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The idea of meeting vladimir putin one on one in a chummy discussion after the invasion of crimea back in 2014 would have been unheard of. and that i think has got many in ukraine rattled. this is a morning where three hours ago marshal law came into effect in ten regions. we dont really have any palpable signs of what that means so far. bear in mind this is a country thats been at war for four years. the conflict has raged on unseen, sadly, people dying every week, and people are looking to see...

His public -- >> greg: [grumbling] america is great. the worlds great. animals are great. the media needs this story to keep themselves occupied. because there are too many good things going on. imagine donald trump for a supermarket and every aisle but one or two socks. everyone has -- everything has delicious stuff. jobs, peace, prosperity, wages, optimism. il-6 has north korea. you have the mueller probe and they are stuffing their gobs with hate. >> dana: thats what clinton said in 1993. >> ...

In any meaningful way. the ball is in the court of congress. particularly, congress that is still controlled by republicans. you have the usual grumbling around the edges of the republican caucus and it almost never has converted into anything practical before. and the question again was such an egregious case. >> thank you very much. great conversation. more to come. now, president trump made a thanksgiving call to troops stationed overseas. should he visit troops in person. we will ask a key...

In this meeting at this specific time or on this call? its clear by the question that they have detailed records that theyve been -- that the special counsel has been looking at. thats got to be what theyre trying to be very careful about. >> theres been some grumbling on capitol hill that we need to protect bob mueller because the new acting attorney general before he took the job is on the reco record. >> matt whitaker, the acting a.g., not recuse himself, chuck schumer has said there needs to...

Committees like the ways and means committee hit a very significant traditional role and they worked in a bipartisan matter. thats gone. congress members in the committees have been marginalized and i just -- i ran to use the power of this office to change my community and to change the country and i dont think its happening under this current leadership. >> congressman, thank you for articulating it that way. ive thought -- ive said theres only four positions that matter in congress of the 535 ...

Lets tackle all of this with washington post white house reporter and cnn political analyst and reporter and editor at large of cnn politics chris cilliz cillizza. there have been rumbling for some time that the president was not happy with the secretary. but the fact, chris, that, you know, she wanted to hold on, as we understand it, at least through her year anniversary, could she really be out in the coming days? >> sure. we sort of saw this come anything that donald trump, we know the two of...

They say the president has been grumbling about her lackluster performance. jeff, let me start with you here because the president fairly recently had some pretty nice things to say publicly about kirstjen nielsen. watch. >> secretary nielsen, you work so hard. your whole team has been fantastic. i want to share my profound appreciation for our wonderful secretary of homeland security kirstjen nielsen. i give a lot of credit to secretary nielsen and all the people that have worked. >> what chang...

Long time developing. a slow run-up, she is an acolyte of general kelly, but what did this, apparently? >> well, brian, the president has just decided, according to officials in the white house, that its time for her to go. she is nearing her one-year mark on the job. that would be december 6th. but the president told aides over the weekend that he wanted her out very soon. he actually had a trip planned with secretary nielsen sometime this week to visit troops at the border in south texas and h...

This, apparently? >> reporter: well, brian, the president has just decided, according to officials in the white house, that its time for her to go. she is nearing her one-year mark on the job. that would be december 6th, but the president told aides over the weekend that he wanted her out very soon. he actually had a trip planned with secretary nielsen sometime this week to visit troops at the border in south texas and he decided to cancel that trip, according to officials, and has been grumblin...

Of general kelly, but what did this, apparently? >> reporter: well, brian, the president has just decided, according to officials in the white house, that its time for her to go. she is nearing her one-year mark on the job. that would be december 6th, but the president told aides over the weekend that he wanted her out very soon. he actually had a trip planned with secretary nielsen sometime this week to visit troops at the border in south texas and he decided to cancel that trip, according to o...