asking him to come in and talk about it to reconsider. harward expressed an openness to reconsidering but after watching the president s press conference yesterday, he decided no, to stick with his decision to decline the offer. such a decision would indicate the president s press conference and more generally his temperament has impaired his ability to fill this vital role. it s also a reminder of how unusual and unacceptable it is to some to have a senior political adviser like steve bannon on the nsc. the white house we reached out to, we have not heard back from them. joining me now, matthew rosenberg, security reporter for the new york times. matthew, to me what this confirms is there was a lot of back-and-forth about how big a deal it was or was not, the memo that had been issued to alter structure of the nsc. and this seems to me to confirm that it was a big deal, at least to one of the individuals possible going to take that job
what he s doing. i am a fan. i have not been a fan of the so-called extra discussions he s been engaged in. he was talk about tweets, he might have been alluding to that monster of a press conference yesterday, but how tricky is this ambassador for the establishment to navigate the president and love what he does, but maybe not how he talks about it? john: senator mcconnell is one of the experienced washington workers out there. you have to go back at some point, franklin roosevelt s fireside chats on the radio. we ve got to the television era, now we are in the internet age and more and more politicians tweet. as the first president who s tweeted. it is unsettling for some people, is not going to change. sandra: that you look at the screen there,
hopefully perform the anthem in the way that i ve always dreamed i would do it. now, remember lady gaga sang the national anthem at last year s super bowl and there are a lot of rumors swirling that she could make some type of political statement during half-time show. she s being pretty tight lip when she was asked about that at a press conference yesterday, but we will have to wait and see. that would be spectacular seeing her all the way on the roof of the stadium. heather: maybe she will jump with an american flag. who knows. abby: how is the weather shaping up for super bowl 51. heather: janice dean live for us in houston. janice: good morning, ladies, i
the past. he said quote, maybe you ll have another chance, end quote, to take iraq s oil. so that was saturday. now we ve got the iraqi prime minister giving this press conference talking about the liberation of eastern mosul from isis and those little kids being back at school for the first time in two years. he is talking about this great military success that iraqi forces have had in part by partnering with and accepting training from and help from thousands of u.s. troops who are in iraq for that fight. and at that press conference, what does the prime minister get asked about? he has to answer questions about whether those u.s. troops who are in iraq right now are there to take iraq s oil. and the prime minister responded that he doesn t think so. he said he doesn t know what the new president means by that he said at this press conference yesterday, quote, iraqi oil is for iraqis. no official anywhere in the world claims that is not his. but this is a dangerous thing to not have
so that was saturday. now we ve got the iraqi prime minister giving this press conference talking about the liberation of eastern mosul from isis and those little kids being back at school for the first time in two years. he is talking about this great military success that iraqi forces have had in part by partnering with and accepting training from and help from thousands of u.s. troops who are in iraq for that fight. and at that press conference, what does the prime minister get asked about? he has to answer questions about whether those u.s. troops who are in iraq right now are there to take iraq s oil. and the prime minister responded that he doesn t think so. he said he doesn t know what the new president means by that he said at this press conference yesterday, quote, iraqi oil is for iraqis. no official anywhere in the world claims that is not his. but this is a dangerous thing to not have clarity on. and i don t mean it s dangerous in some academic geopolitical sense.