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Has the regulatory authority to do that sort of thing. and that is exactly the kind of regulation that donald trump rails against. >> were getting rid of one job killing regulation after another. >> so, the regulations are bad president told his regulations are bad believing followers today that he was going to use regulations to take a drug off the market that the fda had already taken off the market thanks to regulations. joining us now, ron clain, former chief of staff to vice presidents bide...

Justice. i remember talking to the white house in two different administrations, the bush and obama administration, about ethics issues. and if i mentioned at any point that an inspector general in some agency was looking into a matter, they would throw up their hands and say, we cant really talk about that, we are going to get out of your way. because they didnt want to be seen as influencing the investigation. and that crossed party lines, both republican administration under bush and democrat...

Today that he was going to use regulations to take a drug off the market that the fda had already taken off the market thanks to regulations. joining us now, ron clain, former chief of staff to vice presidents biden and gore and also with us daniel dale, washington correspondent for the toronto star and peter weiner working in the last three republican administrations. and, ron, the knuckleheads are running the show. this is not something ive ever heard a previous democratic speaker of the house...

George w. bush and three gop senators of trumps assault on truth, decency and democracy, you might think there are cracks in his support. you would be wrong. with us now, the author of that passage who also happens to be chair of journalism ethics at the pointer institute, and bill crystal of the reagan and bush administrations. endira, we would be wrong? >> as i say in the column, painstaking fact checkers have determined president trump utters an average of five false and misleading statements...

Previous administration. just like when the stock market went up, under obama a lot of it you could say it started to turn around with tarp under president bush but obama gets the credit for it. and thats the way it is. but i do think that among adults we can admit that previous administrations certainly had a hand in whatever success -- >> i think thats a bit of revisionists history, not to dig in on you but i think you romanticize history a little bit. because you remember when -- after -- whe...

We would all agree as in a good thing. a tloft was started under bam. now it was accelerated under trump, but, you know, the current administration tends to get more credit than the previous administration. just like when the stock market went up, under obama a lot of it you could say it started to turn around with tarp under president bush but obama gets the credit for it. and thats the way it is. but i do think that among adults we can admit that previous administrations certainly had a hand i...

It is also true that they are considering to run the two u.s. attorneys offices, this is something no president has done before as far as we can tell. meeting people who you may appoint to be federal prosecutors, in jurisdictions where you or your family are in the campaign or potentially involved in criminal matters that may come before that office? no president is known to have ever done this with potential u.s. attorney nominees before. i asked the former attorney general eric holder before i...

Other night, this is how he characterized it. >> unprecedented. the way it was done in the obama administration and clinton administration as well and i think in the bush administrations, the highest level person you spoke to as incoming attorney general, u.s. attorney, was the attorney general. that was it. nobody went to talk to the white house. >> why was it structured that way? >> to again, ensure independence, u.s. attorney would understand your boss is attorney general of the united states...

The presidents statement without the money. >> bret: 10.8 billion for treatment in the budget. 2% increase. 800 million. 500 million budgeted by the obama administration. the criticisms that the money is not backing the rhetoric. >> let me address what you said about representative ryan. its a disappointing statement. his state and district is suffering mightily. we are trying to help his constituency. this president has a deep grasp of the disparate and complex moving parts that attend to the c...

Booker, and another not just about the individual on the man but on the institution as a whole. >> i think this is a sign, a terrible sign of a growing, flashing neon sign that the institution is breaking down, and that a guy like that who is such an honorable man, a truth teller as he sees it is leaving the senate. and its just a bad sign. >> his leaving affirms that working together its not about -- >> anderson, i think somber again is the best way to put it right now. its not just for senator...