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Welcome back to state of the union , you would imagine a warning coming from inside the white house could send the president directly to the situation room and told there was a serious response. instead president trump continued to call the russia investigation a democrat inspired witch hunt. joining me now is the republican chairman of the house foreign affairs committee, ed royce of california. thank you for being here. thank you, jake. the apparent split between the president and the trump administration was on full display. take a listen to the president s top national security intelligence officer s speaking from the white house podium this week. russia attempted to interfere with the last election and continues to engage in maligned influence operations to this day. we acknowledge the threat is real. it is continuing our adversaries have shown we have the willingness and capability to interfere in our elections. so that s all the president s ....
Frankly make them feel the heat. and so in terms of the diplomatic efforts to get them to the table, to get them into negotiations, what s key is that we not let up. and in that, i think we are in concurrence, secretary of state and me and others in the administration and the president in terms of continuing to rachet up those sanctions as the diplomatic course is pursued. this is going to require a tremendous amount of pressure, especially on russia right now which as you ve seen lately is trying to figure out way s around those particular sanctions and their engagement with north korea. chairman royce, thank you for your time. appreciate it. trumps takes on lebron james a few days away from a critical special election in ohio. air ball, buzzer beater? stay with us. ....
is that the right message to take on trump? former massachusetts governor deval patrick joins us next. plus, russia disconnect, as intelligence chiefs issue dire warnings. this threat is not going away. president trump continues to sew seeds of doubt. we re being hindered by the russian hoax, it s a hoax. is the president taking this threat seriously? we ll talk to the chairman of the house foreign affairs committee, ed royce in minutes. and house divided? the first lady sides with team lebron after the first daughter breaks with her father on the media. no, i do not feel that the media is the enemy of the people. how will the president handle the public pushback? hello, i m jake tapper where the state of our union is hitting the campaign trail after ....
Certain that international inspectors have better access to possible nuclear sites. so is that going to happen? iran has said no deal, we re not going to open new sites there? acting very negatively about this decision announced tomorrow. i agree with chairman royce. what we want to do is hold iran accountable for its non-nuclear violations, make sure this agreement is strictly enforced and deal with some of the gaps that are in the agreement by working with our european partners in trying to deal with these issues as soon as possible. but with the president not certifying, the international reaction is unclear. it s going to put us in a weaker position rather than a stronger position to do exactly what ed royce was talking about. senator ben cardin, thank you so very much. there is a big back story here behind this decision. the washington post is shedding new light on tensions between the president and his ....