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What i think the american publics expectation is as well. you know, i cant comment on how theyre putting their own strategy together. i know that i as a journalist, and we as the white house correspondents association, certainly expect to get truthful answers. i think that that is something that i think any good spokespeople would want to provide. you know, we work with sarah sanders, we work with sean spicer closely. i know they work very hard. we dont see eye to eye on the press access issue r...

He struggled with sort of an inability to do more because he didnt want to be seen as political. what do you make of this presidents reluctance to even say the words "russia meddled in our election and im going to make sure it never happens again"? >> well, nicolle, i think the president is awol on this issue. and its shocking in a number of respects. one of them is there are two aspects to this investigation. one is the whole collusion issue. we dont really know what happened there. well find o...

I mean, we expect -- >> im glad to hear you say that, it doesnt surprise me to hear you say that, thats certainly what my expectation would be as a journalist and what i think the american publics expectation is as well. you know, i cant comment on how theyre putting their own strategy together. i know that i as a journalist, and we as the white house correspondents association, certainly expect to get truthful answers. i think that that is something that i think any good spokespeople would want...

Where there was some dirty campaigns trying to steal the others information, especially when it came to this type of access issue? >> not on this type of access issue. to go back in time in the last time there was a big blowup about the dnc and potentially siding for one candidate over the other, i have to go back to the 2008 presidential campaign between barack obama and hillary clinton over what was going to be done about the delegates with michigan and florida. i know those of us who followed...

Care or access to the prescription medicines for quitting smoking. i think its probably a combination of some demographic and educational issues but i think more than anything, its an access issue. >> most folks are getting used to having to claim whether they are a smoker or not when open enrollment pops up. >> there has been mass media, less barriers to smoking cessation programs and also, its education. its really been a comprehensive anti-smoking, its really made a difference. you remember h...

Battleground states certainly with new hampshire. president dwight eisenhower said birth control is not the governments business. then the vap vatican said in the mid 1960s that birth control was okay by the gospel. then turned around in 1968. im for basically making abortion obsolete via over-the-counter birth control without a doctors prescription. >> intrusion of federal government into our lives when we sometimes -- i think theres also an access issue. if you have low income people going to ...

I hear this from young women. i heard it on campus in upstate new york cha ta what happens with the greek system which isnt so great is for some reason which i dont fully understand men control the liquor so fraternities have like access to alcohol and sororities for some mysterious reason dont so, the young women do definitely complain. you wouldnt think this is at the top of the list but i can see how it lead to a lot of terrible situations that in order to have a party if youre under 21 you h...

The rate of interest that they charge would vary depending on how aggressively the small banks lend it out. >> whats wrong with that? >> this is an invitation to politicizing the banking system. >> whats wrong with that. >> you think those community banks dont know what kind of businesses theyre going to need to lend to? its going to be green jobs and priorities that have nothing do with wltd business is a good credit rick only with how politically correct the loan is. >> politically the loan. l...

Because they dont take the benefits. they dont take social security or medicare. >> neil: in the case of anchor babies, they do. >> when the anchor baby grows up, yes. >> neil: you report and studied this but how big an issue is this? you hear the anchor baby issue, we make a big deal but the numbers are not so small. >> its not the biggest problem. i wouldnt put it first. i think so many of these problems are misconstrued. the crime problem, crime is dropping in arizona and california and arizo...

>> no we were looking at the economy, the opportunities, access issues and for us, the emphasis was on how to return on the portfolio. it was more that approach than it was to looking at the access issue. we didnt see as many opportunities as weve seen in the past. >> neil: youve been very patient. would you ever buy bp? >> our interest in our company is how to get the most out of our portfolio. >> neil: theyre portfolio was kicked in half. >> were very -- >> neil: no interest in bp? >> our inte...