WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:03.770 THAT EITHER. >> HALIE JACKSON IS BACK. 00:03.771 --> 00:05.272 >> HALIE JACKSON IS BACK. HELLO TO YOU. 00:05.306 --> 00:06.673 HELLO TO YOU. ALL OF YOU IN THERE WERE TRYING 00:06.674 --> 00:08.508 ALL OF YOU IN THERE WERE TRYING TO GET ANSWERS FROM SARAH 00:08.542 --> 00:10.377 TO GET ANSWERS FROM SARAH SANDERS ON A NUMBER OF TOPICS 00:10.411 --> 00:11.878 SANDERS ON A NUMBER OF TOPICS THAT WE HAVE BEEN HEARING FOR 00:11.880 --> 00:12.779 THAT WE HAVE BEEN HEARING FOR QUITE SOME TIME? 00:12.780 --> 00:13.747 QUITE SOME TIME? >> YES. 00:13.781 --> 00:15.382 >> YES. >> I THINK YOU SUMMED UP THE 00:15.383 --> 00:18.185 >> I THINK YOU SUMMED UP THE HIGHLIGHTS OF WHAT WE HEARD IN 00:18.186 --> 00:18.785 HIGHLIGHTS OF WHAT WE HEARD IN THIS BRIEFING. 00:18.820 --> 00:19.853 THIS BRIEFING. LISTEN, THIS IS AGAIN THE FIRST 00:19.887 --> 00:22.489 LISTEN, THIS IS AGAIN THE FIRST TIME IN 42 DAYS SHE HAS ANSWERED 00:22.490 --> 00:23.790 TIME IN 42 DAYS SHE HAS ANSWERED QUESTIONS FOR MEMBERS OF THE 00:23.791 --> 00:24.090 QUESTIONS FOR MEMBERS OF THE PRESS. 00:24.091 --> 00:26.292 PRESS. IT WAS A REMINDER TO, MAYBE A 00:26.294 --> 00:27.894 IT WAS A REMINDER TO, MAYBE A LOT OF FOLKS WHO ARE WATCHING OF 00:27.929 --> 00:29.496 LOT OF FOLKS WHO ARE WATCHING OF ALL DIFFERENT TOPICS HAVE COME 00:29.497 --> 00:36.069 ALL DIFFERENT TOPICS HAVE COME UP OVER THE LAST 42 DAYS, 00:36.104 --> 00:36.803 UP OVER THE LAST 42 DAYS, EVERYTHING FROM SECRETARY ACOSTA 00:36.838 --> 00:39.072 EVERYTHING FROM SECRETARY ACOSTA AND TO THE ISSUE OF MANAFORT AND 00:39.107 --> 00:40.374 AND TO THE ISSUE OF MANAFORT AND MICHAEL COHEN AND PEOPLE HAVE 00:40.375 --> 00:42.909 MICHAEL COHEN AND PEOPLE HAVE BEEN IN PRESIDENT TRUMP’S INNER 00:42.944 --> 00:44.944 BEEN IN PRESIDENT TRUMP’S INNER CIRCLES THAT WE HAVE BEEN 00:44.979 --> 00:47.214 CIRCLES THAT WE HAVE BEEN COVERING THE INS AND OUTS ON 00:47.248 --> 00:47.514 COVERING THE INS AND OUTS ON THERE. 00:47.515 --> 00:48.682 THERE. >> THERE ARE A COUPLE OF 00:48.716 --> 00:51.017 >> THERE ARE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT PIECES, YES, IT IS 00:51.019 --> 00:52.319 DIFFERENT PIECES, YES, IT IS BUDGET DAY, IT IS IMPORTANT FOR 00:52.320 --> 00:53.520 BUDGET DAY, IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE WHITE HOUSE TO COME OUT. 00:53.521 --> 00:55.288 THE WHITE HOUSE TO COME OUT. THEY WANT TO COME OUT AND HIT 00:55.290 --> 00:56.824 THEY WANT TO COME OUT AND HIT THEIR BUDGET MESSAGE. 00:56.858 --> 00:59.660 THEIR BUDGET MESSAGE. EVEN THAT WAS POTENTIALLY MORE 00:59.694 --> 01:01.728 EVEN THAT WAS POTENTIALLY MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS WHEN IT 01:01.763 --> 01:02.429 QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS WHEN IT COMES TO HOW THE WHITE HOUSE 01:02.430 --> 01:04.598 COMES TO HOW THE WHITE HOUSE FRAMES OR SEES THIS BUDGET. 01:04.632 --> 01:07.834 FRAMES OR SEES THIS BUDGET. IN A WORD, NOWHERE IN CONGRESS. 01:07.836 --> 01:10.637 IN A WORD, NOWHERE IN CONGRESS. YOU HAD SARAH SANDERS PRESSED 01:10.672 --> 01:11.905 YOU HAD SARAH SANDERS PRESSED ABOUT SOMETHING THE PRESIDENT 01:11.940 --> 01:15.209 ABOUT SOMETHING THE PRESIDENT SAID ON FRIDAY AND REPEATED ON 01:15.210 --> 01:16.644 SAID ON FRIDAY AND REPEATED ON FRIDAY NIGHT AT MAR-A-LAGO. 01:16.678 --> 01:18.479 FRIDAY NIGHT AT MAR-A-LAGO. >> HE SAID PUBLICLY, THIS IS AN 01:18.513 --> 01:22.216 >> HE SAID PUBLICLY, THIS IS AN ZEPT OF THE PRESIDENT SAYING 01:22.217 --> 01:23.317 ZEPT OF THE PRESIDENT SAYING SOMETHING PRIVATELY. 01:23.318 --> 01:30.558 SOMETHING PRIVATELY. HE SAYS DEMOCRATS ARE ANTIJEWISH 01:30.559 --> 01:31.859 HE SAYS DEMOCRATS ARE ANTIJEWISH PARTY. 01:31.860 --> 01:35.062 PARTY. SANDERS WAS REPEATEDLY PRESSED 01:35.063 --> 01:35.829 SANDERS WAS REPEATEDLY PRESSED ABOUT THIS. 01:35.831 --> 01:36.664 ABOUT THIS. SHE DIDN’T ANSWER. 01:36.699 --> 01:38.466 SHE DIDN’T ANSWER. SHE KEPT ON SAYING ASK THE 01:38.467 --> 01:38.833 SHE KEPT ON SAYING ASK THE DEMOCRATS. 01:38.867 --> 01:41.836 DEMOCRATS. WE ARE ASKING HER, THAT’S WHY WE 01:41.837 --> 01:42.336 WE ARE ASKING HER, THAT’S WHY WE ARE SITTING HERE. 01:42.338 --> 01:46.974 ARE SITTING HERE. I THINK I HAVE A LITTLE CLIP OF 01:46.975 --> 01:52.379 I THINK I HAVE A LITTLE CLIP OF THAT IF YOU WANT TO PLAY. 01:52.381 --> 01:53.047 THAT IF YOU WANT TO PLAY. >> DOES THE PRESIDENT TRULY 01:53.048 --> 01:53.748 >> DOES THE PRESIDENT TRULY BELIEVE THAT THE DEMOCRATS -- 01:53.749 --> 01:54.782 BELIEVE THAT THE DEMOCRATS -- >> I AM NOT GOING TO COMMENT 01:54.783 --> 01:58.552 >> I AM NOT GOING TO COMMENT ON -- 01:58.553 --> 02:00.788 ON -- >> I THINK THEY HAD A LOT OF 02:00.789 --> 02:02.390 >> I THINK THEY HAD A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES OVER THE LAST FEW 02:02.424 --> 02:02.690 OPPORTUNITIES OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS. 02:02.691 --> 02:05.493 WEEKS. I AM TRYING TO ANSWER YOU IF YOU 02:05.494 --> 02:07.829 I AM TRYING TO ANSWER YOU IF YOU WOULD STOP TALKING. 02:07.863 --> 02:08.496 WOULD STOP TALKING. I WILL FINISH MY STATEMENT. 02:08.530 --> 02:10.998 I WILL FINISH MY STATEMENT. THE PRESIDENT HAS LAID OUT 02:11.000 --> 02:12.766 THE PRESIDENT HAS LAID OUT CLEARLY HIS POSITION ON THIS 02:12.801 --> 02:13.301 CLEARLY HIS POSITION ON THIS MATTER. 02:13.302 --> 02:17.305 MATTER. DEMOCRATS HAVE A NUMBER OF TUPT 02:17.339 --> 02:21.109 DEMOCRATS HAVE A NUMBER OF TUPT OPPORTUNITIES TO CONDEMN HIS 02:21.110 --> 02:21.476 OPPORTUNITIES TO CONDEMN HIS PROBLEMS. 02:21.510 --> 02:23.111 PROBLEMS. SINCE THEY ARE UNWILLING TO CALL 02:23.112 --> 02:24.812 SINCE THEY ARE UNWILLING TO CALL THIS WHAT IT IS AND CALL IT OUT 02:24.814 --> 02:28.516 THIS WHAT IT IS AND CALL IT OUT BY NAME AND TAKE ACTION AGAINST 02:28.517 --> 02:33.287 BY NAME AND TAKE ACTION AGAINST MEMBERS WHOSE HAVE DONE THINGS 02:33.289 --> 02:35.390 MEMBERS WHOSE HAVE DONE THINGS LIKE THIS. 02:35.391 --> 02:35.623 LIKE THIS. >>. 02:35.658 --> 02:37.525 >>. >> YOU DIDN’T ANSWER MY 02:37.526 --> 02:37.892 >> YOU DIDN’T ANSWER MY QUESTION. 02:37.927 --> 02:39.928 QUESTION. >> I ANSWERED IT TWICE. 02:39.962 --> 02:41.663 >> I ANSWERED IT TWICE. >> YOU DIDN’T SAY YES OR NO. 02:41.697 --> 02:43.298 >> YOU DIDN’T SAY YES OR NO. >> DIDN’T ANSWER THE QUESTION, 02:43.299 --> 02:44.532 >> DIDN’T ANSWER THE QUESTION, LET ME HIT A COUPLE OF 02:44.567 --> 02:46.868 LET ME HIT A COUPLE OF HIGHLIGHTS THAT CAME OUT OF THIS 02:46.902 --> 02:48.603 HIGHLIGHTS THAT CAME OUT OF THIS BRIEFING AS WELL AS IT RELATES 02:48.604 --> 02:51.906 BRIEFING AS WELL AS IT RELATES TO QUESTIONS OR POLICIES THAT 02:51.907 --> 02:53.041 TO QUESTIONS OR POLICIES THAT ARE NOT ANSWERED. 02:53.075 --> 02:55.377 ARE NOT ANSWERED. >> HE WAS ASKED WHEN WAS THE 02:55.411 --> 02:58.513 >> HE WAS ASKED WHEN WAS THE PRESIDENT ASKED MICHAEL COHEN 02:58.514 --> 03:00.248 PRESIDENT ASKED MICHAEL COHEN DIRECTLY OF A PARDON. 03:00.282 --> 03:01.416 DIRECTLY OF A PARDON. THIS WAS SOMETHING THE PRESIDENT 03:01.450 --> 03:02.751 THIS WAS SOMETHING THE PRESIDENT DROPPED ON FRIDAY WHEN HE WAS 03:02.785 --> 03:06.121 DROPPED ON FRIDAY WHEN HE WAS TWEETING ON HIS WAY DOWN TO 03:06.155 --> 03:06.554 TWEETING ON HIS WAY DOWN TO MAR-A-LAGO. 03:06.555 --> 03:08.456 MAR-A-LAGO. >> WE DON’T KNOW WHEN THAT’LL 03:08.457 --> 03:09.424 >> WE DON’T KNOW WHEN THAT’LL HAPPEN. 03:09.425 --> 03:11.059 HAPPEN. THE PRESIDENT WAS SAYING HE HAD 03:11.060 --> 03:12.327 THE PRESIDENT WAS SAYING HE HAD NOT SPOKEN WITH MICHAEL COHEN 03:12.328 --> 03:13.528 NOT SPOKEN WITH MICHAEL COHEN FOR A LONG TIME. 03:13.529 --> 03:15.864 FOR A LONG TIME. IT WAS ABOUT THREE WEEKS LATER 03:15.865 --> 03:18.867 IT WAS ABOUT THREE WEEKS LATER THAT COHEN CAME OUT AND SAID HIS 03:18.868 --> 03:20.235 THAT COHEN CAME OUT AND SAID HIS LOYALTY IS TO HIS FAMILY. 03:20.236 --> 03:23.471 LOYALTY IS TO HIS FAMILY. TWO OTHER PIECES HERE, THERE IS 03:23.506 --> 03:24.205 TWO OTHER PIECES HERE, THERE IS STILL NEGOTIATIONS WITH CHINA 03:24.240 --> 03:26.274 STILL NEGOTIATIONS WITH CHINA THAT ARE HAPPENING OVER THIS 03:26.275 --> 03:27.542 THAT ARE HAPPENING OVER THIS POTENTIAL THIS 03:27.543 --> 03:28.777 POTENTIAL THIS POTENTIAL TRADE DEAL AND REPORTS 03:28.811 --> 03:31.079 POTENTIAL TRADE DEAL AND REPORTS FROM OVERSEAS THAT HAVE BEEN 03:31.080 --> 03:34.182 FROM OVERSEAS THAT HAVE BEEN TRICKLING OUT THAT THE SUMMIT 03:34.183 --> 03:37.385 TRICKLING OUT THAT THE SUMMIT HAS BEEN POSTPONED INDEFINITELY. 03:37.387 --> 03:44.560 HAS BEEN POSTPONED INDEFINITELY. AND I POINT OUT AND A 03:44.594 --> 03:46.962 AND I POINT OUT AND A PARTICULARLY CRITICAL POSITION, 03:46.963 --> 03:49.364 PARTICULARLY CRITICAL POSITION, AND WORD THAT PERHAPS HE WOULD 03:49.365 --> 03:50.399 AND WORD THAT PERHAPS HE WOULD NOMINATE PATRICK SHANAHAN TO