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Decision for the right to release long secret government documents. this is what he treated. subject to -- the long classified jfk files to be open. are you excited about that? >> i think its exciting. anybody that has lived there. his theories about american history, given what president bush said about the politics these days being so open to conspiracy theory fabrication. wouldnt be something if ted cruz is dead really -- >> everything is supposed to be released by thursday, the final papers....

Release long secret government documents. this is what he treated. subject to -- the long classified jfk files to be open. are you excited about that? >> i think its exciting. anybody that has lived there. his theories about american history, given what president bush said about the politics these days being so open to conspiracy theory fabrication. wouldnt be something if ted cruz is dead really -- >> everything is supposed to be released by thursday, the final papers. you have about 3000 files...

Decision for the right to release long secret government documents. this is what he treated. subject to -- the long classified jfk files to be open. are you excited about that? >> i think its exciting. anybody that has lived there. his theories about american history, given what president bush said about the politics these days being so open to conspiracy theory fabrication. wouldnt be something if ted cruz is dead really -- >> everything is supposed to be released by thursday, the final papers....

Youre both cochairs of the problem solvers caucus. youve got 35 house members, various members of which will be attending these bipartisan meetings with president trump on tax reform in a few hours. heres my question to both of you. i believe that theres real bipartisan work to be done. i believe americans of all spliel stripes shares a view tax needs to be reformed. whats with the dinners and all that? we need specifics. we need to hammer out committee, have hearings with people and get somethi...

Isnt any win a win for the white house right now? if its a step forward in terms of foreign relations or policy, given whats waiting for the president back at home, which is a swarm of reporters and lawyers and a white house in flux, isnt any sort of positive outcome here in france much better than what the alternative is? >> it certainly is better than whats happening right here in washington. we also have to remember that france and macron, his election was a firewall against some of the far r...

It would be very difficult to try to imagine a relationship between the two, given what donald trump has said, and is continuing to say about president obama. just recently, donald trump doubled down on the fact that he still believes that the obama administration engaged in surveillance of him. even though that has been proven incorrect. so it makes little sense to me that president obama would reach out to donald trump. although it seems more than reasonable that donald trump, given whats on h...

That kellogg, retired general david petraeus and bob harwood, the folks who are under consideration. gloria, do i have that correct? >> yes, i -- you know, i -- look, we dont know who the next national security adviser is going to be, we know who it is acting now, we know petraeus is coming in tomorrow, there have been other names, and i think the white house needs to conduct a search thats complete here, given whats transpired over the last three weeks, and so as long as they can keep it runnin...

Know it? did he know that general flynn had made these calls? >> and if he did -- if he did, david, what -- stand by, before you do that i want to say, weve gotten the official word from the white house that the president is going to name joseph kellogg as the acting national security adviser until he picks a permanent national squurt adviser. what if the president -- what the president knew and when he knew it, that is a big question, what if he did know, david? >> well, obviously thats a whole...

But as your commander in chief, i believe this mission is vital to our national security interests in preventing terrorist attacks against our citizens and our nation. and to the american people, i know many of you have grown weary of this conflict, as you are well aware, i do not support the idea of endless war. i have repeatedly argued against marching against open-ended military conflicts that do not serve our core security interests. yet, given whats at stake in afghanistan, and the opportun...

And the problems shes been dealing with e-mail and all of her issues with trust worthiness. if she can look fluid, look comfortable, shell meet her goals tonight. >> all right. john harwood reporting from las vegas, thanks so much. so what are the issues that will come up tonight? were talking trade, foreign policy, gun control. lets bring in a panel of expertses on this. andrea mitchell and beth phooey and back here in new york is steve kornacki. hi to all of you. thanks for being with us. an...