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And colleagues in the "new york times," white house reporters have a fascinating story in the paper that is posted now that basically says white house staff was shocked to hear the president express publicly views that he had previously expressed privately. so this is not -- it is an secret to them. and it shouldnt have been a surprise. maybe he was surprised that they actually said it. so really you will keep working there. really? this is what you signed up for are when you went to work for th...

Everything he said yesterday. and went back to his saturday views. and colleagues in the "new york times," white house reporters have a fascinating story in the paper that is posted now that basically says white house staff was shocked to hear the president express publicly views that he had previously expressed privately. so this is not -- it is an secret to them. and it shouldnt have been a surprise. maybe he was surprised that they actually said it. so really you will keep working there. real...

Took a walk around the grounds with chief of staff he took around jared. does he fall under that? >> yeah, 5-us3110 is the statutes. they define relatives, your mother, father, and it means brother-in-law. that means he cannot take a dollar from the federal government. what he will be able to do, however, act as an adviser, an informal unpaid nonformal staff member to the president. that seems to be the role that hes already been playing in the campaign. so the ins andous of what jobs he holds i...

Has said that is anti-police. im happy that the mayor is continuing and pointing out the specific things that hes done of the and my hope is that all involved will take a step back and say, lets discuss this in a better way that actually moves us forward and doesnt keep the frek shun going. >> eugene, as i was watching this today, i was thinking this is the police commissioner that this city needed on this day. ? >> i know there are people of different political persuasions that are not bill bra...

Individuals. it was about the job that they had. im not trying to interjebt the substance of what he said but the emotions and raw feelings about it, we should have an ability to step into the shoes of the officers, and if youre not a police officer, obviously hanging over all of this is the race relations and the conversation. i hear people say the mpresiden should be able to talk about race relations without acting like hes an african-american. we need to have authentic dialog in the country. ...

Jump in. what do you make, gibbs, of the presidents statement in the past few days, given the verdict? >> well, i think -- >> its an awkward position. >> it is in a sense because look, he is the president of the united states and anything he says or does, could be seen as coloring the justice departments review of this case and theres no doubt that he wants to give that process some space and i think he also wants to, as he did in the statement, appeal for some measure of calm in all this. but t...

Have good, productive debate. but in the final analysis, you have to know who youre debating with and you dont want to debate with somebody who is spending more time debating within his or her own party. so thats a real big problem. let me say this about jim demint and the heritage foundation. i really do question whether or not jim demint and the heritage foundation make for a good fit. because i actually agree with what eugene just said. this has been a think tank where people develop policies...

I hope he continues because i believe in the two-party system. i do believe that we ought to have good, productive debate. but in the final analysis, you have to know who youre debating with and you dont want to debate with somebody who is spending more time debating within his or her own party. so thats a real big problem. let me say this about jim demint and the heritage foundation. i really do question whether or not jim demint and the heritage foundation make for a good fit. because i actual...

And so as republicans, marco rubios talking about immigration and hes one of demint acolytes. other senators are going to start moving, i think, on some of these issues. and so rather than kind of be swamped by i dont know if you can call it a wave, but whatever the movement is in the senate, i think demint is going to a perch that he sees right now more powerful, more influential, where he can have more impact on the debate. and i would just add, you know, that i dont think either congressman c...

With and you dont want to debate with somebody who is spending more time debating within his or her own party. so thats a real big problem. let me say this about jim demint and the heritage foundation. i really do question whether or not jim demint and the heritage foundation make for a good fit. because i actually agree with what eugene just said. this has been a think tank where people develop policies and lay them out for people to run on. but when you start trying to sponsor people in primar...