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Things that i have noticed and i know that youve thought about this? historical terms is how deeply unpopular this president is, this incoming president is skpared to other recent incoming presidents. when barack obama, george w. bush, bill clinton, people like that, his immediate predecessors were coming in at this time, they were viewed roughly positively. thats not the case for donald trump. this investigation presumably isnt going to help that. can you contextualize that for us? how unique t...

>> have we ever had a situation in the past where it wasnt just political epithets, it wasnt just something people said casually as a way of insulting one another but there was an actual investigation, a substantive concern, about whether or not a presidential campaign might have been colluding with a hostile foreign power? >> nothing close to this. if youre really reaching far, george washington fired his second secretary of state who was a guy named edmund randolph under suspicion that randolp...

When they conduct an investigation like this, they should bring in a police officer, somebody with 20 or 30 years experience to be able to sit down and talk to them while they are conducting this investigation. let me tell you something, chris. anita gupta, shes probably running this investigation. in the baltimore report -- and this would be funny if it wasnt so pa thetic -- she was an attorney for the naacp legal defense fund before the doj. she has no experience in any prosecutions or no expe...

Bill clinton. it was generally inappropriate with a host of other people. i think thats the one thing washington has to learn. >> well, to be clear, let me be clear. this information was not brought up because anyone wanted to dissect donald trumps marriage. it was the reason was germane to the conversation because they wanted to make him aware that there was this material russia claimed to have which they might use as compromising information. so, the question i have is a bigger picture one if ...

Donald trump believes on russia. tillersons whole problem in terms of confirmation is that if he is viewed as having donald trumps views on russia and putin hell have a problem with confirmation. gregory makes a really good point in that trump and some of his team have talked about getting tougher with vladimir putin than president obama has been and yet everything we have seen from donald trump since day one of the campaign has suggested that he believes just like his three predecessors, obama,...

Law enforcement was being self restrained in terms of its policing activities, thus exposing law enforcement to assaults and many of which were deadly assaults. the public safety was not being enhanced, they were not using the full array of the authorities for fear of what might happen in terms of public opinion or political retributio retribution. i have read your predecessors, general michael hayden book, "playing to the edge," and it strikes me that he states the proposition well in terms of ...

Gotten more prosperous, that is one of the reasons trump won because the prosperity did not come down to where it needed to come. also, in history, as you know, bill you are not judged only by what your predecessors did, but by how your successors do. so, this will be an open question. >> bill: you gave him a b and mr. azzerad is giving him a d. good discussion. directly ahead, senator sessions telling americans what he should be the next attorney general, even as a some clowns interrupt his tes...

It hurt the clinton campaign because it cutit into the trump bashing by the press, which is almost nonstop. joining us now with his assessment, brit hume is in florida this evening. now, first of all, do you think trump is being too soft on putin? >> yeah, i think he probably is. sure, look vladimir putin is a bad actor. two prior presidents, two of trumps immediate predecessors tried to make common cause with him. it didnt work in either case. i think trump will eventually figure thiss out. but...

To overturn those state laws just as your predecessors have done. i want to turn to vowa. i know you voted against the most recent -- >> welcome back, we are live right outside the capitol. >> weve been watching the senate judiciary hold these hearings for senator sessions to become the next attorney general. well get back to that in a few moments but the intelligence committee also has been hearing very important testimony from the leaders of the u.s. intelligence community of russias attempted...

Opportunity overseer. now over the years, ive asked quite a few executive nominees, both republican and democrat to make commitments to respond to oversight. you said you would. but in my experience, nominees are usually pretty receptive to oversight requests during these type of hearings but have -- after theyve been confirmed, oversight doesnt seem to be a high priority for them. as i told me when we met privately in my office, sometimes i think nominees should go ahead and be a little more st...