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Could possibly imagine by those relationships, by standing by our friends, allies and allegiances. when you start to deteriorate that, bad actors will fill the void. chinas expansionism. the russians, chinese, iranians are all looking at this as huge opportunities and it scares the rest of the world in a way i havent seen in a while. >> i was going to ask you that question. if our allies are nervous, i imagine there are adversaries. i want to ask you this. the president has enormous power in f...

Stone wall congress. i dont think that they can hide behind redactions. so i think at the end of the day, the documents will see the light of day. >> trish: tom, what do you think were going to learn? >> i think were going to learn about what was going on behind the scenes at the department of justice and the fbi in the year 2016. they had a lot on their plate. they had on going investigations and they made the decisions that they did. i think these documents will cast the light on the decision-...

The presidents state of mind? >> his state of mind is fine. if he went to the gridiron last night, which i did and others did, he was very relaxed. he was self deprecating. he had some very good humorous lines. i dont see any problem with his behavior at all. >> okay. but if others are trying to -- john thune, the pretty high-ranking republican senator, especially in reaction to the tariffs, hes sitting there going every day is an adventure. this lack of working with allies to inform them whats ...

Businesses is to put the money in the business. >> neil: what do you think of ron johnson of wisconsin saying the big boys, theyre benefitting from this, the big companies, not the small and medium companies. im not voting for it. >> i dont see how you make that delineation. im a small business owner but ive run companies of all different sizes. the calculus and the time you spend in the decision making progress is the same whether youre a 3 or a $4 billion revenue company or a $100 million reve...

Cetera? >> well, i think the president is -- there is a lot that people comment on that hes not going to change. and its putting the right people around him with the right chemistry, understanding each others weaknesses and strengths. you know, i shared a story with one of the people on the plane earlier when i first came into the military, a lesson of general patriua, work hard, play hard, love the one youre with. i would love to see in a highly functioning organization you love the people your...

Because of the russia investigation. whats it like to make -- go through that decision-making progress to decide, yes, youre going to accept the honor of that nomination. so we will learn a lot more about christopher ray, the new fbi nominee, tomorrow. but at that confirmation hearing tomorrow, and also at the upcoming senate hearings on the russia investigation that we are expecting in the next couple of weeks, watch for frepublican senators to try to mount a counterattack on the main narrative...

2016 cycle. but at a time when we have such little public trust in our institutions, we need to be restoring that kind of public trust and not eroding it. the timing of those in the midst of an investigation is troubling. >> martha: rod rosenstein, you will be in a meeting with him. what you want to ask him? >> i am the chairman of the oversight subcommittee, so ive been in contact with the deputy attorney general since last week. he will testify before all senators in a classified setting on th...

Koran. does the president find that case troubling? does he plan to -- >> john, does he give you this question? >> im sorry. >> i dont have any updates on that particular case. i would ask you to check with the state department. >> sean? >> thanks, sean. i want to clarify on jeffs question, in a yes or no fashion. is the president of the united states currently recording conversations taking place in the oval office? >> i think the point they made with respect to the tweet is the president has n...

Constantly clashing in terms of personal its but also in ideas. >> could they find common ground here? >> maybe. but they need to do it quickly and to rebeccas point, you have competing styles and ideologies, on substance neither of these guys is like a small government guy. if they go for infrastructure policy maybe that is something to work upon but in politics, find a common foil. in the campaign they could mutually attack. now they dont have that. they need something. >> correct me if im wro...

Affecting his decision-making progress about whether or not to get in is the prospect of his viability as a candidate, the question of whether or not he could win, polling like this, which shows him beating republicans more handedly than hillary clinton does it has to be seen as a nudge. there are two other things to watch for here. one is the other democratic candidate who was happily, completely confounding pundits in the beltway press on the democratic side and that is bernie sanders. bernie ...