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Meeting, why fight that battle when the real battle is one they might actually win. >> theres also the question of, because we know how -- even just the fact theres a physical wall, as you pointed out. from devin nunes going to the white house, recusing himself for a certain amount of time, the month well never get back when were wondering about the memos and when well get them, is it in some ways good that this was shut down, because there was not a lot of faith in this investigation to begin w...

Money. they are working together. at the end of the day its going to be up to mr. saccone if he can pull this over the finish line. >> youre saying he was given a band hand by what he inherited? >> theres no question. that scandal is about one of the worst ive heard in politics. i dont blame the voters for being angry about it. >> chris was speaking with former governor ed rendell earlier this morning. there is a lesson for democrats in that theyre seeing a much more moderate candidate put himse...

There will be obviously allies around the world who make it very nerve-racking. look whats happening on guns. once again, on the dreamers, the deferred action where the president says one thing in a public meeting and then the institutions of the republican party pull him back to the point where he is now almost completely fallen in line with the nra. that kind of -- this kind of swerving i think is going to be the rule, not the exception as we go forward. >> can i hijack this interview for one ...

Blunt that blow, here you go again, another guy you said was going to be great and now hes out and theres more instability, by saying, no, pompeo is read in on all these issues, hes coming from the cia. hell be fine. theres more continuity than drs. disruption. >> absolutely. this is continuity move on the presidents part. we know from our sources that he was considering some people who would have come from the outside, who would have, in fact, disrupted the sort of sense that they had establish...

Stand with them through out this process. >> theres also, too, in "the new york times" in an op ed, president trump has allowed putin with a free hand -- tillerson didnt. >> theresa may comes out and mentions russia. s >> when you ask the question, why did russia enter feern in the election, why did russia want donald trump to win, here you see donald trump never criticizes vladimir putin, neither does his white house, even in the face of the evidence thats good enough for theresa may, good enou...

Are sort of no longer in effect here in terms of trying to get a 60-vote threshold for cabinet confirmations, ill imagine mike pompeo, a former member of congress, will have pretty smooth confirmation to this role. im sure hell get questioned quite aggressively from the democrats in any confirmation, but the ultimate result is hes likely to be secretary of state. it begs the question, is mike pompeo the one person who donald trump can hear and separate out the notion of russian meddling from any...

To intervene in our election. i think theres no question -- look at obama himself. obama didnt keep a safe in the last election. weve got to be much tougher. it doesnt mean the president of the united states needs to be constantly in a war of brinksmanship with him. >> matt schlapp, thank you. >> thank you for your time. we see good proof in this increasing partisan divide because of just abuse of facts. president trump said china was raping the united states, blamed them for coming up with th...

Member go out there and be aggressive. i think its the job of the secretary of state to make that clear, and i think theres no question -- everybody understands the russian menace. everybody understands the putin menace. what donald trump is trying to do with putin is trying to have a good relationship with him. democratic presidents in the past have said they want a good relationships with the russians and usually its the republicans accused of being war mongers. in this case you have a russian...

Somewhat relatively internationalist pragmatist in tillerson for someone who i would say is much more of an ideological-style hawk. >> jeremy bash, let me ask you u to pick up the thread when it comes to russia and just speak to what weve laid out, whats been stipulated by matts news organization, by phils news organization, that under pompeo, donald trump -- its an open question whether donald trump was actually being briefed on the -- not necessarily the danger, but the adversarial nature of o...

Thats water under the bridge when they sit down at the table. but whether the meeting amounts to anything thats the open question. >> that is an open question. and will president trump committing to meet with kim jong un by may -- what can you tell us about the timeline? do we know where? >> we dont know where. we know that moon jae-in, the president of south korea will be meeting with kim jong un at the demilitarized zone and the truce village, the area straddling the dividing line between the ...