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All kind of threats and stuff over the years, so i guess i got a little more thick skin. you know, i give the guy credit. hes got a little spunk to him, so, you know, thats good. you know, im not offended or anything else by his comments that really dont phase me one way or another. >> you said youve been critical of the president-elect. who did you vote for in the election? >> pardon me? >> your vote in the election were you a hillary clinton backer, did you support the president-elect? >> okay...

Hes way ahead of schedule, much further ahead of presidents in the past. i think you have to give him a little credit. its a lot of fun to make light of the situation as being very productive and getting good -- >> hes being lauded by some of those people or for picking some of those people. for others, theyre more controversial. theres a sense here that what is driving donald trumps decision making, if whats driving it is a sense of spectacle, saying, this candidate looks right for the part, th...

Lot of people, having a transparent selection process, thats all great, bringing in certain rivals, thats all great, but the decision making needs to be governed by who would be the best secretary of state, not how can i put on this spectac spectacle, whos going to be the winner or who might look best or appear to be the best secretary of state. >> you said people dont care about the process, do you think theyre annoyed by the process at all? would they rather just hear about it and see the show...

There was all this thought about, oh, the defense attorney got what they wanted. there was real confusion on the jury. the charges were the obvious ones. murder, voluntary manslaughter. those are the two big crimes. or obviously he gets found not guilty. so what do you think a jury could be tripping up on? slager took the stand. unusual, but took the stand and said i was in fear of my life. he came at me. you didnt see that part. >> i think what happened is the prosecution didnt present the case...

Truly she believes in, somebodys getting rich. they need to look into this. these people that are sending in money, theyre being taken advantage of. >> we dont know that for one. i understand what youre saying, your opinion. we also know that she may have put some money into wisconsin already. maybe thats where some of that money went. >> 7 million -- >> the recount is underway in wisconsin. >> right. no doubt about it. >> a lot of money is unspoken for. >> the law allows her to do a recount, ch...

That make your -- that are shocking and insulting and shouldnt be part of our public discourse. >> i think the biggest piece of fake news in this election was donald trump couldnt win so theres that. that was peddled probably for weeks and months before the campaign. definitely in the closing days. >> joining me now scott boldin, former chair of the washington democratic party and chris ashby. russia echoed and amplified false or misleading news. should the trump transition team just flat outcom...

If their belief is theyve stated over and over weve won because the voters wanted to elect donald trump, not because the rush shansz wanted to interfere with an election. why does the republican party have to come out and say what youre asking? >> well, because its a phenomena -- its a phenomena that we would not want or we would not address russian involvement or any international involvement in affecting the outcome of our election. we dont know how much impact they had because of these fake n...

Defense. [ applause ] but were not announcing it until monday so dont tell anybody. "mad dog." hes great. hes our best. they said hes the closest thing to general george patton that we have, and its about time. its about time. >> all right. so david ignatius, lets break it down. well get back to the patton description in a minute because i dont think thats quite app for those that know general mattis. i didnt know much about this guy before his name came up in the selection process. it seems tha...

Down to us and lecture us. >> reporter: putin feels embold emboldened. he brushed off as a myth that russia meddled in the election process in america. putin says they agreed the relationship has to be straightened out. one motive could be to get sanctioned lifted on russia after invading crimea. >> he chooses very carefully the setting, the environment, that he wants in place when he has a meeting with a foreign leader. whether thats bringing a dog to a meeting to scare angela merkel, or invadi...

Done deal yet. yeah, there obviously is a lot of turmoil going on behind the scenes and this is playing out on stage. >> heres another name. chris christie. of course, theres been all the drama behind the scenes with chris christie. this is from politico reporting, as we should say. christie interested in being the chair of the republican national committee. that might be an interesting role for chris christie because he likes the spotlight, keeps him a little bit away from the white house. that...