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Kelly has full authority. >> does that mean no one can wander into the white house on their own. >> i dont think anyone can wander into the white house on their own without secret service. >> and his daughter and son in law, and steve bannon wander into the oval office? >> i dont think anyone just wanders into the oval office. this is the white house, hes the president of the united states of america, and there are processes and -- >> i mean, people talk to him, they dont wait to get approval to...

Strokes about leadership with congress, any governors, that sort of thing. can you talk broadly about the message that he is sending the people it is talking to both inside and outside of the administration? >> i know he has spoken to a number of members of congress as well as a large number of individuals within the staff. he is taking time to get to know everyone here in the building that he hasnt met previously to his other role in working through setting up new processes and setting the tone...

>> i have been. i always thought of general kelly as someone with tremendous integrity and respect for congress, who had always worked very well and had a good sense of what it meant to serve the constitution. i was surprised at some of the things that were coming out of dhs. when you look back at what the trump administration was proposing at the very beginning and how over time theyve had to whittle it back and whittle it back, im wondering if general kelly is pushing back on the trump adminis...

Needs to be imposed, most famously with the speech to the boy scouts and the law enforcement speech. >> theres a lot of those in the security establishment, that simply having a law and order disciplinary like general kelly will have all those processes move smoother. i think the hope is that general kelly is bring order to these sorts of things so you dont have misfires like the boy scouts speech. but its up to the president whether or not he wants to allow that authority especially when it goe...

Took office. >> so hes been effective in his post. he respects the commander in chief. and he doesnt come from an environment that is used to bucking the boss or challenging the boss in any way. which will suit trump well. isnt the same set of political skill sets honed over a lifetime that may be necessary for the west wing. and the other point is i think he probably comes into this assuming a set of -- a chain of command, and what hes going to have to figure out quickly is there are no chains ...

A regular basis, so i cannot take up the chance to have anyone impaired running that crane or working 40 feet in the air. we do a lot of processes all day long, and its my responsibility to make sure my employees are protected. >> i understand that you mentioned opioids, marijuana also is, i know, a problem that youre facing. and the testing cant determine within the last 30 days whether it was yesterday or whether it was three weeks ago. i have to believe that as the legalization trend continue...

The diagnostic criteria we use in our field are based on observable behavior. not intrapsychic processes. we cant go through a news cycle without observing abnormal behavior by donald trump. the fact that hes an unstable, paranoid grandiose liar cut from the same cloth as every megama nye cal dictator. cut from the cloth on whether we should or should not comment on the president. i have yet to meet a mental health professional that believes that donald trump is competent to be president. youre ...

The boss in any way. which will suit trump well. isnt the same set of political skill sets honed over a lifetime that may be necessary for the west wing. and the other point is i think he probably comes into this assuming a set of -- a chain of command, and what hes going to have to figure out quickly is there are no chains of command. hes going to have to figure out how ivanka and jared kushner dont go around him and do their own thing. hes going to have to set up processes, and the president d...

Fallback candidate. conservatives are pushing back hard. talked favorably raising carbon taxes in in favor legalizing undocumented and dont want him chief of staff. what does the president do? let this keep twisting in the wind? >> its possible, weve seen it before. this could sort of be another moment where we all think this is going to happen and it doesnt. it does feel like this is a little different, but the problem is, as you pointed out, the language isnt really the problem. i mean, senato...

Into our processes. and we dont want to ask the president to change. the narrative is not the president should change, this 70-year-old man should change. what the staff needs to be able to do is enhance. and what the president does best, they must completely embrace and put a light on so that the president can be the president and the staff can get organized around that. >> jeff zeleny, again, you have been -- go ahead. and then well go to jeff. >> just very quickly. thats exactly right. the ch...