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>> i think shes made some -- it was widely rumored to play a large role in the justice tkep of hillary clinton if she had won. >> so on a different topic, i have a question about that fired usher angela reed. it was reported that she received a generous severance package. im wondering how do you give a severance package to a government employee? >> i dont know. id be glad to get back to you on that. anita. >> yesterday we learned sally yates said she learned of the first immigration travel ban b...

And then didnt do anything to take a proactive step to suspend it in any way, shape, or form, the question you have to ask yourself, if they were concerned, why didnt they take any steps? theyre the ones who had at that point all the access and all the knowledge to everything that on his security clearance. not us. so if president obama or anyone else frankly in the government was concerned, the question should be asked what did they do and if nothing, then why not if they really truly were conc...

And so the idea that classified information made its way into the press is something that i think while were asking all of these questions is one of the ones that i think the senator should ask. how did that information get out into the open like that? i think that is an equally important question that frankly isnt getting asked. >> does the president believe that sally yates was the leaker in this? >> again, the tweet speaks for itself. what hes saying is the senate should ask those questions. ...

Administrations. >> follow that on -- >> on the travel ban, i have a couple questions. back in february the president said that lifting the travel ban will mean that many bad and dangerous people would be pouring in. have you seen any evidence that thats been the case in the three months since this ban was lift snd. >> >> i think thats a question for homeland security. id be glad to follow-up with the department of homeland security. i dont have anything at this time. >> if this white house is n...

Tour and round table meeting listening with friends. while in utah the secretary and other officials are holding daily press briefings on the grou ground. with that id ill be glad to take questions. >> sean, thank you. president obama warned then president-elect trump against hiring mike flynn as his national security adviser. why did he ignore that warning? >> i -- the president doesnt disclose details of the meetings he had but its true that president obama made it known he wasnt exactly a fan...

Person for the right job. steve. >> i want to ask you a question about afghanistan. last week the special inspector general for afghanistan reconstruction taking a very grim picture. security incidents through march reached the highest level in decades. civilian casualties were the the high oe highest on record. whats going to be his ultimate goal? is it going to be stability or out right victory? >> i think number one he wants to make sure that that we defeat isis. that is in our national secur...

People that are coming here are coming here with the right motive and reason and were having a public safety aspect to make sure were protecting our people. weve been very consistent since the first day of the administration on this. >> completely disavowing the use of that phrase muslim ban? its still on the bwebsite, it worth you clarifying that? >> im trying to figure out why -- ive been very clear. i dont think i need to clarify what we have said or what the president said -- >> if its comin...

They took no steps to suspend it. the question has to be what did they do with real concerns beyond just not liking him for comments that he made. >> its our understanding and if you could clarify, did not mike flynn not need upgraded security clearance in order to serve as the national security adviser? >> he had been head of the defense intelligence agency. >> but you vetted him as well. >> thats the same clearance -- the security clearance, we went over this, its the same at any level. he had...

Michael. >> two clarifications. on the signing statement broadly, are you saying that the president was not aware of that very law, of the details of that very long signing statement and it was just something done -- >> no, no, no thats not -- no. the president is obviously aware of what happened. the question that was asked is it is a process. it happened for administrations going back generations im sure. i dont have the precise nature of when signing statements came into being. this goes alon...

And that is probably the reason he got appointed. but should he have been given all these issues? >> right. gloria is exactly right. the question is why after a meeting like that eight days later does president trump say to michael flynn do you want to be my national security adviser. not do you want ab an adviser. do you want to be my chief national security adviser. i put that to a former trump campaign official and the answer came back i wish i knew. i think that thats a very common thing. gl...