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It is not politics. when it comes to policy issues, and issues of war, you have to be not sensitive to the politics at home, but the future of what it means for country. and fighting terrorism is not a choice that the united states make, but it is a choice that is made for us. the question and the choice we make is where do we fight them? do we fight them in syria or in iraq or do we ultimately fight them here at home or on the streets in europe? they have made the decision to fight us, and in t...

Minority -- and what im hearing when i hear the chairman of committees that im going to sit on not talk about policy issues, but rather talk about investigations -- it makes me believe that we are going to have to play defense in a very aggressive manner. there might be some places where we can find some mutual accord, but i would say we are going have to be very aggressive in defending the policies and priorities and principles that we have. >> harris: you know, i want to take us a little broad...

That made people feel like this was a matter that had to be kept not only from the public, but from law enforcement? >> that is a big question thats been at the center of this investigation for a long time. youre absolutely right. theres nothing per se wrong with the incoming national security adviser having a conversation with the russian ambassador. it would be inappropriate and it is not in keeping with protocol to be talking about policy issues and trying to understand what the russian gover...

Giving those orders, who was directing those conversations that made people feel like this was a matter that had to be kept not only from the public, but from law enforcement? >> that is a big question thats been at the center of this investigation for a long time. youre absolutely right. theres nothing per se wrong with the incoming national security advisor having a conversation with the russian ambassador. it would be inappropriate and it is not in keeping with protocol to be talking about po...

On the border and meant to keep people from running across-the-boarder illegally, what difference does it make if its a wall or not? maybe im not missing something. >> it is a silly distinction but it is important to her most extreme members in the house especially those coming in and again theyve made it clear they are really holding her hostage on this because while she had 32 no votes in her conference and that secret vote, when they get the house floor, you know, a dozen of her members can s...

Grandfather said more about his life than i could ever tell you this morning. here is a man gearing up for the role of a lifetime and yet his mind went back to his family. a book about policy issues and yet he still found time to write about an imaginary boat that he built with his grandson. in a typical day he would wake up around 5:00 a.m. to review security briefings and grab his first coffee of the day. when the coast was clear the grandkids would try our best to snag a spot on the bad and n...

High, there was that special day when it almost seemed like the boat was real. in those few words, my grandfather said more about his life than i could ever tell you this morning. heres a man gearing up for the role of a lifetime, and yet, his mind went back to his family. this is a book about policy issues, and yet, he still found time to write about an imaginary boat that he built with his grandson. in a typical day, hed wake up around 5:00 a.m. to review security briefings and grab his first ...

Said there were no contacts. that claim has been belied by what we have learned since then, that there were repeated contacts at multiple levels. and i just -- you know, so folks at home understand why the need to be misleading about that, if the contacts were innocent. what was the motivation for not being forthcoming about this early on, which would have removed a lot of these legal troubles. for instance, if michael flynn had not lied about contacts with the russian ambassador during december...

Pronouncement, let no one speak evil of another republican. versus donald trump who has a polarizing relationship with democrats and also attacks other republicans who dont agree or embrace him. and again, i think also of policy issues like guns, after oklahoma city in 1995, president bush quit the nra, quit his lifetime membership. after what happened in parkland, florida, you see president trump not only say that we should arm teachers, but continued to do business with the nra. chris: im not ...

Pronouncement, let no one speak evil of another republican. versus donald trump who has a polarizing relationship with democrats and also attacks other republicans who dont agree or embrace him. and again, i think also of policy issues like guns, after oklahoma city in 1995, president bush quit the nra, quit his lifetime membership. after what happened in parkland, florida, you see president trump not only say that we should arm teachers, but continued to do business with the nra. chris: im not ...