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But im not going to say it will cause a recession. any time you start playing around with retaliatory type trade things is very likely the other side is going to play, too. thats been the history. the problem for trade -- and this is why you need what i would call an instructor in chief as president, because you cannot blame anybody that lost their job because industry -- their industry moved abrosz because there was a comparative advantage for some other country. you cant expect any of them to ...

Comparative advantage of some other country in producing it. but i dont get down every time i go to walmart and buy them i dont say oh, thank god for free trade. >> does it worry you then to hear donald trump say he will scrap nafta which hell have the power to do as president? >> well well see what happens. it is true there will be with the republicans in control of the senate and the house -- >> you dont think hell do it? >> well you know he has to get the house and senate -- he has to get sup...

Be coming in the window. chairman dunford and i recognize that in principle, there are alternatives to the strategic approach we have adopted to drive isil from syrian and iraqi territory, including the introduction of a significant foreign ground force. hypothetically, international, but including u.s. forces. even in the absence of capable motivated local ground forces, while we certainly have the capability to furnish a u.s. component to such a ground force, we have not recommended this cours...

Understand the logic in your statement about, said, well, certainly have the capability to furnish a u.s. component in such a ground force, that we have not recommended because it would be significant undertaking. i agree. we would have to do it largely by ourself. i do not agree. it would be ceding other comparative advantage? we would be, and meaning, in medium term it would seem to americanize the conflicts, somehow does anybody really believe that if the united states struck back against peo...

Facebooks and the twitters. >> the facebooks. >> napchats all the inner webs. so how much stock would you place on a facebook poll like that? >> i dont think the facebook poll will tell you what the entire country thinks about or all the viewers, but it will tell you that -- its a measure of enthusiasm. it shows sanders had engagement. >> look at that number, 75%. nobody has come close. >> i think its a sign that he has struck a chord, which is why he has those crowds out there. and thats what i...

The united states. this memo that one of our cnn contributors just received saying that the way to beat hillary clinton was to go after her top vulnerability, character issues. youve seen the memo. i dont know if you -- >> i dont recall putting ryans name on it. >> it was confidential. >> look, i dont think anything in that memo should be surprising to anyone. you saw the strategy executed by the campaign and the contrasts that barack obama drew. i would point out those were different times, tho...

He said, you know, there are a lot of issues on social justice and racism in the united states. there are problems with hispanics and the african-american community. i dont know that he was thinking of primaries in this kind of interview. >> you know, one of the ways that i see bush particularly negotiating this is he has a particular comparative advantage. he speaks fluent spanish, has a family thats latino. he lives in mexico. hes comfortable in that setting. at the same time its striking to m...

He knows that people are going to look at this, translate it and see what he has to say. one of the fist questions i asked was whether his children were ever victims of discrimination. if so, how did he deal with it. he told me they were. there was a time when one of his sons came up to north florida to play baseball with his team and other people because of the color of his skin were making fun of him. how he deals with that. he said, you know, there are a lot of issues on social justice and ra...

Kind of interview. >> you know one of the ways that i see bush particularly negotiating this is he has a particular comparative advantage. he speaks fluent spanish, has a family thats latino. he lives in mexico. hes comfortable in that setting. at the same time its striking to me hes foreclosed on a path to citizenship. i wonder how strongly the policy red line ises are nating with folks watching your broadcast, consuming spanish language media. >> its a big deal. i asked him because some years ...

Nothing? >> obviously wed prefer to have more cooperation. first and foremost, congress should avoid further self-inflicted wounds. the sequester is slowing growth. its cutting key investments. the drama we had over the debt ceiling in august 2011 hurt a fragile recovery. congresss first role should be to further avoid self-inflicted wounds. >> let me ask you a personal front on this issue. whos your first phone call on republican side? >> individually, ive found many of them helpful to discuss ...