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Resigning, running for other stuff. king in many ways has held the center against his own party, fighting the presidents tax cuts and ensuring health care funding for 9/11 first responders. with us is one of peter kings former colleagues, former congressman of florida. hes now an msnbc political analyst. and were happy to have you on because you seem like the perfect person to talk about this. somebody who knows what its like to serve and leave congress. king is telling kristen welker hes retiri...

Now. >> reporter: what to do next might be front and center for robert obrien, the u.s. hostage negotiator trump named as the new national security adviser. >> he did a tremendous job on hostage negotiation. really tremendous. like unparalleled. weve had tremendous success in that regard. >> reporter: one senior white house official said it shows trump wants a consensus builder, not a show-boater. a dig perhaps at predecessor john bolton, a well-known hawk. >> posture that will keep the american...

What do we know about the former hostage negotiator robert c. obrien. >> reporter: good morning, robert obrien the new national security adviser, president trump announcing this on twitter a few minutes ago. our colleague jeremy dimon got if you reporting. a senior official telling him effectively president trump wants a consensus builder and not somebody who is going to start fights. not a show boater. the president, of course, firing john bolton, the former national security adviser saying he ...

Killing, the human toll. they dont want to acknowledge it. but lets make one thing clear trump also focusing on border enforcement and the need on change the system alsoee appreciates as we all do that legal immigrants add tremendously and have consistently to the nations unfolding story. our economy and our culture. any media person who says differently about trump and what he believes is lying to you. the president also correctly understands that our safety, our security, our american culture ...

Even though joe biden claims to be the consensus builder, has left reality rebehind on immigration. >> i think that anyone who is in a situation where they need to -- regardless of documented or undocumented, we have an obligation. not people breaking down the gates. the biggest thing we have to do, just calm down the rhetoric. >> laura: i love it when they say tone down the hittoric, were winning. dan patrick and ed rendell former governor of pennsylvania. what is biden really offering? critici...

Democratic candidate. so it is a major question with joe biden in particular, can he bridge that divide and come across as a consensus builder in such an angry political environment. >> just yes or no, do you think he is running? >> you know, right now i do believe he is. he made some comments this week saying that his family is behind him and urging him to run. and that was one of the big questions, would his family support a bid for president. and we know that joe biden does want to be preside...

Brouhaha some are upset about former vice president joe biden calling current vice president mike pence decent? >> those wouldnt be the words i would use to describe current vice president mike pence. what folks need to understand about vice president joe biden is he has built himself as a consensus builder. he has worked across the aisle. he speaks highly of mike pence because he served with him. i dont know if that would play well with this new young crop of potential voters who are looking fo...

Michigan. those are key battleground states that are going to have to win this go-round. i think her midwest background is going to have wide-ranging appeal from a pragmatist perspective. she is going to try to build hers as a consensus builder. thats something the democratic party needs. i think part of the conversation needs to be where are we going to go as a party, as we move forward towards 2020? i think youve got the progressive wing, the democratic socialist wing, but this is more the pra...

Problem is a president to get things done in this constitutional republic needs to be a consensus builder, ceos arent wired that way. they make poor presidents. we havent had one, we had one and he is not good. i dont think were ready to try another. >> i want to mention schultzs policies. he wants to reduce the national deficit, something he comes back to over and over again, reduce expensive government programs, health care, he supports the aca, is focused on affordable health care for all ame...

Clinton was really empathizing with the questioner. >> yes, i remember during his presidency i was anchoring at cnn back then. we didnt see him that much on the domestic front but then again he rose to the occasion international internationally. we certainly know his achievements there with the reunification of germany and taking back kuwait from saddam hussein. he personally pulled together the coalition for the gulf war. >> he certainly did. he was a great collaborator, consensus builder. he l...