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We have a bogus caravan and suddenly are moving troops down there. i have confidence in the leaders especially on the ground. we forget theyve been in iraq and afghanistan the last 15 years. >> sure. >> and in a lot of weird situations dealing with civilian populations. these soldiers, in some cases, out in the middle of baghdad guarding installations, dealing with real danger. i thinkhand le it properly, but the question is why? you spent your last holiday on a hilltop in afghanistan with limit...

D -- women. he made comments that bothered some women. there was the rob porter incident that carol mentioned. he made comments that women found offensive. saying things like women are more emotional than men. while he was undertaking this difficult effort to try to restore order, it really caused more and more morale problems among the senior staff in the way he was doing it. >> i wanted to ask you about ronnie jackson. theres now reporting there had been a warning about ronnie jackson that cam...

Of blalack of home ownership, a function of lack of investment. you cant look at crime and say how do we send more police in. to confront these crime ridden areas, you must ask the question did they get to that particular point? that speaks to americas policies over the last 398 years. we have to deal with that. i think moving forward, alex, what sarah huckabee just said is a lie. that is, the department of justice can have an impact on whats happening in a local level. this department hs said, ...

Restructuring of the state department. it caused significant morale problems. a number of significant seen your positions unfilled. its my hope that mike pompeo will change direction, support the career diplomats and focus on diplomacy, but well just have to see. >> good luck. >> thank you very, very much and coming up, the judge -- >> hold on one second. i wanted to go briefly. >> were very tight on time. >> i know so i only have about 12 questions. david, real quickly just a side note overnigh...

Kushner. >> the bar is very high for working in the white house. you need to be willing to lay your life out there for scrutiny. these, you know, one off scandals about who has security clearance and who doesnt, these are very fundamental, very important house keeping matters that need to be attended to so that the president can get the best advice and counsel from the staff that hes surrounded by. i think unless they can get their arms around this and really finally come to some conclusion abou...

Maybe you have as well. the more we learn, and the closer congress gets to the truth, some of this underlying evidence, the more vicious the media attacks on those people who are seeking answers. >> meetings off-site, secret societies. anything you can tell me without having to kill me? >> this is nonsense, its just complete nonsense. >> youre telling me that that law enforcement agency is treating people unequally because they have a political vendetta? if you will tell the american people that...

The question what will they do dm 2019 and 2020. this was an attack. he must say. its a huge mistake on his part. >> how do you say it? >> same exact way. i dont have the experience he does, but they feel demoralized when they hear the president talk about them in this way and refuse to give appropriate briefings. its not only not good for them but not good for them, commander in chief, he needs their support, and seems self detreating to me he would do that. >> and dont forget the state departm...

Rid of tax loopholes and do this in a revenue neutral manner at the 86 act was, you know, im open to that. i think anybody is open to that. but calling this tax reform when it doesnt even get rid of the carried interest loophole is just false advertising. >> good to talk to you as always, bruce. thanks for being with us. bruce bartlet, former deputy assistant secretary for policy. heather nauer acknowledged low morale among some state department workers among reorganization of the department. ...

President trump says that comey was fired because of the russia investigation. attorney general sessions says its because of the disarray, morale problems, and he thought about firing him even as he got started before he was sworn in, and because of the clinton investigation. why do you think comey was fired? >> well, you know, i was in my own mind thinking that he was fired because he cast a long shadow and that the president couldnt tolerate that shadow touching the south lawn at some point. b...

Observation devices? >> you know the aerostats, observation devices mounted in certain terrain, uavs for sure, sensors in places, perhaps, that the wall cant be built or wont be built any time soon in terms of that project. but, yes, sir. >> finally, the morale of our border patrol is not real good. and i think you know from your leadership experiences that if the morale of your force is not good then its hard to get the mission accomplished. i hope, i know you are aware of that and i hope you s...