warming? he failed to acknowledge the difference between short-term weather patterns and long-term climate trends. and it bears repeating that this climate change study that the president is dismissing involved 13 federal agencies and more than 300 climate scientists. meantime, the president will soon be stumping in mississippi for republican cindy hyde-smith. in the last senate race she had been under fire for racially offensive comments. the president today came out, defended her, saying she apologized, and suggested that should suffice. jake? all right. thank you very much. we ll talk about the mississippi senate race in a moment. i want to get to this issue of the president dismissing experts within his own administration. right now, jackie, several republicans are calling for a full briefing from the cia, state department, and pentagon, on the murder of jamal khashoggi, the washington post journalist. among them is one of the president s fiercest defenders on capitol hill,