Up to donald trump against torture. We have a very clear position on torture. We do not sanction torture. We do not get involved with that and will continue to be our position. And moments ago the Mexican President announcing that his meeting planned for next week with President Trump has been canceled. We are on the same page with the white house. How surprised are you every time there is a new tweet from the president . This is going to be an unconventional presidency, i think you know this by now casy. And i think we are going to see unconventional activities like tweets and thats just something we are all going to have to get used to. Good derek everyone. A busy day. Im Andrea Mitchell In Washington. President trump just arriving in philadelphia. You see Air Force One there. We are expecting his remarks to house and Senate Republicans later in this houn. He will go its about a 20 minute ride from that airport in South Philadelphia back into center city, where he is going to be meet
Former GOP representative Joe Scarborough and Mika Brezinski interview newsmakers, politicians and pundits about the issues of the day. Job Approval Rating probably has seven or eight points, maybe even a little more of what i think of as 401 k trumpers right now. I think there are people who are looking at their statements, people who are on the right side of the economic equation any way. They see their numbers going up for all sorts of reasons. And so theyre willing to not really dive in to this russian novel story that no one can quite figure out. And theyre willing to suspend their bizarrely in my view, but they are willing to suspend their ordinary moral judgments about how this president conducts himself and is now representing us on the world stage. But i would not, if i were in the white house, count on that lasting until 2020. Well see. Joe, your latest column in the Washington Post really speaks to this entitled trump finally
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Are always important, but never more so important than the time that were living in. We heard former president bill clinton use the words total class. And we heard former president barack obama, a democrat, say a gentleman. And i think civility, his graciousness, the way he handled himself is a role model we all will miss. Jamie, dana, thank you. This is cnn breaking news. Im don lemon. It is the top of the hour. Here is our breaking news. The 41st president of the United States, george h. W. Bush has died at the age of 94. The flag at the white house flying at halfstaff right now as flowers pile up outside the bush home in houston, texas. Tributes are pouring in from President Trump and former president S Barack Obama and bill clinton. As well as former Vice President al gore and condoleezza rice, james baker, and so many more. The nation mourning the man who devoted his life to service to his country and to his family. Cnns john king now with the story of george h. W. Bush, the polit
College, emphasis on research, on job creation and innovation. And now North Carolina under the Current Governor and legislature has been trying to restrict peoples right to vote. Well, you know it. North carolina voters won an important victory when a Federal Court just struck down this states voter i. D. Law. The Federal Court brought back more days of whats called onestop early voting. Here is what the court said. This is not me talking. This is what the Federal Court said. The court said the North Carolina law was designed to target africanamericans with almost surgical precision. Thats not just happening in North Carolina. Unfortunately its happening across america. And courts have been Overturning Restrictions that make it harder, not just for africanamericans, but latino people, young people. One of the provisions in the North Carolina law was to make it really hard to vote where you go to school. So this has been a concerted effort to undermine the right to vote, even to make i
Clinton saying her steadiness makes her the best choice. Trump tried to take clinton and the rest of the current administrations judgment to task. President obama meanwhile striking back at donald trump, speaking from laos this morning. The president repeated his feeling that trump is not qualified to be president. To begin our coverage with sun l reporter what really turned into a small preview of how they could potentially handle themselves, their first real faceoff which will come later this month, both trying to gain the upper hand on the big question, who is ready to be Commander In Chief. Donald trump drumming up more controversy. The man has strong control over a country. Praising Vladimir Putin while trashing our president. Standing by his statement, claiming he knows more about isis than the generals do. Under the leadership of barack obama and Hillary Clinton, the generals have been reduced to rubble. They have been reduced to a point where it is embarrassing for our country.