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I think from his point of view, one adviser yesterday, from his point of view this is all going quite well. he is focussing on the issues that campaigned on. particularly the travel ban. making america safe again. >> right. hes had a complicated relationship with conservatives over the last two years but hes very much going to go in and expect their support for the agenda that hes laying out. >> i want to talk about the other big headline and that was steve ban nonspeaking yesterday, we havent h...

There all day yesterday and there was a lot of talking about celebrating the american culture and celebrating diversity and celebrating what that means and so -- >> what does it mean? what does diversity mean? >> there were people of all shapes, sizes and colors there and, you know, a lot of it goes to the heart of american exceptionalism. that is important to the people that attend it. were talking about grass root conservatives and people part of the political process and theyre very, you know...

Do as we said in the last segment is make sure we stay on the policy and not the man. he is a wrecking ball. hes chaotic, behaves like a child and is a distraction and the more we follow him and his 4:00 a.m. tweets the less were focussing on all the major issues. he has half of goldman sachs in his or bit. he says hes going to bring back coal miraculously after 50 years right. >> the most amazing thing on the policy side with mr. stone, i kind of forgot oh yeah they ran the campaign, the jobs, ...

Congressional investigations, very different things. >> they are very different things. but one thing to keep in mind is that when nixon was forced out of office, when clinton was impeached, congress, the house of representatives was in control of the opposition party. and here republicans are in charge, and they are not inclined to investigate donald trump, and you see that throughout these tumultuous three weeks we have seen, and thats a major distinction that will help trump a great deal. >> ...

Solution. thats why the u.s. break in policy is such a big deal. it also means the white houses middle east policy has yet to be fully formulated where, thats something that netanyahu will want input on and our diplomats have already put input on. that is something these two leaders netanyahu and trump have a chance to clear, a chance for formulate here. importantly, though, this meeting, this press conference is happening before the meeting, which is to say its before any substantive discussion...

Prime minister netanyahus song on settlements, moving to jerusalem, hating the iran nuclear deal, he has moved away from a lot of those positions since becoming president. what do we expect to hear today? >> thats right, wolf. while all the issues regarding israel are going to be top of mind here at the this news conference in the east room of the white house, it does seem, wolf, in recent days there is blood in the swamp. that if you observe what is happening inside the administration, its almo...

>> all right. a lot of people going back to work now. [ applause ] >> all right. so we needed to go to that. this is the very first bill that the president has signed there. so there you have that. lets get back to this story. jovial atmosphere there in the oval and the issue, dave, let me bring in you for this is that thus far president trump has been 100% silent on this issue of you know his now former nsa advisor michael flynn though he did tweet this quote the real story is why are there so ...

Public was literally two hours after so the-called access hollywood tape came out. clearly they were trying to influence against clinton for trump. and then third, the area that includes mr. flynn, what are the cases of contacts between either campaign and were focussing now on the trump campaign, trump campaign and russian officials before the election, and now even in the aftermath, after the election. >> so what are you investigating? are you investigating the investigators? is this pure over...

Are so many other things on his plate. hes got the travel ban. he needs to find some way to get that accepted. and then theres north korea with the missile test. >> i think its safe to say for donald trump, the campaign has never ended. this is the same sort of rhetoric weve seen tfor him at every campaign stop. he would say to the media, youre not panning the camera to the size of the support groups, youre only focussing on the protesters. hes still keeping this up. every time he goes on the ro...

Three potential fixes that could be seen in a new executive order. the ban does not apply to legal residents with green cards. outlined specific due process protections and refine the language on religion so it doesnt create what some are saying is an impression of a ban by focussing on minority religions being given a preference. >> i dont think it could change the impact on sploumz because we know what the president and vice president had said before the election, and that was cited by the nin...