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Space to move. the fact that he has not been able to distinguish between russia meddling and validity of his election is what has kept him away from doing things that would actually be in his best political interests. he could very easily go out, hammer -- he could very easily hammer vladimir putin and say stay out of our elections. you shouldnt have tried it in 16 candida 16, he sure shouldnt get in 18 or 20. hit him hard, provide the space and then he will find he has more leeway to work with...

Difficult. >> weve had a long decline in our trust in institutions, and this country needs to regain trust in institutions. i think that should be our chief concern here. does the person bring the kind of credentials to it thats going to restore the trust of the american people in the institution of the fbi? and in other government agencies. i think this actually is a big problem because what we are saying is an attempt to destroy and undermine a lot of allegiance to institutions. >> eboni: i th...

It straight out. >> how did the trump administration take your advice? >> i think they generally agree. i mean they were in receive mode. my chief concern is that the position of the trump administration in our freedom of information act litigation, even that over clinton e-mail issues hasnt changed from the obama administration. it is my view the trump administration has not come fully into power in terms of who is running the agency in terms of transparency issues. it is now getting to april a...

They are scientists, engineers, economists, they do work that is incredibly important for our country and it is important that they are able to pursue that work with independence and with integrity. >> reporter: pursue that work with independence and with integrity, those are two points this union representative stressed over and over again. they are concerned not only about keeping their jobs, but about what this could mean for continue t the integrity of the work. i have to say one more develo...

Outgoing defense secretary chuck hagel. and hes live with me in kuwait city. and as it pertains to this report today, jim, how is secretary hagel responding to this? >> well, ill tell you, his chief concern, brooke, are exactly those men and women you mentioned. remember, two major deployments in this region. you have 11,000 u.s. troops in afghanistan. we were visiting them with secretary hagel this weekend. 1,000 more into 2015, then under the initial drawdown plan. and then across the border f...

-- demographic. >> this is income equality. this is exactly the presidents chief concern, he says. the rich are getting richer and the rest are not. i would argue there are a lot of reasons for this. not all are obamas fault but i would argue theres undo focus and emphasis on the plate of the bottom 1% to the exclusion of the middle 60%, right? obamacare was created to rep the relatively few who dont have insurance and the middle class was being ignored. >> one likely reason a lot of folks are l...

Involved in that. the big question this morning is will the united states act? top republican congressman mike mccall says president obama has four options as we go forward. >> i dont think the american people have an appetite or troops on the ground. i know the military is laying out options for the president. there are four warships off the coast of syria. missiles are an option to try to make out these chemical stockpiles. i think thats an option the president should be looking at. my chief c...

Generically speaking they change all the time. what presidents usually make errors at and departments and others make errors at is going too fast. trying to get the information out to the american people because its usually a very rapidly evolving situation. to see a set of talking points change six, eight times is partly because people tried to do their best in getting information out and partly due to the changing facts afterwards. >> colonel, would there have been hesitation to call it a terr...

Casene has retained an attorney. joining me with reaction on how police will carry out this procedure is todd wheeler and former nypd detective who will be checking in withpd some of the people who were eyewitnesses to all of this. if i can begin with you, i think the biggest concern we have is we go back to his word here. it is a very vexing problem to enter that apartment safely. this has to be their chief concern at this hour, and they put it off until tomorrow. your thoughts? >> my thoughts ...

Thechy can punk rock performance poets. >> punk rock performance poets? thats good to know. heres the author, editorial page editor at the washington paper and mr. garyty is with us. what do you make of that? >> i think its very interesting. just prior to that you are seeing the story of the young barack through his sort of father-son relationship with a radical and his place in a world as black man, begins to read some radical, communist authors, people like richard wright, hughes, ellison, and...