Talk about this remarkable moment. Joining us is cnn president ial historian douglas blinkly arink micha michael dantonio. Well, it very unusual to have five former president s together. Sometimes you see it at an inauguration or at a funeral, but jimmy carter has been very ill, fighting cancer. He said hes feeling better now and has it under control and bush 41 has been confined to a wheel chair and doesnt do many public appearances. So to see them all there and remind our country about the devastation of hurricanes but also the hero imof tism of the responders and volunteers and the fact we can all pitch in a little money and help puerto rico and help the u. S. Virgin islands and texas rebound i think is a very heartening and positive things. Some were democrats, some republicans, but they all come together for whats best for america is a good effort after a bleak week like this. Is it unusual that trump wouldnt attend an event like this . When you think of it, he could have gotten s
Criticized the president s condolence call to the widow of a us soldier killed in niger. In an exclusive interview with maria bartiroma, he said kelly disapproved of those comments. He was so offended because he was in the room when i made the call and so were other people. The call was a very nice call. He was so offended that a woman somebody would be listening to that call. He couldnt believe it. He said to me, sir, this is not acceptable. This is not. I was so nice. I have called many people and i would think every one of them appreciated it. I was surprised to see this to be honest with you. Investigation is underway about the niger ambush resulting in the death of those four american soldiers. Kristen fisher live from the white house with more. Where does that investigation stand . The white house is a wont rest until he gets answers. The secretary of defense was on capitol hill meeting with senator john mccain after mccain complained that the senate had not been briefed about wh
Liz a look into americas news headquarters on a very busy saturday, im elizabeth prann. Nice to be with you at home, im leland vettert. President trump pushed his feud with federica wilson. Also saying the media hasnt given him enough credit for this weeks success in the senate. What does the white house want to focus on . Culture fight over gold star family call or tax policy legislative achievement . Its an excellent question, leland. You know, the story with the soldier so much consuming so much oxygen, but policy wise tax reform continues to be front and center. In interview tomorrow morning with sunday morning futures President Trump says he wants tax reform this year, he wants it done even sooner. President trump was asked, you know, do you think with the rapid timeline that youre going to have the votes, here is what he said . I think we have the votes. I think that rand paul is going to vote for the tax cuts. I think that other people we have tremendous enthusiasm this time. He
Insensitive. The president fired off this tweet today eric john kelly got in the middle of it this week. And the president explained what prompted the response from the fourstar general, a gold star parent himself, as his son was killed in afghanistan. He was so offended. He was in the room when i made the call, and so were other people. And the call was a very nice call. He was so offended that somebody would be listening to that call, he couldnt believe it. Actually, he said to me, sir, this is not acceptable. This is really not. And i was so nice ive called many people. And i would think that every one of them appreciated it. I was very surprised to see this to be honest with you. Eric so general kelly was defending the president and the president now defending the general in all of this. The yeah, thats right, eric. The white house continuing to defend the chief of staff. General kelly has been coming under fire for mischaracterizing congresswoman wilsons remarks. He accused her of
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