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It's a weapon, actually, in negotiation. >> yeah. speaking of diplomats, rex tillerson is gone. someone else that the president was never comfortable with. and i think the state department and mike pompeo, the state department, they'll work fine together. sometimes it has to be a one-two punch, good cop/bad cop. it is such an important time, with north korean, the iran nuclear deal, which bolton does not like but jim mattis does. so who's going to make the final on that? it's the president, but he's going to get different opinions on that. >> harris: we're coming up on that deadline where the ...

To be leaker. joining me now, editor in chief of "the hill" bob kusack. you have some strong thoughts about this, too. what are they? >> i think john bolton deserves his own team. if they're mcmaster holdouts or obama holdouts, they have to go. in all likelihood the leakers are probably from people who don't agree with the president. we saw that recently with the call to putin. that upset the president. understandably. now, bolton is no shrinking violet. at the same time, how is he going to work with chief of staff kelly? jim mattis reportedly concerned about working with bolton. he's dealing ...

Is here, also, bob kusack, editor of the hill, and author of a woman in charge, the life of hillary rodham clinton. the clinton campaigned moved to distance themselves from these operative. do you think there's something to these allegations? >> no, i think that we've all learned and if nothing else, donald trump has shown us that video speaks louder than anything. not only editing videos, to prove his point, but actually illegally obtaining and editing and falsely manipulate ago. >> and falsely saying that's what they're -- that's what they were hired do or that's what they were hired do is b...

Establishment people that are weak within the republican party senators and others and paul ryan led to a certain extent by paul ryan. >> they were holding you back? >> not holding back no but they're not giving support. they don't give the kind of support. we got more than 14 million votes, more than anybody in the history of the republican primaries, bill, and they don't give the support that we really need. >> okay. but i'm still confused. >> i'm better off with their without their support, if you want to know the truth. >> you might be. >> bob, the whole unshackled remark raises a lot of e...

Donald trump today dismissing what he calls disloyal republicans saying gop leaders give him zero support. want to bring in kayleigh mcenany, and former national press secretary for bernie sanders, and bob kusack, and maria cardona. this is the best panel. good evening all of you. bob, welcome back to the panel. maria, welcome back. trump, and followers continue dismissing remarks as locker room talk. does that detract from his apology? >> what apology? there really wasn't an apology, and for those who think it was an apology, absolutely it des from it because any -- detracts from it because a...