That request did not come to us. It went to the department of justic justice. Saying we cart restart civilization with somebody elses action. I will touch base with the president on that. Halle . I just want to go back to you just said a minute ago, what the president meant when he tweeted about the wire tapping. You all stood there and said the tweet speaks for itself. When do you decide when a president s tweet, when his words are open to interpretation and when though words stand on their own . Im sorry. Can you further explain . His tweets do speak for themselves. You interpret et it for peter. You said when he said wire tapping he meant he had it in quotes. Did you ask him . I did. What did he say . He said they were in quotes. It was referring to surveillance. He cited other reports in his conversation . He did. Thats what the tweet was based on . Good try. I have already been clear on that. I want to go back to the health care. Yes or no. Are cbo numbers legitimate or not . Thats not my determination to make. It depends. There are a lot of things hold on, halle. You have like an nbc thing. Let me answer the question. I think when you look at whatever that number is, whether its budget projections or whatever, i think theres a track record that goes on with whether or not the projections in certain area, unemployment, pwulgtary number, what the track record is. All im suggesting to you is the numbers they did the last time they did health care were off by more than 50 when it came to the number of people insured. Thats not my interpretation. Thats a fact. I guess there are two possibilities here. One is that the president made a commitment in november. The other is he did. Came down and said the president made that commitment. Did the president make that commitment . I dont think it really matters at the end of the day. The attorney general followed the practice that existed for the last several administrations and asked every attorney general to submit their resignation. It also matters in the sense that the president made a commitment, he made a commitment, why did he change his mind . As i mentioned earlier, he called him to thank him for his service last week. He followed in the practice of the last several administrations and asked everybody to step down. I think thats appropriate. Jeff, i called on someone. Thank you. I have two questions. The first, i think, especially in light of what has happened today, the president tweeted this morning much of the media is being rude and that we should be nice. So my question is, is it our job to be nice . And do you think were nice . Thank you, veronica. I will just leave it at this. I think i have been asked for my personal opinions several times. Thats not my job. I dont get up here to speak for myself. I speak for the president. I think that he has been very clear that he doesnt believe some of the behavior in the reporting has been appropriate. Thats to halles point, i will let the tweet speak for itself. Second question. But this is about you. The interaction this weekend. What would be i guess your message to individuals who want to maybe i see you could argue very aggressive. If something doesnt want to be aggressive what would be your message to a regular citizen that has an issue . Ask it. I interact with individuals all day long. 99 of whom are pleasant, even with people who may not agree with our philosophy or programs or whatever. But its a free country and the beauty of it is that people can act how they want no matter how thats interpreted. As long as they stay on the right side of the first amendment, well be friends. You said when the president said wire tapping in that tweet, he meant a whole host of surveillance types. So we can be crystal clear, was what surveillance types was he referring to . What would you consider part of that . Theres a whole host of tactics that can be used to monitor somebody either through wire tap or other ways in which you can surveil somebody. He said monitoring his calls. What else would you include . Theres a whole host of things that fall into that category. Theres a wide range of ways that somebody can be monitored. If you contacted one of the Law Enforcement agencies, they will provide you with a whole host of ways. Thank you all. Be safe tomorrow with the snow. Thank you very much. Take care. Stay safe. Are you briefing tomorrow . Are you briefing tomorrow . Sandra thats it. Weve got a fox news alert just hours after President Trump told the media to be nice. Hello and welcome to americas news headquarters. Sean spicer addressing the media just a few minutes ago. The effort to repeal health care, the president s claims of wire tapping. And a firing of a high level new york u. S. Attorney. There was laughter. There was a little bit of biting back and forth. They even talked about what the president was going to do with his salary. He was asked had he already donated his salary from the month of february . Sean spicer there announcing that what he was going to do was ask the press where they thought he should send it salary. Turning it right back on them. John roberts is in the Briefing Room where they just finished. Turning around. Id call that spicy. What do you think of that . Reporter these things are getting a little more interactive than in the past. Remember the first time sean spicer came out in the Briefing Room. It was on the 21st of january. The day after the inauguration. And he basically just ripped the press up one side and down the other for talking about the crowd size at the inauguration. But now theres a much more spirited back and forth. Sean spicer, for the most part, has got a smile on his face when he does it. Its not to say that theres not a lot of spirited back and forth. You saw that today. You saw that on friday as well. Some people have some pointed questions to ask. One of the questions was ability the president firing the u. S. Attorney for the Southern District of new york after telling him at trump tower back in december that he wanted him to stay on. Weve wondered what had changed. Also why the president had called him a couple days before he was forced to resign his position as the u. S. Attorney there in new york. Didnt get really too much of a direct answer from sean spicer. He told us to talk tof the department of justice about it, even though there appeared to be a list about it. What i asked about the phone call heres what spicer told us. The president was calling to thank him for his service. This is a standard action that takes place in most administrations. Then attorney generals are sent an identical letter. Reporter true, it is Standard Practice for most people appointed in Previous Administration to be asked for their resignation. Across the federal government there are no longer people who have jobs. What is unusual ab this though, with bharara is the fact that he was asked by the then president elect back in december to stay on. And then wasnt kept on. Then why the president decided to call him. I dont believe he called any of the other u. S. Attorneys. Came to the point where bharara consulted with some colleagues as to whether or not he should call the president back. So still a lot of Unanswered Questions about this particular one. Lot of Unanswered Questions about the quote wire tapping as well. We expect that we may not get the answers to those questions, though we will keep pushing forwar forward. Melissa thank you for that. A report on the Health Care Plan about to hilt capitol hill. The nonpartisan congressional bug Office Putting a price tag on the bill, possibly as soon as today. Projecting how many people it will cover. House Speaker Paul Ryan defending the proposal over the weekend as he seeks to rally republican support. How many people are gonna lose coverage under this . I cant answer that question. Heres the premise of your question. Are you going to stop mandating People Buying Health Insurance . People are going to do what they want. Mike emanuel is live on capitol hill. What do conservatives want . Sounds like they would like for house Speaker Paul Ryan to be more flexible, to come to the negotiating table with them. They make the case that they believe President Trump is willing to deal. The president s been very clear that he wants negotiation. Theyre open to change. Your previous guest just talked theyre open to changes. We will be at the white house tuesday. Were looking at those issues that we think can make this bill consistent with what we told the American People we were going to do. As we await the Congressional Budget Office numbers in terms of projections for what this new Republican Health care package would do, there does seem to be concern about in terms of the coverage numbers. But republicans who are in favor of this package say that they believe it will be a decent projection in terms of the price tag of this gop healthcare replacement. What weve heard jabs already about the Congressional Budget Office being wildly wrong on obamacare. Some Republican Leaders say gop differences over this legislation arent really that big. When you look at where we are, id say theres over 85 of this bill that has universal agreement among republican. Then its those fine pieces that were having conversations about. Ultimately this bill does repeal and replace obamacare in the way that weve laid out over the years. This is setting up to be a big week on capitol hill over this health care debate. We expect the numbers really any time now about the enrollment numbers and all the cost of the new package. We all expect the House Budget Committee to meet this week to take the two different bills that were worked on by committees last week and combine them into one package moving forward. Melissa a lot to go through. Thank you very much. Afghanistan, syria, yemen, libya and iraq just some of the countries where American Forces are engaged. A new report suggests a possible change to the rules of engagement. What it means for the potential battle up ahead. And the department of justice facing a deadline from congress. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle calling for action. I think the president has one or two choices. Either retract or to provide the information that the American People deserve. Announcer get on your feet for the nastiest bull in the state of texas. Melissa Health Care Repeal and replace a big topic at the briefing today. Now the question, how will it all be paid for and how much will it cost . Jessica is a democratic strategist and senior director of research at buckle. Com. Alex comet is a former Communications Director for the senator marco rubio and partner at firehouse strategies. So, everyone really waiting for this cbo report right now. Jessica, that number comes out. Its not likely to look very good for this plan. No, it isnt. The question is, will it matter . Republicans are on offense here saying weve had cbo numbers before that didnt pan out. This will be the same thing. We all have to consider that there are numbers that are estimates at this. I think that really from the clips we were shown in the earlier part of your show, it will all be about how this bill evolves. Right now basically no one likes it but paul ryan. I think donald trump has thrown his name behind it just to get something done. We have to see what the steps are to meet the needs of the other senators who are saying were not gonna vote for it. Melissa alex, we heard the cbo is always wrong wrong wrong. Here is sean spicer saying basically that. So lets look at the cbos projection. Their projection on obamacare would have 24 Million People on it. The actual figure is 10. 4 Million People. Less than half the number of people that it projected would be insured were on it. And its declining. So the only point peter is to make sure people understand, if youre looking to get a bulls eye accurate prediction, the cbo was off by more than half last time. Melissa they also blew it on the cost of the medicade expansion. 42 billion, they said it was 68 billion. How do you take their numbers when they miss like that . Seans absolutely correct on that. Cbo report is not going to be the be all and end all of the Obamacare Repeal and replacement debate. Projections are famously hard to make. Which is really the under lying issue that this bill is trying to deal with. So while paul ryan and the Trump Administration feels very confident that this bill will lower the cost of health care, cbo may be more pessimistic, in which case the numbers will show rising costs, higher deficit and not as many people getting covered. That will be part of the on going debate. Go ahead. Melissa in the meantime in the rear view mirror, obama care is looking better to a lot of people. Listen to what dontal trump had to say about that. We end it everyones gonna say remember how great obamacare used to be. Remember how wonderful it used to be. It was so great. Its a little bit like president obama. When he left. People liked him. When he was here, people didnt like him so much. Thats the way life goes. Thats human nature. Melissa oh my goodness. Yeah, oh my goodness. That would be my whole comment. Very trumpian statement thats going to appeal to his supporters, obviously. Yes, obama approval spiked toward the end. People under the threat of losing their coverage have looked for favorably upon obamacare. You have all these numbers swirling around, 10, 15 million to lose their coverage, what happens to medicare come 2020, etc. I dont agree with the president here. I think as weve discussed, we have to see how they work on this bill. All what democrats can contribute to this. Melissa absolutely. Im sorry, we gotta run. We have so much breaking news. Thanks to both of you. A new report out said the Trump Administration said they may go to push the change of the rules of engagement for the battlefield in places like syria, iraq and beyond. Virginia congressman and Navy Seal Scott Taylor join mess on how those rules could change. upstate new york is a good place to pursue your dreams. At vicarious visions, i get to be creative, work with awesome people, and we get to make great games. what i like about the area, feels like Everybody Knows each other. 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Bypassing president obamas president ial policy guideline which established the Standard Operating Procedures for when the United States takes direct action. Which refers to lethal and nonlethal uses of force, including capture operations against terrorist targets outside the United States and areas of active hostilities. Joining me now is virginia congressman scott taylor. Sir, thank you for joining us. Good afternoon. In a practical sense, what does this change mean . What will the government be able to do . Well tphrbg a practical sense, it allows for obviously forces both nonlethal and lethal to operate in areas of looser rules of engagement places like somalia, yemen. Declares parts of yemen, somalia, i guess active hostilities. I believe thats the term they use. Allows for our troops to have looser rules, rules of engagement. Melissa whats an example . For us nonmilitary people what does that mean that you couldnt do otherwise . I think the level of authorization will have a little less oversighing on it. So somebody closer to the action itself can make the decision to do things like raids or drone strikes on expected militants in many of these places. We have to be aware of civilian casualties. The Obama Administration tried to limit that, too. Theres no one in the military that wants to have civilian casualties. Its very important for Strategic Interests moving forward. I think theres a greater issue here, too, if i may. Melissa please. Its very important that Congress Actually has a voice in this as well, too. Over the past 15 years were operating on a use of military force from 2001. Two administrations are operating on a third administrations rule 16 years ago. Theres a small segment of the population that has been engaged in these wars going back and forth over and over again. I believe the American People should be part of this debate. That means via their representative. Congress should vote on a new use of authorization of military force. Melissa sounds as what youre saying is the president , not just this president , but our president s, the last couple, are already overstepping the powers that they have. So you must not be in favor of this one then . Its not t