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>> a lot of times when we talk to republicans about whats going on with the russia investigation, they like to bring up hillary clinton. but if we stick to the russia investigation, you dont think there is nervousness for people out there running for congress, among people in the west wing? >> i truly dont. what i do see, what i do know and bazle is exactly right about policy. we have to have, as republicans, we have to have a set of accomplishments in terms of policy that we can point to. and t...

Access to the nuclear codes? >> i dont want to go into -- were going to be in our hearing process, certainly we will address the fact that he with only one other person on the defense side has tremendous powers, and, you know, i have a -- again, i dont want to carry this much further. look, i express concerns a few weeks ago about his leadership, and just his stability and the lack of desire to be competent on issues and understand, and, you know, nothing has changed. again, i dont want to make ...

And legislative. they are struggling with health care and tax reform with an uncertain future that will evolve into a tax cut. tax reform is revenue neutral. they have been able to get more done through executive action. legislative action is more lasting. and to davids point from a moment ago, the conventional republican agenda less regulation and spending and less taxes where they have been able to consolidate and support and move forward on the executive side and regulatory. then the distinct...

Theyre doing, but its a total and complete embarrassment. >> when you say rattle the door handle, i assume the door was locked, right? >> we dont know whether it was locked. the intruder did not get into the white house. but to be able to touch the white house, come on. thats why we spend billions of dollars of personnel and dogs and technologies and fences and under cover people and video, surveillance, and yet the person is able to get up close to the white house and spend 17 minutes before he...

Committee for his nomination for deputy attorney general. i am urging him at that hearing to say he will appoint a special prosecutor to look into this. its on the executive side that the full investigation is done, and any criminality is put forward. >> let me ask you about this specific charge, what you were just talking about with president trump, the idea that there may have been a court order surveillance of some form or another. your part of whats called -- so many gangs on senate side -- ...

Judiciary committee for his nomination for deputy attorney general. i am urging him at that hearing to say that he will appoint a special prosecutor to look into this because its on the executive side that any investigation is done and any criminality is put forward. >> let me ask you about this specific charge, what you were just talking about with president trump, this idea that there may have been a court order surveillance of some form or another. youre part of whats called so many gangs on ...

Feet to the fire and they have said they will look for another alternative if he doesnt fully pursue this. but there is another point to this. the other of course is whether the law was broken and whether the trump campaign was complicit in working with the russians to influence the election. that needs a special prosecutor. rod rosen steen, hes a career man. he will be before the judiciary committee for his nomination for deputy attorney general. i am urging him at that hearing to say he will a...

>> great question. the office of legal counsel is lawyer for on the executive side, on the day of the order saying they approved it in legality and form. what they did not release was a full legal analysis. the question about whether jared kushner could be able to serve in the white house, they issued 14 page memorandum on this. they didnt do this on this. -- without knowingly brokieakin precedence. theres very good precedent for strong national security power. thats the argument they made. we a...

Court and argue thats not what is driving his policy. >> talking about leaving everything on the table, it may not work when you talk about the bureaucracy there in the beltway. we have been getting a lot of leaks. this is all of those underneath in this federal bureaucracy. all those who may not support what hes doing and they can do something about it because theyre plugged into the processes. will this bureaucracy adjust to him or adjust to them to get something done? >> i think civil servant...

Disappointed conservatives were with chief justice roberts after the obamacare decisions. many of them abandoned him and were more critical of roberts and that liberals have been on other decisions. so this pick has to meet a lot of check points for that party. >> absolutely. and its different i think than some of the other choices donald trump has made on the executive side where steve bannon drew a lot of criticism. we have a system of government that has a lot of white house aides selected wi...