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Of leaving, but are you frustrated in. >> no, this is really, really hard work. running the united states of america. i dont run it, but im working for someone who is dedicated to serving the country in the way he talked about for a number of years. there are incredible challenges, economic challenges, health care challenges, international challenges that have to be dealt with. i dont mean any criticism to mr. trumps predecessors, but there is a lot of things that were, in my view, kicked down t...

Potential military options. the president repeatedly expressed frustration that his predecessors havent done enough. he also says he does not want to forecast what he would do. but his actions against the secretary of state and certainly not giving the secretary of state the typical power to be speaking for the president, you see with president trump trying to put a little daylight between himself and secretary tillerson when it comes to things like negotiation or possible talks with north korea...

Youre thinking of leaving but are you frustrated? >> no, im not. this is really, really hard work running the united states. i dont run it, but im working for someone who is dedicated to serving the country in the way that hes talked about for a number of years. there are incredible chall eng, economic challenges, health care challenges, international challenges that have to be dealt with. i dont mean any criticisms to mr. trumps predecessors but there were an awful lot of things that were kicke...

Hour, it is this struggle im sure we all face. how much attention to pay to the tweets. in my judgment we have to rise to the occasion of doing both because the tweets are our best window into what hes thinking. and we know from the tweeting the deliberations of the iran deal, the deliberation over the nuclear stockpile, theres just monologue. but you and others have covered this country and abroad. yp to play you two-pieces of sound from his predecessors that to me signaled their concern about ...

Leaving. >> kelly, long known in military circles as a "no" b.s. straight shooter, acknowledge the chief of staff is the hardest jobs ever have but disputed the notion certain aspects of it are getting to him. >> reporter: are you frustrated? viggo no, im not frustrated. this is really, really hard work, running the united states of america. i dont run it but i am for someone whos dedicated to serving the country. i dont mean any criticism to mr. trumps predecessors but theres an awful lot of th...

I dont believe and i just talked to the president, i dont think im being fired today. and im not so frustrated in this job that im thinking of leaving. ill tell you this is the hardest job ive ever had. this is in my view the most important job ive ever had. >> so you notice, neil, im not so us from straighted that im thinking of leaving. so that prompted me to ask the following question. >> are you frustrated? >> no, im not frustrated. this is really, really hard work. running the united states...

But weve got to get people to speak up and to announce that our precious form of government, our democratic system has got to be strengthened and not denied. >> what do you -- how do you think, tim, that people will look back after this, and people who reflexively defend the president or criticize those who give him constructive criticism how will they look at themselves? >> well, its going to depend on how things play out in the next few months. the key question here is mr. minow brings up a ...

Predecessors, democratic and republican, have done since world war ii, and that should be something thats upsetting to all americans. >> theres also the subject of the nfl. were heading into another nfl weekend and the game tomorrow night. this tweet, the president against the nfl, "it is about time that roger goodell of the nfl is finally demanding that all players stand for our great national anthem -- -- respect our country." the fact he is making it about the country to a protest against pol...

Kelly doesnt see, for a bunch of reasons, doesnt see their experience as being particularly instructive for what he is at the white house to do. >> what are his reasons not thinking it matters? one is that he has 40 years of experience in the military overseeing, managing men and wi women. a product of where even his career, he doesnt think he needs help in terms of understanding how to manage an organization. the other is, hes only 9 second modern day general after hague, served in the nixon ad...

But what he hasnt been able to control is the presidents twitter finger. hes been chief of staff now just over two months, but he has been pretty isolated, and he doesnt seem to be asking for much advice from any of his predecessors, at least according to a new report by politico, the author of which we are joined now on set. annie, you spoke to somebody in the white house who said kelly doesnt see the experiences of these former chiefs of staff as relevant to his job? >> yeah. i started to talk...