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Listened to, because this smacks of what richardson did when he resigned rather than obey the executive order to fire the watergate prosecutor. the difference is, this is going to be a real circus with the confirmation hearing of senator sessions coming up. many people are just thinking it would go smoothly, but its going to be a spectacular effort by democrats to go after trump and punish trump for this firing in such a dramatic way. >> andre, he says even republicans know this. whats your reac...

Would actually understand what youre trying to accomplish. in this particular regard, as a former executive, this was a mess in terms of how it was rolled out, because no one in the government actually knows how to implement it. >> mayor, and that statement is yours. we have no indication that theres anything mentally or physically wrong with the president of the united states. >> i understand that. >> thats your assessment. carl bernstein -- >> the behavior -- >> douglas brinkley, i want to you...

The difference is in the scope and breadth of the people impacted. trumps actions implemented a temporary ban to figure out how to give countries increased scrutiny. for now its almost a complete ban. the obama administrations restriction provided extra security to people who traveled to these countries that are listed because they are hotbeds of foreign -- it did not specifically ban people from entering the u.s. because they were citizens from these seven countries. theyre not the same. theyre...

Department, they would have told the white house, listen, its unclear whether this covered green card holders and we havent have had to wait 72 hours -- >> but to andres point, they dont want to do that. they want to be disrupters and change things. maybe they figured they dont have to do it that way. >> you ask me -- i mean, you tell me -- no-no, what im saying is sure, they want to do that. the disruptive thing is just a term theyre using to explain a policy that wasnt properly thought through...

Professional and a more thought-out manner. do you disagree with that? >> of course, i do. first i want to point out -- >> you disagree with it or you agree with it? >> i agree with the way he rolled it out. you know, there are always going to be critics. but again, president obamas national security team recommended travel ban on these very countries. this isnt just this administration. the prior administration, that just vacated the office -- >> that is not true. >> -- had the same recommendat...

Wake up one day and said, the whole world has changed. you dont run government like that, not because youre afraid of being disruptive, but because the efficient and effectuation of policy, even though i disagree with the policy is -- should be the reason why you wanted to be president. if thats not the reason why you want to be president, then thats the debate well have for the next four years. presumably he wants the executive order to work. i fundamentally disagree with it, but the process th...

Director of black outreach for president george w. bush and andre bower. good to have all of you on. start with you paris. at the confirmation hearing for nick mulvaney, the issue of inauguration crowd size came up. listen to this. >> which crowd is larger, 2009 or 2017 crowd? >> senator if you allow me it give the disclaimer, not sure how it ties to the onb. ill be answer your question. from that picture appears that on the left-hand side is bigger than the right-hand. >> sneaky move. its kind ...

Factual information, how is that spinning? why shouldnt the american people know that information. why not care about it? if not, why not inform them about it? >> i think we should. jumping from crowd size. >> you jumped to crowd size. i said nothing about it. >> i think andres point is valid when it comes to day two. >> he can defend himself. hold on. >> i wasnt trying to defend -- >> andre was speaking. go ahead. >> i dont have a problem with him talking about carbon emissions. i dont know who...

Spinning? why shouldnt the american people know that information. why not care about it? if not, why not inform them about it? >> i think we should. jumping from crowd size. >> you jumped to crowd size. i said nothing about it. >> i think andres point is valid when it comes to day two. >> he can defend himself. hold on. >> i wasnt trying to defend -- >> andre was speaking. go ahead. >> i dont mind carbon emissions. i dont know who called them out. might not have been -- dont know how high that w...

Andre bower. start with you paris. at the confirmation hearing for nick mulvaney, the issue of inauguration crowd size came up. >> which crowd is larger, 2009 or 2017 crowd? >> senator if you allow me it give the disclaimer, not sure how it ties to the onb. from that picture appears that on the left-hand side is bigger than the right-hand. >> sneaky move. question when they spin like that, is the administration -- is he undermining his own nominees, forcing them to respond to what is obvious? >>...