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Either side on what, if anything, was accomplished. ayman? >> peter alexander, thank you. the new fbi official asked to pour cold water on publish stories that trump advisers were in touch with government officials throughout the election. cnn was the first to report the story and that the fbi refused to bat under pressure. the associated press said reince priebus said the admistration it believed the new york times was describing the context was not accurate. the official asked mccabe in a meeting at the white house if the fbi could knock down aspects of "the new york times" report, and mcc...

The next step must be policy but the policy is not just about jews, as ben said, this is also about the way this admistration has targeted muslims and mexicans and many other people becse of their race or ethnicity. >> and there's a continue tu any there. we should note a bunch of muslim americans put together a fund-raiser for that st. louis cemetery to raise money to restore it. >> and that's the -- that's what's beautiful if you will, the silver lining on this very dark cloud is that it's pushing people together. it's getting folks to really see what they have in common and unfortunately wh...

The defense department, professionalize the nsa staff and the state department for a start. if that doesn't happen in the next few weeks. if you are advisinge ining xi i or china, which i'm not. let's test this president. there seems to be disarray. whether you believe what rick is saying is true or the opposite side it's not good. >> you obviously have conversations with people still working up there on capitol hill. what is the feeling behind the scenes privately about how this admistration is going? >> a crisis of incompetentent tense. harold is right. the reason you have leaks from the whi...

Remember, storied career, director of centcom, went back to iraq for the surge and was considered for the secretary of state posting by president trump. one thing to note on that, we had picked up there's maybe a little bit detention between petraeus and flynn. now that flynn is on the way out, it may be easier for petraeus to come in and fit into that trump national security team. >> ed, is it realistic to expect that a guy like general petraeus having all of the problems that he had toward the end there of his time could realistically be expected to now ascend oe again in this admistration? ...

They cannot afford for the united states to be in a state of economic peril or collapse because then they'll lose their investment. i can't foresee that happening. i think there will continue to be a wary relationship on both sides. clearly two very potent forces opposing each other rather like two poles of magnets being juxtaposed. it's important to remember the new admistration has also pledged to pursue fiscal policies that are much likelier to put us in less jeopardy.