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>> a word you would never hear from the president's own mouth. >> but on the very day he says russia let back in. >> everybody else in the administtion, dan coats included, have basically said i believe what is in the intelligence community assessment of what happened in the 2016 elections to the letter. president trump feels like that is too much of a personal attack on the legitimacy of his presidency, he's never been in him on this front. and it seems like many of the decisions that he is making especially when it comes to russia at the g7 were -- his mindset is in north korea. that seems t...

Decades across political administrations to protect civil rights. >> now you know a lot of the players from the career people, rod rosenstein, certainly, and james comey. what do you expect on thursday at this extraordinary hearing? >> well, you know, i think that on thursday, the american public is going to have a chance to really assess whether the administtion is deaning the rule of law. it has always been vital important in our system of government that the law enforcement function remain apolitical. there cannot be politization of law enforcement because otherwise the american public will...

You're playing risk, don't ever think you'll be able to think over europe. it takes a while. president trump is giving less than a ringing endorsement of his chief strategist steve bannon. >> as rumors continue to swirl of rising tensions between senior aides a a possible shakeup at the highest levels of the administtion, trump told the "new york post" last night, quote, i like steve, but you have to remember -- >> i like steve, but. i like steve, but. >> which is sort of like in the south, bless your heart. >> look, look. hold on. the "new york post" headline. they pick that up, button righ...

Other day with a smile said i don't like to focus on what he tweets or says. i focus on what they're doing. >> part of this is in past administrations you sort of fight for facetime inside the oval office. you want to be there to take to the president, to influence him that way. with trump, so much of the influence comes through tv. and so kellyanne conway is fight with others to get on tv as another way to influence the president because he's watching. so there's that element, too, that people are fighting over tv hits. >> in fairness, though, in the early obama administration the president s...

Guantanamo bay is a mess and why we should close the thing. the president has campaigned to close guantanamo bay. do you think we're one step closer to having that become a reality? >> well, he's starting to empty it out. i don't think this is quite the right way to do it. the problem for the president honestly is that he came into office saying we're going to close guantanamo, it's going to be gone by the time my administtion leaves. and now we're about two-plus years away from that point in time and there are still approximately 150 people or more who are detained in guantanamo. i don't thin...