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In this 2009 video of secretary of state, hillary clinton, and russian counterpart. overseas, he stood by his public statement on the issue from march. >> in recent years, committee members have please for stronger action against russian belligerents. the obama administration was committed to the notion against that we can reset relations with vladimir putin. routinely ignored our warnings. >> "political" reported this, but it is unclear how wide it was shared and whether it reached a policy lev...

Eyes of the federal government off of these people. so thats part of what -- why you have so much concern. if you say, look, im not going to call you a terrorist, im not going to say white supremacist, im not going to say neonazi, im not going to mention your name, im not going to call you a thug, im not going to do anything and move the eyes of law enforcement off of you, you are beginning to send signals that this kind of stuff is okay at a policy level as well as a rhetorical level, and thats...

Point out that marco rubio and cory gardner, you know, republican senators have called out and been critical of the president for not using those words. van, i cut you off. sorry. >> i think sometimes we act as if the only thing that matters are the words and the language when you say something, and thats important. but theres a policy implication we have not talked about enough, which is you have an administration that when it comes to counterterrorism has been reported as moving resources away...

Today with these tweets, where he says he likes to hit back harder. its not the most politically intelligent thing to do. the thing to do is to keep his head down as the senator said before, just say, find what you find, go about your business. he could continue, you know, introducing the things that he wants to introduce on a policy level. and trying to drive the conversation his own way by ignoring the investigation. but hes not doing that. hes incapable, i think, of letting anything go. he ne...

In this white house with all of the so-called palace intrigue. it is so true that it was -- it was -- i have never seen anything like it. the entirety of the health care process, which was essentially pulled off like a heist, where mitch mcconnell is going to try to sort of sneak into the bank and crack the vault and get the health care out before anyone could catch them, and while they were doing that as opposed to publicly presenting the plan or saying affirmatively why they were good. the pre...

Hes entertained by it. when people stop entertaining him with their fights, then he moves on the next one and we can assess a lot about whats going on in this white house with always palace intrigue by looking at it like that. it is sort of the "apprentice" west wing edition. >> to mckays point, there was a line that said the presidents mad at the attorney general but continues get it over the top. ive never seen anything like it. the process was pulled off like a heist where mitch mcconnell is ...

He moves to the next one. and i think we can assess a lot of whats going on with the palace intrigue by looking at it like that. it is the apprentice west wing edition. last night he is mad that his attorney general couldnt get it over the top. ive never seen anything like it. it was pulled off like a heist where mitch mcconnell will sneak in and crack the vault and get health care out before anyone can catch them. presenting the plan or saying why it was good, the president had no obvious inter...

Thats a lot of talent and skill that you would be denying yourself. >> is that a similar reaction that youre hearing at the pentagon? >> the u.s. military is a reflection of american society, it is full of people who come from all walks of life across this country, so certainly there are people who would be opposed to it. but on a policy level, which is what the joint chiefs deal with as secretary of defense, and the commander in chief. to make such military policy so instantaneously without the...

Attorney general with no connection to the campaign. >> the problem with the presence tweets just a moment ago, he couldnt have removed him. the president doesnt really understand and is simply lashing out at attorney general jeff sessions. when you look at somebody like jeff sessions who embodied donald trump on a policy level, the president really risks splitting off jeff sessions followers on immigration and trade. and at the other part of donald trumps base and what he

Does on a policy level. >> shannon: is he going to fire jeff sessions? with his constant public criticism and beating of the drum, is this a situation where he makes your life so miserable, you break up with him? >> thats interesting way of looking at it. do you have any stories you want to share? i think there is an element to that. whats odd about this whole process is donald trump made his name to people across the country. by doing exactly what what hes doing right now and saying, youre fire...