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tonight, and he is coming off a summit with some of the people who were his strongest detractors during the campaign. senior national correspondent john roberts is outside trump tower again tonight. good evening, john. bret, good evening to you. it was the highest profile summit yet at trump tower, which is directly behind this bus behind me, and also the highest dollars. donald trump played host to high-tech billionaires, most of whom actively campaigned against him in the election. well, i just want to thank everybody. reporter: it was a crowd that just weeks ago had been openly hostile to donald trump. amazon founder jeff bezos who during the campaign claimed trump was eroding the democratic process. apple ceo tim cook who raised millions for hillary clinton. facebook coo sheryl sandberg also backed hillary clinton, as did tesla and spacex founder, elon musk. today trump urged them all to put political differences aside and focus on growing the economy, point out tech sto ....
both mccain and james khomeini, though he was given the green light to share it on tv. i have talked to the highest level of intelligence officials, and they have assured me that the new york times story about constant contacts is grossly overstated and inaccurate. the president went off on the fbi for yet another leak, tweeting, the fbi is totally unable to stop the national security leakers that have permeated our government for a long time. they can t even find the leakers within the fbi itself. classified information is being given to media that could have a devastating effect on u.s. find now. in between fighting political fires, the president got some business done, signing another executive order on regulatory reform. this one directs agencies to establish task forces to identify and rescind regulations the president claims are stifling economic growth. donald trump. we are not afraid of the opposition because we are going to unify, come together, and kick som ....
here. and the white house ought to explain why that wasn t followed here, but there is a good way to answer these questions and we will do our best to answer these questions but we will not lose sight of the russia investigation and we are going to keep focus on that. yes? has there been any uptick in attacks on your or your staffers computers or i.t. networks since this investigation has been going on? i m not aware of anything like that. thank withdrew veyou very much. thank you. okay. steve kornacki in new york. that is adam schiff. just finishing up u a press conference there on capitol hill. adam schiff the ranking democrat on the house intelligence committee, of course, the house intelligence committee had been pursuing interference of the status of that committee s investigation now some quwhat i question. there s been all sorts of controversy about actions, about statements from the republican chairman, devin nunes, in that statement you just heard there, th ....
country have we had a president with these kinds of extensive business entanglements. or a president who refused to adequately distance himself from their holdings. president trump s businesses and his dealings violates the constitution s anticorruption provisions. known as the emoluments clauses. the lawsuit filed in maryland district court contends that the president s ownership harms the state and districts. the defendant has used his position as president to boost the patronage of his enterprises. foreign diplomats and other officials have made clear that the defendant position as president increases the likelihood they will frequent has properties and businesses. the press secretary dismissed the suit. it is not hard to conclude partisan politics may be one of the motivations. the suit was filed by two don t nourish a harmful story. if somebody calls you, accuses you of a crime, you have to respond. what you don t have to do is get into continuing exchanges with t ....
bill. it would be limited to repealing the obamacare is of individual and employer mandates and the medical device tax. the measure would go to conference to cut a deal with the house. after the procedural vote, majority leader mitch mcconnell pledged to keep working to get there and noted democrats doug two struggled with passing obamacare. we watched a similar process seven years ago. they had a lot of differences. we are going to sort this out with a so thoroughly open amendment process and a situation where 51 votes can change the bill. this democratic leader tried to convince moderate republicans to oppose this effort. don t be fooled by this ruse. a vote in favor of the motion to proceed will mean deep cuts to medicaid, it may be even deeper than in the house bill. it won t be an easy lift going forward, but leadership was able to get past the first hurdle and has an opportunity to keep working at it to keep a campaign promise going back seven years. bret: liv ....