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Mark, before the proverbial hits the fan, steve bannon has not agreed, i dont think, to hand over any documents. whats curious to me is remember he was really persona non grata to donald trump at one point. it was as if they left with a romance intact. do you think as part of this, trump putting out here waiving the privilege he never actually had, sort of a final nail in the coffin to say, no, no, no, you and i, were not friends? >> well, steve bannon, donald trump, talk about gainsmanship, the...

Because he didnt think it deserved any attention whatsoever. now there are people on the right paying attention. some are hate watching it. some are mad. some are screaming at the tv like its pro wrestling, but theyre watching. i think this zigzagging thing does probably speak tie lot of ointernal turmoil at the committee and a lot of facts coming at them fast. but it also keeps peoples eyes on it. >> can we take a moment to embrace the cleverness of steve bannon for a minute. >> no. actually no...

All the time. he wants to delegitimize the biden presidency. that was his motive in supporting the january 6th demonstration and in saying that all hell would break loose that day. so, thats what hes doing now too. he wants to disrupt this january 6th investigative committee that has been pretty successful of putting on a show of its own and presenting its message and presenting the public with carefully curated hearings each day. he wants this to be his live performance, where he can turn thing...

Somehow insert them into his political gainsmanship to retain power. thankfully those organizations are full of women and men who have sworn an oath to the constitution up and down the chain of command who i think have been classically trained in the ideals that underpin our security, intelligence and military organizations, and they were having nothing of it. the reason we got to this point where essentially trump was trying to set up a situation where might would make right. meaning, my securi...

That lawmakers have not yet discussed. what does bolton know and why arent the democrats saying lets stick with this? >> you know, ive almost wondered from the beginning here whether there almost wasnt a little bit of gainsmanship here on behalf of bolton right now. this is somebody who exited the white house on some pretty bad circumstances. he feuded with the president about the circumstances. he had been on the outs for a number of months in that white house, as you well know. you know, given...

Patrol experts said you need a combination of things. you need physical barriers, you need people and you need technology. all three of them, so i was struck this week when speaker pelosi said this is a moral issue. we already have some sort of barrier across 30% of the border to go to 40% is a moral issue? it just tells me this is politic s and the disappointing thing is the country, the best interest of the country do not seem to be the first consideration. its all about political position. ma...

Going to veto it. while the house can move quickly that, doesnt portend the end game. its the next step in a fight no one is sure is going to end. >> not any time soon and we are not talking about political gainsmanship, but real world impact. tell me about that. >> nobody is here on the hill and shuffling back and forth between meetings. when you talk to people involved in these in the past, they recognize because of the holidays and because of the timing, the bite of the shut down has not kick...

That we have to make sure that this president is actually receiving the phone from congress. this is not a large sum of money. the $5 billion is he asking for. 1.6 of that and 1.3 has been appropriated in the past. this is political gainsmanship. when barack obama came into office. they paid $3 billion for cash for clunkers which was literally taking the money, buying carls off the street and throwing them away because they wanted to stimulate the economy. we should have the money to protect ame...

Clear, until such time that we get the outcome were demanding, economic relief is not going to be provided. different. there was always this hypothesis americans would take their foot off and allow those economic opportunities for the north and, thereby, reduce the capacity to actually achieve the deal. were want going to do that. >> we know this secretary of state is closer, more in sync with his boss than the last secretary of state, rex tillerson. but is he 100% confident the boss will stick ...

Uncertainty in the health care market, so having something, being better than nothing and letting your insurance lapse. i think its a scary time when our public policy is predicated on uneasiness and political gainsmanship rather than focusing on a solution to help the americans get the affordable health care they need. >> some of this comes back and hurts the president. he alluded to the fact that he possibly has tapes with jim comeys meeting and may or may not release them. it seems like a lot...