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Under his skin this week. he told reporters aboard air force one that he doesnt want the person who wrote the "new york times" piece sitting in on high level meetings. take a listen. >> do you think jeff sessions should be investigating who the author of the op-ed piece was? >> i think so. because i think it is national security. jeff should be investigating who the author of that piece was because i really believe it is national security. >> and is there action that should be taken against the ...

Against china. china does not want a war on the peninsula, nor does the united states, because north korea has thousands of missiles and artillery shells that are aimed at south korea, which is just a few miles away. population centers of millions of people just within seconds away. and any type of a strike against north korea, and you should talk to -- maybe have some military people on your show, but they would say by the time we could launch anything against north korea, north korea would wit...

Significant is that donald trump hasnt really borne deep into many of the intricacies of white house policy but he seems very clear on the fact that the president is actually exempt from a 1978 ethics in government law. so while self-dealing is illegally, commonsensically, ethically, for members of the cabinet, that is not the case for the president of the united states. and he seems very aware of the fact that he could run his business out of the oval office. hes saying he wont. hes saying hell...

>> former state department official liz cheney said the department heads are either incompetent or not telling the truth. how could they not consider the cias directors affair a security risk? take a look at this video speaking to the security forum in july. >> i was i am bedded with gen. petraeus in afghanistan and its a little confusing because im also a military reservist with a top secret clearance and then some. so my peers didnt know how to address me. i had -- felt like i was held to a hi...

>> former state department official liz cheney said the department heads are either incompetent or not telling the truth. how could they not consider the cias directors affair a security risk? take a look at this video speaking to the security forum in july. >> i was i am bedded with gen. petraeus in afghanistan and its a little confusing because im also a military reservist with a top secret clearance and then some. so my peers didnt know how to address me. i had -- felt like i was held to a hi...

90s, but having them sort of running something or sitting in on high level meetings or security meetings, national security briefings, this is something that has not been tried before and i think is going to raise a lot of questions about ethics and appropriate credentialing. >> it is already raising a lot of questions indeed. >> if i can -- i was going to say, if i can add one of the big dangers here is theyre being opaque with the press, not giving press access, sitting in the lobby watching p...