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This behavior. diplomatically it hasnt worked. so obviously we have to apply some level of force to do that. not a comprehensive attack on all of irans military, which would lead to war. we are smart enough to avoid but we must act responsibly if we intend to stop the destruction of the economy. >> martha: the pentagon does not agree with you, but? >> i dont know where the pentagon is but ive heard some things that concern me. maybe steering and emphasizing the risk involved which normally steer...

Thats why i think were unlikely to see a big push on gun reform in the coming weeks. >> patrick? >> beto orourke is not right now a leading candidate for the nomination. the democratic candidates are looking to him to be a moral conscious on this. if the republicans try to hang that quote around their necks months down the line, i think there will be a response that beto orourke coming out of the el paso gun pamassacre was talkg passionately. the republicans risk a cynical game here. they only t...

Biden, a mistake, jorge ramos asked a very challenging question about immigration and whether or not he would knowledge the policy of depo deportation was a mistake and biden said i was the vice president. the clear implication was i was not the decisionmaker there. he cant do that. you cant have it both ways, run essentially as the partner of the president and claim credit for his radar and then run away from it. i think when castro made that point biden quickly realized he was in deep water he...

Group of people in the room when they decided what meth toodologo use. >> how disappointing is it for you to hear them say we now have to delve into this problem. theyve been delving into this problem for years. when the rubber hits the road and they actually make big lists like this, nom woment womens l not diversity lists but lists, and theres not even a woman as a decision-maker, doesnt that devalue womens groups and turn them into the pink ghetto? >> absolutely it does. as soon as you saw wh...

Iraq, to north korea, to saudi arabia. you need a filter who talks to all those people and says, mr. president, this is what your advisers are saying. when the president makes a decision, you need a filter in the other direction. the president has decided this. hey, secretary of state, heres your piece of the puzzle. the serious part of this is how can you be a filter as the national security adviser for the big decision-maker, the president, when one of the biggest people under you, the secreta...

Is a legalistic thing, but its not strictly legal, because were talking about congress acting in its capacity under the constitution to do what amounts to the indictment of a president when they decide to impeach, if they ever do. and this is something speaker pelosi has obviously, as i have mentioned, she is the key decision maker on that piece of it. for context, this is how she sounded before this week, before things hit the majority caucus, as were calling it. take a look. >> reporte >> if a...

To include things like foreign travel. that rubbed some people inside the white house the wrong way. in fact, trump world has viewed her suspiciously or wearily. she cried when trump won. shes not someone that is a trump loyalist. shes sort of a late convert. nevertheless a stunning departure in the white house. >> trace: you talk about a lot about seeing the president with hope hicks. she left the white house awhile back. so now this is a woman that kind of has the presidents ear so to speak. s...

But when it comes to energy stuff and climate stuff -- because we are still the worlds biggest economy -- there is still no more important decision maker than the united states of america when it comes to these things. and at this point, with our current leadership, most of what the rest of the world is doing on this subject when it comes to us is theyre laughing at us and occasionally taunting us. >> windmills. if it doesnt blow, you can forget about television for that night. >> mr. president,...

Nuclear risk taking, what the arctic needed was the worlds first stop of putting a nuclear power plant onnen to en ttop od floating it on ice, your dreams have come true, thats all just happened. when it comes to energy stuff and climate stuff, because we are still the worlds biggest economy, there is still no important decisionmaker than the united states of america when it comes to these things and at this point with our current leadership, most of what the rest of the world is doing on this s...

Wheeler spent 14 years serving under senator james enrof, a renowned climate change denier who once used a snowball to try to disprove global warming. after the senate, wheeler spent nine years as a lobbyist consultant working with more than 20 clients including a trade associations and the largest private coal mining company in the united states. >> i did work for a coal company, and im not ashamed of the work i did for the coal company. the number one issue they asked me to work on was to shor...