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Trump both benefit from this close relationship with the stories, thats kind of part of seans snarky reference to, you know, none of your business, ive got my secrets, but the fact is that they are very close in terms of setting policy as well as setting the public image. trump, one of the great legends, one of the great myths is that donald trump hates the media. as weve seen. we loves the media, that he can manipulate and only hates when we dont cooperate in the way that he would like. so its ...

I read but libby schaaf put out, and frankly, it was more of, hey, i.c.e. is coming. not targeting a specific neighborhood. we need these communities to cooperate with us. if i.c.e. has information about these rapists are talking about, we dont tolerate that in san francisco. >> laura: you do tolerate it. >> you do tolerate it. >> there is no way san francisco tolerates rapists and his other criminals you are talking about. >> every criminal alien since 2010. >> laura: your releasing them into t...

And frankly, it was more of, hey, i.c.e. is coming. not targeting a specific neighborhood. we need these communities to cooperate with us. if i.c.e. has information about these rapists are talking about, we dont tolerate that in san francisco. >> laura: you do tolerate it. >> you do tolerate it. >> there is no way san francisco tolerates rapists and his other criminals you are talking about. >> every criminal alien since 2010. >> laura: your releasing them into the system, joe. we dont want to p...

Large? >> you cant easily look past the comments because the comments tells you the basis and premise that hes setting policy. so if youre looking at his immigration policy and realize the basis of it is his bias and his prejudice, then it reflects on the entire resulting immigration policy. the other thing, david, i felt was interesting as a minister, hes going to christmas services tonight, kelly told us. the interesting part of that, he campaigned about we should be talking about merry christ...

I think we all know that we have disagreed with her. and i really think its a lot more, they dont no what he she was supposed to do, because theyd never done it. ive never seen a black in a high position at trump towers when he was running there. so what are we talking about there? theyre going to say she didnt know what her job was. they dont know what her job of reach out is. and youve got to have something to reach out with. >> exactly. >> lets go to the broader issue here. you are, aside fro...

Subscribing to his philosophy. i dont think that part represents the majority of the republican party. in alabama its a fringe element because of how extreme roy moore s. he was unfit before the sexual misconduct allegations. >> on cnn today lindsey graham said he wouldnt rule out trying to expel roy moore. do you believe republicans would follow through on that? >> no, i dont think they have the backbone to that that. >> i dont think the democrats do. >> its going to be tough. >> i dont think t...

>> sandra: we know that this is who he is, a big part of his appeal, but if you are trying to manage him as general kelly is now, as chief of staff, how do you -- does he need to put the twitter thing away? does he need it to stop altogether? >> harris: you have to let the president be himself, you cannot get mad at the fact that he has millions of people following him and he can get around the mainstream media with a quick tweet and it may not be setting policy, but it can set narrative, since ...

The targets knowledge? do you believe general flynn, in other words? >> i believe he is. he used inprone language. he is not a treasonist, i dont believe for a moment. let me play the role of a russian intelligence officers. hundreds of thousands of women and children dying. the united states does not have a solid relationship with russia. you begin a conversation with the president of the united states in the backwhere ground saying vladimir putin is a guy we can work with. that conversation op...

Points out, after the washington post made all of this public knowledge questioning whether or not flynn would have been fired if that washington post story did not come out, why do these 18 days matter? are they particularly dangerous? >> it is a transition time. so the new administration is setting policy, meeting with new leaders and there is mike flynn in the room after the administration has been told that hes potentially compromised. so the big question coming out of that hearing, there is...

With putin, he defitely wants to get there. and the other people around him with tillerson and the rest of them are all traditional neocold warriors. they dont like the russians and say so. including nikki haley. >> absolutely. i think one of the interesting dynamics here is they increasingly feel emboldened to say so. they are not getting reined in when they go out here and say the things you just showed in all those clips. what does that say about what is the real policy in this administration...