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>> the pressure on the republicans to come together as a party and demonstrate theyre able to govern and pass major legislation under pressure from the president and from their congress is enormous. the pressure on every single saerpt to pass this bill is going to be enormous. the point is because there have been so many successive bills, its been very difficult for americans to keep track of what are in these bills, whether or not they should support it or not. the citizen engagement on this on...

Please, its nothing. you werent here in 68. you have no idea what it was like between 68 and 74 in that country. that period, just as polarizing, just as divide. yes, both parties from fractured at that point. you had wars. >> they were fractured. >> why is -- yeah. >> but congress functioned. the system functioned. yes they were acrimonious, and yes there were high feelings. but the thing about it is the legislative process worked. the governing process worked. right now you look at what is hap...

Process, interfere with our governing process as well and then elevate russias stature in the world so we perceive russia to be on same stage as the united states. >> he believes that they set president trumps team up for failure. he focused on the meeting between donald trump jr., paul manafort, jared kushner and five others. >> russian would not send all of those people together to a meeting. it was as if putin was channelling the brothers grim and leaving bread crumbs ala hansel and gretel ba...

Ultimately interfere with our governing process, drive a wedge among different elements of our government. >> and trump jr. wasnt the first member of the presidents team to be targeted by moscow. >> one of the biggest challenges is the misperceptions. >> carter page has always believed that americans should be more friendly towards russia. >> its a basic simple principle. if you treat someone with respect and you have a constructive positive approach, then people will reciprocate has. >> why are...

Focused on this issue that would ultimately interfere with our governing process, drive a wedge among different elements of our government. >> and trump jr. wasnt the first member of the presidents team to be targeted by moscow. >> one of the biggest challenges is the misperceptions. >> carter page has always believed that americans should be more friendly towards russia. >> its a basic simple principle. if you treat someone with respect and you have a constructive positive approach, then people...

Repealing and replacing has been the gop priority for years and years. he won the house in 2010, house in november. how is it your party doesnt have a plan that can pass the house and senate? >> the voter will look at what happened this week and have questions about the governing process. introducing legislation on monday night, to vote on it wednesday morning without any kind of cost estimate, and continuing those votes through the dead of night is exactly what happened during obamacare. we nee...

President-elect governor pens does do the daily briefings. i have a theory on donald trump, the way he is setting up his cabinet and the way he is going to govern is from a business standpoint. what he has in his surrounded himself with strong and accomplished people who are known for having independent streaks. people like general kelly and mike flynn, successful business people who have been ceos, all successful and running things in their own right, and governor pens will have a large respons...

Meeting structure and not the other theater. >> our chief legal correspondent. thank you. let me bring in the panel. eliana, the trump business is one of his children. i say this. he cares that much about it. he is -- other than divestment, i dont know how he will never let his mind wonder to it. >> i say good for him. he loves his business. >> thats right. even if he does turn the ownership over to his children, it presents conflicts of interest given how closely he brought his children into th...

At now are those agencies. >> david, you think about it, you look at president obama in 2008, president clinton, 1992, you didnt see these top positions being filled until december. so if we do look at how the trump transition is going between election day and inauguration day, the trump team, they have got to get their leadership in place. do you think the trump team will be completely ready by then? trump is not a politician by nature. do they know what theyre doing? theres this perception tha...

Directly. he has some of that. i dont know how he will use it in the governing process. the governing process. the governing process is different than the campaign. it requires different rhetoric, different negotiations and new kinds of restraints imposed on him. what he has, though, is a united congress. so the incentives will not be toward bipartisanship, or to work with bernie sanders, in my opinion. the incentives will be to please a republican majority that is very conservative and that now...