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Some major power in the white house. theyre very smart people. they know how to run things and theyre rising to the hop with gary kohn leading it. he may be the next chief of staff. wouldnt that be interesting to see an alum of goldman, the former president of goldman run his white house? >> i wonder what that would mean for the presidents agenda especially with steve bannon on the way down. he hasnt been demoted or anything like that yet but in terms of his influence being lessened? >> thats a ...

Now. where do words matter on policy issues, on foreign policy? they matter a tremendous amount. they dont just matter because germany is unsettled or ukraine is unsettled. it matters because your own staff behind the scenes trying to create briefing documents trying to give you pathways forward for your administration, posture a policy, arent sure where to go. >> thats the key point. the president thinks if you are unsettled, it helps him in a negotiation. he has a deal, and he wants you to be ...

Department who arent sure what the policy is even going to be. so this is a little built of disorganization, although the state department says, look, tillerson has been in office for two weeks and we didnt book it until we knew that everything was going to be in place. but it points to maybe them not being 100% certain he would be confirmed. >> all right. thank you very much. richard haass author of "a world of disarray," also met with president trump during transition. the secretary of state r...

No chief of staff. so, right now even the visitors office is on hold because there is no one staffed there which means the white house, the peoples house is not allowing tours. so, there is position shes been interviewing. weve heard there are announcements coming. we heard as soon as this week. however, right now she is staffless, which is unusual for first lady. michelle obama had a staff of 24 and they were mostly in place by the time she took over the white house. >> yeah and they had a whol...

President obamas. theyre billionaires and vast holdings. american people have a right to know if theyre they have conflicts interest. >> jeff sessions is not a billionaire. cory, youre wrong about that one. second, what is wrong about people being successful. we had eight years of you know what. lets try successful people. who will no better how to run a massive, gigantic enterprise like the defense department or the state department or any of these departments but someone who has run large ente...

Secondly very important, very, very important, you protect your ovals. if you allow your ovals values overtaken theres a stretch to say you lost but youre going down that path. if you cant hold on to your values then youre losing an ideological battle. thats what crucial. thats what smart leaders around the world are beginning to understand. you can allow yourself to succumb to the rage, to succumb to the desire for simplicity and go out there and beat somebody up. >> that said german police are...

This kind of public disparagement of the assessments is unusual. you have to go back to richard nixon to find someone who loathed cia analysis this much. but there is one difference from that time. richard nixon did not even bother to take an intelligence briefing during the transition. he didnt bother to read the pdb at all during the transition. at least donald trump is doing that. theres the hope that some bridges can still be built here, but its going to be a hard construction effort, thats ...

What do your sources tell you goes beyond just the circumstantial evidence for the level of confidence that this was to elect trump? >> right, and were still trying to report this all out. there have been some reports that, for instance, the russians targeted and actually penetrated the systems of the republican national committee, but did not -- and stole data, but did not leak it. now, however, that is actually not a consensus view. there are others who dispute that. and so, that part is just ...

Which is often the first place people go. both family members or survivors who arent sure what the first step can be thats where they need to reach out. >> thats the most important partnership of my life. thank you for watching this hour of msnbc. you can head over to my twitter page. we have a link to the fund to help on this giving tuesday. thank you in advance. have a wonderful day. i will turn it over to andrea mitchell. >> thank you, tamron. thanks for the important message. right now on "a...

Though, are you going to vote? do you feel like definitely you will make a decision by election day? >> absolutely. yes, absolutely and i think thats why its bothering me the most because i have spoken to people who arent sure which way theyre going to go so theyre say theyre not going to vote but i really want to vote and i want to make the right decision for myself. >> nina, i appreciate talking to you and i wish you the best of luck. >> thank you so much. >> all right. nina mcminamon. well be...