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Contributing editor to the atlantic and cnn commentator. tim mack. good to see you. tim, let me begin you because this new book from nikki hailey, tru trumps former ambassador to the u.n. who is making stunning claims before the public hearings in this inquiry. she claims rex tillerson and john kelly attempted to recruit her to work around the president in an effort to save the coun country. writing according to the "washington post" who has a copy of the book, kelly and tillerson confided in me...

I think by shifting to calling it prescribery and ive heard them call it extortion as well, they are trying to focus the american people that this is not a this for that. its something that exceeds the bounds of executive propriety. the president of the united states withholding congressio l congressionally appropriated funds in order to achieve something in the next election. >> and tim, you know the republicans say they want, they have a list of witnesses that they want called and lindsey grah...

Bush and john mccain preside presidential campaignings. host of "thor is cue er icircus on sunday. and kyra mckinney, political comm commentator. also tim mack, political commep ta commentator for npr. in this push to make gun control a major issue. in the past, democrats have tried to avoid this very devicive issue. but then aurora made it particularly poignant, topical for so many to speak out. so, you know, what overall would be driving the decision for candidates to say lets talk about gun c...

Tweets, congratulating each other for being in the ration. does that set the tone of civility? >> i think youre going to see it being a much more civil -- were not going to have someone saying the kinds of things he said during the republican primaries. i just want to go to one other thing when we talk about this gun debate here in the country. remember that mark kelly got not race for snaenate in arizona. he and gabby are national leader it is on this issue. just by him running for senate in 20...

Wanted to address, even in a marginal way and he did that over these christmas holidays. but if i can return a little bit to the kind of chaos issue that you brought up, this isnt just an issue with the cabinet level appointments. this is also an issue with senior staff. if you look at the turnover thats happened among senior aides to the president, youve had a turnover rate of nearly two-thirds of his senior staff. this is unprecedented. most modern presidents over their first four years in off...

Positive thing for american foreign interests has been mixed, at best. and among conservative policy thinkers, on foreign policy, there really are -- there is a lot of skepticism about whether the united nations is the right way to pursue americas interests. and so, its not surprising that at this stage in the trump presidency, they decided to downgrade this and say -- and send the signal that, hey, this is less of a priority for us. >> all right, basil smikle, boyd, tim, i wish we had more time...

Because he takes it all so personally, but we talked about shutdown earlier and heres whats important about that. as much as it affects the individual workers, it actually has very little effect on gdp, for example, but the chaos in the white house, the inconsistency in the policy, particularly when it comes to tariffs, thats whats having a real day-to-day effect on both workers and retirees and thats why the markets are responding the way that they are and thats why we follow the chaos as close...

The right focus, the right strategy, and became a two-term president. weve seen that with many other presidents over the years. so, i dont think anyone needs to hyperventilate. the palace intrigue is good for politics and a lot of punditry but it doesnt always get down to the real issue is, are the policies right, are they making the case to the american people, do the american people feel like someones fighting for them and moving forward. thats going to be the ultimate test but it has to be po...

Welcome back and thanks so much for joining us. as the current trump presidential term nears its halfway point, only a few of the original cabinet members are still along for the ride after some very high profile departures. so lets take a look at how many acting roles there are in the administration. look at this, we have acting secretary of defense, acting chief of staff, acting attorney general, acting epa administrator. there is a lot of movement, needless to say, in and out of the administr...

Watch. >> julia, last question here. you move to washington, she moves to washington, i wonder if her public profile there was evident to you. we saw her there asking a question of the candidate to be, next president of the united states. she was active in and around washington, d.c. did you keep up with her, did you notice her presence in washington when you were there? >> reporter: she tried to reach out a couple of times and said i moved to d.c., i am studying at american university, do you w...