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Possible contacts between russians and associates of donald trump. was that appropriate? >> from what youre telling me, and its really kind of hard to make judgments -- >> i understand. >> that also deserves further scrutiny. but, again, its hard for me to reach conclusions, when youre just quoting from the latest news -- >> communists by the way. >> understandable. on that note, lets go to another audience member. i want to bring in en enya lubiskaya. with a question for senator graham. >> for ...

It was leveraged in different ways. we can get into that in a couple seconds, but he clearly was drawing from this event, and maybe he needed that. hes in the white house alone. the first lady is in new york. shes now down there in florida for this event and for the weekend, but now this is a place where he can say, this is, again, why im doing what im doing? >> absolutely. he said presidents going back to george washington, thomas jefferson, abraham lincoln famously had relationships with the p...

Where a lot of members of congress have weighed in. the white house has not been specifically responding person by person. earlier this week. marco rubio and his wife jeanette had dinner with the president and melania trump. they talked about cuba and possibly russia. as much as the president has been a vigorous user of twitter, he has not been going after specific people who have been calling for investigations. its a sensitive topic. >> understandable. thank you, kelly. bringing in republica...

Do you think the president understands there are three branches of government, theyre all equal and theyre meant to offer checks and balances? >> well, i think, wolf, its clear that he does. i wont always be responding to every single thing that president trump tweets or says as i didnt with barack obama. i know that hes disappointed with the ruling in seattle, but he is following the ruling. his government has said that they are upholding that ruling. they are not implementing the executive ord...

First two understandable. third one, tillerson was a surprise. >> i thought were going to say trump. >> no tillerson, he threatened to block access to the islands in the south china seas, would be a dangerous step. >> and prominent chinese paper accused donald trump for playing with fire questioning policy to taiwan? saber rattling or serious? >> until he becomes president its saber rattling, sailing into uncharted waters in south china sea and everywhere else. china is important trade ally to t...

Whos been identified? >> once the fbi took over the investigation they asked me not to comment on that any further. and so theyre doing their due diligence at this time. what i can tell you is that we were told that that was not something that they were 100% sure of about all his identifying attributes and they are going to continue to investigation that, because its an ongoing investigation, i can not, you know, confirm that. >> in terms of the men and women, the people who were wounded in the ...

Them out of public housing -- >> thats a concern because -- >> understandable -- >> thats the concern here because its more than just whether or not he has the resume. because i think management as a skill set can be transferable. its how hes approached these issues. >> sure to up in the confirmation hearing as alex was talking about. 4 billion for a new air force one. no thank you, says donald trump. cancel that order. what does the plane manufacture boeing have to say about that? >> plus, pr...

Theyve been waiting for 60 years for a president who lacks a commitment to nato, and they may have found one, which is technically dangerous. >> senator mitch mcconnell came out the day after the accident and said were excited, and nato means something. russia needs to know that. extraordinary for a post-election statement, but given with whats said, understandable. >> the 28 countries of nato. many of them arent paying their fair share. were defending them, they should at least be paying what a...

Way, and i think its putin trying to give some kind of backbone or force to what might have been just campaign rhetoric about nato having to pay its own way and deal with its own problems. that was music to the russians years. theyve been waiting for 60 years for a president who lacks a commitment to nato, and they may have found one, which is technically dangerous. >> senator mitch mcconnell came out the day after the accident and said were excited, and nato means something. russia needs to kno...

Discuss that at all until he brings an indictment or not. no need to discuss any of this. >> the danger of the clinton campaign going on the attack against comey, understandable, i have known a lot of people who have worked with and for james comey. his care is unassailable according to everyone who worked with or for him. his judgment here certainly might be suspect in the eyes of many but his character, no. >> that makes it even more problematic. mark zaid, lets look at both sides of the scale...