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President-elect trump put together his cia appointment and he has the two pivot points of this story, the korea store and the department of fence and department of state still open, and they are all entintertwined. i would assume that when he receives his full security briefing when he will be told president trump at some time, you will have a north korean regime with the capability of reaching seattle with a nuclear head missile. >> again, for those that a lot of news suggests that barack obama...

Were all agreed to point in one direction for progress. with regard to isis, those you have two of our critical allies, turkey and saudi arabia as you just mentioned that are true pivot points in fighting on the ground in syria against isis but where are the saudis on this? because it wont work without saudi special ops troops on the ground alongside americans and do you think they will ever get to that point where they will commit? >> its difficult for them to commit. saudi arabia, the most num...

Transparent. >> yes. i think there are two different things that are going on at once. ive had -- with all my conversations with people involved in or in a position to know about whats going on in the clinton campaign, seems clear to me they have a clear calendar in their own mind about when things start, pivot points, and what is supposed to be happening at what tomb in the year in the campaign. you heard her reference labor day. they clearly think theres a new part of the campaign that heads t...

Social security retirement age from 69 to 67. and reducing social security benefits entirely for individuals making $200,000 and up. i wonder as someone who knows republican politics how uncomfortable you think this proposition is for other primary candidates. >> well hes done the math apparently. and hes going to make them very uncomfortable. i think that to the point about having primary voters fall in love this is less about having them fall in love at this point as it is laying down a marker...

The white house started pushing back furiously and gene called you up and we love gene and its a 30-minute call. i said to david, lets not pretend. when you say the word regret, i said it as a friend will. we always do that in washington. put your arm around somebody and say jim, we are good friends. i love you. if you put this on my bill, you will regret it. you are sending the message, watch out duck. >> exactly. this is the code. i never said this was a threat. what really happened here. we a...

I think the catholic environmentalism hinges on two pivot points, one is theological, one is ethical. the theological one is that theres a discern i believe order in nature, in the creative world and that reveals the goodness of the creator. the ethical point is that people living in poverty and especially women and children, disproportionately bear the burdens of environmental degradation. women walk miles and hours every day to get water. literally, their bodies are shaped by the burden. water...

Gene is not a threatening sort of person, and ive never said this was a threat. the point is, what really happened here? were at one of the pivot points again in washington about budget and fiscal issues, god help us that were there again, but we are. and these automatic spending cuts which really dont deal with the problem of entitlements, and thats very, very significant. these automatic spending cuts. everyone says are the worst are irrational. i mean, how do we get to the point where we have...

The other day, joe. i have a slight disagreement with mark. you get the impression from talking to a few people in the administration and a few people on the hill that the two pivot points that the president is going to push in the next three months are going to be universal registration on guns, background checks on guns. >> background checks, right. >> and immigration in order to continue to try and pick off some republicans and pull them toward a more moderate middle under the premise that, y...

That. so seems like the threat is no longer credible. >> a lot of it did, what the republicans were saying, they were trying to educate their new members on exactly how the debt ceiling worked because that might not have been done last time. and paul ryan has the sort of, these are not the androids youre looking for, this will allow it to be your principle -- they just convince them -- over the course of a couple of days that they will have three pivot points, they will be able to say the onus i...

Suggests that things are slipping away. >> thats right. and a lot has been made, you know, we have the debates coming up, they could be pivotal and they certainly could be but weve heard that in the past. his vice presidential pick was supposed to dang the dynamics. his speech at the rnc was supposed to change the dynamics. all these pivot points have actually gone in the other direction. i think voters are getting locked into their decision ahead of the debates. its hard to imagine mitt romney ...