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Said he didnt remember asking andrew mccabe who he had voted for and said if he had, he didnt think that was really -- there was no problem with that. do you believe there was a problem with that and if you do, can you explain to people why you might have a problem with that? >> you mean, if asking a civil servant how they voted? >> yeah. >> yeah, i mean, look, ive been in the u.s. congress now for nearly 14 years. i cant remember any time i asked a civil servant how he or she voted or for that ...

Good evening, sir. thank you for coming on. >> don, good to be with you. >> a source is telling cnn that the white house is trying to publicly humiliate tillerson. why do that? why not just fire him? >> you know, its funny. the president who made his reputation on firing people on "the apprentice" doesnt seem to like to do it in real life. so it seems like theyre trying to send a very strong signal to secretary tillerson to leave on his own volition by shaming him. its really unfortunate. i mean...

Secretary of state. he has a new piece in "the new york times," you should read it. its fascinating. its titled, "how rex tillerson did so much damage in so little time." good evening, sir. thank you for coming on. >> don, good to be with you. >> a source is telling cnn that the white house is trying to publicly humiliate tillerson. why do that? why not just fire him? >> you know, its funny. the president who made his reputation on firing people on "the apprentice" doesnt seem to like to do it i...

Senate, brooke, how many times have we sat and looked they cant afford to lose more than 2. because many of the things they are trying to do on republican votes only on 50 vote threshold. so if indeed democrats were able to pull out a victory in alabama, that means you cant lose more than one vote on a given issue. it becomes prob mat particular math. no doubt about that. but in the larger picture, lets look at the context this is taking place. on tuesday night we saw sweeping democratic victori...

Unformed and in cases uninformed policy positions and they shift from time to time. i respect the fact that the president is pragmatic. always willing to work with him on the right track on a given issue. the deal he cut, for example, on the debt ceiling i thought was completely appropriate and gave him credit. others beat him up for it. i thought it was the right thing. my bottom line is, well work with him on the right track. but when he moves in a bad direction, we have to check him and if he...

Paraphrase. >> do i think the president hasnt shown much of a clear ideology. he can be persuaded on a given issue. we saw that with the missile strike against syria that was exactly the kind of thing he would have opposed as a candidate. but seems to have been persuaded by his national security team, which was in full agreement that, that was a proper response, limited response, in response to assads use of chemical weapons. >> leland: john mccar mick on duty, on memorial day, present your insi...

Broadly. >> but not just about news coverage. you had columnists, you know, whove been around a long time like kathleen parker actually encouraging this, and erectors should go rogue, which you know, if this had been a serious thing, which it was not, would essentially overturn the results of the election. >> right. and it fits into that pattern of the media trying to affect a particular change rather than just report on a given issue. and its not healthy. >> but the end game -- >> whoa -- >> ta...

Request of the department of energy or at least an alleged request to the department of energy. im not aware of any such requests for names of people that worked on environmental issues at the state department. and in the context of just providing lists of names of who is working on a given issue we wouldnt do that. that would not be something we would support. in terms of just providing information about how we are organized, manned, resourced, all of that obviously is legitimately their right ...

first, heres my take. this was u.n. week, and there was some drama over the issue of the palestinian bid for statehood. but the real action is taking place now as the worlds finance ministers and leader meet to talk about money. i think its fair to say that we are confronting the worst economic moment since the days after the collapse of lehman brothers in 2008. growth has slowed in europe and the united states, and it is slower even in the bubbling, emerging markets. some european cou...

was some drama over the issue of the palestinian bid for statehood. but the real action is taking place now as the worlds finance ministers and leaders meet to talk about money. i think its fair to say that we are confronting the worst economic moment since the days after the collapse of lehman brothers in 2008. growth has slowed in europe and the united states, and it is slower even in the bubbling, emerging markets. some european countries now have deep problems with their debt burde...