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President says is that one doesnt know if there is meaning behind it or if its just stuff that the president makes up. >> the greater meaning -- the greater meaning is that he lies. he lies just for the hell of it sometimes. he lies sometimes because he doesnt remember it and he just says stuff. he lies sometimes because he has to get out of a jam. he lies copiously and all the time. this is not some ideological statement im making. >> do you think that anything comey said either in the book or ...

And we saw that with the u.n. sanctions. michael anton, who is the national security council spokesperson resigned. he wasnt in the loop too. perhaps he could have kept nikki haley abreast of a very fluid decision-making process on the sanctions. weve just seen a number of other people who have left. rob porter, who was the staff secretary, who would have double this. gary cohn, and then hope hicks, who is one of the presidents trusted aides. so its just this big vacuum of people who arent neces...

Paperback on may 1st. same great content, less to carry. so we welcome both of you. nancy, how big -- encapsulize your reporting for us in this way. how big a moment is this right now as we speak? >> well, this is a big moment of transition in the white house. theres just a number of key top staffers that have left in the last few months, and it just means that theres fewer people to, as you said, keep people in the loop on policy decisions. and we saw that with the u.n. sanctions. michael anton...

Who he is talking with. there are people that the chief of staff is not vetting that are giving input. my staff here make sure im meeting with people that arent crackpots. he gets input at 11:00 at night, say, he comes in the next morning and has a different mindset. some of it i would attribute to the constant chaos and the way this decision-making process is or isnt. >> that is the sound bite kacie hunt was talking about a mu minutes ago. republican bob corker yesterday seemed to double down o...

Generated much of the policy. right? so -- and you find, you know, a lot of movement, right? one day were doing this, the next day were doing that. for a chief of staff its got to be a nightmare that at night there are people calling in from all around the country. the chief of staff doesnt know hes talking with -- there are people that the chief of staff -- my staff is sitting back there, they spent all week spending all week making sure im not meeting with people that are crack pots. he comes ...

Actions are favorable to the president? >> well, absolutely. see, you cant have it both ways. youre talking about james comey, the reason why his decision-making process was flawed is because he usurped the power of the attorney general. see, he was all the things that your prior guest was talking about, i debris, he was formerly a prosecutor, the top prosecutor in the land. top prosecutor at fdny. but when he was the head of the fbi, he was an investigator who was under the umbrella of loretta ...

Rigged system. when comey announced the reopening of the case in october, the president said it took guts for comey to do that. is trumps opinion of comey based on whether or not his actions are favorable to the president? >> well, absolutely. see, you cant have it both ways. youre talking about james comey, the reason why his decision-making process was flawed is because he usurped the power of the attorney general. see, he was all the things that your prior guest was talking about, i debris, h...

Where shes sort of a defacto secretary of state because there is nobody in place there. so she is kind of forward facing person in terms of syria and foreign policy right now. so well see what happens. >> take a listen to madeleine albright former ambassador to the united states about the disconnect -- and the disconnect on this. >> i feel sorry for nikki haley. she has been very tough up there making points and makes clear she represents the president and all of a sudden shes put into this ridi...

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Ambassador, thats a position you held goes on sunday television and says the treasury is going to announce sanctions within russia and shes contradicted by the president of the the united states and his press secretary the next day. how does that stand? >> i was surprised. the truth is there should be coordination and its a sign of a look of coordination and decision making process. the ambassador at the u.n. is instructed and also a member of the principles committee. i was ploblown away this h...