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The senate. i want to get your reaction, but first specifically to the vulgar way he describes your colleague adam schiff. >> well, wolf, what is there to say? this is a president who has called a woman that used to work for him a dog, that called another woman a horse face, and now he is using this terminology for my friend, adam schiff. you know, how are we to feel about a president who engages in behavior that we would punish in a seven-year-old boy? what more is there to say other than how did we get here and why do we put up with it. but, look, apart from that there's nothing in that twee...

It would be very difficult for him to do the jobs that the president has assigned to him. >> right. >> without the ability to see that very important information. >> well, if he's not capable or whatever, if he is not worthy of that kind of clearance, why would you want him close to the president on such sensitive matters? >> well, that is a question for the president. the president has to -- this is not a confirmable position. it is not a role that the senate has in this. the president can choose to have the people around him he chooses. >> he can choose information that the clearance doesn't...

>> they're leafing on their own accord, that's not the same thing. >> they submit their letters of resignation. >> political appointees do. career folks are not oblige pd. >> these folks did. are these all career people? >> all career people who have been in the administration for decades. the process is when you're in a confirmable position that the president appoints you to, you are required by law to submit your resignation. now, you'll remember a few weeks back all of the political ambassadors submitted their resignations and they were all told, yes, thank you, be out by january 20th. some...

Back to you soon. >> so newt gingrich is on the list of possible secretary of state. and he said this yesterday about a foreign policy issue, the building of the wall on the mexican border. he said about donald trump, he'll spend a lot of time controlling the border, he may not spend very much time trying to get mexico to pay for it, but it was a great campaign device. josh barro, i can't wait to see the moment in newt gingrich's senate confirmation hearing where that quote is read back to him. >> i'm hoping newt gingrich is not going to be appointed to a confirmable position. >> there is the ...

Confirmable position. >> there is the background check. that's a serious problem for newt. >> his appeal was never consistency on policy, and even his supporters often said he was being hyperbolic about one thing or another. there are a lot of people expecting a real wall, but there are a lot of people who voted for him who weren't expecting a real wall or don't care if he builds the wall. i do think he will shift immigration policy that make it is more difficult to come to and stay in the united states without legal authorization, and the extent that he delivers on that, there are things he c...