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Around the world. are these issues that are of concern to you with a nominee for secretary of state? >> of course it is an issue. i certainly dont know this gentleman. his life working experience has been with exxon. i was told hes well thought of in the business community. but soft power, diplomacy is a very specific use. and the history and the context and what predecessors have done, all of that, you know, to understand history is to prevent a lot of the bad from happening in the future. so t...

Identifying threats to our citizens and to our interests globally. i would hope he learns to appreciate the value of that intelligence and the need and the need to have that briefing every single day and from time to time take a little bedtime reading with him up to the upstairs because its a pretty complex world. its a dangerous world. he, as president, will be confronted with far more serious sets of challenges any of his predecessors and i do believe that once he gets there, hell appreciate t...

A former commander in the navy s.e.a.l.s, has accepted the offer. the announcement has not officially been made. ryan zinke will be tapped to become the secretary of the interior. we are back with our political experts. he is moving quickly, relatively speaking compared to predecessors to fill out the cabinet. its impressive the speed at which hes doing this. >> whats also impressive is that donald trump is not doing it because he has a bunch of ious. if he had them it may have been to chris chr...

How can somebody like tillerson be expected to head an agency that he so frequently was trying to, you know, go around? >> yeah, its interesting, he has been described as the ceo of a company that had its enforce and that didnt always align with the foreign policy in the u.s. hes dealt with some of the worlds shadiest leaders, some of the scariest leaders, not necessarily human rights supporters, in the middle east, what have you, in south america, in venezuela. and hes been able to navigate rel...

At 54, gorbachev is the youngest to leave the union. unlike his predecessors, he may not feel as tide down by the history. >> hes a revolution in himself. hes talking about a new soviet union, allowing some freedom of speech, allowing a more open society. >> gorbachev had seen how the gap between how the soviet people lived and what the party said was growing wider and wider. but he is a child of the system. he did not want to destroy it. he had in his mind, i have to save it. >> i want him to f...

>> at the same time, eugene, i do want to get some insight from you about the fact that donald trump, when it comes to intelligence briefings, is taking fewer than his predecessors at this particular stage, i believe one a week. what has been the reaction to that? >> well, the cia website says the current president takes about six a week. so theres been quite a bit of criticism that the trump administration is not as prepared as they should be on these issues moving forward. to be fair, the admi...

♪ in may 2010 ""time magazine"" tells us barack obama invited a group of americas most distinguished presidential historians to dinner at the white house. he was searching for ideas, examples from his predecessors. as the coverage progressed it became clear obama was most interested in the accomplishments of ronald reagan. reagan on first glance was an unlikely role model, an arch conservative, octoberor turned politician better known for his anecdotes in humor than analysis and inelect. but...

In may 2010, "time" magazine tells us barack obama invited a group of americas most distinguished presidential historians to dinner at the white house. he was searching for ideas, examples and lessons from his predecessors. but 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 model. an arch-conservative, actor turned politician, better known for his...

Wont be able to do that. this is what were going to be able to do with immigration. now, its so important when you legislate to have priorities. and to have an order of things, and we know that obama care is sort of number one, but i think they need to get on the same page about what they can do immediately, and this is where, you know, pence comes in. because pence is the -- trump whisperer and the ryan whisperer. so he can -- and got congressional experience. so hell be able to kind of help th...

>> rebecca, hes moving quickly, apparently doing it more robustly than his predecessors including president obama eight years ago. >> thats right. its been amazing because you think back a few weeks and republicans, still quite a few republicans very wary of donald trump, not excited about his candidacy and now you have a dynamic where republicans are by and large thrilled with the choices he has made so far. really encouraged by what theyre seeing out of the transition for the most part. as you...