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Space to move. the fact that he has not been able to distinguish between russia meddling and validity of his election is what has kept him away from doing things that would actually be in his best political interests. he could very easily go out, hammer -- he could very easily hammer vladimir putin and say stay out of our elections. you shouldn't have tried it in '16 candida ' '16, he sure shouldn't get in '18 or '20. hit him hard, provide the space and then he will find he has more leeway to work with russia in the area of syria and stopping russia from being a spoiler in north korea. than if...

Difficult. >> we've had a long decline in our trust in institutions, and this country needs to regain trust in institutions. i think that should be our chief concern here. does the person bring the kind of credentials to it that's going to restore the trust of the american people in the institution of the fbi? and in other government agencies. i think this actually is a big problem because what we are saying is an attempt to destroy and undermine a lot of allegiance to institutions. >> eboni: i think it has been pretty successful, more than just intent. >> eric: this is from president trump. "...

It straight out. >> how did the trump administration take your advice? >> i think they generally agree. i mean they were in receive mode. my chief concern is that the position of the trump administration in our freedom of information act litigation, even that over clinton e-mail issues hasn't changed from the obama administration. it is my view the trump administration has not come fully into power in terms of who is running the agency in terms of transparency issues. it is now getting to april and may and this transitional period, there has to be accountability. i think there's an opportunity...

They are scientists, engineers, economists, they do work that is incredibly important for our country and it is important that they are able to pursue that work with independence and with integrity. >> reporter: pursue that work with independence and with integrity, those are two points this union representative stressed over and over again. they are concerned not only about keeping their jobs, but about what this could mean for continue t the integrity of the work. i have to say one more development in the last few minutes, two democratic members of congress have sent this letter to trump's t...

Outgoing defense secretary chuck hagel. and he's live with me in kuwait city. and as it pertains to this report today, jim, how is secretary hagel responding to this? >> well, i'll tell you, his chief concern, brooke, are exactly those men and women you mentioned. remember, two major deployments in this region. you have 11,000 u.s. troops in afghanistan. we were visiting them with secretary hagel this weekend. 1,000 more into 2015, then under the initial drawdown plan. and then across the border from kuwait here in iraq where we were visiting today. you have the president authorizing now up to...