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At the country club, thats still going to be impossible to get your arms around. >> david, all presidents absorb information differently. some like more images, more data, long essays. clearly the way this president seems to absorb information, i mean, a lot of it is from television, is stuff from twitter. so even if the -- if general kellys controlling the position papers that are going in to the president or what lands on the presidents desk, there are all these other things he cant control. >...

Councils done? well the economic one, you know, it hasnt really met and although they say theyre doing back room work with position papers, nobody really knows if this isnt just a way to guild the lily so that things look good. >> still, richard, weve seen so many photo ops of these ceos sitting around this big table with the president. this is significant. this is a businessman, now president, who seems to me proud of the economy, proud of the progress he feels like hes made, and so he wants to...

And i think it was as telling as anybody we have seen over the course of the last 18 months. >> the only way i -- i was watching it. obviously, all of us were incredulous. you also could see -- please correct me if im wrong but he could never really go deep on a thought. he never actually takes it a step further on issues and policies. everything is just a huge problem. >> but, mika -- >> and he cant, like, take it to the next level. he cant get his head around anything. i dont think he has the ...

Standing up to -- look, the point is the biggest employer in my district and i have had to say no to them as well. im happy the president has this type of courage. i was very happy, for example, when he took the call from taiwan. he was giving a message to the chinese communist leadership. they cant take american presidents for granted anymore, to just roll over for them. this call to boeing tells big business in the united states hes president of the united states and hell watch out for the ame...

Some circumstances. >> if experiences professionals come to the president and say we think this terrorist has critical information, we need to obtain it and this is the only way to obtain it thats a tough call. presidency is a tough call. donald trump is a tough guy. i think hes ready to make the calls. >> retired general michael flynn is now in trumps inner circle of advisors and is being considered for a senior post including national security advisor. >> bringing back my panel. congressman ro...

Real problems with it. but they actually thought that the gop effort and the temperament would be sufficient to get you across the goal line. and by nature, she had a lot of different position papers. she thought things out. she is a very -- a person who believes deeply in preparation, hard work, collaboration. >> process. >> yeah, and there are smart policies you can do to help make peoples lives better. be it infrastructure programs, or access to job training or education or things to deal wit...

Hughes and christine quinn. ladies, great to have you. for my first question, here is the rule. you may not other your opponents name. this is my first, just for the first question. okay. what, christine, does your candidate, hillary clinton, basically in a couple of sentences need to do tonight? >> secretary clinton needs to continue to send the message she sent that she is strong, the most fit to be president of the united states, has a vision that really is going to help all americans. >> doe...

I mean, the clintons have been here, they have seen this before. it happened in 2008. >> this is actually where she is at her best. >> its when she gets better. >> when she gets good. people get out of the way. >> what exactly, al, do you see? what is going wrong with this campaign that was supposed to be a walk in the park? >> well, she really hasnt done much wrong. i mean, she has put out serious position papers. she has -- its a well-run campaign. i think it goes to what you alluded to earlie...

Than him. i dont know a single person supporting him because of his position papers. hes calling more attention to somebody else -- inside or out of government. maybe thats where you start. you start by focusing the attention on the tragedy of veterans health care abdomen move from there. >> one of the sound bite we didnt play from earlier. he agreed with trump. somebody has to take accountability. his plan on firing the leadership. he said no one is taking account anlt for this. no one has lost...

I will say that donald trump probably read everything on his website or maybe has not read everything on his website. >> listen. >> his position shifted. somewhat, or seems to have on this topic or softening some of what seemed like the beginning that the campaign started in july. hes widened the door a bit. >> this is why people say he has no soul on some of the issues that he says what he needs to say in the moment. >> so if you look at what he is putting these position papers out on, on actio...