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Enjoin the president's national security determination based on some newspaper articles. that is what has happened here. that is very troubling second-guessing of the national security decision made by the president. the notion that we are going to go back -- >> you deny that in fact the statements attributed to then candidate trump and to his political advisors in most recently mayor giuliani, do you deny those statements were made? >> no, i would note that judge robart himself said he was not going to look at campaign statements. >> jon: they were arguing over campaign statements went then c...

But on the other hand, that could be a problem. >> reporter: that is right, john. they were not on the same page. a couple issues raised in the hearings. we heard from general mattis appearing before the defense secretary hearings. he laid out different views on a range of issues. one on iran with the nuclear agreement. he didn't think it was a great deal. he said the u.s. had to stick with it for the time being. on the issue of israel, he talked about the issue of the embassy being moved from tel aviv to jerusalem. he saw the capital in tel aviv. with congress member mike pompeo of kansas. he...

If i might, because i came to this hearing with a whole list of questions. and in response to others, you've addressed many of them. where, in my view, you have a notable difference of view from at least some of the concerns based on some campaign statements by the president-elect. no ban on muslims, no nuclear arms race, no nukes for japan, south korea, saudi arabia, no abandoning our neto allies. no deal with russia to accept the annex asian of cry krimea. all of these to me are quite encouraging. but they suggest some tension with statements made by the president-elect. how will you work th...

In future u.s. mid east peace talks. a reporter for cnn politics.com and errol lewis and tom lobianco with us. let's talk about friedman and so much of what he's talking about would, indeed, spin on its head decades of u.s. policy. how much do you think he can actually change? >> well, i mean, trump's, president's place to set the tone. obviously he's picked someone who is a hard liner who, you know, wants to go the opposite direction where we've been going for decades now. so i guess what's surprising is trying to square this with differing campaign statements. on the one hand we heard ther...

Campaigning will reconcile the realities of governing remains to be seen. but most of this appointment process is handled quietly. and very carefully, very discreetly. i think this was meant to send a signal, as are some of the appointments, that, in fact, this administration is to some degree breaking with past precedent. even though, carol, many of the -- at least some of the appointees, certainly on the national security side, mike flynn and mike pompeo all have conventional -- all with well within the parameters backgrounds head of the defense intelligence agency. head of centcom, pompeo i...