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>> i think it has to be a ratcheting up of various steps. when you look at what ambassador haley said at the u.n., you have in essence lets give diplomacy one more chance-type effort. however, she clearly said were not limitless in our patience. we are very much focused on solving this problem. if it doesnt work using sanctions, then we will use a graduated military response. she probably wasnt as nuanced as the word graduated implies, but nonetheless, it is something where she spent tight indic...

Traditional allies in the united states and this president, the numbers are remarkable. i havent seen anything like them. its a period when you think thank goodness there are people like senator john mccain who can express into the country is about powerfully and believably. you listen to john mccain and you know this is coming from the bedrock to the country. there are a lot of members of congress who are the same way, and really believe that president trump is an outlier in his views. the prob...

Gap, calling a propassal to workers equal pay enormously burdensome to corporations. obamas proposal would have compelled company to share data, measuring how much workers in different genders, races and ethnic groups are paid. what the obama-era rule wanted to do was simply offer transparency. what blows my mind is if the trump administration wants to make the argument and ivanka trump has made the argument, were for addressing this, but the obama program didnt work. okay, fine it didnt work. >...

The white house. all this means the president is trying to get news out there without being scrutinized and possibly not have to face the criticism that he might face if there wasnt a hurricane barreling down on texas. >> but it doesnt work. curtis, it doesnt work. the fact is were all on overdrive. weve been on overdrive since election day. this friday night stuff is old-fashioned. >> this is like that friday night news dump. i mean, we heard earlier this week, the president hinted that he was ...

That is a good thing for him politically, its why he got elected. its why he beat 16 other republicans who are much more party loyalist than he is. but when you are the president of the united states, your job, theoretically, is to work when you have a senate and house majority to work with them to pass your agenda. he seems to see it as, well, working with me is you do what i say. if it doesnt work, for whatever reason, its your fault, im going to blame you, and im going to attack you. and you ...

What is the foot print here? >> it is a consistent methodology. low tech, high impact. no cost. allows any individual to attack. this follows play book that isis and al qaeda have called for. used whatever means upon to include vehicles to attack in the heart of the western capitals. and unfortunately, what we saw in nice, london, berlin has come to barcelona. >> the sad reality, those of us who see ourselves as victims of terrorism, that it doesnt work. but the government fell. i wasnt a war su...

Seems to be a chain of command where there wasnt before. all of that is good. heres the bad news. the bad news is that thats not even half the battle as white house chief of staff. now comes the really hard part. which is donald trump. lets assume for the moment that trump learned the big lesson of the first six months, which is that you cannot govern without empowering a white house chief. lets assume hes done it. the second big lesson, which he has not learned as far as anybody can tell, is yo...

Governing principle. if it works, its great. if it doesnt work and starts to affect the economy, thats problematic. we did see an entire quarter with 2.6 gdp growth. thats good news for the president. if they can somehow focus, im talking about leadership and congress, if they can focus and get tax reform done, that is the most important thing they can do right now that will have the kind of results that -- steve: i completely agree. >> the chaos in health care is going to bleed over into town h...

If it works, its great. if it doesnt work and starts to affect the economy, thats problematic. we did see an entire quarter with 2.6 gdp growth. thats good news for the president. if they can somehow focus, im talking about leadership and congress, if they can focus and get tax reform done, that is the most important thing they can do right now that will have the kind of results that -- steve: i completely agree. >> the chaos in health care is going to bleed over into town halls, and that percep...

Ted cruz will never be the president of the united states. he still whisper talks. it wont work. [laughter] talk like an adult. it doesnt work. greg: before we go to break. i have a great new product to tell you about. in a recent interview, 73 -year-old guitarist keith richards said rolling stones are moving forward slowly with an album of new original songs. that likely means a new tour. lucky for them, we come up with the perfect sponsor. >> are you an over the hill rock legend refuses to ret...