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Time when the trump administration is saying they want to put rocket boosters on 287g, the top law enforcement agent in one of the most populous counties in america, a county responsible for more deportations than any other county in the country they say no, were out, were not going to do it. joining us is harris county sheriff ed gonzalez. sheriff, thank you very much for joining us tonight. i appreciate your time, sir. >> hi, rachel, honor to be with you. >> i was expressing a moment ago there...

Agent in one of the most populous counties america, a county responsible for more deportations than any other county in the country they say no, were out, were not going to do it. joining us is harris county sheriff ed gonzalez. sheriff, thank you very much for joining us tonight. i appreciate your time, sir. >> hi, rachel, honor to be with you. >> i was expressing a moment ago there that some of the concerns about this program making local law enforcement into federal immigration enforcement au...

Does this guy do? >> sure, so there are a couple of different models for it. you can be the presidents chief strategic adviser like kissinger was for nixon, but more often the arch type is the brent skowcroft model, you are running the national security decision-making process, making sure the president is hearing from all of his cabinet secretaries, hearing a diversity of opinions and getting a diversity of options going forward, so youre running that process and making sure that the presidents...

>> west when you have a president who is running the country on an improvisational basis which i think we can pretty much accept. trump, himself, thinks that is one of his great strengths, he knows how to react to event in real-time and that his instincts are strong. then whoever can get in front of him, whoever can get his ear at a critical point in a decision-making process or get something so that he can ask a staffer, clearly has an advantage. that is always an advantage with presidents, wit...

Greater than they have been since any time since the end of the cold war. >> let me ask the question this way. how much confidence do you have in the current commander? chief? >> well, i worry. i worry about the presidents understanding of some of these issues, and his contradictory articulations, and i think the rollout of the, quote, immigration reform, was an example of a need for an orderly decision making process in the white house, and that, i think, is probably whats plaguing them more th...

Zbriefrmgts for one month into the trump presidency the new white house wants to show voters tangible progress. to that affect the white house sent about a long list of accomplishments this morning. a memo spread out after the entire press corps listing things the president has done in the first month. the administration still has a lot of convincing to do even among republicans. >> how much confidence do you have in the current commander in chief? >> well, i worry. i worry about your presidents...

That. im very pleased with the national security team that he has around him who are here in munich, by the way. and general mattis and general kelly and the vice president gave a very good speech today. but i worry about statements which upset our friends at a time when the strains on the european union and europeans are greater than they have been since any time since the end of the cold war. >> let me ask the question this way. how much confidence do you have in the current commander in chief...

That oversees this decision-making process that would i dont have see the confirmation hearing, he communicated that he received no knowledge who the nominee would be. what is also notable, and white house senior administration officials tell me is that what makes them confident with this pick versus andy puzders pick which was derailed is the fact that on three separate occasions acosta has been senate confirmed. right now he is the dean of the florida international univers y university. >> aga...

Administration. we have a unique president in terms of his background. thats fine. thats not prohibitive and it shouldnt exclude him from having run from office. the american people chose to elect him. thats fine. but what is not fine is the conflicts of interest that exist in his web that conflict with the decision-making process in any way not just by himself but those who he has appointed who will know of his interests globally and will have decision-making that hopefully will be pure. how do...

What weve seen so much is just a lot of political courts out there. hes trying to have it both ways. hes trying to pressure them, weigh in on this court case as its on going which is not the common route you normally see necessarily from a president, and yet he wants to put out his vigorous defense. like i said, at times i think he fell on the wrong side of the line. other times he was making a very strong argument. >> jeff zeleny, as david points out, its not typical for presidents to necessari...