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With what we know about trump and his style. in other ways putting it somebody like jackson forward seems like the sole qualification weve seen is what he did on television. >> trump also wanted to hire his pilot to head the faa. this is somebody who has kind of contempt for governing experience, makes snap decisions and really could care less about qualifications. i think one of the stories so far has been that the federal government has morse or less sort of held together despite having this c...

Veterans. >> it does seem, michelle, in some ways this is consistent with what we know about trump and his style. in other ways putting it somebody like jackson forward seems like the sole qualification weve seen is what he did on television. >> trump also wanted to hire his pilot to head the faa. this is somebody who has kind of contempt for governing experience, makes snap decisions and really could care less about qualifications. i think one of the stories so far has been that the federal gov...

People who have the title lawyer because they passed the bar but they are not actually lawyers engaged in the case. >> youre absolutely correct about that. look, let me not -- we had bill clinton who stepped up to the podium and asked a question and he was unequivocal he did not have sexual relations with that woman, and that turned out to be false. we had gary hart, john edwards, anthony weiner. i dont understand, this is a guy that makes snap decisions, snap comments at the drop of a hat. we h...

People who have the title lawyer because they passed the bar but they are not actually lawyers engaged in the case. >> youre absolutely correct about that. look, let me not -- we had bill clinton who stepped up to the podium and asked a question and he was unequivocal he did not have sexual relations with that woman, and that turned out to be false. we had gary hart, john edwards, anthony weiner. i dont understand, this is a guy that makes snap decisions, snap comments at the drop of a hat. we h...

The president, and as i said, this is just the beginning, and our abbey phillips again from the white house. >> reporter: this is all in keeping with the president this morning, with the president making some snap decisions, yesterday his decision to oust his national security advise for h.r. mcmaster and bring in john bolton was something that happened in a matter of hours. the president said yesterday he woke up yesterday morning that this decision was coming down the pike. he came into the wh...

At this dude. when he talks about the deputy and says hes only responsible up to a point, is he right? he wasnt there so it wasnt his problem? >> kimberly: the language from his rhetoric shows his lack of integrity, lack of leadership skills and qualities. hes the head boss. he should be the one taking ownership of the situation and making it a teachable moment in saying this is something they couldve done better. the deputy should have gone in. they had the training. they should re-examine situ...

Things are happening, dont count on white house aides to give out 100% accurate information. a lot to get to tonight. i want to get with cnns white house correspondent sarah murray. first question. this has been an extraordinary week. whats the mood tonight at the white house? >> well, there certainly is a sense here that this is far from the presidents best week since taking office. you know, we know in their struggles explain why the president decided to fire james comey and in just sort of hi...

A lot to get to tonight. i want to get with cnns white house correspondent sarah murray. first question. this has been an extraordinary week. whats the mood tonight at the white house? >> well, there certainly is a sense here that this is far from the presidents best week since taking office. you know, we know in their struggles explain why the president decided to fire james comey and in just sort of his trigger decision where he kept so few people in the loop, there was sort of a sense of demo...

>> why? >> because theyre the foreign policy team. you a group of people close to trump, and the truth is, and heidi, you report there all the time, nobody tells him no. when i tell him nobody tells him no, nobody tells him no. >> who is the troubling thing about that premise. there are many things trump does that appear to be in the moment, snap decisions. if you look at the rosenstein letter, this doesnt look like something that was crafted overnight. this looks like a pretext. it looks like t...

Once he did that he almost had to speak in october. but dont tell me it is the fault of the american people for putting pressure on him to speak about whether or not they were reopening. he said the trap in july and he today close the trap in october. >> the most amazing thing i thought he said today is that after loretta lynch went on the airplane and met with bill clinton that he felt he had to speak. that he didnt tell her what he was going to do about the e-mail investigation. he just told h...