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And order. this is something big on jeff sessions mind. he was a very big critic of some of the things that the obama justice department was doing, including not enforcing some of the marijuana laws. obviously the legalization of marijuana in some of the states. and other issues that the justice department has been doing. we expect a sharp right turn when he takes office here this afternoon. >> the philosophy, the judicial philosophy, legal law enforcement philosophy of now the attorney general ...

To told him he cant wait a week, cant wait a month. the idea that bad guys are going to run into the country in that week or in that month, it does take a long time to get a visa, no? >> yeah, its surprising to me that this is even an issue, because of course hes going to see things in the presidents daily brief that other people arent seeing. of course hes going to see things about threats that are based on classified information. thats not any surprise. his predecessors did this, not only them...

You know, neil, i had two a officers murdered in the last quarter of last year. certainly the detroit community stepped up and certainly gave a lot of support. but we need more. police officers shouldnt go to work wondering whether or not theyre going to make it home. theres a problem. so the highest level of leadership needs to step up. certainly i have a chance to listen to president trump at major city chiefs yesterday. he visited with us. he certainly gave his support to law enforcement that...

Shes being offered the secretary of education. they raised hell on that one. i would suggest to you that that was pointed and that was justified. mattis, other nominations have not been obstructed. >> sort of. let me put up the list right now for our viewers at home. these are all the trump administration nominees that are still awaiting confirmation, and the list is long. look at all these faces. i know you dont have a screen there, but it is more than his two predecessors or in recent memory. ...

Havent heard yet from mick cane and lindsay graham since weve been sitting here. >> not yet. >> youll hear a lot more about russia. >> like many thing, if i may, that donald trump says theres context for it and that is this is a president who criticized america for being too expansionist and too many wars and less of an interventionist than predecessors. >> you cannot forgive the murder. >> he was not well expressed. >> it was more than not well expresseded. >> lets talk about the style -- now e...

Problems. theres always course corrections. the really great presidents are the ones who make it seem like the mistakes were made by other people. by tweeting, as he does, president trump is taking away from himself the firewall, the mystery, the aloofness that has helped his predecessors skirt responsibility. its hard to predict him. he may find himself regretting the fact hes always removing the plausible deniability. the fact the u.s. military pushes back about torture and water boarding and ...

More comfortable. mark koe rubio and liz chany, by the way, both hitting the president hard. >> his visit mere putin comment doesnt hold up on substance and not on morality. it is offensive to democrats and republicans. but we havent heard yet from mccain and lindsey graham i dont think since we have been sitting here. but you will hear a lot more about russia. >> like many things that donald trump says, there is context for it. this is a president who criticized america for being too expansioni...

Decision. >> tim, what do you make just politically of the president of the united states tweeting in response to this judges decision? >> every presidency starts with problems. theres always course corrections. the really great presidents are the ones who make it seem like the mistakes were made by other people. by tweeting, as he does, president trump is taking away from himself the firewall, the mystery, the aloofness that has helped his predecessors skirt responsibility. its hard to predict ...

>> well, the trump white house thinks that his predecessors, president obama, was, quote, too kind to iran and that is what has emboldened them. that is why they are testing ballistic missiles. that is why they are acting the way that they currently are right now. and he believes that if they show them tough talk, if they show them theyre not going to put up with these behaviors, that theyre misbehaving, that iran will back down. of course that has created some concern that iran will not back do...

They clearly have more experience than he does. he is a quick study. just like his predecessors who came to this office with virtually no foreign policy experience, going back many presidents, except for george h.w. bush, the fact is, they learned very quickly. he will be no exception to that. i know that he will listen to his advisors around him. >> martha: listen to this from general mike flynn today. >> recent iranian actions involving a provocative ballistic missile launch an attack against ...