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Netanyahu of israel to president-elect donald trump. its interesting were talking about this today because we learned another detail about jared kushner. he apparently also forgot to list on his security clearance document the fact that he was on the board of a foundation that funded an illegal israeli settlement or at least it was considered illegal under electrical law. there was an ideological affinity but the trump team was also getting great pressure from the israeli government. one final p...

The director of the fbi gave him con kurnsicurrence to do so, an think that coordination was lacking. >> and all reporting is pointing to the fact that there was not coordination between the trump transition team and the obama administration. what about "the new york times" reports saying russians were using the nra and christian and gun groups? is that the m.i.a. for the russians? >> it certainly is. the russians have a lot of soft power. odd to say, but their weapons industry is one element. s...

Attacked. you can say that had nothing to do with the other, maybe it didnt. but neither of them feel a particular affinity to the president that they have to do something to help him. both of them are now leaving office. in part because of president trumps opposition to them. president trump has to understand that there are consequences to some of the things he does, particularly within his own party in alienating people come the very crucial votes. neither of these folks should be where they a...

Theyre his people. whats good for him is good for them and vice versa. could be worse than that. >> its not just donald trumps affinity forever pro-russia policies. he made that clear by his team acquiescing to the changes in the republican platform. but he doubled down over and over and over again with our colleague joe scarborough in saying, you know, joe challenged him and said putin kills disdents and reporters and he says, so do we. it wasnt just pro-putin foreign policy that oriented donal...

>> excuse me. no, i fired him because of what he said to mike pence. very simple. mike was doing his job. he was calling countries. and his counterparts. so it certainly would have been okay with me if how did it, i would have directed him to do it if i thought he wasnt doing it. dr. charles krauthammer the other night say he was doing his job. and i agreed with him. since then i watched many people said that. i didnt direct him. i would have directed him if he didnt do it, okay? >> so interesti...

They understand the majority is at risk. the president is not on the ballot and has shown no affinity for being the leader of the republican party and making the choices that its necessary to take one for the team. we are in this remarkable moment going forward. we are watching the developments earlier and we are about to end the first year of the trump presidency. any american history going back a long time tells us the most important year in terms of getting things done is year number one. the...

Your law school class. >> in my first year. 126 and i was the only woman. >> how did they treat you? >> fine. >> i never had an issue with gender. >> when you graduated law school tell me about your first job. >> it was with a cosmetic firm. there were two lawyers hired. a man and a woman and they gave in a long pad and told me to call the drugstores to take orders for the new project. >> you were a telemarketer. >> it was an unsatisfying job. >> why would they order you a lawyer and then you ha...

126 and i was the only woman. harvey: howd they treat you? judy: fine. i never had an issue with gender. when you graduated law school, tell me about your first job. first job was with a cosmetics firm, casmara, incorporated. there were two lawyers hired. its a man and a woman. he went into products liability and they gave me a long pad and they told me to call all these drugstores to take orders for soufrage which was their new product. - you were a telemarketer? - it was an unsatisfying job. w...

Charact darkest thoughts that the president is compromised in these interactions, that theres parts of him not pursuing american interests in these bilateral conversations? because of something that may be out there? >> i dont know, chris. maybe i worry but i dont want to get ahead of my skis, i dont want to get ahead of the investigation. i would just say that its curious for a president, democrat or republican, going back decades, nobody has ever spoke this fondly about a leader in the kremlin...

The obama administration policy towards russia. >> do you worry in your darkest thoughts that the president is compromised in these interactions, that theres parts of him not pursuing american interests in these bilateral conversations? because of something that may be out there? >> i dont know, chris. maybe i worry but i dont want to get ahead of my skis, i dont want to get ahead of the investigation. i would just say that its curious for a president, democrat or republican, going back decades,...