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And well make it up to them. >> lets bring in our senior political analyst and our chief political analyst gloria borger. whats your reaction, gloria, to these news that its not really chinas fault, its the previous presidents and trade negotiators fault saying they did a bad job for the united states. >> im shocked he blamed his predecessors because he blames them for everything else. what was stunning to me was sort of his reaction about the farmers, which is saying, well take care of them eve...

Never the chinese c.e.o. like some of his predecessors so now most likely you will remember for those big losses the lander had throughout the last years this is maybe a little bit unfair because yes he did actually do many reforms he was able to restructure the bank the brand pos bank for example he worked on those many pending losses at the end he also had the problem that he just didnt get along well with the chairman of the supervisory board like the who then you know was looking for a new b...

In a week there is intent to do the interview now. >> i think youre right, bill. there is an institutional view of protecting the justice department even to the point of not prosecuting misdeeds performed by predecessors in the d.o.j. i suggest to you that both jim comey and well hear from him in a couple of weeks and loretta lynch from whom well hear snippets on nbc tonight subscribe to that view. >> bill: if they disagree it would be a story. >> yes it would be. the only time they disagreed wa...

Much for your military perspective. president trump is blaming his predecessors alleged in action for the current crisis. lets go deeper on it. the president tweeted today... republican senator john mccain is saying this. a former state department senior advisor in the trump and george w. bush administration and a senior fellow at the center for national interest. what is our foreign policy for syria? >> the foreign policy is to kill isis and we just about done that which is why president trump ...

Financial protection bureau in november. records released to the ap show that four of the hires including the chief of staff are making $259,000 a year in a newly created position of senior advisor is making over 239,000 which is mofr the salaries of members of congress, cabinet secretaries and nearly all federal judges apart from those on the supreme court. mulvaneys chief of staff salary exceeds her predecessors but they blame the agencys last director for the elevated salaries of mulvaneys ap...

>> reporter: president trump says he believes pruitt is doing a good job. he said he thinks hes doing a fantastic job at the epa. sarah sanders said they are reviewing some of this. >> i think that scott has done a fantastic job. i think hes a fantastic person. >> no one other than the president has the authority to hire and fire members of his cabinet. its a decision that hell make. right now i dont have any personnel announcements. the president feels the administrator has done a good job at e...

Families and employers been will be deploying soon. they will be in a support, they will not be apprehending or detaining, and armed only in regard to self-defense. were also told they will be involved in constructing border infrastructure, but this is very, very early in this deployment, as you mentioned, part of their mission will be to figure out what holes need plugged, what they need to be doing. this is not unprecedented. the national guard has been deployment down on this border twice bef...

Aides who he knew and worked with before coming to washington d.c. and renting a d.c. apartment for $50 a night. >> why does it matter? >> because youre renting it from someone who is no business -- >> is it williams and jensen? a major firm. mr. hart has no client common third parties in a firm is absolutely a stretch. >> the lobbyist works a firm that represents fossil fuel companies get a new report in the associated press as the epa spent millions on a 20 member full-time security detail for...

>> reporter: president trump says he believes pruitt is doing a good job. he said he thinks hes doing a fantastic job at the epa. sarah sanders said they are reviewing some of this. >> i think that scott has done a fantastic job. i think hes a fantastic person. >> no one other than the president has the authority to hire and fire members of his cabinet. its a decision that hell make. right now i dont have any personnel announcements. the president feels the administrator has done a good job at e...

Detail thats three times the size of his predecessors and its costing taxpayers about $3 million. the epa says that it is necessary and in a statement the epa told fox news, quote, scott pruitt a has faced an unprecedented amount of death threats against him and his family. americans should all agree that members of the presidents cabinet should be kept safe from these violent threats. >> eric: are they offering any evidence of those threats? do we know more about whats been apparently threatene...