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Is offering some words of advic advice. >> make sure he knows that america will not take a step backwards and we will not allow him to infiltrate and change who we are as a people. basically telling the people that elected officials are not legitimately -- >> can anything good come out of this meeting, it is going to be the democrats over and over reading the language between these two comen. >> optics aside, even the investigations aside for a second, there are some really hard work on the poli...

Than ever from accomplishment. >> senator majority leader mitch mcconnell nixed that saying repeal now and we place later wont work. quote its not easy making america great again, is it? thats not a very subtle dig at the president, is that, jonathan? >> no, its not a very subtle dig at all. im surprised the majority leader was surprised to see what essentially was a white flag of surrender on the flag of repealing and replace the other day, maybe repeal first and try to replace later. i think s...

And now he is having to take instruction from aides of the white house. >> thats an adjustment. he spoke about this in an interview about how he wasnt certain about taking the job or serving in the government and being a cabinet member you are out there as a high-level ambassador for the president of the united statess policies. right? so you should agree with them and want to agree with them. and weve seen a number of conflicts even on the policy level if you look at qatar and saudi arabia. tha...

It the white house. >> thats an adjustment. he spoke about this in an interview about how he wasnt certain about taking the job or serving in the government and being a cabinet member you are out there as a high-level ambassador for the president of the united statess policies. so you should agree with them and want to agree with them. and weve seen a number of conflicts even on the policy level in you look at qatar and saudi arabia. and that makes it very difficult, i think, for secretary tille...

The stock market is gangbusters great he is building relationships across the world that we havent had in a long time. they cant beat him on the policy level. >> eboni: i would tell him look the other way. he needs to focus on his agenda, whatever it is, keep going with the economic plan, infrastructure, tax cuts. push the agenda forward so he can be well positioned for 2018. if there is nothing there, which i will say this is where the leaks are costing those. if you are looking at this and wan...

Five people in an investigation or leaking? when i was in the occ, i didnt work and enforcement but the people who did took it seriousl seriously. nonpublic information about a matter being investigated. journalists, we try to get leaks all the time. its not easy and less youre getting background on cases already brought. >> eric: the problem is we are spending so much time doing this, there are administration officials who have to testify, they are being deposed. donald trump is trying to put t...

It really went into our justice system and other core areas. on the policy level it plays right into that. >> we just heard from mitch mcconnell. we dont have the sound up yet but he is saying he is not a fan of the presidents tweets. he has said that a number of times in the past. as somebody who used to be with the fbi and founded the cyber attack division do you personally and do those you speak with feel like the president is on your side at the fbi, on the side of law enforcement and the si...

Had a long record, multiple news stories, multiple moments, where there was obfuscation or a failure to report contacts, which may or may not be important. okay, so that raises sort of your curiosity. and then again, i dont know about the story and i certainly cant comment on its veracity -- >> congressman, let me jump in. if i understand your logical reasoning here, youre noting that some of this would be okay but some of it raises questions. without asking you to confirm or deny the elements o...

There was obfuscation or a failure to report contacts, which may or may not be important. okay, so that raises sort of your curiosity. and then again, i dont know about the story and i certainly cant comment on its veracity -- >> congressman, let me jump in. if i understand your logical reasoning here, youre noting that some of this would be okay but some of it raises questions. without asking you to confirm or deny the elements of "the washington post" story, because i understand the position y...

Had a long record, multiple news stories, multiple moments, where there was obfuscation or a failure to report contacts, which may or may not be important. okay, so that raises sort of your curiosity. and then again, i dont know about the story and i certainly cant comment on its veracity -- >> congressman, let me jump in. if i understand your logical reasoning here, youre noting that some of this would be okay but some of it raises questions. without asking you to confirm or deny the elements o...