scandal has become so overwhelming and the policy chaos and confusion has become so overwhelming. in a way the white house, kimberly, is so divided on these economic issues. you have mnuchin on one side. the national economic council which is supposed to be an honest broker bringing cabinet secretaries together isn t functioning the way it was envisioned when first created. not at all, not in this administration. this is something we ve seen frequently, different sides or divisions within the white house pulling the president one way or the other. it seems he likes that in a way but it s tougher now because there are fewer allies in the white house as each new person departs. the president seems to have lost his mooring amidst all of that turmoil that he had in the past but at the same time this calling for this tariff that he did unilaterally saying he s going to do it is right in line with his campaign message. and i think at the end of the day, he likes to go back to what
assault weapons like ar-15 style rifles, isn t that part of the problem, the easy availability of getting these killing devices? that s where making sure we have a background check system that s working, making sure people that are exhibiting these mental diseases, these violent propensities, are in a situation where they are restricted from accessing those weapons to commit these heinous acts. congressman reed, before i let you go, are you in favor of ending, closing up the loopholes if you buy these kinds of weapons at a gun show or on the internet? i m open to making sure the system is working in terms of the background system to make sure it s functioning properly and that includes those. so you would be in favor of ending the loopholes? any part of the program that isn t functioning, i m open to fixing it. fundamentally, nikolas cruz and
hometown of interior secretary ryan zinke. look, i ve been at this for 25 years, and this does not pass the smell test. reporter: zinke s office telling abc news he knows the owner because they both live in a small town, adding that the secretary s son worked a summer job at one of their construction sites. but today, his office was emphatic. neither the secretary, nor anyone in his office, have taken any meetings or action on behalf of this company. whitefish says they re simply the best team for the job, pointing out they use helicopters and repair buckets that reach 70 feet higher than typical power trucks. you know, we specialize in difficult and mountainous terrain projects. every day that they re without power is a day that economy isn t functioning, it s another day people are suffering. reporter: david, puerto rico s governor said today they had little choice, that whitefish was the one company on the ground willing to do the work without payment upfront. but he add
well, we ve seen how president trump has aggravated tensions with some of our staunchest allies in europe. and at the same time, we know that the state department really isn t functioning at full capacity. a lot of key jobs aren t even staffed at this point. i think what former president obama is doing as he travels around is a little bit of repair work for some of the tensions that are created by president trump. so he benefits from that. these alliances are important, and they re important to president trump s success. it s important to point out that it is vital for presidents to maintain a good relationship with their predecessors. we ve seen through so many points president obama reaching out to george w. bush. and before him, bill clinton. there was one letter from president george h.w. bush to bill clinton that s thought of as the ultimate in honorably
and at least republicans who say government can t do anything well have been proven right for a while. in terms of obamacare, the bigger fatality or bigger casualty for coming out of obamacare is really the ambitions of the, sort of progress sieve left who have been arguing for a long time but particularly since obama came to power they know exactly what to do and how to do it. if just given the power they could put in the wonderful new policies that will fix everything and do everything right and that is simply, that is what they got for the first two years of the obama presidency. now as it is being implemented it is turning out not as appear to be easy as they said it was. jon: yeah, juan, that seems what millions of americans are waking up to, this grand government plan simply isn t functioning. yeah, well, so far they re right. the website s not functioning. so if that s it, yes. but the question is if you fix