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Briefed, not just briefed, they were part of the drafting process. it went through not only that, just back up, so they get consulted and briefed. is goes through the office of legal compliance and shift out to the nfc and the homeland security council. this went through an extensive staffing process. the idea whether or not he got fully briefed he was briefed multiple times, saw the language, his staff made edits. im not sure how much more briefing you can do. >> zoe daniel from australian broa...

Just wrapped up that energetic daily briefing where he addressed a number of topics including the presidents forth coming announcement of a supreme court nominee. meanwhile, were learning senior staff members in congress helped the white house draft this order to temporarily ban immigrants from u.s. shore. the white house hitting back hard at allegations that republican leadership wassen informed about that work. richard fowler radio talk show host. matt, reports were that department of homeland...

His senior officials were briefed, not just brief, they were part of the drafting process. not only that, just back up here they get consulted and briefed, it goes through the office of legal compliance then get shipped out to the nsc and homeland security council. at this point, it went through a very thorough staffing process, so the idea of whether he got fully briefed -- he got briefed multiple times, saw the language from his staff made edits and it came back multiple times. im not sure how...

Do it because different bits of information may come out while this process is unfolding. >> you refer to the 30 hours. i remember interviewing harry reid when he was senate majority leader back in 2009, and my understanding is that mitch mcconnell did exactly do that with quite a number of nominees. in fact, the sort of staffing process slowed to a halt, particularly on judicial nominees. >> absolutely. >> but this was not something that they were receiticent to u back in 2009. >> absolutely. t...

Liberty mutual wont raise your rates due to your first accident. see car insurance in a whole new light. liberty mutual insurance. now to this fox news alert, that hes got three solid sources who say that vice president biden is likely to run. >> sources kroes to the vice president say a decision could come any day now. >> a source tells cnn biden is meeting with his top political advisers this evening and that bide anne associates are beginning the staffing process for positions on a potentia...

Settlement against citigroup was only reached after a delay caused by the u.s. catching the benghazi suspect, which actually turned out to give negotiators more time to reach that deal. the captures also muted some of the politics of benghazi, which were once at watergate levels for many republicans on the attack. >> nobody died in watergate. >> more serious than watergate? >> absolutely. >> all that drama you may remember led house republicans to create a special committee devoted to reinvestig...

Sorry. for uninsured -- >> no. 50 million americans who are uninsured are going to have the ability to have insurance. and at the end of the day, 159 million americans who, you know, nonelderly americans who have preexisting conditions will have access to health care. >> i look at this from a different perspective. i want to go back to about the lying about the lying. there are several of us who have had the privilege of working in the white house. there is something call the staffing process. y...

End of story. >> mark thiessen is a former speech writer for president george w. bush. you are uh the man to talk to. you have intricate knowledge into how presidential speeches and comments are crafted and vetted. the journal reports today, quote, some white house policy advisers objected to the breadth of mr. obamas keep your plan promise. they were overruled by political aides. your thoughts? >> its unbelievable. look. the president didnt say if we like your health care plan you can keep your...

Of the executive orders that he was signing, he didnt know he was giving steve bannon a permanent seat on the national security council. during your time with george w. bush, did he ever sign an executive order when he didnt know the contents? >> not to my knowledge, particularly one thats high profile and generates some criticism or controversy. i view that as a failure of staffing. theres a staffing process that exists within the white house to make sure that all appropriate personnel within t...

I remember interviewing harry reid when he was senate majority leader back in 2009, and my understanding is that mitch mcconnell did exactly do that with quite a number of nominees. in fact, the sort of staffing process slowed to a halt, particularly on judicial nominees. >> absolutely. >> but this was not something that they were reticent to use back in 2009. >> absolutely. the process that everyone saw with merrick garland saw with hundreds of nominees and obviously we have the ability to do t...