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Staffers? well, that was newts idea. >> what newt did was to try and centralize the policymaking process through the speakers office and also give great traction to those who raised more money than others. it was more about whether you are going to be loyal to the team and im the captain and im the one making the decisions. >> we asked the former speaker for comment. his office declined, citing his contract with fox. but as far as on steen is concerned, the time line from newt to now can be call...

Gingrich. >> as speaker of the house, he shut down the government twice. oh, and remember the problems caused by eliminating expert staffers? well, that was newts idea. >> what newt did was to try and centralize the policymaking process through the speakers office and also give great traction to those who raised more money than others. it was more about whether you are going to be loyal to the team and im the captain and im the one making the decisions. >> we asked the former speaker for comment...

Velocity semiautomatic weapons the american people face a risk. its something we know,000 handle. thats the point we have tried to make. >> you worked with president trump. how easy or difficult is it to get him to really pay attention to this issue? do you detect a reluctance to run an objective anl alysis of this tlehreat assessment. >> the policy making process is just kind of dead. you dont have a real strategic process thats based upon facts and data. look at trendage sis. thats how you mak...

Something else very quickly. its incumbent upon congress, governors and police chiefs. theres no reason to have this type of weaponary in the hands of civilians. thats something policy makers have to take seriously. in the administration theres not a coherent policy making process. attention has to be kept on this. count on governors, local leaders and every day citizens. we really have to make sure this remains a focus of our country. >> now its time for national action. thank you so much for j...

On one hand i totally agree with you that it is a very difficult thing for external advisers to be getting in the way of those accountable for the advice theyre giving. if its true tucker walked him off of that, i applaud talk uck person what worries me more is the utter dysfunction inside the policy making process inside this administration. there is no cohesive iranian foreign policy. y theres no strategic coherence. they say they dont want war but everything that theyre doing is walking up cl...

Casualty -- >> the ramifications. >> the ramifications to our own security and to our economy. and i think the fact that it got as far as it did before those questions were asked is a big problem. you know, ive been -- i wasnt part of the national security team, but our policymaking process was thorough. these conversations happened as part of a team. we had a secretary of defense. >> but it was a pretty -- there was an -- you guys took heat when you walked the country to the line with syria and...

States. its a fundamental primary concern right now, and its something that should have been known going in. bigger macro issue, admiral, we now have a former acting defense secretary. we havent had a defense secretary since general mattis left before christmas. there are serious issues around the world right now. of how much concern is this to you? >> its deep concern to me. because our allies and adversaries when they see acting in someones name they know someone could be temporary, and theyll...

The pentagon will present plans to the white house to send up to 10,000 more american troops to the middle east to beef up defenses against potential iranian threats. a senator from delaware chris coons, a democrat. he need a more regular detailed briefing from senior administration leaders about their strategy with regard to iran. and frankly, one of the very concerning things about the clips that you just showed of rex tilltillerson and his comme about the president, is the undisciplined and u...

They dont know what to think. the rest of the region doesnt really know what to think. its put us in a tough situation. there is a couple things here we have to keep in mind. we had a process that was working and keeping us safe and keeping a nuclear weapon out of iranian hands. that has gone away and no one knows what the objective of the administration is. the trump administration no longer has a policymaking process where the voices from across the government are brought in before decisions a...

That has gone away and no one knows what the objective of the administration is. the trump administration no longer has a policymaking process where the voices from across the government are brought in before decisions are made. and this erratic approach, when trump came into office, he promised by disrupting some of the ways we have done business in the past he would get better results. but we dont see any result anywhere near. if you look at what the president has done in north korea, for exam...