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Political experts. david chalian, i'll start with you. can donald trump govern the way he campaigned? >> wow. questions about can donald trump do x the way he did y are tricky because i didn't know -- i don't think many of us thought he would be able to win the presidency the way that he conducted his campaign. >> a lot of people didn't think he could win the republican nomination. >> i am aware of that and i am careful to say that. so i do think that anybody who wins the presidency finds that to be a transformative experience in some way from the campaign trail. there is a transition, not jus...

Been pouring in overnight. let's discuss the politics and the response. we're joined by erik bradner. you don't hear presidents say i wish i had done a better job often. or i regret i didn't do x. nevertheless, president obama says he regrets that he didn't do more to heal the partisan divide. listen. >> it's one of the few regrets of my presidency. that the ranker and suspicion between the parties has gotten worse instead of better. i have no doubt, a president with the gifts of lincoln or roosevelt might have better bridged the divide. i'll try to be better so long as i hold this office. >> ...

Our security is first and foremost. in fact, there is no privacy without the security. so you have to place that first. the other thing is that, you know, in terms of all this electronic surveillance, look, the world is becoming a complicate place. you just can't go in and lay down a line of bombs over a country, and that's the end of it. no, you have to be sophisticated. you have to do these things. my last question is whose privacy in all this that rand paul is talking about has been violated? who has raised their hand and said, you know, the nsa looked at my cell phone records and now i can...

Anywhere without having reporters follow me. there were tons of different rumors being spread around me to try to discredit me. when i talk about the disregard for my life, i am stunned that there were people who were from the university of colorado who didn't care what it took to try to take down my character, to try to make it look like i was lying. it just didn't matter to them. >> it's not even past tense. you say you're still called a liar today. >> absolutely. absolutely. it's a really unfortunate thing. but there certainly is a group of people who say because i didn't do x, y, z, becaus...

What that means. if vladimir putin told the separatists, do x, is x as good as done? does he have control? >> he doesn't have complete control but can put a lot of pressure on them. he can close the border to censure no additional mercenaries two over the border from russia to help the fight. he can assure no additional weapons get to them. he can cut off their financing. he can change his rhetoric to indicate he's not in favor of what they're doing. those things won't cause a jump to happen right away if they don't want a jump. it's a significant amount of pressure he could exert on them. >> ...