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He says, with russian prostitutes or girls of low social responsibility, as he put it, even though he added to some amusement in the crowd, they are clearly the best in the world. It was quite a frank and quite astonishing series of remarks by Vladimir Putin, the russian president. Putin saying he doesnt know trump. Hes never met him. Hes got no reason to attack him or to defend him. But he chose this moment obviously just a few days before the inauguration of donald trump to speak out in this w...

With a nuclear arsenal? >> the first thing that comes to find is nixon and khrushchev meeting in a kitchen in moscow in the late 50s and debating really who had the best economy and who could serve consumers the best. were hassing for a debate about who has the best prostitutes if were listening to vladimir putin. but, yes, history can tell us that, yes, once individuals, once president-elect trump is president, he is going to be far more subject to the bureaucracies that serve him and the laws ...

Were seeing that with the inauguration and all the surrounding protests. it seems that theres even some enthusiasm for that compared to some of the events surrounding the actual inauguration. this will be something where hes going to have to -- coming into office realize hes got these different constituencies of trying to be the president for everyone. but he does have a very tough road ahead in terms of having to work with members of congress on both sides of the aisle, realizing that he doesnt...

Political headwind needing to prove his meddle on the job right away rather than a little bit of running room to get out the door and get that agenda going. >> david, stay right there. i want to bring in other voices to this conversation. jesse burns is back. so is brian. i talked about the partisan divide and have some numbers to demonstrate that. ill throw that question to you, jesse. so 80% of republicans approve of trumps handling of the transition. 8% of democrats feel the same. its just li...

From trump tower. lets talk about all of this. jesse burns, associate editor of the hill, brian ballo, history professor at the university of virginia and co-host of "back story." matthew chance also joins me. welcome to all of you. matthew, you just heard what jason carroll reported. are russians abuzz about what seems to be a battle royale between donald trump and the u.s. intelligence agencies? >> oh, yeah. i mean, look, the kremlin is making no bones about this. they are saying that this -...

service overall is of concern. but dropping to 12% for those that are supposed to help those who have been victimized and even those who got help had to wait over an hour on load, anybody in this room enjoy being on hold for over an hour? i dont think so. im amazed that anybody stayed on hold for over an hour quite frankly. that is just not acceptable. you know, that is not how you treat a victim of a crime. so, i want to recognize that youre trying to do the right thing here. but we a...

Coming weeks and months because they regard russia and they regard putin as a thug, as they would call him. so thats something that trump is going to be -- continue to be a divisive topic on capitol hill and with lawmakers. >> brian, from an historical perspective. donald trump ran as a republican. some republicans say hes not as a republican but still ran as part of the republican party. some republicans are embracing him with this talk of vladimir putin and russia. this is the party of reagan....