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The 25th floor with no lawyers. thats a quote from the book. director clapper, what is your take on how close to the president that this russia investigation is getting? >> well, its getting pretty close. and just to key off something that mike just spoke about, the approach that bob mueller, director mueller is taking as special counsel in this, the thoroughness and the methodical way hes approaching this, and now, of course, you know, if you would think of it as a series of concentric circles ...

He has any of the temperament of the judgment to be president. donald trump is a phony, a fraud. his promises are as worthless as a degree from trump university. hes playing the members of the american public for suckers. he gets a free ride to the white house and all we get is a lousy hat. >> sandra: so i will ask you, will he support president trumps policies? >> we saw donald trump and mitt romney come together in the transition phase and i believe that continued to speak. im not a fan of mit...

The policy team considered the views of stakeholders to develop major policy initiatives and determine executive orders and regulatory actions affect the policy priorities. those working on policy continue with planning during the implementation during the transition phase. do you think thats what flynn was doing? >> it sounds like it. these guidelines are from a think tank on presidential transitions. let me make one other point on this. the foreign governments themselves during this transition...

Types of expenditures? >> well, i think thats -- its basically mandatory that those expenditures be provided and i think this is -- this is kind of on the congress first to make sure the secret service is properly sized for the mission they now have, which is much larger, much more complex probably than any other president they have had to protect and i certainly think if any secret service agents are owed back pay or any of that sort of thing that needs to be accounted for. so i think its reall...

They are saying this is a religious war. why dont we believe them? >> if it is true, we have all sorts of miseries ahead of us. i happen to think that we do. in the meantime, we are in this transition phase in europe. i just came from a public debate i was doing in westminster tonight. the people are still, although things are moving, they are still in that sphere, "what has our foreign policy done that might have caused this." if a guy comes from pakistan, as one of the attackers on saturday ni...

>> if it is true, we have all sorts of miseries ahead of us. i happen to think that we do. in the meantime, we are in this transition phase in europe. i just came from a public debate i was doing and westminster tonight. the people are still, although things are moving, they are still in that sphere, "where does our foreign policy does not might have caused this." if a guy comes from pakistan, as one of the attackers on saturday night ed, i dont think much of our countries pakistani foreign poli...

Proposal during this meeting during the transition phase in trump tower. so what are your greatest concerns about whether this proposal of a back channel is something that jared kushner engaged in? >> well, if evidence proves this allegation is true, obviously thats a big mistake. we have the fbi, the doj, multiple committees in the house and the senate, made up of republicans like me and that are friends of mine and very qualified and also democrats that are friends of mine that i serve with th...

That kind of anger is intesting. >> its sad. frankly, its unacceptable in light of everything that happened. i will say i truly do believe there is an effort within fox to change. there is a knowledge things need to change, culture needs to change with the murdoch boys coming in and taking things in a different direction and they understand where their audience is going, getting older and older. young people have netflix and hulu and every other kind of media screaming device in their hand, how ...

Understand and realize, the ill logic of suggesting weve lost confidence in jim comey and we want him to continue to run a very important and sensitive investigation. it cannot be the case that because you are running an investigation that may involve the president of the united states that the president cannot remove you if he believes you are not competent to do the job. if that is the real motivation here. i have to believe in the judgment and the opinion of rod rosen stein, one of my attorne...

Here we go again. ♪ ♪ brian: no doubt about it governor chris christie has been all over this election. first as a candidate then as a trump supporter. even during the transition phase. now we find out that governor christie finally might have a position that he is really intrigued enough to take. steve: joining us right now from the white house is chris christie the governor of the great state of new jersey where i live. governor, good morning to you. ainsley: good morning. >> good morning,...