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Nobodys been vetted. the white house said, well, these were people who have most been here before. yet no one knew their name. there was no legislative plan to tell congress. there was no diplomatic plan to tell other countries, other allies and the white house councils office was doing a review of possible tariffs on steel thats not going to be done for another two weeks. this came out of absolutely nowhere. >> so theres a sort of substance and a process question. put it to the side. we debated...

The president is instinctive, spontaneous and prone to action. the job of the national security adviser is to fight the instincts in any president. >> do you worry the turnover affects national security, especially now concerning the tariffs now? and does it all affect national security. >> the tariff decision is i think revealing. number one is does affect national security. but number two, back to the process question. based on reporting that looks solid, there isnt anybody in the presidents e...

Someone else brought in you have the same president. and the same task. order, discipline, methodology. and you still have the same friction points. >> you tell me nothing -- there is one person who would have to change or at least. >> yes. look, put it in the most positive sense possible. the president is instinctive, spontaneous and prone to action. the job of the national security adviser is to fight the instincts in any president. >> do you worry the turnover affects national security, espec...

Could get across potentially with presidential leadership and say-so. or if theyre looking for an off ramp, a promise for something in the future, an opportunity to vote for what is on the table before them now and avert a shutdown tonight and fight these battles later. there are ongoing meetings on the hill as we speak. there was a meeting of democratic leadership from both houses a little while ago. told there is going to be another meeting later tonight. organized by some of the more moderate...

Right special interest hates consumer protections in wall streets pocket cabinet members over at the consumer bureau like its a coup detat telling ms. english she cant do anything and nobody should respond to anything she said. it really is a case where in the end, politics is whose on your side. and clearly this administration over and over it comes to financial rules, theyre always on wall streets side every single time. >> soy understand substantively youre on one side. the president and mick...

Consumer protections in wall streets pocket cabinet members over at the consumer bureau like its a coup detat telling ms. english she cant do anything and nobody should respond to anything she said. it really is a case where in the end, politics is whose on your side. and clearly this administration over and over it comes to financial rules, theyre always on wall streets side every single time. >> soy understand substantively youre on one side. the president and mick mulvaney, most republicans a...

Theres a conduct question and theres a process question. and in the process question, to your point, i think these people are paid by the american people, elected by the american people, the money paid out so far came from taxpayer funds. should that be the case going forward. some victims would also like privacy. thats an issue in the second complaint against conyers. a lawsuit was filed and a staffer said hes repeatedly coming to her desk, covering and attempting to hold her hands. that case w...

It is more of a process question. how is he doing handling taxes? its kind of a mess. were in markup for a big tax reform bill. i dont know that anybody comes out well in the middle of that process. but it is evident that you have to get something done if youre a party and control particularly on an issue that you campaigned on. health care is more popular. there is a larger point here. the supporters of the president, im not just talking about the base but the moveable of the middle of the elec...

>> well, thats hard to say. thats a little bit of a process question. weve been pushing they listen to the governors, because we have the greatest level of experience and whats happening in our states, weve encouraged them for a number of months to make some changes in the senate bill, many of them were adopted, but in the end it was hard to bring people together. the message that i have is they need to continue their path to reform and not give up. >> lets talk about that. because it seems as t...

>> just a pure process question, then another subject. if repeal and delay were to be passed, you know, dont you think that some people would be within their rights to be concerned if republicans couldnt get something through now, why should it be any different over the next year or two? wouldnt there be a real possibility there never would be a replace? >> the repeal portion is the one that partisanship aside, id logically, theres a deep divide between members of congress. its the repeal portio...