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Divided on the way forward, and thats why so much attention is centered on the leader of the party, the president. joining me on capitol hill, leann caldwell, and mike medley. great to have both of you onboard here. lets start with the hill negotiations, because we have been waiting and waiting and waiting to get some outline of the deal that this bipartisan group is talking about, and, of course, you cant separate these negotiations from the reconciliation negotiations that are going on in the ...

Thrown out, dismissed. there was no adjudication or determination relating to the validity of any of these claims. but let me back up, okay? last time i checked, its the fbis job, its law enforcements job to determine whether an allegation is credible. its not another gatekeepers job to tell the fbi who is credible or who is telling the truth. but thats what donald trump and the gop, the republican senators on the senate judiciary committee are attempting to pull off here. they want to tell the ...

Thats not how the fbi works. >> yes, youre right, in general. this is a little bit of a tricky situation, because its not a criminal investigation, where they have subpoena power and all these other things, where what youre saying is 100%. with these judicial nominees, they have a tailored background set of criteria that they go through. and they do take direction from the white house on this. they could still look at whatever theyre allowed to. i dont know whether or not the white house has sai...

I see some of these cia employees have the opportunity to represent them, they work in this region, and its been a challenging time for them. i also want to get to, in light of some of the comments during the campaign, the president-elect made, i think a subset of that of this issue as well as making sure going forward the cia represents the diversity of the world, particularly in terms of muslims americans being engaged, how do we reassure them in light of some of the comments made? and alsr wi...

Have to have folks with a broad background set as well as language skills. and we have partners in the muslim world that provide us intelligence and who we share with in ways that are incredibly important in keeping america safe. i am counting on and i know you are as well that these liaison partnerships will continue to be diverse and we can expand that further. >> mr. chairman, ive had a considerable amount of time with mike over the years and recently. im going to -- and were on a short strin...