end, he will use that argument to rebutt any negative findings of the mueller probe. it s not new. it s just a new arm of it, and if the a.g. says no spice among us, what happens then? i think that the mrz s already setting the stage for undercutting that potential verdict and hees of heartened by the fact. great to see you. coming up, another mysterious attack on american dip the mlom overseas. moments ago, mike pompeo, he spoke out about this and said that the attack in china is very similar to the so-called sonic attacks in cuba. what do we know? what s happening here? plus, for the first time ever an
the morale problem. so there are plenty of questions that remain, too. i think when you look at today, the dynamic here is always something to be watched. this afternoon just before he headed to the white house which was unexpected, at least, among the press people here at state, he was asked by members of the press about this north korea issue. we already knew what the mrz had stated earlier, but the secretary of state chose to remain completely silent on this while at the state department, before the state department press corps. he just turned around. he didn t even want to say i m going to have something to say about this in just a few minutes. he said nothing about it then he appears before the white house press corps, and answers all kinds of questions. he even sort of tries to explain what is, in this case and in other cases a slight difference in language that he has with the president. he says that he calls it the increase the pressure campaign, acknowledging that the presiden
let s talk and come to the table and if you have the state-sponsored effort of north korea, how does it negate it? i don t think they re mutually exclusive. the president is wisely using his tools in the tool case. state-sponsored terrorism is while we try add credibility to an actual strike, i was struck by two things today in the secretary s press briefing. the first is he said this was a result of an inner agency process so we finally have a situation where the mrz is using his national security council and not making policy by tweets which i feel better about. a step in the right direction. indeed. i ll take it. secretary tillerson was pretty measured in how these sanctions would actually have an impact. he actually used the phrase there is no silver bullet, and i think that s smart. nothing by itself is going to
once again we ll carry that event live in ohio with governor romney and paul ryan coming up. gregg: sit down and put on your seat belts. making me nervous. massive cover-up or incompetence? very strong words from senator john mccain on the administration s handling on the attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi libya that killed four americans including our u.s. ambassador. mrz lawmaker calling for the immediate release of all surveillance video gathered during that deadly attack. national security correspondent jennifer griffin joins us live with the late. what requests went unanswered according to your sources? remember, my source was on the ground at the c.i.a. annex. i m told about 9:40 when the first shots were heard, woods and other operators asked the c.i.a. base chief for permission to go help at the consulate.
and comedian bill mahre matches his political sympathies with 1 million bucks. we ll tell you who gets the we ll tell you who gets the money. captions by vitac www.vitac.com we begin first with the increasingly shrill politics of what you re paying at the gas pump. in today s case it s 3 cents a gal more than yesterday. aaa says the national average is just under $3.65 a gal, 12 cents higher than it was at the beginning of the week. this is the 18th straight day gas prices are up. the political blame game moved into high gear during this week s cnn presidential debate when newt gingrich said he had a plan to get gas prices back to 2.50 a gallon, a notion president obama ridiculed during a stop in florida. only in politics do people root for bad news. do they greet bad news so enthusiastically. you pay more, they re licking their chops. and you can bet that since it s an election year they re already dusting off their three-point plan for $2 gas. and today in washing