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Star general john kelly, one is former four star general jim mattis. thats whats dangerous with this book. we know woodward sources are probably a large chunk of them in the national security community. >> right. thats why it validates my greatest fear since election day, that president trump doesnt have the temperament, that was a talking point in the campaign, doesnt have fitness and acumen, he doesnt know anything about foreign policy, but isnt willing to learn anything about foreign policy. ...

>> um, i know some business people there. i know enough business people to try to put together a deal, plus i speak russian. plus i have no problem knocking on somebodys door and saying, hi, im here, and were going to build something beautiful, and lets do business. >> the trump/moscow deal youre pursuing, that e-mail -- heres the way people read that e-mail is that basically theres some back story here in which the deal is part of the election interference. theres some quid pro quo, or theres s...

Wants to work with him. but beyond that it was not much more than pleasantries im told. but he did invite him here to the white house, which, anderson, thats something that seems to happen all the time. republican presidents, democratic presidents used to have new senators to the white house. well see if anything comes of this meeting during this deeply partisan environment. >> jeff, im wondering what youre hearing about steve bannon. how much blame is he getting after this loss? >> reporter: an...

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Here. so the point is theres much more intrinsic change that has to occur. this happens everywhere at the microlevel that doesnt allow people to have these fluid dialogues to let people know when theyre feeling unsafe and to have the respect that those -- by the way, this is exactly the same reason that upstart companies in the bay area are eating the lunches of large corporations because theyre not innovating fast enough because theyre not listening to their people on all fronts, right? so your...

Immigration policy of the trump administration. he is also regarded as a success. one of the few successes in the ministration. he is coming in at a chaotic time and the former generals are not necessarily known for their political acumen. however the building he may be an exception to the rule. >> general kelly actually served a stint as a liaison on capitol hill. he has a number of relationships already there. he is a very strong leader. he has relationships on the hill and i think he is going...

And as command of the immigration policy of the trump administration. he is also regarded as a success. one of the few successes in the ministration. he is coming in at a chaotic time and the former generals are not necessarily known for their political acumen. however the building he may be an exception to the rule. >> general kelly actually served a stint as a liaison on capitol hill. he has a number of relationships already there. he is a very strong leader. he has relationships on the hill a...

A stark comparison. >> its a real question about where this leaves jeb bush, of course, who is in this kind of shakespearean fashion been both blessed and cursed by that name, which is kind of his fate and also his burden to carry around. they announced a bunch of foreign policy advisers when they rolled out their campaign initially, and it was a lot of people from both his father and his brother. >> this is disturbing to me because of all the republican candidates the only one that i thought ha...

Shakespearean fashion been both blessed and cursed by that name, which is kind of his fate and also his burden to carry around. they announced a bunch of foreign policy advisers when they rolled out their campaign initially, and it was a lot of people from both his father and his brother. >> this is disturbing to me because of all the republican candidates the only one that i thought had the gravitas and the acumen to really bring it into the white house and maybe be a halfway decent president e...