there are a lot of demands on his schedule particularly given the fact there is not a communications director. this is part of my job as well and when needed i will step in. one of the major things from washington suggest that, in fact, in brussels the president was given a draft of his speech to the nato partners suggesting that eldhe would invoke or at lt respect the article 5 commitments. the senior official told us flatly that the president himself did not take the article of that reference out of the speech. sarah, who did? i m not aware of that and i would have to check back and let you know. thanks, guys. you can stay longer. that was deputy press secretary sarah huckabee sanders holding the white house press briefing today. it started out with va secretary david shulkin talking about updating records for the va and
everyone agrees needs to be solved. joining the president today were representatives from the air traffic controllers union, passive advocates, leaders in the airline and every krerksceo leaders of the faa. those are groups who typically don t agree on everything. it was still stuck in the washington political machine. the president is continuing to work with congress on getting these principles turned into legislation and getting that legislation to the president s desk. to accompany the president s announcement, the department of transportation today launched a new microsite. that s smarterskies.gov which will continually be updated with fact sheets, q and a and other reform. it s only one of the action items on the president s agenda. the health care team is engaging with congress daily on the american health care act which we hope to see the senate take
has not been taken because a large portion of chris s caucus does not support the bill, 6 out of 10 americans don t support the bill. reporter: dems who are still on the fence are waiting for a number from the congressional budget office on what some of the still to be negotiated fixing will really cost and, meanwhile, the president heads to ohio, tomorrow, for another one of those campaign-style health care events. to drive the argument home and will meet with a cancer patient, the white house said had to choose between keeping her expensive insurance and losing her home, a story the white house hopes will win over a few more people, especially those on capitol hill, julie. julie: julie kirtz, live in washington, thank you very much, jewel i. gregg: house minority leader john boehner saying the g.o.p. can gain control of the house in the midterm election. can that really be done? and, would democratic holdouts on the health care bill change their votes, if they thought it would
ann conley s husband pointed out such tweets are not helpful when it comes to soliciting the attorney general s ability to make an effective argument for the supreme court. is the president concerned he may be tainting the waters of the legal system by emitting such tweets? not at auchll. the president is very much focused on what that order spells out, and that s protecting national security, and he has all authority to do that through that executive order, and he maintains that and that position hasn t changed in the slightest. john? thank you, sarah. why isn t the president picking a fight with the mayor of london after their city was hit with a terrorist attack? i don t think the president is picking a fight with the london mayor at all. the president s point is something he said, frankly, back it s been almost two years now, a year and a half ago, when the president talked
steve? sarah, what was the president s reaction to the move by several middle eastern allies to sever ties? the president is continuing to have conversations with all those people involved, with all those countries. we want to deescalate that and we re continuing to work with each of these partners. did the president get any word this was going to happen when he was in saudi arabia a couple weeks ago? i m not aware of that, but the state department would probably be best suited to answer that question. jim? you just mentioned the word the president said earlier today i am calling it what it is, a travel ban. when he was trying to qualify an executive order on extreme vetting and travel restrictions, the president was adamant these are travel restrictions, not a travel ban.