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Predecessors while distinguished people have been lawyers, this is the first time we have seen a bona fide national security expert who has posed or been proposed to take over the department. i think that will make a big difference when you conduct after actual reports, and make decisions as to what you should do. more law enforcement present, more dog teams present, more enhanced video surveillance and analysis and actually implementing it rather than letting some of these tragedies and what we...

Group of americas most distinguished presidential historians to dinner at the white house. he was searching for ideas, examples and lessons from his predecessors. as the conversation progressed, "time" reported it became clear to several in the room that obama was most interested in the accomplishments of ronald reagan. reagan on first glance was an unlikely role model, an arch conservative actor turned politician who was better known for his anecdotes and humor than analysis and intellect. but ...

It doesnt mean it didnt happen. this means trump is going to be, you know, this relationship with putin, i dont see that. i think thats a faster way of looking at this. chris: this isnt the first president who has come in thinking that hes going to get along and tame the russian there, clinton did it, george w. bush did it and looked into putins eyes, obama with the reset, what do you think of the chances that they can turn a corner and in the end will it all come to ashes as it did with predece...

Reelection or not good news is a lot of red state democrats have said they are running for reelection. >> dianne feinstein running again? >> i think so. president-elect donald trump tweeted hes going to have a press conference -- of course hes done that before, tweeted hes going to have a press conference and it didnt happen. he is breaking with a lot of precedent of his predecessors. george w. bush held 11 press conferences in a shortened transition. barack obama held 18. if donald trump held a...

That is stop building a factory in mexico and invest more money here in the states. fords ceo says the automaker is no longer going to building a facility in mexico. instead, pumping $700 million into my chicken factory, saving 700 jobs. something for its president said was done with the next presidents policies in mind mind. speak up when we look at some of the tax and regulatory reforms that he has been talking about, that gives us a lot of confidence. this is a vote of confidence that he can ...

Thinking about president-elect obama as he entered office. there hasnt been such a meeting i assume because this president-elect hasnt asked for such a meeting. how much he will rely on his predecessors for advice, i dont know. once the transition is effective on january 20th, there isnt any constitutional reason for them to be in communication. so they may well be ships in the night. until then i can tell you as someone who was involved in a transition eight years ago, it is very, very helpful ...

Day he reported that they had a good conversation and the transition was going swimmingly. you never know which side is up. >> do you think there is lasting effect here or come january 20 their ships passing in the night. >> i think donald trump will become president of the united states. he may or may not rely on predecessors. i remember one of the things that president-elect obama asked the president bush was that he assemble all former presidents for a conversation about the presidency and wh...

He sent out a tweet accusing president obama of bad faith in the transition and then the next day he reported that they had a good conversation and the transition was going swimmingly. so its like a dr. jekyll, mr. twitter thing hes got going and you never know exactly which side is up. >> and this back and forth between the president and the president-elect, do you think theres lasting effect here, or come january 20th, theyre ships passing in the night? >> i think very clearly on january 20th,...

The real-life effect of any list of that agenda item we have mention, obamacare, the roads, tax reform, how do you think practically we are going to be impacted by this new leadership in the republicans dominating both houses of congress? >> trump has promised big changes, and he has to affect the lives of everyday americans including bringing back jobs to a lot of the states along the rust belt. i think whether it is tax reform or healthcare, people bottom line are going to be changing peer dem...

Were going to end up opposing him on those issues. >> how much pressure are you feeling from the progressives? ill give you one example, democracy for america leading progressive group said democratic leaders from chuck schumer down need to stop playing footsie with trump. >> my views are the same as elizabeth warren and bernie sanders. both of them have said the same exact thing. if we can work with him and be true to our principles, were not going to reject it. but overall were sticking to our...