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Joining our discussion now david frum, senior editor for the atlantic. and david, the -- theres so much that the giuliani and some republican senators today tried to extract from the idea that there were some members of the fbi who thought donald trump was a very bad presidential candidate. so bad that they didnt want him to be president. like, of course, all of those republican senators at that hearing today. >> i worked on rudy giulianis 2007/2008 presidential campaign, i think he was a great ...

Considered yet. she would i think be asked about, you know supporting folks like dr. phil and dr. oz. suddenly they become, in the same way you go through everybody who is associated with donald trump and everything they have said. suddenly anyone who has had a book on oprahs book club list, they get vetted at a higher level of scrutiny. i think it would be interesting. i thought her speech was very inspiring and i thought it struck the right tone. the idea of the golden globes sounding like a p...

Insurance and the republicans are going to have to answer for that. >> the congressional budget office says about 13 million people who have health insurance would lose their health insurance over the next ten years. maybe 4 million over the next year or two. on a separate but very sensitive issue, why do you think president trump is attacking the consumer financial protection bureau right now? >> because he wants to give a gift to financial institutions and his friends in this country. i mean, ...

And in many ways an unpolitician. you and i weve seen so many politicians and its often a curage free zone and john mccain exhibited that curage maybe more than the six years in vietnam in politics. in 2007/2008 when he was seeking the republican nomination for president and every republican primary voter wanted a tougher stance on guantanamo bay and torture and to have john mccain stick up on behalf of those prisoners was curage. er. >> he worked for me in the late 70s in the carter administrat...

$100 in your pocket and end up with a house like this? >> its an american dream. when i come to this country i live in the san francisco, a very very tough area. and i made up my mind i have to work hard and then my career build up. i work 18 hours a day. >> 18 hours a day? >> yeah. at nighttime people started calling me right. >> and now im understanding that some chinese people who have money are creating now communities in places like this right? >> yeah. theres a lot of successful chinese ov...

Speaking, compared to other presidents is young. and hell stay engaged and hell stay engaged in terms of working to protect his legacy. particularly in areas like environmental justice, criminal justice reform, his my brothers keeper alliance. he has a lot of runway still to stay involved in extending his legacy in years to come. >> i heard him make the comment he would do speeches and what have you. rick, can you imagine, you know, the president giving a speech, lets say in chicago or in philad...

That is being reacted to in strange ways. when i was with her out in iowa a few days ago, it was the like the same argument she was making in 2007/2008, and im more electable than barack obama. and some voters are saying not so much, because they like bernie sanders wall street reform, and the populist reform, and so the candidate has the ability to go the long distance, for the clinton foundation, and if they were to lose both states, which is going on in their brooklyn headquarters in strategy...

Fair to say that over the last several years ive had access to all of the best military minds in the country and all the best foreign policy minds in the country. and im not running for office. and so my only interest is in success. and if im down in the situation room talking with people who have worked in these regions and have run major military operation operations from the chairman of my joint chiefs of staff joe dunford to individuals like general allen who was involved in iraqi operations...

Have you read that memo going back for 2007/2008 how these obama staffers including her current polster thought she was so vulnerable on these character issues? >> no, but it seems like it will make for an awkward staff meeting the next time we sit down. >> did you know at all about this? >> no. this is the first im -- >> how does she deal with this issue that maybe her character, shes flawed, is -- you keep hearing this over and over again not just republicans, but some democrats making the cas...

Workers seem to have a pretty good deal at least by compareton so everyone else. >> one of the issues is that around 2007/2008 when we had the financial crisis they had new concessions they agreed to. newer workers would get paid lower than older workers. because you have the seniority. they want that changed. they say we got through the financial crisis, now you see auto sales where they are, we want to be paid. we havent gotten a raise since 2007. we want this stopped. the truth is, we just st...