i was in indiana the other night when he gave the president an incredible warm-up act. trump was ready when he took the stage. he does all of that. maybe he has to grit his teeth sometimes, but still you heard the vice president going to davos, and he said, nope, i m going. i will add it was the vice president s doctor who scuttled the president s pick for va secretary. and somebody on the president s team who then torpedoed the vice president s choice for national security adviser john lerner. the vice president clearly sees nikki haley as a star, wants her guy on thhis team. so there is real tension between these two. i think about the aspirations of
welcome back. you see the united states capitol there. this is the annual ceremony honoring police officers killed in the line of duty. president trump finishing up his remarks, now greeting families at that ceremony. he is sitting down for lunch with senate republicans. both the president and republican senators have some big wants but some competing priorities as well heading into what looks like a challenging midterm for republicans. the president, for example, wants to put some wins on the board. that starts with judicial nominations. he also wants a confidential vote for a cia pick and trade talks ongoing this week with china. and don t forget he wants real money for his border wall. the majority leader wants many of the same things, especially more conservative judges. but some key demands could produce some fresh friction between the gentleman from kentucky and the president of the united states.
their face this year, they want to pass whatever will keep the government open. they want to confirm judges, and then they want to go home and campaign. when the president walks in the room, we know judges. beyond that, what will he say, i need you to do this? i think the president has almost entirely turned his attention to foreign policy, because he knows the prospects of accomplishing anything big is limited, so i think he s going to press on confirming gina haspel. he needs a cia director in order to make this summit happen with north korea and to do some of the other things he wants to do. i think he ll really press them on that. he may give paul rand some grief for his continuing focus. they may discuss that, but they are of a similar mind on pushing as many judges through as possible before the november election. judges is easy for republicans. that s like the one thing they can all agree on. i think we re seeing with haspel her latest outreach, the letter
said they hope jews burn in hell. i do think some of the news accounts take away the agency of the actors on one side and they had no choice but to do this, and the new york times also featured on op-ed that the leader doesn t believe in borders, and no borders means no israel. i think you have to pay attention to that, too. that is an absolute valid point. the question here is what next? what next? the administration made its decision about the embassy. it s taking the heat for it. the question is, and this is for the president, for jared kushner and everyone else involved. will they try to get the palestinians somehow back in the situation involved? big policy change in four states, none bigger than pennsylvania. they re turning things back their way.
mr. president, how is your wife doing? the president was asked if he is going to apologize and he was also asked about the first lady. the president now going into the lunch with republican senators. there you see some of the president s staff as well. always great to see the president of the united states wandering the halls. let s come back to this point of the apology. you have a white house staffer who said something tasteless and reprehensible about john mccain. john mccain issues a statement about gina haspel, that she isn t moral. the staffer said it doesn t matter because john mccain is dying, anyway. she assured meghan mccain in a phone call she would say