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Serious accusation. did so this morning and i wonder about the politics of that in your estimation. >> well, i dont know. you know, the points is in previous administrations and with previous presidents the allegation of a relationship with a porn star would be sky high news. with this president and this administration it doesnt seem to be. i also have to say that for supposedly who had a nondisclosure agreement, is there anything about the relationship between stormy daniels and donald trump th...

Will would do and he wants to deliver on that. >> what is different about the president trump you observed in the first two or three months an the president you enact with now? >> i think the biggest thing is the same for everyone in the white house. the first two or three months, everything is new. you are figuring it out for the first time and you do have access to some of your predecessors, of multiple administrations that will help you figure out some of the nuts and bolts but your experienc...

The gutsy thing is to call the other person in the room with you and sit down across the table, we used to have a cigarette in the old days but have a cup of co-and say you know what, youve been a great colleague. it isnt working out. you know it and i know it. why dont we part way and face the press right now. youve got the person in your head to replace the person with. that would be the grown-up way to handle something. >> weve seen donald trump is not someone of immense personal mettle. it t...

Trump flying solo, a source familiar with the presidents thinking telling cnn he doesnt feel the need to listen to input from advisers and aides. this is the white house says the mass turn departmeover at the we is totally normal. >> when will he have everybody in place? >> as you move through an administration, you have different priorities that you are focused on and different people that will lead those efforts and lead those priorities. >> different priorities. can that seemingly innocuous t...

You have to have the right people. i dont fault him for saying okay, i gave you a shot. its been a year. what have you done? nothing. okay, next. >> harris: but there comes a point though and you know this from working in administrations, there comes a point where you kind of have to, what is the phrase, fish or cut bait? he says he is getting some things -- one of the great things about him taking ownership of each one of these and saying you know what? im not doing these by committee. you get ...

The world stage dealing with serious issues. when you talk about the rumor mill, it feels unsettling if youre thinking about what is going on at the white house. >> you know, compared to president bush or president obama, there has been more turnover in this white house than in the past two administrations. but this is a president that leads a different way. he thrives on the chaos. he has a well-known reputation of someone that is not afraid to fire people. in the grand scheme of people, were 1...

Obviously politics played a role in taking away this persons pension. i have to imagine whatever being accused of different options for punishment. not all of which go firing or taking away someones pension they have gotten over a long lifetime of service. as a former bureaucrat for 10 years, there are very good bureaucrats work selflessly for not much money every day to make our government run. there is. >> harris: absolutely they are not deputy director of the fbi. >> some of them are someone ...

Replace him coming up shortly. mike pompeo. that hearing will be taking place in april and then of course the new incoming cia director the first woman ever. the president even made it clear on rex tillersons exit, bret, that more changes would be coming. he said ive gotten to know a lot of people over the last year and im at the point where im close to having the cabinet and other things that i want. its interesting to look back at the presidents words there buz he not a career politician and h...

Would be first-year changes. everybody knows that. it happens in other administrations. this has -- this administration has had more changes than some of the others. theres no doubt about that. you know, i think what has happened is that trump has experimented in various places with bringing people in that had no governmental experience and people -- >> laura: how did that work out? >> sometimes it does, sometimes it doesnt. for example, he will be probably looking for a new national security ad...

With presidents and administrations on both sides of the aisle. i think she is absolutely the person the president wants to work with. im committed to working with her as well. she has good bipartisan friendships within the senate and agency. well have the hearing so therell be a better opportunity and that goes to the intelligence committee, not the foreign relations committee. so senator paul is not part of that. dianne feinstein is the democrat from california and has a great working relation...