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Whos now on the floor sold and traded $300,000 of stocks and introduced legislation that would have some of them move up and in terms of their views, theyre so out of touch with the american people and frankly what donald trump campaigned on. so we believe -- were not slowing them down for their own sake. we believe when nominees like this where so controversial that they ought to get a thorough look by the american people and i think weve laid a predicate, we didnt win with betsy devos because ...

Look by the american people and i think weve laid a predicate, we didnt win with betsy devos because only two republicans would cross over but everyone now is going to watch her like a hawk when she tries to mess with public education, we didnt win with jeff sessions but he is going to be watched like a hawk when he deals with immigration and voting rights and civil rights because his record has been made so clear so these nominations have real affect in the future, they lay out a predicate to t...

Republican i just spoke with. he said, look, in the short term, perhaps this is good for elizabeth warren, but he thinks in the long term its important to enforce senate rules so there is some level of decorum. suffice it to say, kate, this fight is not over quite yet. >> real quick, rules are rules, and republicans can invoke the rule, but then why not invoke the rule across the board in a uniform manner? theyre reading from the same letter. i dont understand. >> reporter: that is what we are t...

Saying this cannot be justified based on national security needs. the problem is one of standing does a person who is outside of country and have standing, does the state of washington have standing on behalf of microsoft and google and other countries to raise these issues. chief justice ro barts have been hawk demanding that you show a personal harm that you have suffered. they are going to have a hard time overcoming that. the main point this is complex. i can teach semimar on this skas case,...

[ inaudible question ] i said this on tuesday, it could have been done a lot better. green card holders, no one wanted green card holders to get caught up in this. the rollout could have been done much better, we all know that. going forward, lets not say this is something that its not so that we further misperceptions. [ inaudible question ] well, my position on sanctions are pretty clear. i think rex tillerson will be a great secretary of state. i think people who dont know him or havent follo...

Conference because he had to clarify. >> on tuesday, i think the rollout could have been better. look, green card holders, nobody want a green card holders to get caught up in this. so i think yes, the rollout could have been done better, i think we all know that, but going forward lets make sure we are not saying this is something that is not, so that we further misperception. >> regarding rex tillersons confirmation, are you concerned that now that he is at the state department, that the trump...

Support. the european allies for further academic sanctions against iran. if you take them by surprise, id be surprised if that statement had been cleared by angela merkel and theresa may youre not getting them on side. there is an advantage that we do need to tighten and improve our relationship with israeli, saudi arabia, the uae and kuwait. those countries felt disaffected by the obama administration. the better messaenger is genera mattis. he is an iran hawk and secretary of defense. i think...

>> jake, meanwhile, its senator majority leader mcconnell and mccain who a short time ago as i understand it went on the record saying they dont want to loosen sanctions in any way, shape, or form against russia. is that accurate? >> yeah, donald trump is on on island here. nobody important with power in congress wants to do this. paul ryan today at his press conference said he is a russia hawk. if donald trump does anything he has signalled he is going to make sure that that loosening doesnt ha...

Transcends numbers. we have listened to the wisdom in an old russian maxim. doveryay, no proveryay. trust but verify. >> you repeat that at every meeting. i like it. >> the improbability of either of them, reagan cold war hawk, gorbachev, the party guy, doing this is unheard of and they did it. >> reagan had been in a low in 1987 with iran contra, many americans didnt like him, trust him. negotiations the soviet union in many ways saved his presidency. >> mr. gorbachev may not have seen much of ...

Out of it. personally id say no. and its flatout illegal, waterboarding or other forms of torture. according to u.s. law, i dont get the case for it. >> how do you make that case? >> one of the things i find interesting is robert oneill also said being water boarded is part of navy s.e.a.l. training and if human rights activists saw the way they trained navy s.e.a.l.s, they would probably want to eliminate the s.e.a.l.s. you get to this difference of opinion here and thats basically what this co...