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Meetings or business transactions with russian officials. so shawn turner with me in new york today, so nice to have you in. thanks for being here. how many times can you omit information, you know, national security forms and not have a serious problem? >> yeah, you know, i think we are beyond the point where we can give jared kushner the benefit of the doubt on this. >> you do? >> yes. we have multiple instances where he has recalled information after it came out in the media or it was called ...

Spokeswoman acknowledging this bad morale and saying, what, hang in there? >> listen, brooke, youve seen the stories over the last couple of days. this is maybe the second or third wave of stories about dissatisfaction at the state department here. concern on capitol hill about secretary of state rex tillersons management practices, that a lot of positions arent being filled. the latest wave was prompted by this letter by the head of the american foreign service association, the union that repre...

Tillersons closest allies like bob corker say they need more answers, that they want him to promote pore people, they want to fill more positions, they want to keep those senior levels of the foreign service. now the numbers dont necessarily right now indicate any kind of mass exodus, although a lot of people at the senior ranks have left, but i think that there is really a morale problem at the state department, erica. a lot of people dont feel secretary tillerson appreciates that long-time exp...

The objective here is to prop up their surrogate. that has been their objective from the get-go. so its not surprising that they would veto this. theres not much we can do about it. plus, the president, for whatever reason, refuses to knowledge the threat posed by the russians or even acknowledge at least consistently their profound interference in our election and our basic democratic process. >> have you seen any evidence that this president has more influence over the russians from a policy s...

Richly deserves. during our travels, this is exactly what the world saw, a strong, proud, and confident america. >> sandra: you know, he also addressed all the problems that our country has inherited. a number of problems he listed off last night but he said he blamed those issues, steve, on naive thinking and misguided judgment of past administrations. >> yeah. actually i think the best example of that is this whole question of trade which was pretty much at or near the top of the agenda at eve...

Steadily through many administrations and now requires urgent action. second to strengthen americas alineses and economic partnerships in a free and open endo pacific made up of thriving independent nations respectful of other countries and citizens and safe from foreign documentation and economic servitude. and third, to finally, after many years, insist on fair and reciprocal trade. brian: up to his trade agents to go out there and start cutting these deals. i think this is even more important...

President obama did a similar foreign trip and did talk about restoring the united states leadership in the world after the iraq war and the previous administration. president trump also doing a similar type thing. he blamed previous administrations for failing to, quote, protect and promote the interests of the american people and american workers. your response? >> look, think thats not a surprise from president trump. hes not a fan of president obama or the accomplishments of the last adminis...

>> i think in politics perception is often reality. and in this case obviously hillary clinton was a former adversary of our current president it may look like he is trying to utilize his position and his cabinet members to seek revenge on a former political adversary. i do think because of the climate and because as has been mentioned the questions about previous administrations, at the end of the day the justice department and attorney general sessions have an obligation to the american public...

Administrations, and now requires urgent action. second, to strengthen americas alliances and economic partnerships in a free and open indopacific made up of thriving independent nations respectful of other countries and their own citizens and safe from foreign domination and economic servitude. third, to finally after many years insist on fair and reciprocal trade. fair and reciprocal trade. so important. these two words, fairness and reciprocal trade or what all nations want.

To bring left and right together. it is time to bring america together, that is what donald trump talks about, bringing america together. heather: the i cannot imagine anything worse than getting into a bed and seeing your sheets from what i understand, tell you how to contact your local congressman. >> that is the point. it is a themed hotel and the theme is anti-trump, youre visiting washington dc, you may not happy with how it feels because every one knows with every administration the vibe o...