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Bitter end of the year split leaving americans with major questions about the security and our foreign policy and our position abroad. joining me, former undersecretary of defense for policy and former chief of staff for president obama's national security council. now senior director at the penn biden center for diplomacy. welcome to you on this day after christmas. very much appreciate you joining us today. >> thank you. >> how huge are these departures for the trump administration? >> well, it's a big blow to our policies in the middle east in particular. secretary mattis was very much trus...

Sort of. >> i want to get your perspective on this horrible shooting. do you consider this an act of domestic terror? >> i do. this was a heinous, terrible, despicable thing. and i just -- it was sickening to -- far transcended the pipe bomb that was supposed to come my way. this is terrible. i do consider it a form of domestic terrorism. >> what responsibility do you think the president has for the climate we are in today? >> i think he bears a lot of responsibility for it. i'm quick to say that as the white house always says, you know, that the president cannot be held responsible for the pi...

Us. good to see you in washington, d.c. good to have you back. >> great to be back, sort of. >> i want to get your perspective on this horrible shooting. do you consider this an act of domestic terror? >> i do. this was a heinous, despicable, terrible thing, and i just -- it was sickening. far transcended, you know, the pipe bomb that was composed to come my way. this is terrible. and i do consider it a form of domestic terrorism. >> what responsibility do you think the president has for the climate we are in today? >> i think he bears a lot of responsibility for it. i'm quick to say that as t...

Look, do i feel it meets muster? absolutely not. this is again a political ping-pong that's going to be bandied about. an executive order, jake, cannot be put forward unless the constitution at authority is vested in the president here in article 1, section 8, it's with congress. did congress ever cede authority? absolutely not. supreme court held a hallmark case in 1898 after the 14th amendment had been ratified 30 years before that, again, those hallmark amendments 13, 14 and 15 dealing with the dred scott and the evolution of the reconstruction area, amendment 14 itself stating specifically...

Russian. as for their cover story, as broadcast on russian state television, unconvincing is one that springs to mind. >> translator: our friends have been suggesting for quite some time that we visit this wonderful city. >> salisbury, a wonderful city? >> translator: yes. >> translator: what makes it so wonderful? >> translator: it's a tourist city. they have a famous cathedral there. salisbury cathedral. it's famous throughout europe and in fact, throughout the world, i think. it's famous for its 123-meter spire, it's famous for its clock. >> reporter: implausible deniability, that's one way...