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It really shows the dichotomy between trump the performer and trump the policy maker and howility ho hhow -- how ill informed he is about his own basic positions. >> right. in the cabinet meeting, the president talked about the "great reviews of yesterdays televised bipartisan meeting." then he said this of the networks -- >> they probably wish they didnt send us those letters of congratulations. im sure their ratings were fantastic. they always are. which is why i think the media will ultimatel...

Whether or not he is stable and in between steve bannon and michael wolff. its been a busy week. >> you look at the portrait and excerpts, and i know you are working your way through the book as well. there are so many moments in the book that highlights his eccentricities. he likes to eat at mcdonalds. he likes to get his friends opinions at night about what he has done or not done. is there a lot here that is new to you? >> no. this book rings true to me. regardless of michael wolffs methods o...

Bad guys can come in. >> one last question. >> are lottery vetted? >> yes. >> so its screening? >> yeah, they are screened like any other immigrant. >> so intelligence? >> i dont know if there was any failure. >> yes, last question. >> we know from your confirmation hearings, testimony, that both your mother and mother-in-law are immigrants. how did their experiences shape your thinking on this position? and do you have any reason to believe they both would still have been able to come in under ...

Guys can come in. >> are lottery winners vetted? >> yes. >> so theyre screened -- >> theyre screened like any other immigrant. >> so thats an intelligence failure. >> i dont know if there was any failure. last question. >> we know from your confirmation hearing testimony that your mother and your brother-in-law are immigrants. how do their experiences shape your thinking on this position and do you have any reason to believe that they both still have been able to come in under the tightening tha...

Every day. i think a policy maker or a citizen examining all of these issues should not be handicapped or shackled from previous immigration systems -- every has benefitted from immigration law of the past. that doesnt mean every generation doesnt have its own duty to look at the situation we have now and determine for itself, ourselves, whether the immigration law should be changed. its perfectly remarkal. moving forward, maybe well change things. >> thank you so much. >> thank you director. co...

Client to walk away from the charges in the justice department. what do you think, whats your message that you have for the department. they face a lot of pressure to retry them. >> everyone should pay close attention to what the jurors were saying. what they were saying is that the premises of the governments, all of their changes were wrong. there was no bribery. no corrupt agreement and that the senator was real friends. morphoinvestigations and more prosecution and more trials do not change ...

Something theyre not willing to do and they havent been willing to do it through four administrations. so, we need a credible military deterrent and that is our only option. >> getting to that point, it just sort of underscores what a serious situation were dealing with there. >> yes. >> you said its been four administrations in the making. this didnt happen overnight, even though as we see overnight there is this -- there is a new alarm because of just how serious this is. but it didnt happen o...

And a policy maker in residence at gerald ford school of public policy. you need a shorter title, thats too long for me. im not very good at this reading thing, harold, what options do the democrats have other than posting facebook videos, doing live chats, taking cabs to go see a cbo score -- to go see what bill looks like. >> i think what they -- did was a nice stunt, but what i think they should do is this. this bill will come out, well have a score for it. thats how the message was won the f...

I used to brief in the white house. there are awkward conversations and difficult conversations where the truth versus loyalty dilemma comes up. im giving the truth as i see it and the policy maker doesnt like the message im giving. in the comey case, it was about what he was saying about the investigation and his unwillingness to say, yes, sir, im personally loyal to you. what happens when you have that ethical dilemma? you resolve it one way or another. its tough for us to put ourselves in tho...

The story isnt going away. they want that maybe take the pridents phone away from him. no dou he will be continuing to tweet about all this and you guys are in luck because i have an amazing panel, harold ford jr. former democratic congressman in the state of tennessee and current policy maker and resident at the university of michigan school of public policy, brendan greeley, contributor to the economist and stanley, a form assistant attorney general for the civil rights division of the justice...