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Thats the president. he said that he was going to be very careful with the taxpayer money and theres a lot of things that we dont need. you could make that argument, although if youre at the state department, youre probably not going to agree with that, because you dont have the people necessarily to do what needs to be done. but then if youre act, the oversight that congress supposed to have doesnt happen. >> lets take a step back and look at the central premise of what this president has said....

And obviously, talking about a slightly different topic than we originally imagined when we brought you on, but as somebody who has spent time in the west wing, and you are familiar, and those of us in the obama administration remember a smoother running machine than president trumps has been, and what is it about a personality conflict of someone who is close to the president, and in this case, first lady and a staff member that makes so it difficult to navigate? >> well, it is not difficult to...

Until the new mid-term election. a poll out shows a sharp increase in voter enthusiasm since the last election. that is up 12% from october of that year. specifically enthusiasm is up for all demographic groups but the increase is greater for younger adults, nonwhite voters and those who say they favor democrats for the house. that same poll showing the president at 41% approval rating. 5 points higher in august, buts still in the water at 54% disapproval. also new today -- >> you have said that...

For political reasons to this day say that gave them so much hope and it began to make the soviet regime very nervous about doing some of the oppressive things theyd done before. they feel that was the reason at the end of the cold war reagan was able to stand up to the soviet union and say you cant do this sort of thing anymore. thats what makes the united states different from all other countries on earth. were supposed to be a beacon of ideality. >> the president also responding to a question...

Seriously enough, and the things -- some of the things trump did and does jeopardize the real national security. >> that gets your attention. he sent them out almost at the same time the interview was airing, quote, the woodward book is a joke, just another assault against me and a barrage of assaults using now disproven unnamed and anonymous sources. many have already come forward saying the quotes by them, like the book, are fiction. dems cant stand losing. ill write the real book. and the whi...

All right. hi, there. im brooke baldwin. thank you so much for being with me. we are minutes away from the first white house briefing in nearly three weeks. it comes as president trump claims the white house is a smooth-running machine, despite the fact that his own vice president has offered to take a lie detector test, its to prove he did not write that withering "new york times" opinion piece, slamming the president and as administration officials try to figure out which one of their own is n...

Hand, the white house is a smooth-running machine, yet p r paranoia with a capital "p." >> reporter: there are not many inside the white house who would agree its a smooth-running machine, even though who are the most optimistic. this is the first meeting weve had in 19 days. following up on what jeff said about the lie detector test, sarah sanders essentially ruled them out right there. but we know that president trump privately is talking to allies about this suggestion. what they think about ...

Author who wrote that scathing anonymous op-ed. but pressed multiple times by reporters about what crime it is, the white house believes that this person who wrote this op-ed has committed, and what they did is not protected by the first amendment, they were unable to state any crime or any reason why they believe this should happen. only saying they believe it should. of course, jim, one thing is clear. the white house still doesnt know who it is that wrote this. president trump downplaying the...

The anecdotes that came out. he said this is a smooth running machine at the white house, but its belied by what we have seen from the last couple of days. this anonymous op-ed from an administration official has rel set this white house into this parlor game of finger pointing and people saying its not me, even vice president mike pence said he was willing to take a lie detector test and kellyanne conway, counsellor to the president denouncing the leaker and saying this person was trying to sow...

I dont have any desire to beat the president up, but its pretty clear that this white house is a reality show, soap opera presidency. i mean, the drama is -- the drama of omarosa and the drama of cohen and the drama of manafort and the drama of woodward quotes, the drama of the op eds, what you want is the president to not worry about the short term of staffing, but the vision for america. help us deliberate where we want to go and build a tame of greet cause low ego people around you. that was ...