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About his scandal, his controversy really tainting the republican party more broadly. i think we have to wait and see. i mean, if it's a situation where -- remember, there were a lot of republicans who were uneasy about donald trump when he was a candidate for president and distanced themselves from him then. and now are working to put forward his agenda and pass it. so, once roy moore gets here, if he becomes more of a, you know, reliable 50th vote for key pieces of legislation, we might see some of that disgust fade. i think ongoing especially as this conversation about sexual harassment con...

Policy. i often wonder getting the surprise briefings and supposed to have a particular effect and it ends up often having the opposite affect. >> exactly. i mean, i think this is a good messenger and john kelly certainly knows how to talk to the press much more adroitly than the arch white house press secretary or rex tillerson last week but the message is not credible. if you're having to call a press conference to deny that you're leaving the administration, and that the president is unstable, that's kind of like nixon calls a press conference to say i'm not a crook. the very fact that you'...

President of the american policy. i often wokdnder getting the surprise briefings and supposed to have a particular effect and it ends up often having the opposite affect. >> exactly. i mean, i think this is a good messenger and john kelly certainly knows how to talk to the press much more adroitly than the arch white house press secretary or rex tillerson last week but the message is not credible. if you're having to call a press conference to deny that you're leaving the administration, and that the president is unstable, that's kind of like nixon calls a press conference to say i'm not a cr...

Effectively. do you buy that notion? and can it happen? >> well, i mean, it's possible. and i sternal hope david is right. of course we need to keep in mind who he is up against here, a ruthless career amoral kgb master of the black arts. >> that's one indicate way to s >> this is not a man that i think be easily played. but hope springs eternal, i suppose. >> we know looking at the past two presidents, both bush 43 and obama, they have taken office with hopes of friendlier russian relations. both saw the hopes dashed by you know conflicts with putin. what do you, david, see, if, you know, thi...

That's great. >> you have met david petraeus, he's been here several times. tell us about his ability to run a military operation and the cia. >> david petraeus, to me, epitomizes the new warrior, an intellect, writes books. i've never seen a general handle press as adroitly as he does, the congress adroitly. of course, is brilliant in the military operations. always prepared. always briefed. i think he will do a great job. i think it's going to be a little different to go from the military to the cia. but i think david will be able to do it. he's really not your old warrior, per se, but a war...