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Work more closely with russia. i have with me now jim sciutto, national correspondent, mike baker, former cia covert operations officer, great to see both of you. jim sciutto, just beginning with these two men, tell me more about them and how seriously will they be considered as contenders? >> i think big picture, one, these positionings matter. they are big powerful positions and, two, any sense that donald trump was going to move towards the center as president i think at least with these ea...

Positions in his two decades in the senate but also echoed trumps calls for hillary clinton to face a special prosecutor for her use of a private e-mail server, a threat sessions could turn into a reality if hes confirmed. >> the evidence indicates to me that this should be fully investigated. i cannot say mr. comey has not completed a full investigation but it seems like he has not. >> reporter: as for pompeo, the house intelligence committee member has been a fierce critic of clintons handling...

Consideration for a position like that. that of course would be a move to some degree towards the center, at least the center of the republican party. with these three picks, sessions, flynn and pompeo, you really dont see that. these are selections in line with the tone and the positions of the trump campaign. >> jim sciutto, stay right there. i want to bring in two more people so we can talk about this. joining me is jackie kucinich, washington bureau chief for the daily beast and david fahren...

Benefit of having been a part of a transition and having understood very well what it means to make selections that will influence the administration. what i think he probably means by that is that, you know, trump clearly values loyalty. thats been the story all along. and these are folks that he feels are going to serve him well. that he can trust, either he knows them, theyve been supportive of his early on or theyre people who his supporters trust. i think the challenge though is that if pre...

Sign of the picks to come? >> frankly, i this they is appropriate. >> why? >> the president should have a team that full heartedly and proudly supports the president and thats who these people are. i understand there should be a mix of people and some may not be the full thoroughbreds others are but in the national security apparatus where donald trump says hell be different from his predecessors, he needs people who see it his way. and i think its appropriate to have those people there. >> i th...

Comprehensive reform on immigration and opposed to criminal justice reform, something i feel passionate about but the president gets to choose his policies and needs to be thoroughly vetted. >> and did confirm eric holder under president obama. >> well, you know, they will have to do a thorough investigation into all of these issues. the american people understand i think, and we are seeing elections have consequences, and some of the consequences were seeing of choices like steve bannon and mik...

Resort to simplistic answers or division of race or tribe or crude nationalism, which i think can be contrasted to the pride and patriotism that we all feel about our respective countries. and, you know, i think that our politics everywhere are going to be going through this bumpy phase. but as long as we stay true to our democratic principles, as long as selections have integrity, as long as we respect freedom of speech, freedom of region, as long as there are checks and balances in our governm...

>> well, kate, people close to donald trump have been working with him on selections have said that theyre focus on the secretary of state selection has moved and it is moving in a new direction and they are now strongly considering nikki haley whos the governor of south carolina who famously critical of donald trump in the primaries in south carolina and in fact, did not even want to say that she was endorsing him. jacob soboroff, on the convention floor at the republican national convention it...

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The kind of people were supposed to be backing. >> now its such a mess over there with nerve involved and the air space is very limited. you know, its not that big an area. the air space is very limited. now we have -- what, are we going to start world war iii over syria? >> i think hillary clinton had a rather tricky policy of, she was going to protect the air space over -- protect certain areas of syria from bombing, no-fly-zone. if you have russian planes involved, weve spent since 1945 avoid...