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Jake. youre assuming that the president knew that last piece you talked about. i dont know that he knew that. neither do you. the fact of the matter, as i said before, this meeting was ill advised. it was not something that should have happened. had they reached out to don mcgann, the campaign attorney or white house counsel, he would have told them that. everybody in retrospect knows its a bad idea. lets not jump ahead of ourselves. we dont know that the president knew about the e-mails or cont...

Continued to light these issues on fire again and again, its the same guy who is still sitting in the big chair. >> the president of the united states. thats exactly right, refusing to listen, you know, to the conclusions from intelligence agencies like the one that you were a part of. >> very true. >> jonathan, lets talk about this. there are reports that white house senior policy adviser steven miller could be in line to join the communication shop. one of the pieces of the puzzle may be repla...

Which was aired over here about two weeks ago and gave a sort of personal view of what she meant to them and various things like that. that didnt tell the whole story either, of course, but it was a very nice thing to do and something that they felt was important to do 20 years on and something they have also made clear theyre not going to do again. >> as far as viewership, what is the expectation, what are you hearing from people about the buzz around this? will a lot of people be tuning in, do...

>> well, i agreed with you up until the very last part of it, jake. you are assuming that the president knew about that last piece that you talked about. i dont know that he knew that, and neither do you. but the fact of the matter is ive said before, this meeting was ill-advised. this is not something that should have happened. and i believe if they had reached out to the campaign attorney, now white house counsel, don mccgann, he would have told them that. in retrospect. but lets not jump ahea...

And pull people out of major law firms. they are gunning for our president. we have them by the short hairs. and its oh, you know, she is a nice lady. >> i think you are right. when republicans had their chance, remember there are inspectors general coming to conclusions and we still didnt pursue it and insist whether it be fast and furious or benghazi or the clinton email scandal. none of that. it was very, very frustrating. the duly issued subpoenas that are not followed through and the deep s...

They are gunning for our president. we have them by the short hairs. and its oh, you know, she is a nice lady. >> i think you are right. when republicans had their chance, remember there are inspectors general coming to conclusions and we still didnt pursue it and insist whether it be fast and furious or benghazi or the clinton email scandal. none of that. it was very, very frustrating. the duly issued subpoenas that are not followed through and the deep state is allowed to continue to do it and...

And pull people out of major law firms. they are gunning for our president. we have them by the short hairs. and its oh, you know, she is a nice lady. >> i think you are right. when republicans had their chance, remember there are inspectors general coming to conclusions and we still didnt pursue it and insist whether it be fast and furious or benghazi or the clinton email scandal. none of that. it was very, very frustrating. the duly issued subpoenas that are not followed through and the deep s...

A primary 30 years earlier. those intertwining connections the generals arent part of. i think thats a limitation. they are also driven toward trying to get an objective reality done rather than compromise. but i think at the end of the day, look, general kelly, for example had seven years dealing with congress for the united states marine corps and he was an executive assistant to gates and panetta. its not as if he is unaware of the ground and the alchemy that goes on in washington, d.c. >> ja...

>> do you draw any conclusions on whether being apolitical in a west vang that we already in this hour described as a circular firing squad, do you think it is better armor than most? >> i think it is better armor but it is not fool proof. i mean, weve already seen -- a lot of us wonder when h.r. mcmaster was named national security adviser how long it would take him to butt heads with steve bannon and sort of the nationalist wing and that faction thats very strong in the white house. all of the...

Public opinion in his favor, at least until these investigations have concluded, and there are some concrete conclusions to be drawn. donald trump has to look as good as he can for the public and try to help himself politically and the republican party as well. >> yeah, once there is a special counselor independent counsel, you never know how long these investigations can drag on and on. ken starrs investigation went on for four years against president bill clinton. john kirby, we also got thi...