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With. >> sometimes i wonder whether the sort of know nothing -- the celebration of the know nothings, whether in brittain saying we are experts. no experts. weve heard enough from experts. whether its the united states where donald trump clearly is not prepared for any meeting he takes. his own staff members say so. politics is always about contrasts and you want to have a stark contrast with the person youre running against. im just wondering whether this is a phase that were going to get throu...

Its hard not to wonder whether democratic congressman john garamendi has a bit of a crystal ball. 48 hours ago congressman garamendi introduced legislation that would block president trump from raiding funds otherwise put away for disaster relief. the kind of disaster relief that his state, california, relies on to fight wildfires and floods. that was two days ago. today congressman garamendi doubled down saying, quote, i introduced legislation this week in anticipation of this news that would p...

Read and doesnt go home with huge briefing books as you were talking about president obama, hes also meeting privately one-on-one with vladimir putin and kim jong un and, you know, who are obviously very knowledgeable on the issues that are important to them so i guess thats the big concern. hes not really doing research. he has all of this executive time. yes, maybe hes talking to people on the phone but then hes meeting without any experts with his contemporaries in other countries. >> we know...

On. >> take for example, south korea agreeing to boost its financial contribution to the cost of keeping u.s. troops there to nearly $1 billion. as long as the job is getting done, should it matter what the presidents schedule looks like. >> no, its just a question. i agree with you. i dont know if youre not -- if youre not meeting with people and youre not reading and were told he doesnt like memos, you know, on what basis are you making these decisions? >> for a president that has a leadership...

Why he chose not to get his presidential brief, his daily brief and heres how he answered the question. >> im like a smart person. i dont have to be told the same thing in the same words every single day for the next eight years. could be eight years. eight years. i dont need that. but i do say if something should change, let us know. >> weve been down this path before, erin. the danger involved with the president who doesnt read, doesnt consume information, doesnt ask hard questions, you know, ...

Interpreting it as oh, theyre telling me that the media mischaracterized it. well, thats not what they said. i am sure thats not what they said. i can see how the president could take what he wanted to hear away from a conversation like that. >> i mean, thats -- i guess thats what it is. he wants it to fit what he want -- wants it to fit. before he decided to say coats, haspel, and christopher wray, chairman of the fbi was ere misquoted, abby phillip asked him whether he still has confidence in ...

I come in please, no. go to the desert? people are going to die. >> we started obviously off with the interview that john kelly gave to the los angeles times. and i want to continue on that track and then i want to circle back to the illegal immigration conversation and shutdown because theres so much to parse out in the hour that were together. so i want to read something from peggy noonan who wrote in "the wall street journal" with regards to people leaving the white house and what they are or...

Mike pompeo i have a lot of trust for. very sharp. good, solid leader. very knowledgeable on the issues. gina haspel from the cia. we can go on and on with some very qualified people that are around the president. he continues to pick very qualified people, i think well be in good shape. its going to be the presidents choice at any point whether he listens to the advisers around him. the president is always the decision maker. >> i hear you, but does it bother you at all we now have a former sec...

Forwa thwarted in pursuit of your own gain. >> i was going to say the public has also seen at the same time yet a new merry go round with people coming and going with kelly looking like hes going out the door. but people are talking tonight about the way the president called his former secretary of state dumb as a rock. it is unbelievably insulting. and along with that, the markets are continuing to go down. this has been holding the presidents popularity up, the sense their economy is strong. w...

It is unbelievably insulting. and along with that, the markets are continuing to go down. this has been holding the presidents popularity up, the sense their economy is strong. were down at the negative territory now for the year, and there are a lot of people watching that and the presidents fortunes are tied to that as well as to the whole mueller issue. >> also, the former secretary of state, you know, says what we have been reporting for a long time, but, you know, that the president doesnt ...