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>> right. david gergen, another president said, look, ive got political capital and im going to start spending. >> well, look, i think hes entitled ed td to who he wants. but when he goes out to iowa and says, weve got the best cabinet ever, thats not a point on which americans agree. theres a new pew poll out today, anderson, that compares the approval rating for trumps cabinet picks and his other selections so far, puts it at 40% approval. thats the lowest of any five presidents over the last,...

David gergen, another president said, look, ive got political capital and im going to start spending. >> well, look, i think hes entitled to who he wants. but when he goes out to iowa and says, weve got the best cabinet ever, thats not a point on which americans agree. theres a new pew poll out today, anderson, that compares the approval rating for trumps cabinet picks and his other selections so far, puts it at 40% approval. thats the lowest of any five presidents over the last, basically, 30 y...

So, yeah, i would suggest that those who were trained in this have a better feel for what kind of advice to give than those who have not been. >> phil, what do you make of the selections and that sort of, that number of military personnel? >> i think the commentary on this, anderson, has been overdone. the commentary is focused on whether these people come from a military background. i would offer some different optics. you might flip this 180 degrees. its not only where theyre from, its the pro...

Are looking for not only the means of power from a military perspective, but also the means of power from diplomacy, information, and economy, to apply to any given situation. so, yeah, i would suggest that those who were trained in this have a better feel for what kind of advice to give than those who have not been. >> phil, what do you make of the selections and that sort of, that number of military personnel? >> i think the commentary on this, anderson, has been overdone. the commentary is fo...

And get the direct answers. but what hes talked about in the past is the degree and the extent of mans contributions to climate warming. he didnt deny it. he just raised questions about the degree and extent. thats a legitimate science inquiry. >> what about flynn? >> so youre always going to have -- >> im sorry? >> what about flynn? what about his comments towards him? >> in the case of flynn, i think hes going to have to answer hard questions about what he said before and, again, im a big beli...

The past is the degree and the extent of mans contributions to climate warming. he didnt deny it. he just raised questions about the degree and extent. i think thats a legitimate scientific inquiry. >> what about flynn? >> so youre always going to have -- >> im sorry? >> what about flynn? what about his comments towards him? >> in the case of flynn, i think hes going to have to answer hard questions about what he said before and, again, im a big believer in the process, don. you can go back to a...

Trump would be and how erratic his appointments would be. theyve been consistent. theyve been extraordinarily consistent ideologically and as willie said, they are basically the type of people that he predicted. you have generals. you have billionaires. and mostly youve got some pretty rigid conservative ideologues. im surprised by just how consistent the selections are. are you? >> no. they are also donors. these are people who were on the finance committee or gave to his super pac or gave to h...

Of the united states, who does not know the ins and outs of carrier or the parent company but uses that government lunch against them when is he getting short-term political gain, or long-term ruling you know of a company, or of a industry. i think were going to see this play out more than just in this instance. >> lets talk about his pick for the epa. scott pruitt is a force critic of the epa and he will be heading the epa. i guess that meeting with al gore wore off? >> well, i think this is pa...

>> by the way, this is the most energy jeb has shown. hes high energy jeb on the tweets with all of the selections. every five minutes. i like that one too. >> hes doing "saturday night live" this week im told. >> general kelly. likes general kelly. good pick for education. there you go. >> cabinet that looks like jeb bushs america. >> mika, what do you make of donald trump continuing to praise barack obama. barack obama again showing a lot of grace. even though valerie jarrett said she was sick...

Of new york as a republican and it always served me well because conservatives -- people in wisconsin, people in pennsylvania, people in ohio, they care about air quality. they care about water quality. i know in my district they wanted to make sure they could take their children out fishing when they were 5 years old just like their fathers had taken them out when they were 5 years old and grandfathers had taken their fathers out. theres not balance. i guess this is at 16 after what were gettin...