he went on to say, this is america, you cant look at somebody based on how their
friends and people who also have money spend money and turn them into criminals because they are friends with Paul Manafort. I was reading with the judge was saying, i just wondered what this does to the prosecution and to muellers investigation. The other thing that rick gates is not going to testify, what does that mean . That might be in no way bad news for the defense, the defenses theory all along has been to simply attack the credibility of rick gates, make it a he said he said case, saying that rick gates was making stuff up to cut a plea deal. If the prosecution is confident enough in their documentary case, that they think they got the proof that he earned millions of dollars in ukrainian lobbying or misrepresented the financial his financial situation to secure bank loans, if they can prove that with
documents without using rick gates, that Defense Argument is no longer available. A spew on the bottom line in all of this, the American People know this judge has said you cant bring up anything from the russia investigation. There is no evidence of collusion, we dont know all of what mueller has, but how does that case get impacted by what we are seeing right now . This case does not involve russian interference in the 2016 election, its a separate matte matter. Win, lose, or draw, it doesnt necessarily impact of that. The way it could impact it is if manafort is convicted and staring down the barrel of serious jail time, he may be motivated to flip on the president if he knows something because he was the Campaign Manager. On the other hand perhaps hes holding out for a pardon from the president and maybe that
explains why he hasnt been cooperating so far. Harris are you impressed by how far weve gotten dating back to the early 2000s, 2006. It has nothing to do with the president or what is gone on. What kind of jail time or prison time could he see . There are many different counts on many different charges of bank fraud and tax fraud. Plus the separate case, witness tampering, money laundering. Even if only a fraction of those counts end up in convictions we could be looking at serious jail time, potentially manafort looking at the rest of his life in prison. Its serious business, a lot of stuff over a lot of different years. Harris im curious about that, what could that look like . None of this has to do with that other case which is the why the
judge doesnt want it being brought up. Good to see you. I want to get to the Breaking News, here is what we are watching and we wont know until the split second when it happen happens. Awaiting the start of the Daily White HousePress Briefing. When it happens, a barrage of questions on a host of things. You will see it here on outnumbered overtime. President trumps Fiery Campaign style on full display. The president brought back some of his favorite messages for 2016, including brought it size against the democrats. About will this keep is party in power . Rnc chairwoman ronna mcdaniels, next. Thats a lot. If our opponent had won and the
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2020. Lets talk with the chairwoman of the rnc, great to see you today. Talk to me about where the president is with this revival of 2016 wording and promises. The one thing you know from history is that complacency is the enemy of the party that takes the white house, usually the party that pulls the white house loses in the midterms because voters are feeling great, complacency is what we are most afraid of and the antidote to that is president donald trump. When he gets in front of these crowds and talks about not only the things he promised but now the things hes delivered on and says i need help, i need you to make sure republicans come back to washington so we can keep this going, it energizes our base. We see greater engagement in the areas where he has these rallie rallies, and increase in early voting in states where he shows up, hes the antidote to
complacency and we need him on the trail to help us win in these midterms. Harris do you think at this point the president s Mojo On The Campaign Trail helps out candidates even though politics are local . Do you think he brings something into the mix when he endorses you and hes on the ground with you that is growing . Ive never seen anything like it. They had an Overflow Room last night in tampa of 8,000 people watching on the screen because they couldnt get into the main hall. I havent seen any candidate in our history excite people as much as donald trump does. Of course its translated, weve seen it in the primaries in georgia where he endorses a candidate and catapults them to victory in these primaries. All of our congressional members will need that energy. They dont always feel the same way about congress as they do this president. They need the president saying i need you to vote for this
congressperson, this senator so we can keep these majorities and keep the trump agenda going. Harris former president barack obama just endorsed 81 candidates from across the nation. A quote from him really quick, im proud to endorse such a wide and impressive array of democratic candidates. I want to get your respond and note to call people not on the list. Senator Dianne Feinstein and alexandria ocasiocortez. Theres a lot of people not on the list. I think this list is more interesting for the omissions than the people he put on it. Almost every major Senate Candidate on the country is not on this list, hes missing a lot of key house races, even house races were Hillary Clinton won. I think we look at 2016 and we recognize, it was a repudiation barack obama. I dont think a lot of candidates want his endorsement and its interesting to see how many of them are not on his list that are in contested races across this country. Harris we were previously talking about what President Trump brings to the campaign trail, sometimes president s get involved and sometimes they dont. A former president michael barack obama, what does he offe . When the base is splitting it. Its a divided party, they are going further and further left. I will be interested to see how many of these candidates to tout his endorsement. They dont have a leader of their party, they dont have a message, resist and obstruct is not a message, its a message of not getting anything done. We see Unemployment Levels at record low, we see our military being funded, our veterans
taking care of. Im going to tell you, people want President Trumps endorsement more than they want president obamas. Harris i was on the ground in kansas city, we were obviously talking about the military but thats a component that will get a lot more attention as we move toward november. Your last thoughts . Our president supports our military and not only does he say it, he has shown it through his actions. He cares about our veterans and weve seen such great legislation come out of this congress with this president , we need to support our military men and women and i know you care about that deeply. Harris that sent on the ground issue. Breaking news right now, we are awaiting the White House Press
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deadly weapons. Two criminals on the street as well as terrorists. Thats why we are introducing a bill that will stop them from being sent on on the internet. Harris maybe we will get back to this story but right now Sarah Sanders holding a White House Press briefing, lets watch. Secretary sanders we hope that well remains are identifie identified, families can find peace. John was killed while leading a divebombing mission into north korea. Johns nephew doug, who lives in minnesota, recently wrote the president a letter explaining how his uncle was a special person who grew up in the Great Depression and wanted to serve his country. Another letter from Marion Pennsylvania tells the president of her uncle who has been missing in action in korea since september of 1951. Both of these men and their
families represent thousands of proud, patriotic american families. The president is committed to them and will work to bring them the closure they deserve. On another matter, we have seen all of the alarming images of the wildfires causing Severe Damage out west. The white house and fema have been actively monitoring the wildfires to ensure federal assistance is provided as quickly as possible. On saturday the president declared that i an emergency exists for the california wildfires. Fema has replaced resources to support the efforts of local firefighters and relief organizations. The president will continue to monitor this ongoing emergency and make sure the people of california receive the assistance they need to keep them safe and recover. Our prayers are with the firefighters who lost their lives battling these buyers, and their grieving families. The president has been closely monitoring the ongoing situation in turkey. We believe he is a victim of unfair and unjust attention. At the president s direction, the department of treasury is a pardoning. As a result any property or interest in property of both ministers within u. S. Jurisdiction is blocked and u. S. Persons are generally prohibited from engaging in transactions with them. For anything further i would refer you to the Treasury Department on that front. With that, i will take your questions. Reporter at some point in the next month or so, we would appreciate more time because theres a lot we would like to
cover. The president treated this morning, the president said a few weeks ago or a few months ago that he does not want to intervene with the department of justice. Does that tweet this morning mark a change in posture by the president . Secretary sanders its not an order, its a president s opinion. Its ridiculous that all the corruption thats gone on with the launching of the witch hunt, the president has watched this process play out but he wants to see it come to an end as he has stated many times and we look forward to that happening. Reporter on a different topic, you mentioned the commitment to the president , there was a report that north korea is still assembling icbms. How did that meet north korea
fulfilling its commitment . Secretary sanders im not going to comment on the first part of your question on any potential intelligence matter in terms of the remains. We had the best of the best working over the last several weeks on this process, we will keep you updated on it. We feel comfortable in the assessment they have made up until this point. Reporter on the next proposed tariffs against china, the figure initially for tariffs was 10 . Its our understanding that the president wants to take that up to 25 . Whats the reason behind increasing it and in a titfortat if tat if you want to call it, who has more bullets, china or the United States . Secretary sanders the president certainly believes that the United States does, we will have an update, there will be a call to walk through the details of that update in
regards to the question you asked, look, the bottom line is the president will continue to hold china responsible for their unfair Trade Practices. This has gone on long enough and hes going to do something about it. Reporter the president has made some headway with the e. U. In terms of lowering Trade Barriers and taking steps toward leveling the Playing Field. Does the president believe that it is possible without taking some real punitive measures . Secretary sanders we would like to see the Playing Field level, the president as both he and i think about 15 members of his administration have said repeatedly we would like to see the unfair Trade Practices it stopped. Until that happens the president will hold their feet to the fir fire, hes not going to sit back and allow american industries
and workers to be taken advantage of. Reporter churches around the country, synagogues leaders have been up in arms about last years tax cut law. They said theres a provision thats going to force them to pay a new 21 of federal income tax on benefits they give to certain employees. Can you assure churches that they are not going to have to pay a new tax . Secretary sanders i am not going to make a blanket generalization about every church in america but certainly the goal of the package was to provide the greatest amount of relief to the greatest number of americans and we feel that its done that. We feel the other policies the president has put forward have certainly moved the ball forward, made our economy infinitely stronger than it has been in decades and i think you can see that by all the numbers that have come out over the last year and a half. Reporter what is the president doing to make sure they keep their tax exempt status . Reporter federal law says any threatening letter or communication aimed at impeding a criminal investigation constitutes Obstruction Of Justice. Rudy giuliani issued a statement saying he doesnt think this mornings tweet is obstruction because the president said a sessions sure to stop the probe instead of ordering him to halt it. Is Rudy Giuliani the one giving the president legal advice on his tweets . And does that statement reflect the opinion of the president s legal team . Secretary sanders the president is not obstructing, hes fighting back. He is certainly expressing the frustration he had with the level of corruption weve seen, there is a reason the president is angry and frankly, most of america is angry as well and there is no reason he shouldnt
republican senator said the Mueller Investigation needs to move forward and they ought to let them complete their work. Do you agree with that sentiment that this investigation ought to be completed and not be cut off . Secretary sanders we think it should be completed, we would like it to be completed sooner rather than later. Its gone on for an extensive amount of time, theyve come up with nothing in regards to the president. We would like to see it come to a close, we have said that a number of times. Sure, we agree on that front. Im sorry, we are tight on time, cecelia, go ahead. I hope we will try to get to as many people as possible, cecelia, go ahead. Reporter does the president still believe that millions of people are voting illegally in this country . Secretary sanders even if ten people are voting illegally it shouldnt happen, the president wants to see the
integrity of our Election Systems upheld. He wants to make sure Anybody Voting is somebody that should be voting and i think that is something that should be celebrated, not discriminated. Reporter one was the last time the president went to a Grocery Store . Secretary sanders i am not sure and i am not sure why that matters. Reporter ive never had to show an idea the Grocery Store. Secretary sanders if you go to a Grocery Store and buy beer and wine you have to show your i. D. He is not saying every time he went in, he is saying when you go to the Grocery Store. Im pretty sure everybody in here who has been to a Grocery Store that has purchased beer or wine has had to show their i. D. If they didnt thats probably a problem with the Grocery Store. Reporter following up on john deckers question, you want the investigation to end, i presume also without any obstruction or interference. Many have described the president s tweet this morning is blowing off steam, is that a fair characterization . Just an opinion it has nothing to do with his actual governmental control or supervision of this investigation . Secretary sanders as i said earlier, the president stating his opinion, it is not an order. I think he has been Crystal Clear about how he feels about this investigation from the beginning. Reporter you set a moment ago that the investigation itself is corrupt, the Mueller Investigation. Strzok certainly is not anymore anymore Secretary Sanders of the entire investigation is based off of a dirty, discredited dossier paid for by an opposing campaign and had a lot of corruption within the entity which was overseen, we laid this out a number of times. I dont think we have to go into it every single time we are in here. Reporter if its corrupt, why doesnt the present just use
the powers he has to end it, why doesnt he follow through . Secretary sanders the president has allowed this process to play out but he think its time for it to come to an end. Reporter im wondering if you can clarify this tweet from this morning, is it the president s desire for sessions to unrecuse himself and is it his desire for the Special Counsel to be fired . Secretary sanders it is the president s opinion, i dont have anything further. Reporter last night at the tampa rally, the president again pushed for the creation of a space for us, a new military branch. The Defense Department today missed a deadline to submit a report to congress about how this space for us is to be structured and we are told the white house is now twice rejected drafts because the Defense Department doesnt want a space for us and would rather create a Space Command under the existing military structure. How is the president going to
force the creation of a space force . Secretary sanders we are continuing to work with the Department Of Defense to determine the best way forward, something the president feels strongly about and we are going to work with our team and figure out the best solution. Reporter i have a question about the president meeting with innercity pastors today. Secretary carson has pushed policies that would raise the rent on many poor people and push policies that would slow antiimmigration initiatives. What will the president say to these innercity pastors whose areas might be part by some of these policies . Secretary sanders thats the reason to sit down with these individuals and hear their concerns. The primary point of discussion today is to discuss Prison Reform but i wouldnt be surprised if they raise those issues. The president has invited them here to have those ongoing conversations and determine how to help them in a number of situations. Reporter are those policies raising rents on poor people and slowing
antisegregation initiatives, are they helping innercitys in his opinion . Secretary sanders i would be happy to look at those specific policies after the briefing. Reporter members of this administration, as does the president feel that this country admits to many refugees . What was the rationality . Secretary sanders no Policy Decisions have been made, we will keep you posted as they are. Reporter does the president think there are too many refugees coming into this country . Secretary sanders the president wants to make sure we know whoever comes into this country, we know who they are and why they are coming and then they pose no danger or threat to americans. We want to make sure we have the processes in place and the ability to vet any individual that will come into this
country. That they would work in coordination and determine that they have the ability to vet a certain number, the president would have concerns with that. Again, the number one priority is National Security and making sure we have the ability to process any individual that comes into this country. Reporter he has not yet made the decision if he will sit down with bob mueller, isnt that part of dragging this out a bit . And when he tells you something personally, do you take it as a directive or his opinion . Secretary sanders on the first but i would refer you to the president s outside counsel on specific negotiations. The second part . Reporter you said his tweet was his opinion. When he tells you something, how do you know that its a directive or simply his opinion . Secretary sanders the president makes it pretty clear when i i have having those conversations with him. Reporter s tweet this morning said he wanted to it was time for the investigation
to be stopped. Does the president know that Jeff Sessions cant stop the investigation . Secretary sanders the president is well aware of how the process works. Reporter has president spoke into the nra . Secretary sanders the president is glad this effort has been delayed to get more time to review the issue and this administration supports a decadesold legislation already on the books that prohibits the ownership of a wholly plastic gun. Reporter was he upset about it . Secretary sanders i think you can see in the actions of the president has made today that he is not happy with turkeys decision. Reporter the president is restructuring the way Capital Gains are taxed, is the president talking about potentially endorsing a Government Shutdown before novembers election, after his novembers election, or both . Secretary sanders on the first part, this is something that has a lot of support from various people. No Administration Policy has been determined. The president has asked the Treasury Department to take a look into it. On the second question, the president isnt focused on the timing of before or after the election, he is focused on the results. Hes been talking about this for a year and a half, our Immigration System is broken and he is begging for congress, particularly democrats in congress, to step up, do their jobs, stop kicking the ball down the field and work with him to fix our system, its that simple. Reporter the president had a personal opinion as to whether the system works . Secretary sanders he has asked the Treasury Department to look into it. Reporter does the president encourage and support of people who showed up last night in these fringe groups, and secondly it does the is the white house willing to say in view of what happened with one of our Tv Colleagues last night, that it is wrong for his most vocal supporters to be menacing Tour Journalist doing their jobs . Secretary sanders on the first part the president condemns and announces any group that would incite violence against another individual. And certainly Doesnt Support Groups that would promote that type of behavior, we have been clear about that a number of times since the beginning of the administration. On the second part of your question, as i just said, the president does not support violence against anyone and or
anything and we been very clear every single time weve been asked about that. When it comes to the media, the president does think the media holds a responsibility. We fully support our free press but there also comes a high level of responsibility with that. The media routinely reports on classified information and government secrets i put lives in danger and risk valuable National Security tools, both in our administration an end past administrations. One of the worst cases was reporting on the u. S. Ability to listen to osama bin ladens Satellite Phone in the late 90s. The country lost valuable intelligence. It is now standard to abandon common sense and ethical practices. This is a twoway street. We support a free press and condemn violence against anybody but we ask that people act responsibly and report accurately and fairly. Reporter they were trying
to prevent a broadcaster from getting his broadcast out and yelling that his network socks, is that right or wrong . No one was being violent in terms of Hitting Anybody and no broadcaster was broadcasting state secrets, they were trying to do stand up set a public rally and you had people trying to yell over them and prevent them from doing their jobs and yelling that their network sucks on live tv. Do you support that are not . Secretary sanders we support Freedom Of The Press but we also support Freedom Of Speech and we think those things go handinhand. Reporter President Trump tweeted about Paul Manafort, comparing his treatment to that of al capone. First of all, why does dashed of the president feel like Paul Manafort is being treated unfairly . He talks about the issue of Solitary Confinement, does this
administration have a larger concern about Solitary Confinement being used for people who havent been convicted outside of Paul Manafort . Secretary sanders i am not aware of a specific policy position, certainly the president has been clear that he think Paul Manafort has been treated unfairly. Reporter can you confirm if the president has accepted to be the special guest next year . Secretary sanders i know the invitation has been extended, i dont believe a final decision has been made. I know both Secretary Mattis and Secretary Pompeo will be traveling to india and will be given the dialogue and process for a potential president ial
visit. Pakistan is concerned, there is a historical election. He had very little to say good things about india, u. S. , and asia, but he is the Prime Minister of pakistan today. How are you going to deal with him . Secretary sanders the United States and india have deep and embodied Strategic Partnership and we will continue to build on that partnership and advance cooperation and i think you will see that at the meeting that will take place with Secretary Pompeo next month. Reporter does the president believe Paul Manafort is innocent of the charges he faces . Secretary sanders i dont believe that is the president s role, he believes that he is being treated unfairly. Reporter has the president said directly to Jeff Sessions at any point . Secretary sanders i am not aware of the president stating his opinion. We have a time for one last question. Reporter the president s opinion of sessions should end the mueller pro but also his opinion that the Mueller Probe should play itself out Secretary Sanders the president believes he has watched this process play out. He would like to watch it come to a conclusion, since it has been going on for the better part of a year and a half. The president has an event starting in a couple of minutes. Reporter you also said the president believes he can fire mueller. Doesnt it look weak on twitter for him to say sessions should end this probe when it is rosenstein that can under the probe and he can to the probe. Secretary sanders it is not weak for the president of the United States to express his opinion. Harris Sarah Sanders taking a lot of questions, use our reporters there. I want to bring in the power panel. As a former republican congresswoman, a Political Science professor. I will begin with just your reaction to what we just saw. The press as usual focuses on issues that are most exciting to them instead of on the most important issues for the American People which are in fact how is the president going to continue managing this economic boom, what implications might his tariff challenges have for us and how has he developed the crucial leverage we need in terms of a stronger economy and a stronger military to have the strongest Negotiating Position as we move forward . Harris they may put you in the Press Briefing room. I dont want people to miss this, the president is at the white house meeting with black pastors and he is talking about
Prison Reform and the divide in this country. What just happened with facebook . Whichever country you point to end it looks like it was russia from everything we are hearing from intel, they are dividing us or attempting to, down racial and cultural lines. The president potentially going to touch on that issue. Thats very important, they did this in 2016 and they are going to continue to do it. The president is going to address these critical issues. The problem with the russian meddling as it continues to create more artificial divide. We have to see what comes out of this meeting. Harris the Mueller Investigation, the president s tweets seem to be something reporters really wanted to know about. What is your take away . Many authorities join the president in having objections to what Robert Mueller is doing. He has what amounts to an
endless agreement. This investigation has yielded nothing of substance to this point and the president is asking a legitimate question every reasonable person should ask, where does this end . I would disagree with my good friend and hayworth, we have to let the investigation run its course. As we are on the heels of this facebook what they revealed yesterday, the fact is we cannot stop looking at what russia has done. We have to stop thinking about this as an attack on the president and more as an attack on the United States, which he should be the first want to say enough is enough. Harris policies would indicate that thats exactly where we are and with all the Breaking News with this Press Briefing, we are going to slide right into the next show. Great to have you both. It has been very interesting to