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Is frustrated with kushner who he now sees as a liability. well, further, according to the "washington post", the president isnt happy about all the attention his son-in-law is getting and has raised questions about jared and ivankas future. he said that the president mused this week that everything might be better for them if they sill reply gave up their government jobs and returned to new york, according to a person who discussed it with them. that trump has discussed their departure from t...

Just doesnt pay attention to this kind of political drama, that his job doesnt entail following political drama. hes doing the things he likes to do and he was over at the white house earlier today on an opioid matter, but anderson, putting aside all the palace intrigue, keep in mind, were in the second day in a row of the president causing massive confusion on policy issues, on gun control. yesterday, as we saw, he created all sorts of confusion when he said, for example, that mentally ill peop...

So that is intercepted, for example, intercepted e-mails, snemted phone calls, faxes, if anyone still uses those. all of that has to be left aside. and the pdb is top secret level, intelligence programs are almost all at the top secret level, and policy issues, including the -- for example, the israeli-palestinian conflict have to be understood at the top secret level in order for someone to be an effective mediator in a conflict like that. >> and john heilemann, the white house press briefings ...

Policy issues, including the -- for example, the israeli-palestinian conflict have to be understood at the top secret level in order for someone to be an effective mediator in a conflict like that. >> and john heilemann, the white house press briefings are comical when the subject -- well, theyre comical most of the time. but when the subject of security clearances comes up. its always the same answer. we absolutely do not discuss them. were not going to say a word about them. and yet this same ...

Going to be in 2018, where does secrecy in the fisa courts factor in? >> well, look, i think both of those documents were fundamentally political documents and once we begin to see them for what they are, we can hopefully move on in this debate. i think the original republican memo exposed concerns regarding the fisa process. the democratic memo had responses to that, but more broadly you ask a great question, which is are voters going to care about policy agendas going into the fall? i certainl...

Could grant any clearances to kushner. the presidents advisors have determined that would be a pretty drastic step. do you think it could come to that? >> i think that it could when we looked at -- when we look at the pattern of selective hearing that president trump has had since his campaign and since hes come into office. he should definitely listen to general kelly. but he should also listen to his intelligence community. there is zero ambiguity here. the intelligence community and the senat...

In 2018. >> connell: did you have a problem with that? it place well to the base to some extent, what about the idea of attacking the heroism of john mccain? >> i think some of the rhetoric is troubling. i think most republicans, the broad majority of republicans have made their peace with the fact that the policy, on the policy they agree with what the president has done. you can take issue with that. heres the thing. judges, taxes, regulatory reform, on a whole number of different issues, repu...

To 21. the nra comes out with a statement that they are opposed to this. they are opposed to raising the age limit to buy an ar-15 to 21. where does this debate go now? will the president take a stand on this? >> well, there is going to be several fronts about this debate right now. of course you have liberals and democrats that are clearly on one side. you have the nra on the other side. part of the republican party thats in the middle that want to see some sensible gun solutions that perhaps t...

A serious disconnect there. they mustve learned something in the waning minutes of the obama administration which made them worry what we now know they were doing would be discovered. in an effort to reconstruct history she writes herself a memo. heather: donald trump calling vladimir putin offering condolences on the plane crash we told you about and talking about policy issues as well. the conversation coming one day after the russian jet exploded killing all 71 people on board. the white hous...

Fight with the president? or should they save their political capital, save that risk of going out and challenging the president for another time, an issue that they view as more important? and what weve seen from republicans, by and large, is that most of the time, theyve decided to focus on policy issues, where they can gain some ground over the president. they focused on their own political survival. so making sure that he stays popular for their own benefit, as opposed to taking this moral h...