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Russia relationship since basically the 1980s. >> for a living. >> a trained kgb operative. im sure there is extensive psychological profile on trump how to play him. also put isnt sure to come experts told me in reporting today he is come with a specific agenda, a to do list he has a mission he wants to accomplish and the concern is trump is going in there -- there is empty devgs at the state department, the policy making process in this administration is not functioning. there is not a clear r...

Treat this as some casual, theatrical bill in the white house. nobody knows what is in the bill. we do not have basic facts. we do not have a cbo score. many its really a disaster of a policy-making process, and well see how much the senate can clean it up. >> steve, a lot of people were bringing up your state of iowa yesterday when they were talking about this bill, talking about how coverage is being lost in iowa when it comes to obamacare and saying this will reinstate it. members will be goi...

Than. four more on that. lets go to msnbc host and political correspondent steve kornacki standing at the big board. its only a flesh wound getting it through the house, according to the republicans. talk about how difficult this will be getting this through the senate? >> the process of actuall getting this into law, the republicans still have a long way to go. lets take an overview of the process. heres good news if youre a republican. you did get it through the house. people wrote you off as ...

Mattis will be actively involved in a policy making process and that their voices will be listened to. >> what about mike pompeo, the new cia director? hes pretty widely respected. >> so, you know, director pompeo is someone who has experience with intelligence from his time on the house permit select committee. ive heard good things from those who have worked closely with him. you know, in some ways it was a pick that ran counter to the nonpartisan nature of previous cia directors. but if congr...

Decision-making structure for foreign policy in government is a little bit directionless and whoever takes on this job needs to make sure that he or she would have a full rein over the different levers. leland: is the nsc directionless because it doesnt have a leader? obviously, you have keith kellogg, the interim nsa, but is it rudderless because you dont have a national security advisor or because you have the situation in the white house where you have competing groups, whether it be steve ba...

Time, sets a tone and in the short run most importantly of all improves his image. >> lets talk about the foreign policy team and how they work together. a lot of strong personalities with general mattis at the pentagon, rex tillerson at state. general kelly at dhs. mike pompeo at the cia. talk about in your position in the carter white house how these relationships formed and how they get balanced out, and what the president should do to sort through these strong personalities. of course, he do...

Chuck hagel in confer rags sudd suddenly embrace him. >> i agree firing is too harsh. this is conscious decoupling. >> wow. pharrell williams and gwyneth paltrow on the same show. >> i thought hagel was brought on to be a non-factor and was performing in that role. i was surprised by this. you now have three former defense secretaries that say the white house is too insular and is micromanaging on foreign policy. you have a policy making process that is troubled. and a substantive policy that i ...

Chuck hagel in confer rags sudd suddenly embrace him. >> i agree firing is too harsh. this is conscious decoupling. >> wow. pharrell williams and gwyneth paltrow on the same show. >> i thought hagel was brought on to be a non-factor and was performing in that role. i was surprised by this. you now have three former defense secretaries that say the white house is too insular and is micromanaging on foreign policy. you have a policy making process that is troubled. and a substantive policy that i ...

A version that visits random work sites with paid actors pointing at things. a version of me that doesnt find old people loathsome or pointless. has a conventionally attractive yet curiously still family. listening to my constituents legislating, these are things i dont do. what i do is spend about 70% of my time raising funds for re-election. >> see, an honest politician. joining me josh silver the director of represent us. good morning, sir. >> good morning, carol. >> so explain what youre try...

Report i think for the president. but thats a good thing, because it reminds us of who he is and how he set forth to try to be bipartisan, work across lines, and to solve problems without regard to who looks good at the end of the day. >> i think thats right, and it goes to another piece of the policy-making process, which is the congress has largely been mia here. i criticized the president and the congress on this issue. but what the president has done is convene the larger bipartisan conversa...