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Along. this is a ban. it targets muslims and he likes that. >> chris, there is so much to be said about that. number one, i think david sanger suggested a while ago this will increase the odds the supreme court will read intent into the current executive order. intent that might be unconstitutional. chris, i joined a friend of the court briefing opposing kpo executive order one and executive order two. in my heart, i believe the president has this kind of authority. i think it is misapplied here...

Plays a role. but de blasio is just enforcing that with their behavior. every policy step he takes does the complete opposite. i dont know that somebody who followed him called for his resignation, i dont know that anybody would be better, but i dont think that anybody could be worse. >> he started from a terrible comment about his kid. >> yeah. >> and by the way that judge appointment was a deal that was cut a year ago. >> it was a year ago, it was a one-year term. >> but im just saying, i thin...

>> thats true, i mean the media plays a role. but de blasio is just enforcing that with their behavior. every policy step he takes does the complete opposite. i dont know that somebody who followed him called for his resignation, i dont know that anybody would be better, but i dont think that anybody could be worse. >> he started from a terrible comment about his kid. >> yeah. >> and by the way that judge appointment was a deal that wasar ago. >> it was a year ago, it was a one-year term. >> but...

Capital i by the taliban since they disappeared in 2000. in return we handed over the so-called taliban five who were being held at guantanamo. they will reportedly be in the custody of the gulf nation of qatar for least a year. liz, the taliban five were giving up the former army chief of staff. were giving up intelligence chief. were giving up a military commander. some of them wanted by the u.n. for -- what do you make of the swap? >> you know, its wonderful that bergdahl has been freed, but ...

Get a sense of who they are, and to some extent increase our leverage. i think its an important policy step, and i think nabbedably it starts with nonlethal assistance, and i think we have to kind of take it one step at a time, but i suspect the movement will be more quickly -- more quick than its been in the past. i think the real issue, though, is it suggests that theres a view in the u.s. government that if not getting to the end game or the beginning of the end, certainly theres a sense that...

government this week? ill explain. first, heres my take. if you are trying to understand the recent protests against the putin regime in russia, one of the best guides is an outspoken columnist thats been writing essays in the nations leading newspapers over the past month. political competition is the heart beat of democracy. this author writes "noting the absence of such competition in contemporary russia." he describes the frustrations of the russian middle class, demanding politica...

Perhaps in your view he didnt do two years ago? >> i think today a very positive sign. clearly, the administration has now shifted its position, but we are hearing really tough rhetoric against the regime and support of civil society in iran and so we can only hope that theres some sort of policy that follows the rhetoric but i think today, from what president obama has said and also from what secretary of state clinton has said the last few days is a very, very positive sign. >> what kind of po...

The red ink begins to spill in all directions because youre actually borrowing just to pay the interest on the money you borrowed before. >> so when you look at this question of how do you get the private sector to hire more people, how do you get growth through private sector rather than through more government spending, what strikes me is if you look at corporate america the situation from the point of view of american corporations is extraordinarily healthy. they have enormous amounts of cash...

The interest on the money you borrowed before. >> so when you look at this question of how do you get the private sector to hire more people, how do you get growth through private sector rather than through more government spending, what strikes me is if you look at corporate america the situation from the point of view of american corporations is extraordinarily healthy. they have enormous amounts of cash on their balance sheet. what that means is that theyre earning lots, they have retained th...

And many people still go on and you talk. i do think he likes to make sure he keeps his staff on his toes so you are working to deliver the next message, the next policy idea and when you are reading about things -- i always try to tell people in all walks of life, not just at white house, when you worried about those things, control what you can control and that is doing best job you can. >> since you worked for vice president pence -- there is something interesting here in both vice president ...