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A layering of bureaucracy thats in some cases unnecessary. the person who made that office work is general clapper, who is a 50-year veteran of the u.s. intelligence an was able to do with that job something that his predecessors really hadnt, finding the right person to succeed clapper is really hard. there just arent that many. and i think thats part of whats tough for the trump team. very important job how will it calibrate, vis-a-vis the cia director who they already decided will be mike pom...

Have to get ready for about four years worth of this kind of clash between traditional sort of commercial morality which is really what the trump organization is all about which is we heard this on the campaign trail catch me if you can. well try this. well try that. well see what market will bear. well see what public will put up. well see if we can make a fast buck along the way. that runs squarely into public morality which is that we dont want to sell the white house. we dont want to sell ac...

Portray to the country as the image of a leader. >> thats right. in south korea, you have an absolute level of upheaval that we barely even report on. we have people marching in the street probably as we speak right now. you have things that are going on in the middle east. you have things going on all over the world and we know from bitter history that it was at a briefing that a prior president was told theres this thing called al qaeda out there thats planning to strike the united states. it ...

>> good afternoon, everybody. if i seem nervous today, its because one of my predecessors is in the room. its wonderful to see you. welcome back to the white house. >> this is a different vantage point than i had before. im about this tall. this moves up and down. so they had to readjust it for you. you were the deputy for a long time. we almost had the same trajectory in terms of taking over in the second term. were you happy being the deputy? did you think you would be the press secretary? >> ...

As well as moving him to the presidency. 50% is about as good a number weve seen for donald trump through the duration of the entire campaign. but then let me put it into perspective at this same point in time for this transition approval. you have barack obama and bill clinton in the 70s. so donald trump really doesnt necessarily end up starting in the honeymoon period that his predecessors did. >> nbc political analyst ben ginsburg. former national counsel to the romney and bush/cheney campaig...

For me, its important to talk to these groups and these communities who are feeling concerns, who are feeling anxiety over the statistics, over the numbers, over the rhetoric, over the freedom that some people seem to feel at this point in time to express hate. you know, obviously what we do in the department is defend the first amendment as well. you know, we defended the deaf peoples right to say things no matter how hateful they are at times. but you have always got to wonder, why is it so im...

Consider for themselves. >> were sitting in a room with portraits of your predecessors. what do you want your legacy to be? >> i would like and again you can never pick your le ga six people will look at the body of work and things will stand out. but i would hope that the legacy of my turn here as attorney general will be the time that the department of justice reached out to all americans and made sure that no matter where they were from, what they looked like, where they lived, that the depar...

Predecessors. >> got to leave it there. you can go to bill oreilly.com to bid on this iconic make america great hat again hand signed by president elect donald trump. 100% of the proceeds from this auction will benefit the fisher house and also the bill oreilly ticket store is open. the chance to see bill remain for the shows in tulsa, k ta co. were still waiting for president-elect donald trump to take the stage in orlando. were going to take you there live when he begins, but up next michell...

To say no. also in the running is south dakota republican congresswoman christey noe. while she said shed prefer to stay in congress, she might have a kdifficult time declining. trump has promised to revamp the structure and culture of the va. that will require a unique candidate. despite the delay, trump remains well ahead of most of his recent predecessors in naming his cabinet. on the latest stop in his thank you tour in wisconsin last night, donald trump publicly buried the hatchet with hous...

To say no. also in the running is south dakota republican congresswoman christey noe. while she said shed prefer to stay in congress, she might have a kdifficult time declining. trump has promised to revamp the structure and culture of the va. that will require a unique candidate. despite the delay, trump remains well ahead of most of his recent predecessors in naming his cabinet. on the latest stop in his thank you tour in wisconsin last night, donald trump publicly buried the hatchet with hous...