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>> i just want the to get that in quickly because i had a conversation with ross about it. to the "new york times" he said jared kushner could help make peace between the israelis and palestinians. jeff was not kidding when he said that. it might have been a bit of hyperbole but hes not kidding. is donald trump expecting way too much? now it is peace in the middle east on jareds back? >> well no. i think what hes doing is assessing his son-in-laws abilities. and i think that jared, at least its ...

He use sod say well we didnt settle anything. we won. he didnt win. he was ordered to change the practices of the company and he did. so, you know, there are signs in all of these things. in our system money talks. and donald understands that money talks. and it is a big amount to him. he bragged to me about the first check he got for the apprentice. it was $11 million. this is bigger than that. >> and the whole reason you think so he didnt have to sit there and answer questions being deposed? >...

Sharia. hes not sit saiing that as an insult to the religion. that is structured differently than typical christian religions or jewish religions, the way that those books are structured. that is what hes meaning academically. then also i think its completely unfair to say that he called islam a cancer. when you listen to the whole statement in context, he says, look, this ideology is being used for people to cut off other peoples heads, to commit mass a atrociti atrocities. thats a problem, a c...

Anti-islam and take bits and pieces of his statement and to suggest that muslims are not going to have constitutional rights under the trump administration i think is absurd hyperbole and i dont think its a responsible way to speak. >> reza? >> no offense to kayleigh, but you really dont know what youre talking about when it comes to either the koran or the bible. about 120 verses of the koran have to do with legal matters out of tens of thousands. and if youve actually read the first five chapt...

Advancement of better policies. and i think that is what -- i think that is what mitt romney has in mind as he meets with president-elect trump today which is what can he do to offer insight. what can he do to offer advice about how president-elect can make the right decisions to lead the country. >> jack, to you, we heard from donald trump and we played some of it earlier that he called him a choke artist. mitt romney wanted donald trumps endorsement so badly he could have said get on your knee...

Context, he says, look, this ideology is being used for people to cut off other peoples heads, to commit mass atrocities across the globe. thats a problem, that is a cancer. he was referring to the way it is being used, the radicalized version of islam, so to just caricature him as being anti-islam and take bits and pieces of his statement and to suggest that muslims are not going to have constitutional rights under the trump administration i think is absurd hyperbole and i dont think its a resp...

That done, even the president, hell have to do it himself. thats hyperbole or borderline hysteria to worry about that is coming back. >> you do? >> i dont see that happening at all. on other issues, on the iran deal, donald trump won and now he can put people in place that have grave concerns about things like the iran nuclear deal, like the way the obama administration has dealt with the war against the islamic state. these are things youll see a more aggressive and robust reaction from the adm...

>> lets get it going. its a good american debate. we have lots of amendments to the constitution. but i wonder what you would think of the people out there in those demonstrations, for example, in portland, oregon, who are learning that 60% didnt vote. >> yeah, well, but that goes to my point. >> a little late in their actions. >> that goes to my point that people are starting to not believe in the system. >> no, these people didnt vote to start with. >> thank you both for coming on. up next, ...

With a little criticism of the media. every sort of story -- >> hop on board. we just talked to karen finney. >> every story that has been leaked whether its true or false has sort of been overblown, spoken about with hyperbole, then theres been some requirements of the trump transition team to walk it back and clarify. we frankly arent on the inside of the meetings. we arent in trump tower making the decisions. the team is moving forward, it has announced two positions, they are expected to ann...

Almost, but even his words, there was no hyperbole, there was no boasting, there was very little combativeness, except towards the press, which was pretty much constant through the interview. >> whats the beef? if anything, the people on the left have criticized us, and many people, for giving him so much air time. the guy got more free time than anybody ever got because he puts on a show. its schick. its what made him a showbiz favorite. >> well, i think when the mainstream press started to cal...