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Of general flynn prior in his initial, just brief appointment as head of a transition committee. that would be interesting. >> well, i dont think, if my memory serves me well, i dont think chris christie was anymore of a fan of general flynn than most everybody else. he had real concerns for t right reasons. its interesting, also, well get to it with general flynn, but again, he gets paid $500,000 and actually influences policy on where u.s. coalition forces attack so as not to offend the turks....

And strong europe, not just to work with the u.s. in the middle east, but also to thwart an insurgent russia. so i think that there was a lot of concern that if france were to, you know, also vote for le pen, that could trigger a withdrawal from the eu, that that would really -- >> there would be a real association with russia and vladimir putin. >> exactly. and he funded her campaign, so there was a concern that that would be a retreat from europe and really be a disaster for the european exper...

They dont want to negotiate with the freedom caucus. theyre short. they dont have the votes yet. if they had the votes they would schedule a floor vote and they would get it on the floor. but this is as close as theyve ever been. im told between 29 and 30, maybe even 31 freedom caucus members are on board with this. thats from zero before in the initial. but moderates are having a real problem with it. it was that latter point. the idea that this could drive up costs for individuals with pre-exi...

Hes adopted members of his group adopt a lower case "v" as a middle initial, which he has done. he said he inherited his membership from his father and didnt actually pledge a lifetime oath of loyalty as members of the group claim he did. im old enough to remember 12 weeks ago when even just kind of that degree of association with nazism would be enough to get you drummed out of the white house. >> you wonder whether well see that. gorka is a part of a wing of the white house that has not been f...

Thing. unlike the politicians and business leaders who come out and say if i offended, i apologize. spicer demonstrated that he has good manners. he just apologized. >> yes, he did. and michelle, to me, the -- it gets back to the idea of the sort of, when you, at the sort of -- when you move out from the center of the actual administration, you get to a very strange and dark place on the far right pretty kwuk quickly. and you dont have to play that many dot connecting which is why you end up in ...

The mystery here is how does assad survive so long? he gets support from russia, iran but has had millions of people -- >> its extraordinary. his father was seen as this hard-nosed leader. the son came in -- i dont know about you all, but i think most of washington saw him as weak. somebody that would be able -- >> weak eye doctor was the initial -- >> exactly. >> the way you framed that question to bob, i think, is really important. to me, the central challenge of running american foreign polic...

A painting at an art gallery but theres a mirror over it and you cant make out what faint cigarette or what the colors. its all just so confusing as to why we are still talking about this wiretapping and what this means for the presidents allegations that president obama wiretapped him during the campaign. we just dont know at this point. except for the fact that there is this head scratching interaction between the top republican investigating, potentially the trump campaign on this and the whi...

Make public our witness list but i think were looking at equivalent number of witnesses in the initial, and i think we certainly had agreement today that the witnesses that we feel are appropriate they wont stand in our way. we feel the same way about witnesses they want to call. so i think that was an encouraging sign? are paul manafort and jared kushner also on your list? >> you know, i dont want to go into all the specifics of the list but certainly those are two witnesses we would fully expe...

Consider the context. the context is going back to the presidents initial, you know, series of tweets that saturday morning, what is it, three weeks ago now? that saturday morning -- >> hold on, gloria. sa sean spicers briefing is beginning. >> id like to have the attorney general come up to the podium to make an announcement regarding immigration. when hes done speaking well have time for a couple questions and then ill continue with the briefing briefing. if your question sent germane to sanct...

Source says is that there are increasing concerns about the way -- from the white house -- about the way the house speaker has specifically about the fact that they now believe that the speaker didnt work hard enough to bring members of the house freedom caucus in early enough before the president had to really start twisting arms for them. and that the meeting that happened earlier this evening inside the house speakers office with the freedom caucus, house republican leadership and members of ...