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Criticism of the congresswoman for making public this conversation, hes in an odd position though. he is no longer a general. chief of staff for an administration and president of that administration, of this country that brought this into the conversation by using conversations with gold star families to attack former presidents. >> yeah. anderson. what i would say, couple of things first. i consider john kelly a friend and comrade and battle buddy. we served together for 15 months in iraq, had...

The odd position as being someone who in the past has derided, somewhat dependent on the u.n. council on the votes as we had one several days ago to do sanctions, which is a key part of north korea military program. nuclear program. escalation. that said the message in the last 24 hours from trump administration officials, mac master, the security adviser, nikki haley and others is the time for diplomacy in their words is running out. their patience is running thin and next syllabus military opt...

Resign. >> well, reality is people have to take ownership of this. thats what has to happen. you have to take ownership of the direction youre supposed to be leading, you have to take ownership of the legislation itself, how in the world did we get here and how did we get in this odd position where you cant get 51 senators to vote. you to bring vice president pence to crack the tie on just moving to proceed. this is seven years of promises. people have to take accountability and thats really wha...

Feels isolated. she was the first european leader to go to washington. she was looking for something that would give her government the appearance of having allies somewhere else. thats backfired because hes so unpopular, hes openly attacked the mayor of london, in the wake of several terrorist attacks. shes in an odd position where hes her only ally, but she doesnt want to talk about it. >> do you think hell come to visit? >> its hard to say, there would be demonstrations here if he came. >> he...

Problem that does put the united states in a bit of an odd position to try to be the leader on this, and thats one of the many challenges that president trump and his team are going to face moving forward on this, because it really hasnt had the solution. >> all right, michelle kozinski, thank you so much for bringing us the latest from the state department. joining me to discuss this, bob baer, former cia operative, also with us cnn military and diplomatic analyst and former state department sp...

Best opportunities. brian: fran townsend. >> fran townsend and alice fisher they are two tremendous intellects. tremendous law enforcement background. alice officialer i have known for over 20 years. she is incredible asset and would be a great leader of the fbi. brian: before i let you go, tell us about the chances of a staff shakeup. axials put out yesterday considering getting rid of priebus, bannon, spicer. these your friends. i know it puts you at odd position. what do you think? >> well, e...

The president. i have spoken to him a number of times but i dont know his personality that well. i do know reince priebus. i think he is doing a good job in a tough environment. i know steve bannon. i think steve is handling a position thats an odd position in the white house quite well. i think certainly the key person in that whole white house, though, is certainly the vice president. the vice president is the one person i think that can tell the president things he may not want to hear and do...

Pre and post natal care. its not just the house majority theyve put in place but also state legislators around the country starting this year in virginia. >> im going to come back to virginia in a second but scott walker in wisconsin has already been confronted with this issue that hasnt even passed the senate yet. this is scott walker trying to deal with the situation. im waiting to see what gets to the presidents desk. he said he would consider seeking a waiver for a federal rule so this puts ...

Legislatures. >> im going to come back to virginia in a second. scott walker in wisconsin has already been confronted with this issue. it hasnt even passed the senate yet. scott walker trying to deal with whether hed accept those waivers. hes waiting to see what gets to the presidents desk but were not looking to change pre-existing conditions and he made that comment hours after saying he would consider seeking a waiver for federal rules. this puts republicans in an odd position. theyre against...

That protect the people who are in their city, both illegally make a sworn to protect those here illegally, the cert is sworn to uphold the law. what is the motivation? is there anything other than pure politics to say we will not have people who have connections or who are here illegally. >> i dont understand because i dont see any citizens, what benefit do they get by allowing illegals who have committed crimes to stay in our county. i dont see an upside to a single taxpayer in travis county. ...