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And that language, like sometimes i think people may take that a little bit too literally. these are actually adult human beings who have agency in their own decision-making process and allegedly the right to free speech as well. and so when you see something like this, like this is something that a league that is more than 60% african-american, go down the line and ask all of these young men how much experience they have with circumstances like this and law enforcement. you know, the nfl -- of ...

Security. whats the definition of loyalty when it comes to american foreign policy and national security? what is it that it takes in order to be influential with donald trump given what we just learned about the iran decision and in the runup to north korea? >> ill give you a good example. one of the people that i write about in this piece is one of americas leading iran experts. she was somebody who had been celebrated by the departments of defense and state. she joined the government when geo...

Sanders said to me this morning that that original statement saying that the president had no involvement is correct and that the justice department was the one who denied the merger. now i should say here that this is sort of, in some ways, a little bit of a technically. the president made it clear that long ago that he was opposed to this merger. that was pretty well known at the time but the white house had specifically denied that he had any involvement in the decision-making process. that t...

The commerce department reported that u.s. factory orders rose in march. they have been up for seven of the last eight months. according to a recent cnn poll, 57% of americans feel that good things are happening, things are going well in the united states today. president trump didnt get us here, of course, just by rubber-stamping the policies of his predecessors. thank the good lord. instead what he does is he continually tests for theories, the conventional wisdom of the so-called experts, and...

Immediately the obama administration and probably john kerry said, oh, thats a violation of the logan act, that nobody has ever been prosecuted under. i dont think -- i cant imagine another secretary of state doing what john kerry is doing. i dont think theres a law that prevents that. the appropriate way to behave once you have left a job should indicate you shouldnt do it. >> weve seen the president do this with other issues. the omnibus spending bill where he will lay out a plan for taking on...

Exculpatory in nature about flynn and the information that actually went to their decision-making process, including how they investigated flynn, the fact that they couldnt get their story straight about what the basis of considering him to be a criminal suspect work. it just really, very depressing for somebody who is proud of having come from the justice department and working there for such a long time. some of the stuff they held back was actually public information that was out already. the...

Before. thanks very much, everybody. >> the president also taking aim at former secretary of state john kerry after reports that he has been engaging in below-the-radar contact with iranian and european leaders about the deal. the president saying john kerry has to get off the stage. john kerry cant get over the fact that he had his chance and blew it. stay away from negotiations, john. youre hurting our country. the president has been given a range of options on what to do from his advisers. im...

Flynn and the information that went to their decision-making process. including howow they investigatd flynn. the fact that they couldnt get their stories straightet about what the basis of considering him to be a criminal suspect were. and it just really-- very depressing for somebody who is proud of you know having come from the justice department and working there for such a long time. some of the stuff they held back was actually public information that was out already. but they didnt want t...

John bolton was part of the decision making process. why is john bolton in the drivers seat for a decision like this? >> because he performs well on television. im not joking when i say it. the president doesnt read resumes. he does cast calls. he looks to see who will best fit and whos going out there and making my argument? john bolton does it. there was a lot of folks who when the president was elected in the transition did recommend him. you may disagree with his policies, but at least he ha...

Of the trump administration with policy positions like this is whatever the internal decision-making process is. some of them, in moving away from positions the obama administration took, there is a public campaign. how they were planning on n establishing contact, its just not clear. i will note this. at the same time this outreach was being done that said sebastian gorka, adviser to the president, he was making public comments about ben rhodes and colin call as well. so theres been a consisten...