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Sara the palin could be headed to the house in alaska, one of the questions i've had, is she going to win? she has name recognition and celebrity. what's your sense of the race right now? >> well, again, the name id, the celebrity, et cetera, she's essentially the prototrump as well. those are all in her favor. the question is if she wins, is congress big enough for her and marjorie taylor green in that wing of the party as well. >> that's what i was going to ask you, you lived on the hill in the capitol hill building for many years. we didn't live together, right? but celebrity freshman is al...

Have the aforementioned southern district of new york. talk about this seat. how safe was it for collins? what was his position in the new york delegation? and what would it take for those political bosses to say, you know what? this seat is too valuable. we need you to step aside. >> well, his position in the new york delegation shifted dramatically the day he endorsed donald trump. he was the first member of congress to do that, because after that he became a senior member when trump became president because suddenly he had entree to the white house. the president was calling him on the phon...

Talk about this seat. how safe was it for collins? what was his position in the new york delegation? and what would it take for those political bosses to say, you know what? this seat is too valuable. we need you to step aside. >> well, his position in the new york delegation shifted dramatically the day he endorsed donald trump. he was the first member of congress to do so. because after that he became a senior member when trump became president because suddenly he had entree to the white house. the president was calling him on the phone. he became an important member of the delegation. he wa...

Congress to do that, because after that he became a senior member when trump became president because suddenly he had entree to the white house. the president was calling him on the phone. he became an important member of the delegation. he wasn't before. he was a back bench member. and he represents the trumpiest seat in new york. donald trump won almost 60% there, more than any other seat in the state. this is seen as a safe republican seat, except candidates running under indictment are almost never actually safe. >> counselor, correct me if i'm wrong, other when there is an earnings call a...

Getting the information he needs? with dan coats you have a director of national intelligence who isn't a former back bench member plucked from indiana, no. this is a former ambassador to germany, a former longtime member of the senate intelligence committee. senators i've spoken with, republicans say he's the canary in the coal mine. as andrea said, he won't resign but they're really wondering about political advisers at the white house. are they even aware the director is in aspen and are they aware that so many people in the administration appointed by president trump feel like he's now mak...