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Worried about the debt that we were building under multiple administrations, right? >> not only that, but he was truly a man of principle. what i mean by that, you can tell if someone is principled versus just an opportunist when they stick with their principles even when its inconvenient. so john mccain railed about excess spending everywhere, including in the military. he railed against excessive spending by democrats and republicans. he believed very much that government needed to be of the r...

On other countries. >> yesterday, the trump administration try to china for failing to uphold international sanctions against north korea. >> we would expect china like other countries to adhere to the u.n. security council resolutions that it come too, voted for. we remind folks of that. >> president trump himself pointing out yesterday that chinas continuing aid to north korea in the form of fuel, fertilizer, and other revenue streams is undermining his administrations pressure campaign agains...

Aaron, to one deputy probably down about 24 lawyers i think is the number. usually they need about 30, 34 to operate during bill clintons time when he was facing his impeachment i think they had up to 60. last night i asked richard painter whats the issue when it comes to lawyers and listening to their advice in the white house. this is what he told me. >> the bottom line is donald trump doesnt want to listen to good lawyers, good lawyers doesnt want to work for him, he ends up with people like ...

Down about 24 lawyers i think is the number. usually they need about 30, 34 to operate during bill clintons time when he was facing his impeachment i think they had up to 60. last night i asked richard painter whats the issue when it comes to lawyers and listening to their advice in the white house. this is what he told me. >> the bottom line is donald trump doesnt want to listen to good lawyers, good lawyers doesnt want to work for him, he ends up with people like michael cohen. its been a disa...

Last night i asked richard painter whats the issue when it comes to lawyers and listening to their advice in the white house. this is what he told me. >> the bottom line is donald trump doesnt want to listen to good lawyers, good lawyers doesnt want to work for him, he ends up with people like michael cohen. its been a disaster. i would never want to be donald trumps lawyer. i wouldnt want to end up going to jail. >> theres something to that, aaron. becoming a white house lawyer in most administ...

Because the president believes the attorney general is his lawyer. he is not. he is a lawyer or she is the lawyer for the nation and abiding by the laws that allow them to protect the nations legal business. >> right. seems that loyalty is the number one judgment there. congresswoman, thanks so much for taking time. >> unheard of in other presidential administrations where they put the litmus test, except for richard nixon of some 40, 50 years ago almost that indicated that when his attorney gen...

Maybe the administration and john mccain would have agreed? >> first of all, i think its important to note he was quite bipartisan in his criticism of presidential administrations. he was very frustrated with the bush administration prior to the surge. he felt iraq was going down, and it was, and needed to be turned around and we needed not only more forces but a different approach. thankfully i think we were able to validate the confidence he had in that. he and senators lieberman and gram, the...

Been mistaken in saying that cohen knew that trump knew about the meeting in advance. the president ripping the network in a tweet this morning saying the hatred and extreme bias by cnn has clouded their thinking and made them unable to function. actually as i have always said it has been going on for a long time. little jeff zucker, the president of cnn has done a terrible job. his ratings suck and at&t should fire him to save credibility. cnn insists davis was one source for the story and stoo...

Fired special prosecutor cox ended up not being appointed to the supreme court or being not confirmed because in large part he had fired cox. >> and ron, in the presidents tweet just parenthetically he refers to trying to get a supreme court justice confirmed as if thats not as important as firing his white house counsel. thats the important thing. and what does this do to the point man trying to run the confirmation process? this is a job you have had. >> yeah. >> in other administrations, demo...

Most sensitive jobs in the white house. >> ive done vetting for two different administrations, there were two things you looked for. things that could be politically embarrassing. and two, things that suggested that someone didnt have the character to hold the public trust. and the latter was always fatal. the fact that it wasnt in this administration tells you what you need to know. >> thank you both. really appreciate it. is the president one step closer to firing robert mueller. how firing ...