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Ability to tell him the truth on issues. that's the most important thing for any president. you need to have people you can rely on to tell you the truth. you see a team around the president with general mattis and general kelly and h.r. mcmaster. all of these people will tell the president exactly the truth through their own beliefs and that's important for the president to be successful. howie: we have about a half minute. with all of this rhetoric about fake news and the enemy of the american people, can you see a lowering of tensions? are we looking at the next four to 8 years of outright ...

Had descents. he participated in 2700 cases and only less than 2% have had disents in those cases. you see him being independent and consensus builder. >> shannon: do you think he will get the pushback that some other candidates have gotten? they plan to push it to a 60-vote threshold. do you think there will be a lengthy delay? you predict mid-march for his hearings. do you think it plays out the way we've seen the cabinet nominees play out? >> not at all, no. this is a person that has such a record. i gave you statistics and a congenial person, he writes well, very precise in his writing and...

Criticism and get your reaction. this is not just the two senators you heard from. the senate phone system was so swamped with calls opposing devos this past week it almost crashed. a concern for some is is that she would be the first person to head this department in its more than 35-year history who is not either attended a a public school or sent her own children to them. what do you say to those who say she preaches escape from public schools instead of understanding them and working to improve them? >> first of all, i do understand the high realm of betsy's nomination. she was appoint ed ...

Yes, he will assimilate smoothly. he is, obviously familiar with the court. he is a collegial person. one of the things i admire. he is, warm, open. genuine with people from all walks of life. i think he will be collaborative. in some respects. consensus builder. i think what that will mean for him remains to be seen. i think he will seek to find common ground with colleagues. i think that is his personality. i think he recognizes parltd of being on collegial court, three judge panels on the court of appeals or nine justices on the supreme court is trying to find ways to come to common ground....

Support him on his policies. as the president, one of his really important job responsibilities is to be a consensus-builder, and it's to bring people into his policy processes, especially on national security. a lot of talk this week about how the national security council is organized. now we are talking about whether certain departments and agencies were brought into this homeland security process that resulted in the eo. a look like they weren't. >> harris: and we got a new acting director at i.c.e., we saw him as well, thomas homan stepped up, because i changed yesterday as well. during t...