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The intelligence agencies, you know, brian, the hawks in the city and this country would have loved the disarray and the division they can see in the united states. you know, as donald trump said, russia is no friend of the united states, and for people here who want to see america brought down a peg or two, they will have loved this news conference, and loved the divisions between donald trump and the u.s. intelligence agencies. yes, as you said, he said there's a good chance i won't get along with putin, but if putin likes me, that's called an asset, not a liable. i think as our katy tur poi...

Dislikes, his friendships. it wasn't really about deep issues of foreign policy, and i think for leaders in this city who have gone through so many. s and gone through a cold war, it will have struck them, the thinness, if you like, of the discussion in that news conference, not about the great international issues or the issues of state, but sometimes simply about his behavior, his likes, his dislikes and his friends, but no question, brian that, news conference will have been watched very, very closely here. >> bill neely in moscow, we assure our viewers that background is indeed not fake ne...

Conference t i going to precipitate an ethics and a constitutional crisis from the day he's sworn in. >> well norm, i'm going to stop you right there. who raises, where does it originate if that is true? >> well, brian, you are going to -- we have three coequal branches of government, and what he -- the course he's set upon is going to offend all of them. let me explain why that is. bipartisan experts laid out a five-part test for what he needed to do. he failed all five parts. he didn't transfer ownership of his businesses. he didn't set up a blind trust. he doesn't have an independent truste...

The office of the president, he could sign an executive order that said the following, i've asked a lawyer about this and i think i've asked your next guest about this. you could the head of the executive branch could say the president and vice president will also be subject to the same rules that apply to all executive branch employees. that is something that he also has the power to do. that was left out today. >> norm eisen, your name, at least your title has been invoked. norm eisen is indeed listening to us and is our next guest, former chief white house ethics lawyer, now fellow of gover...

Time of nixon, a vital time certainly for yourewspaper in washington. i'm looking at the quotes here. they called buzzfeed among other things a "failing pile of garbage," and he directly accused jim acosta on behalf of his network, cnn, "you are fake news." so you have a fight going on with the intelligence community, something, like it or not, that is a valuable asset when you're president of the united states. you have a fight going on with what is considered in our constitution to be a free press. >> well, welcome to the trump presidency. this is going to be a contact sport. people in our b...