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He says, with russian prostitutes or girls of low social responsibility, as he put it, even though he added to some amusement in the crowd, they are clearly the best in the world. It was quite a frank and quite astonishing series of remarks by Vladimir Putin, the russian president. Putin saying he doesnt know trump. Hes never met him. Hes got no reason to attack him or to defend him. But he chose this moment obviously just a few days before the inauguration of donald trump to speak out in this way. I just want to go back to, you used the word astonishing. As youre listening to Vladimir Putin s...

With a nuclear arsenal? >> the first thing that comes to find is nixon and khrushchev meeting in a kitchen in moscow in the late '50s and debating really who had the best economy and who could serve consumers the best. we're hassing for a debate about who has the best prostitutes if we're listening to vladimir putin. but, yes, history can tell us that, yes, once individuals, once president-elect trump is president, he is going to be far more subject to the bureaucracies that serve him and the laws that somewhat limit his discretion, although not so much in foreign policy. >> all right. i have ...

We're seeing that with the inauguration and all the surrounding protests. it seems that there's even some enthusiasm for that compared to some of the events surrounding the actual inauguration. this will be something where he's going to have to -- coming into office realize he's got these different constituencies of trying to be the president for everyone. but he does have a very tough road ahead in terms of having to work with members of congress on both sides of the aisle, realizing that he doesn't have a lot of support on one side and is going to have to win that over. >> so brian, the divi...

Political headwind needing to prove his meddle on the job right away rather than a little bit of running room to get out the door and get that agenda going. >> david, stay right there. i want to bring in other voices to this conversation. jesse burns is back. so is brian. i talked about the partisan divide and have some numbers to demonstrate that. i'll throw that question to you, jesse. so 80% of republicans approve of trump's handling of the transition. 8% of democrats feel the same. it's just like a huge chasm. when asked if donald trump will do a good job as president, 93% of republicans s...

From trump tower. let's talk about all of this. jesse burns, associate editor of the hill, brian ballo, history professor at the university of virginia and co-host of "back story." matthew chance also joins me. welcome to all of you. matthew, you just heard what jason carroll reported. are russians abuzz about what seems to be a battle royale between donald trump and the u.s. intelligence agencies? >> oh, yeah. i mean, look, the kremlin is making no bones about this. they are saying that this -- they believe there is this internal political dispute under way in the united states, even though...