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First he named a conservative bush era hawk john bolton as his new national security adviser he announced on twitter that bolton would replace his current security advisor general h.r. mcmaster bolton has advocated using military force against iran and north korea so his appointment could mean dramatic changes in the administrations approach to crises around the world he is trumps third national security adviser in fourteen months our north america correspondent sara richardson have this to say ...

Compared to the presidents -- >> i would say that he has already made -- i would characterize him as a strident nationalist and that includes russia. ive seen his views and theyre not aligned in my view with those of president trump, but hes finding -- hell find a way to be supportive of the president on that. but i would say that you could basically circle all of the traditional enemies, rivals of the united states and john bolton has been a serious hawk in almost all of those cases, including ...

You consider a pardon for michael flynn? >> i dont want to talk about pardons for michael flynn yet. well see what happens. lets see. i can say that. when you look at whats gone on with the fbi and with the justice department, people are very, very angry. >> back in july, "the washington post" reported, "trump has asked his advisers about his power to pardon aides, family members, and even himself in connection with the probe." today former trump lawyer john dowd and current white house attorney...

He criticized the iraq war, why the hell are we in the middle east? and for many people who worried that trump seemed to be -- because he wants to be a tough guy, he was bombing more, he was sending bigger bombs, escalated the mission in afghanistan. to me thats the real trump. trump really does not want to be engaged in the middle east. and thank god. because i think a more activist, macho trump who wants to teach those guys a lesson would be much more scary than a slightly inconsistent guy who...

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An unceremonious end. we democrats are happy with what were able to accomplish on a number of priorities, the democrats have fought for all along. >> laura: democrats are thrilled because theyre about to secure runaway spending that was out of reach even under obama. discretionary spending is skyrocketing. no more budget caps for this gang. meanwhile, republicans are tripping all over themselves. have youstein this? trying to justify this boondoggle. i realize theyre up against, as usual, govern...

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Already. it is a few days, after all. they violated one of the worst deals ive ever seen negotiated at any level. >> this is the dumbest agreement i think ive ever seen. if i become president, im going to renegotiate our trade deals, because our trade deals are not sustainable by this country. drain the swamp in washington, d.c. we are going to renegotiate our terrible trade deals. >> in pompeo, he gets his iran hawk, and in cohn he gets a clear deal to dismantling trade deals around the world. ...

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We do start to address the defense spending caps. i think thats really important. but will it bring enough people on board? thats yet to be seen. >> dana: how big is the concern for people that have fiscal hawks concerns that this bill really gives them heart burn. >> it does give us heart burn. i am a fiscal hawk, but im also a defense hawk. and so i have to reconcile those two versions of myself and decide, is this too risky for our federal government with the additional spending? i know that ...