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He would object to an agreement to have a quick vote before the deadline to avert a strike. he would not commit to that saying well talk about that at a later date so there are still questions, even though there is optimism and now widespread expectation that this bill ultimately will pass, can they get it done in time because as chuck schumer noted there, john, it needs to be done before the deadline of december 9th or so because of concerns that this could affect the supply chain down the line...

The wishes of her pole to leave the european union and president trump off of what he calls a successful nato summit, there were tensions to be worked out by nato moves on and the alliance is still intact and achieving some great things and what do you think the most important thing for them to discuss tonight is? >> well, first of all, let me say that i was taken, surprising that theresa may the prime minister of great britain came out and defended donald trump at the moment of the contentious ...

Office of legitimacy for the alt-right its created in the white house, when the president has been slow to condemn the bomb threats on you uyo jewish or the bombing of a mosque frgs wh , when he has been slow to speak against hate crimes, it has provided de facto encouragement of the hate crimes and the hate speech and the rise in racial an any mus animus of the country. hes not commander in chief, he is the tone setter in chief. and in moments of crisis, people expect him, citizens expect him t...

Islam-o-phobia, weve seen cemeteries targeted, people called out of their names, called anti-semitic remarks and seen the president seemingly mumble and stumble in response to this. the president is commander in chief under the constitution. the president when there is a disaster is consoler in chief. and when there is a rise in anti-semitism and racism, he must be the tone setter in chief. that means speaking out clearly, strongly, forcefully saying that he condemns anti-semitism and racism and...

Is this different this time? >> its a little different, my reporting tells me that the whirlwind, getting the cabinet through, having all of these different controversies with general flynn as kristen laided out, has now passed. its a different phase. hes facing a major congressional speech next week. he has to start to get things done on tax reform, on health care, hes going to cpac which hasad this controversy with milo and the alt-right and try to define himself as a president. and thats what...

Its various stages and hes very thoughtful. hes very, very bright and he is an extraordinarily fair human being. but hes no nonsense 37 so you can expect that the trains will run on time and you can expect he wont let the lawyers grandstand or do the things that many of us are famous for and he will make sure that it is a dignified proceeding uninfluenced by outside events. im very confident in him. and to the extent that judges set the tone for cases, hes the right tone setter. >> you say unaff...

The n.f.c. championship game. he is a quarterback so not quite as big a deal. how big a role do you expect him to play? >> very big role. he is the tone hes a tone setter. a guy with an attitude., go their secondary, its all abouta intimidation. as much as we love to talk about the passing game, if your on the other side, youre looking at chancellor, who is a safety, who is about 250 pounds, who knocks people out. good if youre wes welker and you see him, its about intimidation, and richard sher...

Had the rant at the end of the n.f.c. championship game. he is a quarterback so not quite as big a deal. how big a role do you expect him to play? >> very big role. he is the tone setter. hes the guy with the attitude, going to jam the receivers. they are secondary. its all about intimidation too. as much as we love to talk about the passing game, if youre on the other side of it youre looking at chancellor who is a safety, about 250 pound it looks like, who knocks people out. if youre wes walke...

Newsroom tonight. mike, the president gives his state of the union address, what, a week from tonight, i guess. a tone setter for congress or whats the census here. >> key republicans say they will be listening carefully to see finance f. its a campaign-type speech or the president will lay out plans for 2012. congress will need to do spending bills transportation issues. a remember of the senate republic leadership is hopeful there might be cooperation on energy. >> the president just recently ...