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Doesnt sit right with people. >> i did mention a promise he made he was going to be very transparent. this white house log thing, i think im just speaking anecdotically after having gone to ohio for the weekend to see my family i didnt think white resonate very much, because i didnt think people knew about white house logs, but i was asked about it by a number of people why would they do this, robert? >> i dont know. the only thing i can think of is that the reality is that every president befor...

You have rebels who are holding out with their lives at stake who need to know that help is on the way. you need to signal to them what you are going to do and when youre going to do it and there is an immense amount of power that comes from being able to do that. donald trump has rejected that kind of logic. >> julian, i went back and read the presidents inaugural address and probably 40 words about the rest of the world. an american-first strategy. how do his supporters likely view what is hap...

Charlie dent and he said today he basically doesnt think they can handle this investigation. listen to this. >> what i think should happen right now is the senate should lead this discussion and this investigation of the russian meddling into the election. i think thats where it is. its unfortunate we are where we are in the house and there isnt a house report on the intelligence and the russian meddling and we have to turn our eye to the senate. >> what do you say to charlie dent? >> charlie de...

Campaign associates. he says he believes that they exist but that the fbi director is withholding them from the congressional committees. koonce of course doesnt sit on the senate intelligence committee so thats an important point of clarification. but clearly, this is an issue that has consumed members on the hill. its clearly consumed in some ways the trump administration, the president himself of course this morning tweeting about it here from his winter white house inmar-a-lago. >> when it c...

To have to drive our talk about in the coming days. >> bill: so, you got a peek at it. >> yes. >> bill: for president bush the younger, there were about four people who crafted it, including himself, vcs agitating and suggesting. i assume it would be the same for president trump, right? i think president obama had a few more people helping him do it. the president doesnt sit there at the computer and knock it out himself. he doesnt do that. >> no. [laughs] we would all be so lucky to have that t...

I thought this would be a space where he would try out certain policy positions and really start planting the seeds for the conversation that hes hopefully going to have. >> youre talking about the biggest address of the presidency. >> and one of his advisers said president trump is determined to capture the sunny optimism of reagan -- >> eay yi yi. >> -- to temper the populist anger reflected in his core policies. >> ay yi yi. >> lucy! >> dont compare yourself to reagan. he might not have the g...

Reagan -- >> ay yi yi. >> -- to temper the populist anger reflected in his core policies. >> lucy! >> dont compare yourself to reagan. he might not have the greatest policies but he knew how to communicate. even if people made fun of his acting in bedtime for bonzo, he was great in "dark victory." this presidential jazz just doesnt sit well on him. and it keeps going off script. thats where i think hes really going to have a danger in this next address. even if theres stuff right in front of him...

Visas that were issued. that would represent about 1 1/2 of 1%. i dont know why theres the de -- discrepancy. >> we understand the president will be wheels up for florida? >> he left the white house a short time ago. if he havent left yet, he will soon. i believe he has. its a short flight from here to andrew and on to the big blue bird and off down south. he will spent the weekend at mar-a-lago. its his first team sincing melania and his son, baron since the inauguration. he will spend a lot of...

A ban the president claims is "working nicely." last hour i spoke to trumps former adviser jack kingston about the travel ban. >> a president might not ask everybodys permission because he just wants to move along with it as you know washington resists change. this week and this administration has been about implementing a number of new policies and doing it quickly so they can get off to the right start fulfilling a number of campaign promises but the other thing is we know donald trump is the ...

As though this white house avoided consulting with homeland security or even state department about this executive order before putting into place and that this order was not thoroughly vetted. do you agree or disagree with that? >> well, i think that sometimes a president might not ask everybodys permission because he wants to move along with it. as you know, washington resists change this week and this administration has been about implementing a number of new policies and doing it quickly so ...