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Steve bannon was not there for that process, which i think says something. you also have i think concern among some folks inside the west wing and close to the president about bannons role about the machinations with h.r. mcmaster because the two, remember, do have very different policy views. thats what this comes down to -- the bottom line is this -- while steve bannons personal influence may be waning with the president, his policy influence does not seem to be. look what happened with china ...

Lot of criticism from the left, president trumps senior adviser and son-in-law is in iraq today. before the secretary of state has gone to iraq. kushner is the joints chief, general joseph dounford, meetin with iraqi, american, coalition officials. spokesperson for general dunford said kushner was traveling on behalf of the president to express his support to iraq and u.s. personnel involved in the campaign against isis. for more, i want to bring in nbcs hans nichols from the pentagon. back with...

Whats the first thing comes to your mind. >> grace and intelligence for sure. she was a first lady with a storied career before she moved into the white house. i believe she was a hospital administrator back in chicago and with a harvard law degree. when she moved into the white house, she took a role that is traditionally passive and a bit -- doesnt have a lot of policy influence, and she took it and turned it into a platform that both married her role as mother of two young women and a woman, ...

Turn and bringing in those from goldman sachs? >> i would agree with paul that it fits with trumps framework, and theres no question he made tremendous political hey during the campaign, at first going after ted cruz and then going after hillary clinton, and it was a big campaign theme for him and something he brought up repeatedly, and he said he didnt need to be owned or bought by anybody at goldman sachs and he has so many bankers now up to close proximity in the white house, and kellyanne co...

She is holding out for something that has policy influence in it. i dont think we know the answer to that. >> thank you so much. we continue to watch donald trumps plane there. he makes his way to new york for those meetings tomorrow. well keep a close watch on all of it. well be right back. so all you have to do is search for the car you want, there it is. now youre an expert in less than a minute. this is truecar.

Hundreds and hundreds of americans will lose their health care insurance. >> two other first ladies have testified before congress. eleanor roosevelt and rosslyn carter. but hillary clinton is unique in her political power and her broad policy influence. >> first, there is no free lunch in this health care plan. it wont be free. everybody will be paying something. >> later before another committee, she suggests it be post possibly until savings are achieved to pay for them. >> until we get every...

>> it was a sellout crowd with 200 lining the crowds. hillary clinton was succinct and to the point. >> americans can no longer wait for health care reform. as we sit here today, literally hundreds and hundreds of americans will lose their health care insurance. >> two other first ladies have testified before congress. eleanor roosevelt and rosslyn carter. but hillary clinton is unique in her political power and her broad policy influence. >> first, there is no free lunch in this health care pla...

For health care reform. as we sit here today, literally hundreds and hundreds of americans will lose their health care insurance. >> two other first ladies have testified before congress. eleanor roosevelt and rosslyn carter. but hillary clinton is unique in her political power and her broad policy influence. >> first, there is no free lunch in this health care plan. it wont be free. everybody will be paying something. >> later before another committee, she suggests it be post possibly until sav...

National brand, which he can leverage off of. >> if you were to look at the incumbent power base, democratic leadership, barack obama and the presidency, matt miller and youre watching not just again the fricassee in the gop, but the potential for a meaningful third party challenger, mike bloomberg or anybody else, does that vary the existence of somebody like mike bloomberg create a meaningful policy influence or meaningful policy influence in the obama administration without a candidacy? >> i ...