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Mattered, hes probably thinking why arent we talking more about puerto rico where americans are in real trouble. they could use the federal government and a leader of the federal government who is focused on their problems every sing minute. instead were talking about the nfl. this is a matter of priorities in addition to the right and wrong of what the president is saying, and i think president trump is wrong. his priorities are out of whack. >> its right behind you. its called "thanks obama." ...

A comedian goes after them. i know you cant speak for the former president, but it was your job to channel him. what do you think he thinks of all this? >> i think more than anything, if i had to guess, knowing president obama and the way he focused on the important issues and managed to exclude other stuff because he was lasered in on the stuff that really mattered, hes probably thinking why arent we talking more about puerto rico where americans are in real trouble. they could use the federal ...

Ago when she got to congress and shes used it every single year that a house -- a republican administration has trotted out a budget, every year that the republicans in the house trotted out a budget. its old talking points. its not constructive. theres really good ideas in there that i think the democrats could focus on as a place to get together. for example, the commitment we make on apprenticeship training. the commitments on expanding school choice. why arent we talking about the things in ...

Fact that he doesnt get into the details on whats happening here on capitol hill is all part of, i think, the story of the trump administration. >> all right. well, lets talk about health care. the president of the united states has said let obamacare fail. obamacare, affordable health care act, thats what we currently have in this country. is there anything democrats can do to stop republicans from folding their hands and saying, yep, lets let it fail, because thats the health of the american p...

You wrote about -- >> perhaps because he is. >> well, what is the consequence, though, both for our politics and for the legal pursuit of something resembling the truth in terms of russias role in our election? i mean, this is all still about an american adversary, whats so depressing to me is were -- people like me who are not lawyers are trying -- im googling "obstruction of justice." why arent we talking about what russia did in america and other western democracies? >> theres so much else go...

Of this memo. but lets say it was. what you see it differently? >> eric: no, i dont think there is any legal issue here. i dont think trump thinks there is. hes been complaining ever since he was sworn in that nobody is talking about the leaks. you hear him say it. why arent we talking about the leaks? this is a way to talk about the leaks, the legality of it there and in the end might come when he knows there are no legal issues, but he wants us to discuss it because everyone is thinking, thats...

Of security do we have at our airports? why arent we talking about privatizing tsa? i think that the stats were if we converted 35 of our top airports in the country over the course of five years, wield save a billion dollars. tsa currently has 95% fail rate. so is that really securing our airports or is it just an allusion of security? and i think along with borders and vetting, we care -- i mean, are we making sure that we are deporting illegals that have conducted criminal activity? are we st...

That message that said this is what im going to do. it wasnt bluster. and it wasnt -- you know, we have seen a lot of -- weve seen a lot of action in the last few days but we havent seen a strategy or progress. and theres a whole lot of difference between actions and signing things versus progress in an overarching strategy. i think mr. reagan came in with a strategy to defeat the soviet union and the warsaw pact. that was part of it. you know, as others have said, why isnt mr. trump or general ...

Things. he came in with a strategy and that was part of it. as others have said, why isnt he talking about whats going on in ukraine. they advanced on three different axis. why arent we talking about that? >> the pick up on the generals point, today it became much more kinetic that means forces are engaging. 19 people killed in eastern ukraine just to the north. these are russian-backed separatists fighting the sovereign nation of ukraine and we are saying nothing while the iranians have tested ...

Phrase was that mexico is going to pay for the wall, not the u.s. taxpayers and now, based on our latest reporting it looks like they are looking into seriously into having congress foot that first bill, andrea? >> thank you so much, kristen welker. i know youll be on duty out there, what a day at trump tower. joining mnow is jeremy bash, formerly under leon panetta . thank you very much. weve been talking all morning about the possibility that donald trump could pivot, could show how adept he i...