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In you. we are not going to leave any family behind with its rural or urban, that is what this president is going to do. he campaigned on it and hes living up to his campaign commitments. jennifer: congressman thank you for joining us we hope you will come back. >> thank you. jennifer: cap next americans watch in horror a year ago as a chaotic departure of u.s. forces in afghanistan unfolded. we will speak with retired general frank mckenzie. he was ordered to withdraw all u.s. troops about what...

Requirements, his ego, that has shaped u.s. diplomacy -- i worked for half a dozen administrations, both republican, democrat, i voted for republicans and democrats. never have i seen an administration so defined by the needs and requirements that a single individual, the walking out of the iran deal was largely driven by the presidents campaign commitments and his desire to fundamentally separate himself from barak obama, his predecessor. i think its everything. and when in fact ego drives the ...

>> hes right. if you listen to him campaign and paid any attention to what he was saying, he was saying all of this. i wasnt surprised about the withdrawal from syria, i wasnt surprised about him standing firm on a shutdown. its a bunch of people that havent paid attention to him. theyre surprised and outraged. this is what happens when somebody says what theyre going to do and they actually follow through. >> well follow the decisions no doubt. these are the campaign commitments. here we are tw...

>> again, this is -- i dont think ripping this up had anything to do with the technical terms this deal. i think it had everything to do with big omissions, things left out, irgc, dealing with the missile program. i think those were left out. it was a bad deal. the original sin point that david makes, that was at work here. >> how much this ripping up this deal was the president made that commitment during the campaign, it was strong campaign commitment -- he made other campaign commitments, mov...

To have a deal on daca. he wants a deal on daca, but it shouldnt be tied to a spending bill. >> why should democrats trust the president when he says that given the last time it happened it seemed like he pulled the rug out from under them? >> he did not pull the rug out. >> why should they trust the president? >> the president is sincere on this. >> the president says hes sincere on a lot of things. >> you guys have covered commitments he made on jerusalem just this week. commitments about the ...

That background. >> greg: exactly. >> kennedy: >> jesse: i want too dana about the base. rush limbaugh has something to say about that. >> what trump did today via sessions, is almost along the same lines as pulling out of the paris accord decision. it rocked them. they didnt think it would ever happen. trump is this coldhearted. trump knows his base. he knows the impact all of this has had on the american economy and american jobs and he is following through on one of his most predominant campa...

That background. >> greg: exactly. >> kennedy: >> jesse: i want too dana about the base. rush limbaugh has something to say about that. >> what trump did today via sessions, is almost along the same lines as pulling out of the paris accord decision. it rocked them. they didnt think it would ever happen. trump is this coldhearted. trump knows his base. he knows the impact all of this has had on the american economy and american jobs and he is following through on one of his most predominant campa...

Had on the american economy, american jobs. he is following through on one of his most predominant campaign commitments. >> bret: is this a baseplate or is it because of the lawsuit that they truly believe they couldnt uphold it or defended in court. >> i think its both of them. jonah is right. its -- a kind of roles a grenade into congress because its going to be difficult for congress but that goes to show its a lobar that we are asking of them. its amazing to see, send to people on both sides...

Had on the american economy, american jobs. he is following through on one of his most predominant campaign commitments. >> bret: is this a baseplate or is it because of the lawsuit that they truly believe they couldnt uphold it or defended in court. >> i think its both of them. jonah is right. its -- a kind of roles a grenade into congress because its going to be difficult for congress but that goes to show its a lobar that we are asking of them. its amazing to see, send to people on both sides...

Trump administration for lots of different things, for the failure to make progress on some of their key campaign commitments, not least of which is to drain the swamp and to lead a more ethical administration, i think theres lots of conflicts of interest, i have opposed them on their healthcare agenda, but in this i think this is a circumstance where its our role to be nonpartisan and to work this concert. i dont think it advances americas national security interests for us to be sniping at eac...