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It looks like the early days of the traumump administration l look like lets make a deal or survivo survivor. and the one china policy and the russian sanctions. trump said he can get the best deal for all americans. we want to bring in eugene scott and economist greg valliere. good morning to both of you. happy mlk day. there is a fight between john lewis and trump. eugene, lets talk about that. john lewis is no shrinking violet. he has seen a lot. done a lot. was he looking to start a fight wi...

Speech, very poignant speech. i think meryl streep is known in hollywood for championing certain issues and living out loud by them. i dont think by any stretch of the imagination she is a shrinking violet. i dont ever remember her giving a speech like this on a stage like the golden globes. but i do think she definitely speaks her mind, definitely has a political view and is not afraid to say it. >> brian, now, of course, she is confronting a tsunami of social media response. >> oh, yes. >> ill...

This is also now the reason why you won, its that they tampered in the system. it does make me wonder, though, bob, there is a sensitivity clearly. i sensed it again with kellyanne conway again last night, there is an attempt with this whole conversation and this move by the white house to undermine his vick tri victory. when you see statements from republicans, this is setting up, to, do you think the first big fight between donald trump and his own party on political? >> it could bible certain...

The american flags, 1992, remember bill clinton and al gore met the media. i was there on the lawn of the arkansas mansion. it was expected. is mr. trump stiffarming the media? >> hes not stiff-arming us in the sense that he has sent out a thousand tweets to us and to the world since he became president and since july, actually. but yes, youre right, eric. all the sudden, donald trump, who was on the -- hes become a shrinking violet. look, president obama, president-elect obama met with us 18 ti...

President obama is president a whole 29 more days. this underscores the clash that we are seeing as president obama starts to leave office and donald trump comes in. i think it undermines the transition of power and the fact that president obama is still commander in chief. >> so, john, theres a tradition, one president at a time. >> this is a major decision that donald trump will have to live with over the next four years. trump is a dealmaker at heart. not only did he write "the art of the dea...

And he started working at age 8 mowing lawns. they couldnt afford more than a one-bedroom place and you get to know him, you become inspired by what he has done and what he could do for the nation. i understand the folks may not know him, but they will be impressed with the choice donald trump made. he has relationships in over 200 countries that span 40 years. of course he will know vladimir putin. exxon does a lot of business there. if you ask the people at exxon every time he got the deal for...

Job and the policies will be set by the president of the united states, who we all learned that donald trump is not a shrinking violet. dont think hes going to turn to tillerson, if i it is tillerson and say, rex, you set all the u.s. policies toward all the other countries. that not going to happen. he has a lot to say about and it so will the national security adviser. >> professor, always a pleasure, my friend. thank you. >> thank you. >> one week away from the electoral college vote and now,...

Shrinking violet when it comes to international intervention. i think in this as we have gotten so focused on all this fascinating political machinations. >> david petraeus after facing opposition. rand paul who with sits on the foreign relations committee says he has problems potentially with this. >> he spent a year and a half beating up hillary clinton over revealing classified information and he would appoint somebody who the fbi says revealed it, but lied about it in an interview and purpos...

He was someone who is very strong-willed, is very certain of what he believes, in his opinions. you can read his writings on this. hes been interviewed many times. hes a very adamant personality. youre right, hes the one, hes been very loyal to president-elect trump. hes likely to be rewarded for that loyalty. likely to become national security adviser. so how will he interact with the other key members of the team? the leading name for secretary of defense right now may be senator jeff sessions...

Politicos top reporter in florida got into a nasty twitter war with jeb bushs superpac. hes written such things as nothing mike murphy has done this cycle has helped jeb. murphy and his aide did a bang-up job with that $50 million spent. batman and robin cant get out of the bat cave. he called him a desperate right to rise orifice. when running a feckless effort and being his calamite has given him intellectual butt hurt. murphy is no shrinking violet. he said he is offensive and ought to get he...