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>> it is unusual stretch. how often have we seen a president basically publicly ridiculing the attorney general and the deputy attorney general? we are pretty far removed from john and robert kennedy at this point.ne but the bottom line if it is, the president is entitled to a -- to have faith with the people that he put in those positions. he clearly has problems with them. when i think it's kind of interesting, you're starting to see little bits of backlash in very subtle ways from either the attorney general, where they are getting very fatalistic. the deputy attorney general. being very fa...

Positions that haven't been filled. we know we have scores of places in secretary of state's office that have not been filled. this administration is running at 50% at best -- >> but does trump care? as long as he's in the white house and jared and ivanka are chugging along -- >> i think he'll care if all of a sudden the intel committee is headed by a democrat and they bring back everyone else for an interview, it will be a much different white house response. >> for sure. if the democrats get that done. mark, what if they don't? democrats seem very focused on when we take the house, when we s...

Little bit of breathing room, small pea politically speaking. legal and factually, the mueller team investigators and prosecutors keep chugging along as they should. they're probably paying less attention to these political dynamics than we are. what's interesting to me is that the president does seem cornered and he is lashing out, including at his attorney general who for the first time seems to be pushing back, which i think is an encouraging sign. again, i would caution people, though, to be a little bit careful with the analysis of the immunity given to mr. pecker. it could have been just...

The house may be in recess. but the trump administration keeps chugging along. take a sledgehammer to vital regulations. announcing its first big step to weaken fuel efficiency standards. standards that are a win-win for the consumer and the environment. consumers pay less in fuel cost and there is less carbon put in the atmosphere. who complains about it? even the auto agencies are complaining that they are going too far. this one, better fuel efficiency makes people drive too much and leads to more crashes.

President has a concern.but he absolutely respects the independence of the fed.the market expects interest rates to keep going up, the only question is how far and for how long we think the fed will be very careful in managing the economy. >>chris: in fact, isn't it responsible as the economy heats up. when we've had these artificially low interest rates when the economy was chugging along at 1-2 percent. isn't it responsible for the fed to increase interest rates? >> i think it is in the market expects it. it's been targeting two percent inflation and with two percent inflation, we have to ha...