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In legal terms, u.s. president-elect donald trump could not pull out of the paris agreement. he would have to trigger article 28. thats a provision within the actual agreement. that could take as many as four years, by which point his term will have ended. but there is a much quicker and faster way if he does want out. thats simply to ignore the commitments set in place by u.s. president barack obama. u.s. secretary of state john kerry wants to avoid this at all costs. >> no one has a right to m...

Fight. if there are areas where the new administration is doing something thats going to be good for the american people, find way to work with them. if you think its going to be a problem, then say so and make the argument. the touch stone is whats good for the american people. thats worked for me. it means at the end of the day and at the end of eight years, i can look back and say that i consistently did what i thought was best. doesnt mean you dont make mistakes, but it means youre being tru...

Principles even if its a hard fight. if there are areas where the new administration is doing something thats going to be good for the american people, find a way to work with them. if you think its going to be a problem, then say so and make the argument. the touch stone is whats good for the american people. and thats worked for me. it means that at the end of the day and at the end of eight years i can look back and say that i consistently did what i thought was best. doesnt mean you dont mak...

Respected national sovereignty, allowed for the flur ring of global commerce and respected rights and liberties. this order has resulted in the longest period of peace among the worlds major powers, broad based economic growth that created mass middle classes in the west, the revival of europe and development of poor countries lifting hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. it also encouraged the spread of more freedom to more people than ever before in history. the american role in all o...

Watch how the united statess closest allies have real concerns and consternations. and some are celebrating. it is a warning. >> it is interesting how donald trump sees, hes talked about a lot of the relationships. sort of transactional as opposed to, first a national security standpoint or an historic standpoint. it is about a deal. it is about, were not, theyre not paying enough. it is not an unfair situation. >> you put your finger on it. the people in europe ive talked to, particularly easte...

If theyre competent and qualified and effective is to be honest brokers in the white house. thats what theyre there for. theyre not there to be advocates, generally. theyre not there to be partisans, ideologues. the ones who do the job very well are the ones who lay out the range of options, filter down the range of options that are available to the president, lay them out in an honest, brokerish way an let the president make the choice among those option, which is why in general, when youre put...

Evidence castillo ever tried to remove his gun from his pocket. also making news, two u.s. officials tell the associated press that the conductor in the september transit crash in hoboken, new jersey, suffered from undiagnosed sleep apnea. thomas gallagher was diagnosed after the crash. ntsb tells nbc news it is investigated possible undiagnosed medical impairments with the engineer that may have contributed to the accident. the train plowed into the hoboken station twice the speed limit going. ...

Yesterday. >> at least i got the umbrella. im getting there. baby steps. all right. last month we told you that acclaimed singer/songwriter bob dylan won the nobel prize for literature, but for days it following the announcement, he kept everyone in suspension. yesterday the swedish academy released a statement saying they heard from dylan that he had pre-existing commitments and would not be able to come to stockholm. who does that? according to the academy, dylans only requirement to claim t...

Theyre not there to be partisans, ideologues. the ones who do the job very well are the ones who lay out the range of options, filter down the range of options that are available tohe president, lay them out in an honest, brokerish way an let the president ke the choice among those option, which is why in general, when youre putting together a white house staff and putting together a good one, youre looking for someone there who is not going to be heavy-handed. not someone who has profound passi...

Jared kushner. "the wall street journal" reporting this morning he could end up with a senior advisory role in the white house. you worked in administrations. you think thats a good idea? to have a presidents son-in-law working maybe in the west wing? >> well, its a good idea to have people around you you trust. i dont know jared well. ive met him. but my sense is hes a very bright guy and more importantly donald trump trusts him impriss italy. he played a big role in the campaign. i think there...