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Always going to be a level of chaos. and president trump ended up succeeding in chaos in 2016. but i think you are right, that no matter who ends up becoming the chief of staff, or who ends up saying things, the main mover and shaker is the president himself, trump. >> there is still hundreds of positions in the trump administration still notfilled. i want youo go through two things for me. what the numbers are and how has the white house responded. president trump thought washington was too boo...

Clintons victory, what would hillary clinton be saying? >> she would say i won. im setting up my cabinet. i won. >> people were trying to undermine her win. >> i got to say every time he goes he and talks about this stuff, it just draws people back to the fact that he lost the popular vote. he just needs to move forward. he is president of the united states. >> the other thing he needs to do is stop saying things that arent true. >> right. >> that is the part where i might agree with you. >> to ...

Level? >> god, i hope so. >> of course, it does. he mischaracterized what intel, the intel agencies unclassified report said. and so, yeah, that takes on -- they did not, as david ignatius said, they were egnostic. they basically said like a supreme court decision. we are not going to rule on this part of the case. >> we are not political analysts. >> mike allen, thank you very much. >> mike, we are very excited about your new venture. >> thank you so much. roll tide. >> roll tide. sign up, ev...

You want to see in a perfect world? donald trump in terms of how he presents toward russia and any evidence that trump isnt, at this point, just putting out his opening bid into what will ultimately be whatever deal we have? >> which is what he is doing with the saudis and what he is doing with israeli and what he is doing with everybody. he is putting out his opening bid. >> its his approach to disrupt and destabilize and challenge your opinions and then see how he can get the best deal. trump ...

Defensiveness has to do with things we dont know about. >> all right. harold, your job is to try to start asking donald to go golfing on saturday mornings m early. >> we dont have that relationship. >> you know everybody. harold can get you on any golf course you want to get on in the world. maybe did you make sure its a golf course you cant take your phone on. >> we have missed so many news stories and we will get to them. you have to shilt your pie hole for a second. >> golden globes? talk abo...

The legs apaernly can dance. >> not very well. >> but this is going to last a while for a couple of reasons. one is that in 2010, americans thought washington was out of control. beyond their control. the democrats controlled the white house and senate and the house and they could do anything they want. so americans hit the brake pedal and reasserted themselves. we got to take control of d.c. washington looks like it is out of control again. this time it is the executive branch. youre going to s...

results from the closely watched gop straw poll. im don lemon. joining me is our chief political correspondent, candy crowley. heres the announcement moments ago. >> with 16,892 iowans voting, the winner of the straw poll is congresswoman michele bachmann. thank you, everyone. have a good night. >> a man of few words. congresswoman michele bachmann came out on top in the poll which is one of the earliest tests for the oval office in 2012. some of the thunder may have been stolen by ric...

. i feel like ive been gone for a year. >> you have. >> i never take that long. >> hi, heilemann. how are you doing? >> how is it going? >> really? you want to start this way? start 2017 like this? >> be nice. >> its on. with us on set, managing editor of bloomberg politics, john heilemann and msnbc political analyst and professor at the university of michigan school of public policy, former democratic congressman, harold ford jr. and in washington, columnist and associate editor for "the washin...