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Two republican lawmakers did not vouch for the presidents policy background. >> do you feel confident in his real understanding of this issue? >> well, i get the sense that this issue is maybe not the presidents wheelhouse, health care. i think, you know, he is much more focused on -- and a lot of like people in congress too. im not trying to be critical of the president. >> do you have confidence that the president understands the details -- >> i dont know if he does or not. >> rand paul said h...

He should be there and in fact, and previous administrations, people who had a lesser role, less of a policy role, often sat in on those meetings. it really was just to formalize it. there is nothing new there. i think that people who are reading the tea leaves and thinking, there is something revelation, there isnt. >> martha: >> martha: was it pro them and that way beforehand? we have reporting this morning from some of the joint chiefs saying that they were caught unaware of this and that i d...

Are people in line to be secretary of state who do not acknowledge that theres a problem with going to war in iraq? >> i think that theres a problem that the president of the united states has no policy background on whatsoever. i thought obama brought a lot of capable people into the key positions. that made it easier. didnt make it really easy because you still have people like valley jarrett around him who were gatekeeper. it made it harder to get things done. the case for trump, hes got cong...

And that wasnt hype. not just in polls, but in perceptions. this is his last chance to show i know how to do this job. thats the bar for him. i think its harder in a town hall. people think it is going to be easier because it is real people. i dont know where this confidence comes from. he has this magic touch with real people. do you believe the stakes are this high. >> people are already voting. it will start in more states very shortly. the second is the concerns that people have about donald...

Like we see out in texas today. as those issues come to the fore fore it will be tough for ben carson who has no policy background to speak of before now. that will be hard to get in this base but hes in the top ten and he may grow that. somebody who does have that experience bill clinton defending huge foreign donations to his family foundation. sounds like hillary who once claimed they were dead broke when they left the white house. >> any kind of disclosure is a target. and but it looks bad. ...

So this was probably one of the easier acting jobs ive ever had. >> its easy to connect with that emotion of you cant fathom how it would be to lose your children and be separated. >> in a moment. you dont know when you get to talk to each other again because of all the legalities. >> you dont know where shes going. >> yeah. >> look at the policy background of this, as krystal mentioned, an i.c.e. report of families broken up. many others had smaller convictions. in politics you hear people talk...

You have to have a strong political background as well as a substantive policy background. jack lew spent a couple years working on capitol hill, so he knows capitol hill. he knows the executive branch. hes told him how grateful. then well rather some really nice words from him. >> hi, everybody. i hope you had a good weekend. last week my chief of staff, bill daley, informed me that after spending time reflecting with his family over the holidays, he thought it was time to leave washington and ...

you cant have these major players this close to an election. brianna, do you even know if there will be a q and a following the patient, or. we dont know whether that this will not be, that he would come in and thats pretty much what we should expect. >> is this something that he would have wanted to do? >> i dont think jack lew was thinking about it. jack lew is a very smart guy. ive known him for many years. he was a budget director during the clinton administration when president ...

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In a bill or wants the policy background you can get an application for it right on your tone, on your ipad, and you will be up-to-date from the minute on what is happening on the floor. >> now the ad congressman mccarthy and his staff made, it is very clever. go to our site and we just posted it. coming up, is there a job opening at the white house? its probably not what you are thinking. stay tuned. [ female announcer ] whod have thought that the person youd grow up to be -- how creative or co...