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Only 3% above obama, youre thinking, yes, hes obviously very interested in this idea. i think that when i think about what other countries are looking at, theyre also listening to him closely when hes talking about wanting to win wars. i think that is probably a little bit more interesting to other countries because theyre saying, what wars, where is he going to go? what countries is he going to go into? increasing defense spending could just be seen as okay, this is what got him into office and...

And a percentage beyond that certainly that are getting medicare -- excuse me, medicaid expansion support in 31 states. so its a complex problem. weve got exactly the right speaker in paul ryan. hes a policy guy. weve got really good chairmen and were moving quickly. it wont happen overnight. cant do it that way. >> congressman, quick question. ninth circuit obviously going to be reviewing the presidents executive order on immigration. should the president have the right to make these determinat...

Policy a lot of it is flowing from bannon. reince is not a policy guy like bannon is. >> the president of the united states factions building empire building. i thought they are here for me. >> you would think that. you have been at this, you find out when you make decisions, you get into a small room, and people like to make decisions in decred decisions in secret. you have things that do not get implemented or get implemented poorly. if you are donald trump you want to see competition, you wan...

You dont build a legacy based on undoing work that the previous president did. that makes no sense. its disrespectful to the history and citizens. just i understand the goal of doing things quickly and make it appear as though youre working and not wasting time and fulfilling promises, but its okay to take your time and do your studies and learn the ramifications of everything youre doing. i find all of the measures that president trump has taken have a little bit of an err of -- i dont want to ...

Nations oldest and most respected newspapers accused the president of lying. the new york city was the on major newspaper we could find calling the claim a lie on their front page this morning. and a second times piece appeared online this morning again calling this a lie. something to get used to. and the president today was not getting much air cover from fellow republicans including the speaker of the house. >> ive already commented on that. ive seen no evidence to that effect and ive made th...

Pew research but the author responded on twitter saying theres "zero evidence of fraud." today it was suggested there could be a conspiracy theorist in the oval office. additi additionally, one of the nations oldest and most respected newspapers accused the president of lying. the new york city was the on major newspaper we could find calling the claim a lie on their front page this morning. and a second times piece appeared online this morning again calling this a lie. something to get used to....

Our goal is to leverage as much as possible. our goal is to leverage not just roads and bridges and pipelines and faa reauthorization and so many other things. infrastructure involves many different aspects that create jobs and want to be as expansive as we can with regard to infrastructure. >> do you -- >> i am a policy guy. >> yesterday the president told business leaders that he had send -- [inaudible]. it isnt very clear what would be the defining line there. they would face a 35% border tax...

Secretary of defense himself has not actually had a position in the pentagon before as a bureaucrat. general mattis has been there, obviously, a long time, but not as a bureaucrat. the deputy secretary of defenses job is extremely important. hes the executive officer. hes the number two guy to whom everybody else reports. hes the nuts and bolts guy. he does all the administration and logistics. for all intents and purposes, he runs the bifs the pentagon on a day-to-day basis. the secretary of de...

>> so, lets play on the american side first, jake. look, theres always tension between the intel guys and the policy guy. the guys over here are fact based, hes vision based. world as it is, world as we want it to be, inherently inducktive, inherchtly deductive. inherently pessimistic, inheritly optimistic. this happens all the time. you go through it in every transition. this particular president-elect exhibits these characteristics over here, this confidence in his own kind of visionary intuit...

Tactical intelligence coordinator. i think petraeus is signalling that he would be interested in serving. in what capacity, who can say? the whole process is fascinating, the way in which people are -- >> i know. >> its like a stock market and reputation and potential job selection. reminds me of the days of lyndon johnson. you know, name up, name down. somebody promotes himself too much and theyre out. >> speaking of which, rudy giuliani is the one somebody who may have promoted himself too muc...