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Rural johnston county. a friend of mine withcampaign experience makes this observation. seems to about violation of the legendary rumsfeld rules. you know, the defense secretary in the bush administration. a leader in staff not appreciating, rummy puts it, wrongness of wafrt and misuse. in this case, wafrt and misuse of the principal principals ti. trump is more than happy to be in conflict with the rumsfeld rule. watch us, donald trump campaigning live in atkinson, new hampshire. lets go. >> ...

Of that country, then everyone in that country thats trying to replace assad and put in a different government is going to be ambivalent because they have to make a choice. they know that if theyre on the losing side, they could get killed. so it is -- you know, all the easy decisions were made down below. the presidents got a tough job. we have to respect that. but i would dearly love to see him stand up and say what he believes rather than looking to blame others and lay off responsibility on ...

That we are in benghazi in the first place? >> until the hearings take place, congressional hearings it seems to me it is hard to know presizely why the -- precisely why the various people there were. the ambassador, of course, has an obligation to travel and to represent our country in the country of libya. on the other hand, there were other people there and i dont know -- i dont think any one knows presizely why they were there or what they were doing and to be able to weigh their presence ag...

Rumsfeld rules. its awesome. hes such a stud. its great. >> sorry, bob. >> bob: when you say that, my stomach goes. go ahead. >> kimberly: coming out of tragedy, there are often moments that are memorable and heart wrenching. this is one of them. barbara garcia, a survivor of the massive tornado that struck the oklahoma suburb. shes talking to a reporter for an interview and shes looking for her lost dog. >> i hollered for my little dog and didnt answer, he didnt come. i know hes in here somewhe...

Rumsfeld rules. its awesome. hes such a stud. its great. >> sorry, bob. >> bob: when you say that, my stomach goes. go ahead. >> kimberly: coming out of tragedy, there are often moments that are memorable and heart wrenching. this is one of them. barbara garcia, a survivor of the massive tornado that struck the oklahoma suburb. shes talking to a reporter for an interview and shes looking for her lost dog. >> i hollered for my little dog and didnt answer, he didnt come. i know hes in here somewhe...

Talking. >> and if the a.p. had it, they had it. its not like its going to disappear. and they already knew what was in it. so i just dont know. i want to let the grass grow on that one a little bit and see what i think about it. but one of my rules in the book is if you dont know, its perfectly all right to say you dont know. >> straight ahead, guess what the name of the irs softball team is? you are not going to believe it. you are not going to believe it. my mantra? always go the extra mile. ...

Administration is facing the perfect storm. earlier tonight we spoke with secretary rumsfeld about all the latest scandals. his advice to the president and his brand new book "rumsfeld rules." nice to see you, sir. >> thank you. >> you have a brand new book, rumsfeld rules. you told me about it the last time i spoke to you. >> its been fun. i enjoy doing it. i started collecting those rules as a youngster and i have been doing it for just under 80 years. >> in looking at the rules, im thinking i...

It seemed like they were talking. >> and if the a.p. had it, they had it. its not like its going to disappear. and they already knew what was in it. so i just dont know. i want to let the grass grow on that one a little bit and see what i think about it. but one of my rules in the book is if you dont know, its perfectly all right to say you dont know. >> straight ahead, guess what the name of the irs softball team is? you are not going to believe it. we will tell you next. look at em.

The former defense secretarys new book is "rumsfeld rules" and joins me now on the grill. welcome to you, sir. >> thank you very much. >> how are you? >> excellent. >> well try and change that. >> come on. come on. >> youve been in this position where you get hit with all sorts of stuff. and it all comes at once. when you look at these three scandals in totality, are they real scandals or run of the mill issues that any white house has to deal with? >> well, one is bad. two is four and three is ...