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That is something that for the past five years, ive been dealing with on very obviously a firsthand basis. We see this happen time and time and time again. The bigger issue is how to stop this in general with any type of weapon. The fact is we are just over 24 hours out from this terrible tragedy and are still learning all the information. You know, but i think getting back to the bakes here and trying to figure out specifically what acts can be taken, what legislation can be proposed to stop al...

From speaking to the out going chief of staff, a, was he forthcoming in what he was talking about given the fact that he himself has been at the center of some of the more controversial aspects of this white house, including some of the comments hes made about members of congress? did he show any remorse for that or the comments about imgamigras being lazy or the way he handled the rob porter issue, where he is believe ed to have covered f rob porter or at least defended him when he was accused ...

Chief of staff. >> general kellys crowning achievement. what do you think it is? >> i think that one of his achievements, i think for a very short amount of time was that he was able to kind of bring some type of stability. people on the hill felt comfortable with him there. the one thing he lacked was understanding donald trump. he had a complete lack of understanding of how trump worked and how very, very shaky he could be. volatile. and he failed at brokering a true relationship with him. and...

She wasnt able to do that. we know this is a notoriously thin skinned president. if he is criticized, he wants to hit back. today he had plenty of reason to change the news cycle. unless the white house is going to show up tomorrow and give concrete examples as to why they think this was warranted and other experts who would agree with them, it is difficult to see it as other than petty r retribution. >> in february, rob porter was accused of spousal abuse, this is what she said at that time abo...

And they think this is why we have a justice department and lawyers and months of meetings? >> ive got to say being bothered by traditional process is not a hallmark of this white house. i think that don mcgahn has tried more often than not to make actual policy get followed, particularly since the rob porter issue. john kelly i think does these things issue by issue and based on how he feels about them. again, this does not follow the normal process. to your point, should somebody have to be a ...

Tired of being reined in, that hes frustrated at them telling him what to do. isnt that their job, though, to a certain extent, especially chief of staff john kelly? >> so trump won because he was trump, and he knew his biggest asset was to be trump. i think in terms of kelly, if the reports are true, and we dont know the full details, but if kelly is on the way out, he did show a tremendous lack of judgment as it relates to the rob porter issue which had nothing to do with the president. it mig...

Get done, if only because republicans need to vote for something. >> well, thats right. i think the republicans are under a lot of pressure, and whether hes breaking the gridlock or not, i mean, lets say no one would ever mistake donald trump with lyndon johnson in terms of being a political animal, you just cannot wave your hand and change the politics of an entire country. and bill just described some of the political pressures that weigh in against merely transforming the gun control debate. ...

Week, he will change his mind. kind of like a prison warden saying i will withdraw rations and then saying a day later no no its okay guys and it creates this chaos. this issue involves the entire international trading block of nations. paul: right. >> i think the damage its done here no matter what he does next week is that his credibility is going to be eroded in the future on any trade agreements that he tries to cut with anybody. i think in particular of the idea that were going to have a bi...

Yeah. >> it was that bad and so, yes, there is an issue here obviously john kelly took some fire over his handling of the rob porter issue. hes now been taking more internal fire over this decision to change the security clearance question, which has robbed jared kushner of classified clearance and there are discussions about whether hes going to go. look, i think kelly is continuing to try to impose order there, consistent rules. thats why he came out with the new security rules. there are prob...

Source saying quote something is very wrong at the white house. is that consistent with the sense you are getting at the white house. this is unique even by the standards of the trump white house? >> absolutely. i thought glorias piece was spot on. everyone sounds very alarmed. people who know the president well and people who have come to work for him recently. something has changed. they cant quite put their finger on what it is. people in the white house feel a lot like the early weeks of the...