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>> shepard: lets bring in a.b. stoddard from realclearpolitics.com. if this is true, what is this? >> senator graham describes this as someone that came from the outside, doesnt understand these are checks and balances built into the structure of our government and an important part of his job where hes not allowed to ask these questions and make these demands of people about investigations. if he has nothing to hide, hes still making a big mistake. its crossing a line and going way over a line ...

Better eggs. >> shepard: secretary of state rex tillersons visit to russia now just days after president trump order strikes on a syrian air field. russia is an ally of the dictator bashar al-assad and supporting him in his countrys civil war. emily good den is here from realclearpolitics.com. welcome. >> thanks. >> shepard: a loot of movement on this. sounds like the "wall street journal" said the russians tried to cover it up at minimum with a disinformation campaign. what does that tell us? >...

Areas that benefit the united states. this all coming one week ahead of that visit, shep, as the secretary of state speaking at length about syria previous to this saying that the u.s. is already in discussions, talking about a post al-assad syria and as you played leading into our discussion here, that the u.s. is leaving a number of options on the table in responding to this. shep? >> shepard: thanks. a.b. stoddard with realclearpolitics.com. this story just breaking. president obama was given...

Democrats will move forward to win elections from two years from now. he has to put some numbers on the table so far its talk. i expect him to try to prosecute some of these policies, but hes promised so much. hes got to deliver on a lot of that. >> shepard: you have to get past government in washington to get anything done. others will tell you that aint easy. dan henninger, thank you. >> shepard: more on president trumps deepening rift with the intelligence community. as we reported, president...

Realclearpolitics.com. some things are a big deal and then theres you talk on television hours every day. i dont know. you said something nice about ivankas stuff. seems like a bucketful of nothing. >> thats what were hearing that president trump thinks about this, too. as pointed out, hes her boss and he will have the ultimate say over whether or not she should be disciplined. so yes, thats -- yes, the white house is saying its national security advisor a big deal. >> and the president said nor...

As he left the theater. >> all right. patrick healy, thanks so much for your perspective. so this morning donald trump is standing by his decision to spend $25 million to settle the trump university lawsuits and stay out of the courtroom. about an hour ago, trump was on twitter again. i settled the trump university lawsuit for a small fraction of the potential award because as president i have to focus on our country. he went on to then after tweeting about focusing, he tweeted the only bad th...

Sanders just said is tom bevin, executive editor of realclearpolitics.com and ron brownstein, senior political analyst and editorial power for the national editorial. did i get that right, john? >> close enough. >> im glad. its christmas eve, thank you for giving me the gift of, its okay, carol. welcome and thank you for being here. sanders is obviously slipping a bit in the polls, but hes raising a lot of money. donald trump is soaring in the polls and hes raising no money. i lump the two men t...

The truth of the matter is this debate might winnow the field a little bit the way the straw poll used to do in all the augusts in the past this time of year. already some of the candidates are already saying five more debates coming, the actual calendar is very short next year when the primaries begin. it will only be about six and a half weeks before the vast majority of the delegates are selected so theres almost a decemb disincentive for people to not stay in. lets bring in a reporter for ...

Rating has really taken a shellacking because of the obama carrollout to. we wanted to look at the approval ratings of president obama one year into his second term and president george w. bush. one year into his second term. president obama now 39% approve, president bush december of 2005, 43% approve. going now back to john, i want to ask you this, lets take obamacare out of it. obviously, that is the biggest topic right now. but how does the fact that obamacare has so badly hurt the president...