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Priebus. sometimes the trade happens, sometimes it doesnt, but our reporting centers on two individuals if he goes and gary cohn who you know very well, one of the top officials at goldman sachs. and then you have david urban what who has experience in the rust belt. plead the efforts in the 2016 presidential campaign. but bigger than anything else, you know, is that this is a really tough job. white house chief of staff might be the toughest job in all of washington, including peing president. ...

President trump says $8 billion. the bill says $8 billion. its not enough. one compromise to be if you create high-risk pools for those with pre-existing conditions that arent getting it through the regular insurance, fund it and thats where subsidies belong. >> shannon: a number of insurers have been staying on the sidelines. were hearing from the ceo of blue shield of california. we oppose it. it raises the specter that the sickest and needest among us will lose access. even if you have insura...

Themselves. the problem was the interaction with the people and the dissemination of duties. how many people could actually talk to hillary clinton? or were able to interface with her regularly? >> you know, the problem for her that her campaign staff didnt have a lot of roots to her and abedin played such a role as a gate keeper. at the same time people who were friends and sorted associates that could access her directly and influence her thinking. so, the lines of communications to her were s...

This may look like an odd move to some. ive seen numerous things said really the department of justice is only authorized to control three specific grants which total fewer than $1 million. but politically its actually a smart p.r. battle. a really smart. all of this is waged in the battleground of the media. everybody knows this. this is where this case is won and where its fought. so politically it underscores the refusal of so many of these cities and their leaders to follow federal law where...

More from his staff. he had a sort of, lets get along ckumbaya. this presidents style to have multiple gate keepers. it worked in the private sector. kit work for him in the free world? >> your book is called the gate keepers. how they define a presidency. who do you see as the primary gate keeper? >> i think right now it is not clear that anybody is in charge. that anyone speaks for the president. and modern history has shown that every president learns often the hard way that you have to he sa...

Keep desperate forces in the white house in check. there should be desperate forces in the white house, they shouldnt agree because that would be bad for the white house, can reince do this job? >> with the way donald trump works, hes the ultimate decider and likes to have a fairly flat power structure underneath him. so people have speculated, some of the people who donald trump sounded out about potentially being a chief of staff over the last weeks and months, they have one that they can priv...

Now with the arrival of ivanka trump, that only -- in the west wing, that only can strengthen jareds hand and gary cohns hand and it could be close to the end of the bannon/priebus era in the trump administration. >> gabby, what about sources close to bannon that tell nbc hes not going anywhere, he wants to be there to make sure the campaign promises have a chance of becoming reality. but there are votes on capitol hill -- or are there votes to make that a reality? >> i think steve bannon sees h...

They are investigationing turmoil. joining me now is chris. the gate keeper. trying to find every presidency. your book could not be more timely. they said going in there was too more power centers this this white house and you didnt have reince priebus as a chief of staff. it is more complicated. what is your take away? >> its a formula for failure. one of the things that i learned in talking to the living chiefs of staff is that every president learns that you cannot govern effecti effective. ...

News uncovered that other officials? you seem to be really focused on who showed up where and what door they went in and how it happened. to answer your question, kwrerb its appropriate for a member of congress to contact someone who has contacted him, according to some reports. i dont know the answer to that. if youre asking sit common for a member to come here. he wassen hiding or roaming. he was asked to come over by an individual. he came over. which happens daily. he was asked to go somewhe...

Said. >> joining us now, rick francona. thanks for being with us again, sir. this job, national security adviser, give people a sense of how important this job is. >> this is the man what runs the national intelligence meetings. all of the meetings between the secretary of state, the secretary of defense, theyre chaired by the national security adviser. he is a real -- hes the gate keeper to the president. anything important that goes to the president has anything to do with national security, g...