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On and on and on. i think petraeus, of course, has to regularly see his parole officer. seriously. they have to widen the search. tillerson is in the mix. >> does it matter that tillerson doesnt have any kind of political diplomacy experience, but he does have experience with the company having that global footprint around the world? >> he has a global footprint. i would augurgue he is better f this job than carson is for hud. experience is not the most important qualify indicaticalqq. >> lets t...

>> president-elect called me and asked for a meeting. when the president-elect calls, you agree to meet. i have no additional information other than what you have. >> reporter: are you open to working -- >> i think its really important to just have the conversation. >> reporter: the always important non-answer there, if you will. i do think its important, you look at the political ramifications of it in 2018, if senator heitkamp is not running in the state of north dakota it will be very hard pr...

The vitriol will happen. and its incumbent upon us now to do what he wont. stand up and say when something is wrong, when something is hateful, to point it out and be vigilant about it and not pack -- back down. >> what was your view of steve bannon and his orientation towards this part of the movement? >> i was their media consultant. and when i saw them evolve from a platform to chronicle the movement to becoming a participant and the propaganda arm of the trump campaign, thats something i cou...

>> and mark, you think about during the campaign when these things came up. kellyanne conway said, he doesnt have to do theis now, hes president-elect. we pulled for example the discussion in february when he was asked on cnn when he was asked about his support from a kkk leader, david duke, and this was his bizarre, non-answer. take a look. >> will you unequivocally condemn david duke and say you dont want his vote or that of other white supremacists in this election? >> just so you understand,...

Before he opposed it. >> he was a businessman and gave a non-answer. the key tonight is somebody who is determined, who was a strong businessman versus a life-long failure in hillary clinton. >> boris epstein, thank you very much. weve got a lot more coming up. well be right back with our panel. the debate night here in las vegas, were getting ready. im beowulf boritt and im a broadway set designer.

That kind of non-answer is worrying in its own right, chris. >> thank you very much, claudia lavanya, over in europe. thank you so much. well, isis now stesz going to hit washington, d.c. and what is the nations capital doing to prepare for such an attack? joining me now is washington, d.c. police chief, kathy linear. welcome to "hardball," chief linear. how did it strike you the last several days that isis put out word that its headed to washington, d.c.? >> obviously, we are already under ve...

>> right. when youre the front-runner like hillary clinton going into a debate like this, it is like the first rule in medicine -- do no harm. you want to walk out of this thing in the same position you walked in to it with. with hillary clinton the one risk i guess is if you look back, she has a history in presidential debates, she was in nearly two dozen of them back in 2008. there was that one moment that stands out in the fall of 2007. she was asked a question about drivers licenses for ille...

Issues that environmental groups deeply care about. that lean left and to the democrats. meanwhile the democratic front runner is refusing to take a position on both of these issues. on tuesday hillary clinton gave this non answer on the keystone xl pipeline. >> as president, would you sign a bill yes or no please n favor of allowing the keystone xl plain? >> well as you know i was the secretary of state who started that process. i was the one who put into place the investigation. i have now pas...

Elect me president and ill tell you what my answer is going to be. larry cohen, how can the left embrace answers like this in positions like this? a very direct question. how can those who are concerned about climate change embrace this? >> we cant. these non answer whether it was on fast track, as you said or now on keystone xl pipeline they are unacceptable. and this kind of triangulation. people are fed up. and that is why tomorrow there are 3,000 house visits for bernie sanders. and people a...

Off from access to loans. it has left people thousands in debt, while going under and not giving them much to show for it. you have nine attorneys general calling on the department of education to forgive those student loans. should the department do that? >> were looking at this very closely. way before this we had different battles with congress. we took tremendous heat from both sides of the aisle. >> it was politically risky and one of the most impressive things. >> we continue to be very co...