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Over term limits, so they could be in office, well, forever. but one region of the world, perhaps a surprising one, is bucking the trend. where in the world? keep watching and ill tell you. but first, heres my take. jeb bush said that donald trump would be a chaos president. well, this week trump lived up to the billing. choosing to defy virtually the entire world, including americas closest european allies, and raising tensions in the most unstable part of the world already. the middle east. ...

Defensive here. but then when the question is asked to him, well, arent they still doing it, the answer is no. and by the way, this not only contradicts the dni and his intelligence community, but also our reporting from yesterday which shows that in fact, yes, things are ratcheting up for the 2018 election. >> david gergen and admiral kirby, to you. talking about peeling back the onion at the briefing, the question is what was said in that meeting between vladimir putin and president trump. put...

But one region of the world, perhaps a surprising one, is bucking the trend. where in the world? keep watching and ill tell you. but first, heres my take. jeb bush said that donald trump would be a chaos president. well, this week trump lived up to the billing. choosing to defy virtually the entire world, including americas closest european allies, and raising tensions in the most unstable part of the world already. the middle east. its hard to understand the rationale behind trumps decision t...

It has moderate elements within it that were clearly hoping the nuclear deal would be a path to integration and normalization with the world. but iran has always had a strong, hard line element that has believed that america could never be trusted, that the saudis were mortal foes and that self reliance, autocracy, and ideology was the only strategy for self preservation. and donald trump has just proved them right. for more, go to cnn.com/fareed, and read my "washington post" column this week. ...

Syria. so the president is going to hear some of the tough talk he likes from his new national security advisor. but on these particular chemical attacks the president has been more willing to be forceful but everything he hears is not going to be in line with what he necessarily feels in his gut, and so it is an open question as to how influential bolton will be able to be on all these issues. >> bill, youve been to syria. youve seen the civil war there and daniel and destruction it is causing,...

Traditional revolving artifact. is there any apprehension internally about having such a heavy hand with the state? >> certainly the administration supports state rights in regard to the specific lawsuit, and we all reviewing that. >> the second question was about the nra meeting this week. many americans say this is a sensitive time to be digging into the nra, given the epidemic of gun violence that the president has talked about. what is the administrations response that the administration spe...

Involved eventually got impatient and figured, look, ive talked to the fbi, ive explained what these background issues were. whats going to happen here? and then it happened with the press, the first story. i think thats unfortunately when it came to head with a lot of people at the top of the white house. >> should john kelly handled this differently? hes somebody you know, interact with when it comes to interacting with the conservative community, should he handle this differently? what does i...

Background investigation. and its vetting failure and refusal to be forthcoming i think virtual dooms this nomination. >> lets go through the charges whether or not you believe theyre credible based on testimony so far, drinking on the job, being drunk on the job repeatedly. >> drinking on the job and repeated drinking problems, certainly merits, requires investigation. >> where are you on that? >> i want to know what the facts are. >> youre not sure yet? >> the reason i am unsure and holding, w...

Complying with the deal -- what would be your answer? >> well, fareed, youre right. when you say everybody, its including the american intelligence community, which has said there has been no material breach by the iranians of the nuclear deal. frankly, fareed, if i was working for a foreign government and wanted to tell my prime minister what was the most predictable indicator of president trumps behavior, i would simply point to the record of president obama. and say that president trump seems...

Whats our? whos our? the group of people who wont believe robert muellers findings if they find he did something. >> or the group of people that dont want the staff in the school being responsible for kids safety by carrying guns. its strange morning. lot of uncertainty from the white house as federal lawmakers are under pressure to do something following the school shooting in parkland, florida. today is the 13th day and three adults and wounded 17 others at marjory stoneman douglas and theres ...