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"washington post," which first broke this story, says that would violate the logan act, which bars u.s. citizens from correspondence, quoting on what it does, intending to influence a foreign government about disputes with the united states. right? only the president and the administration is supposed to be making policy. would you enforce that act if you determined they had talked about policy on that call? >> erin, this is just the latest in the whole series of developments that raise real que...

It is needed. >> something that is not clear, he can do a lot of things he can do without approval with a whole bunch of other people who may go for it. on both sides of the aisle interested in expanding nuclear arsenal with protection purposes, not to go after them. molly: here we are talking about it. the american public getting a look at what could be the policy as far as -- >> made his position clear and his attitude clear and what we need in government and politics is the more human approac...

Tweeted to do this, we are waiting clarification of what it means and we have seen the press doing that, tweets on trade that he spent on boeing, carrier before that, seems to be making policy, delving deep into the weeds of policies of these deals, it is not clear what he is going to do because of what he said in 140 characters. the press will need to step back and wait for this to unfold. it is a different challenge. we have talked many times about how the news cycle has sped up, 24/7 news cyc...

Upon them. if you are in this country you are going to help protect us against militant ideologies and ideologies that are incompatible with society. >> thank you for your insights. greg:israel asking the trump transition team to help prevent a united nations security council vote on israeli settlements. prime minister benjamin and yahoos government is said to have reached out to president-elect trump after failing to persuade the obama administration. richardson at the state department with mor...

Policy. you see the exact reverse. 140 characters, the policy teams scramble to the communications aids to try to make sure their clarification of what the president said is what becomes popular and that is what we are seeing in a debate over nuclear capability. donald trump had a tweet, we need to expand nuclear capability, his aides said he is not talking about an arms race. donald trump in an interview said lets have an arms race. there is this disconnect that will be helpful for the trump pr...

Communications team spending time as they had in the past couple days explaining what donald trump meant, clarifying what he said about tweets. >> a big difference, >> in the reagan white house, the speechwriters have a power to make policy because what came out of the presidents now that is the policy. policymaker that aids were trying to get their language into these speeches so it became

Of overlooking decades of tortures and executions. >> there certainly is no whitewashing the kinds of activities that he ordered. and that his government presided over. that go against the very values that this country, that our country, has long defended. i think the question for the president is, in terms of making policy, are we going to be rooted in that past? or are we going to look to the future? it doesnt mean that we should ignore the past, but it does mean that we shouldnt let the past ...

Inner agency process. they are not supposed to be making policy. its a different kind of job. they are making policy or the head of the dni, that might be a better place for them. if president-elect trump decides he is not the right fit. >> it has been a career military career diplomat. it never has been someone in the midst of this political fray. not as actively as rudy giuliani. vladimir putin is watching all of this. as a russian expert, what do you think he is thiing as he sees the way this...

>> of course, this morning, police across the country getting ready, as you mentioned, for another day of protests. police in los angeles getting ready to see a huge march in mckarth thm mcarthur park that is one of the largest latino communities. >> thank you so much. all of this happening as donald trump supporters are waiting for the president-elect to turn promise into policy here. president-elect trump appearing to be opening to compromising on one of his significant rally cries. the repe...

Here we have a woman who has lived experience and a clear voice and capacity to talk about it. are these the kinds of things that will penetrate for your colleagues in terms of making policy when it comes to poverty in this country? >> lets hope so, melissa. this is a first step. we have to remember a couple of things, however, in doing this. first of all, the right wing tea party republican party really wants to dismantle government. they do not want to see any safety net. they would rather dis...