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CNN host Jake Tapper did not get the answer he expected from Sen. Mark Warner when he pressed the Virginia Democrat over the success of Donald Trump surprise attack on Iran over a week ago.

During his appearance on CNN's 'State of the Union," the chair of the Select Committee on Intelligence was asked by the CNN host, "So we still don't know the degree of the damage, but let me just ask you this as a basic just calling balls and strikes here: isn't the world safer today because of these strikes than it was nine days ago?"

"If we don't end up seeing Iran attacking us through cyber or through proxies, if they --," Warner began before Tapper interrupted him.

"They were doing that," Tapper interjected as Warner continued, "If the ceasefire, if the ceasefire stays between Israel and Iran and Iran's program is set back for whatever period of time..."

"I just mean as of today," the CNN host interrupted again. "I'm not saying you're saying this for the rest of your life and you know, whatever, but as of today, we don't know what's going to happen tomorrow. but as of today, isn't the world safe?"

"I am glad that these capabilities have been cut back," Warner conceded before cautioning, "Do we know what Iran's next step is going to be? Do we? Are we going to be saying the same thing if Iran now tries to race to a bomb in the trunk of a car, because we don't have any inspectors on the ground, are we going to be say that as well if Iran launches major cyber attacks against us, when this administration has literally cut half of the folks who do cyber security at the federal government level?"

"So I think it's too early to tell, okay" he continued before adding, "Am I glad to see some of this capabilities taken out? Absolutely."

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During an appearance on CNN's "State of the Union," a smiling Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL) blew off polling showing that the Donald Trump megabill is a highly unpopular with voters after host Jake Tapper listed off the numbers.

Appearing as the bill was being read on the Senate floor, Britt gushed about the initiatives contained in the bill and claimed to have read all 900 pages of the document that has been constantly amended.

That was when the CNN host pointed out to her that the public is not on the president's side when it comes to what he has called his "big beautiful bill."

"So there's a slew of polling about this bill, as i'm sure you know," Tapper prompted his guest. "Pew, Kaiser, Quinnipiac, Washington Post, Fox –– all of it suggesting that this legislation right here is not popular with the American people."

"Senator [Thom] Tillis (R-NC) reportedly warned Republicans that you could face major losses in the midterm elections because of what's in this bill. He compared it to the backlash Democrats faced after passing Obamacare, and former first buddy Elon Musk called this bill, quote, 'Political suicide for the Republican party.' If Republicans lose the House or the Senate or both over this legislation, will it be worth it?" he asked.

"Look, the reforms in this bill are necessary, and the delivery. We're going to deliver actual solutions to the American people and I am excited about that," she enthused. "And I think when the American people actually get to see this in fruition, they absolutely are going to be too."

"I mean, you think about the things we're doing, like securing the border, not just now," she stated as she changed the subject. "We won't always have a President Trump who immediately came in and got border crossings down to basically zero. I mean, if you think about where we are there versus the influx under the Biden administration, if you think about where we've been in our national defense, not only has President Trump reinvigorated our armed services, we've seen recruiting rates go through the roof."

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Noting that Donald Trump appears to have retreated from talking about his unpopular trade plans, the panel on MSNBC's "The Weekend" were baffled by his one high-profile mention of negotiations with China on tariffs.

On Sunday morning the hosts and their guests were hard pressed to recall any trade deals the Trump administration has successfully brought to closure, with contributor Molly Jong-Fast joking, "I was promised 90 deals in 90- days."

That led co-host Elise Jordan to point to a Trump pronouncement on potential deals on Thursday where he vaguely rambled "We just signed with China. We have everybody. We're not going to make deals with everybody, some were just going to send them a letter, say thank you very much, you're going to pay 25, 35, 45 percent. We have one coming up, maybe with India –– very big one. We're going to open up India in the China deal. We're starting to open up China."

That led co-host Jonathan Capehart to exclaim, "Make it make sense. What's he talking about?"

Conservative Brendan Buck laughed and observed, "Okay, I worked on trade policy when I was in Congress. Look, trade deals are not just 'What's your tariff rate?' There's a reason that trade deals usually take a year, two years, sometimes like five years to negotiate because you're going literally line by line, product by product, 'What is the rate on this? What is our quota on that?'"

"Each one is a negotiation," he added. "He's just talking these big broad terms of like how much we're going to pay and he seems to think that us slapping a tariff on somebody is good for us in some way. We have this sort of quasi-deal with China. He's celebrating that we are going to have a higher tariff than they are. That just means we're paying more. And so there's a reason none of these things have come to fruition, because, I don't know, it's like, he doesn't appreciate what an actual trade agreement is."

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CNN conservative Scott Jennings saw his defense of Donald Trump's continuing Iran attack claims of "total obliteration" dismantled piece by piece by "Table for Five" host Abby Phillip on Saturday morning.

After complaining about leaks that suggest the mission was far from the success the Trump administration is insisting upon, Jennings offered that the reports were designed to make Trump look bad.

"I mean, that's your opinion," host Phillip countered. "I think that's fine. But the reality is, when Trump says the Iran nuclear program has been eliminated, he basically said, 'It's done, it's it's ended.' There's a real legitimate question about whether that's a factual statement."

"Just this week, he was asked, 'What are you going to do if Iran is able to enrich uranium again?' and he said, 'Well, we'll bomb them again.' Does that sound like a nuclear program that he thinks is completely gone? " she asked.

"So, I mean, clearly there is a factual question here about whether or not the threat has been eliminated," she added before pointing out, "Even Republican senators like Lindsey Graham have acknowledged and others the threat has not been eliminated and that is something that American people need to know and understand."

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