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Trump and pence as extremists that at a policy level they clearly are. we have been having a debate this week about abortion. you are absolutely right about mike pences record. frankly, it was part of what attracted donald trump to him in that vp race, for better or worse -- i would say for worse. but is there talk? is there a strategic value to take some of these, i think really scary for all women moves in state legislatures around reproductive freedoms, to talk about what you are talking abou...

A state known for the most harsh antiabortion and lgbt laws in the country. the star ran a front page editorial attacking governor pence telling him he needed to change his position and get the laws repealed. when mayor pete is talking about this, its not abstract or a one off. its a system attic effort that mike pence as governor of indiana to pass these incredibly harsh laws. theres a lot of history here, a lot of sad reality here, and its good to hear mayor pete speaking about that and talkin...

I think this moment is really important because i think this is one of the few times in the campaign over the next couple of years where well be able to hear some concrete ideas and well be able to have candidates compare and contrast and find out who on a policy level is who we want to complete this. >> the thought of having more people of color in the mix, having political conversations, both kamala harris and cory booker, in terms of their policy proposal, it gets fascinating. for those of us...

Time. also this past election cycle, i tried a course -- there have been amazing books written about david dukes political life, not him as the grand wizard of the kkk, his political life. the plem, both in terms of policy in terms of the way he treats the media, in terms of the way he articulates his campaign and his appeal to white voters is exactly the same as donald trump. in fact, the "new york times" wrote a story a couple years ago about how if youstrich away all of the white supremacy st...

Books written about david dukes political life, not him as the grand wizard, but his political life. and the parallels, both in terms of policy, in terms of the way he treatments the media and the way he articulates his campaign and his appeal to white voters is exactly the same as donald trump. and, ncin, "the new york times" wrote a story about how, if you strip away all of the white supremacist stuff, he was basically a blueprint for how the present gop is running, on a policy level. not abou...

Weve sent lethal weapons to ukraine to help them kill russian soldiers. this administration has been pretty tough on a policy level. what were his notes and what were the conversations as if hes a criminal and we have a right to know something which is presupposing something. >> i dont want to get into a big argument but he has not been tough on russia hes been in alignment with vladimir putin. >> what policies has he not been tough on? >> how about the middle east? spending years to get the rus...

In helsinki he was kissing up to vladimir putin so much, he was saying vladimir putin offered this incredible offer to have their investigators come to the united states and that he thought it was a great offer and that vladimir putin had been so strong in his denial and despite what dan coats said. the idea hes a great negotiator, it doesnt seem in this case -- >> im telling you how i believe that he views himself as a great negotiator. >> clearly. >> i will also say on policy, on the actual th...

Nervous. >> jim, just in terms of the sheer number of acting secretaries, how difficult does it make it for the administration when it comes to any kind of real movement on a specific policy level? >> look, all these folks were deputy secretaries, and they were high-ranking officials in those agencies when they were appointed the acting job. and theyre all highly qualified people taking over those acting roles. and its going to be incumbent upon congress to -- the senate to confirm the nominees ...

With these former lobbyists running cabinet agency after cabinet agency. >> the american people elected donald trump because the leftist special interests in the obama administration were dominating. you have well-funded, well-organized groups going on the attack against this administration, against very qualified people who know their industries and know them well, and are working on issues on behalf of the american public and doing it very well. you know what that does? it makes the left very,...

Your point of view, somebody who was on the national security council and saw the inner workings of the interactions between people like a secretary of defense and a president when there are differences over policy. >> well, dana wing every american should be disturbed that the secretary of defense, who served under countless presidents, both republican and democrat, felt that he was unable to serve the sitting president, because of gross differences on a policy level. i was at the national secu...