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Karen mcdougal. one democratic strategist telling the hill, democrats shouldnt shy away from raising this issue. it comes down to a question of credibility. lot of folks are just appalled by what they are hearing. party leader dont appear too eager to go down this road. house democratic leader nancy pelosi on the subject. >> i dont know we have to get involved in that. im more concerned about the policy which undermine the financial security of american working families. >> doesnt that seem to b...

What you know. >> cheers, thank you for having me. and we turn now back to the breaking news, president trump making another big change to his national security team, h.r. mcmaster out, john bolton in. mcmaster had clashed with the president over policy issues, over statements about russia, over the direction of the foreign policy of the united states. john bolton known as a hard liner with experience in the bush administration. bolton had led a super pac that spent over a million dollars with...

No one seems to know when that will happen. publicly president trump says he respects mcmaster but the relationship has been rocky for months theyve had public disagreements over policy issues. last month the president rebuked mcmaster for failing to defend the presidents 2016 electry move. the white house is denying that mcmaster could be eyeing the exit. heres a tweet sanders sent out. just spoke to potus and mcthatser. contrary to reports they have a good working relationship and no changes a...

What he was getting at. now, he, the president, is pretty aggressive about not informing himself about policy issues, about shifts in the economy. its why he, you know, continues to talk about how hes going to bring steel and coal jobs back, even though hes not going to do that. steel tariffs may have a marginal impact, but the fate of the steel industry as a proportion of the u.s. economy, we know what that story is. the same with coal. coal is dwindling for reasons that are partly environmenta...

>> sandra: last time around as you mentioned mike pompeo was able to hold bipartisan support as the cia director. one republican, rand paul, voted no. were getting word rand paul is going to be holding a news conference on the pompeo and haspel nominations. as fox news is reporting some government officials told fox news yesterday that haspel is headed for a tough confirmation battle because it will likely reignite the controversial black site program. well hear from rand paul this afternoon. wh...

The hearing will -- im sure, focus extensively on policy issues especially on the democratic side and it will on both. look, i think he got 66 votes in his last passthrough. therell be greater scrutiny on this, there will, because of what the position entails and how it affects how we project around the world. i think it will -- look, its going to be contentious. were moving into the period of time. the elections are coming up -- >> sandra: what do you anticipate will be the biggest issues? obvi...

Him and accepted wimbledon tickets. and most believe rick perry could replace him and former governor of the great state of texas. perry, you may know, had a great deal of experience dealing with veterans issues in his days in the lone star state and has the presidents confidence. one other name that could be leaving is h.r. mcmaster. look, i have to tell you, this has been a rumor that percolates from time to time only to die down again. winds of change may be blowing in his direction. we heard...

Think pompeo will find the new 30% like an estate sale or is there something in him thats going to to restore the institutional luster? >> hard question, brian. i hope were not just worried about cutting the budget by 30%. secretary killtillerson did not over any of those foreign service officers. but heres the problem hes going to face. on the one hand he has a much closer relationship to the president. from what weve been hearing today on policy issues, theyre closer together on issues like ir...

Designate pompeo will do about that or if he cares about that, but thats another factor hell have to deal with as he comes in along with these policy issues. >> at a moment when hes facing media challenges. >> i think this plays sort of as a blaze of glory in their rights to show him the door. but it speaks to how things go differently in this white house than youve seen, and for a white house this is like the on-line dating app for white houses. there is a lot of fire in the beginning, little t...

Issues. the secretary of state had been pushing the united states and the administration to stay within the iran nuclear deal, to work within that frame work. theres been many reports, weve been hearing plenty from initials saying the president wasnt all that happy with the push to stay in the iran nuclear agreement. theres other policy issues when it comes to qatar and russia. when the secretary was on his way back from africa, he said a much more powerful for russia against a nerve agent to at...