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With. >> sometimes i wonder whether the sort of know nothing -- the celebration of the know nothings, whether in brittain saying we are experts. no experts. we've heard enough from experts. whether it's the united states where donald trump clearly is not prepared for any meeting he takes. his own staff members say so. politics is always about contrasts and you want to have a stark contrast with the person you're running against. i'm just wondering whether this is a phase that we're going to get through in a few years or whether we're doomed to elect a series of president where they bathe in th...

It's hard not to wonder whether democratic congressman john garamendi has a bit of a crystal ball. 48 hours ago congressman garamendi introduced legislation that would block president trump from raiding funds otherwise put away for disaster relief. the kind of disaster relief that his state, california, relies on to fight wildfires and floods. that was two days ago. today congressman garamendi doubled down saying, quote, i introduced legislation this week in anticipation of this news that would prevent the president from doing this. i am going to fight like hell for it. joining us now is congr...

Read and doesn't go home with huge briefing books as you were talking about president obama, he's also meeting privately one-on-one with vladimir putin and kim jong un and, you know, who are obviously very knowledgeable on the issues that are important to them so i guess that's the big concern. he's not really doing research. he has all of this executive time. yes, maybe he's talking to people on the phone but then he's meeting without any experts with his contemporaries in other countries. >> we know he's a man of extraordinary self-confidence. he expresses it often. he knows better than the ...

On. >> take for example, south korea agreeing to boost it's financial contribution to the cost of keeping u.s. troops there to nearly $1 billion. as long as the job is getting done, should it matter what the president's schedule looks like. >> no, it's just a question. i agree with you. i don't know if you're not -- if you're not meeting with people and you're not reading and we're told he doesn't like memos, you know, on what basis are you making these decisions? >> for a president that has a leadership style but according to all the reporting doesn't read and doesn't go home with huge briefi...

Why he chose not to get his presidential brief, his daily brief and here's how he answered the question. >> i'm like a smart person. i don't have to be told the same thing in the same words every single day for the next eight years. could be eight years. eight years. i don't need that. but i do say if something should change, let us know. >> we've been down this path before, erin. the danger involved with the president who doesn't read, doesn't consume information, doesn't ask hard questions, you know, can miss things. we saw this frankly before 9/11 where intelligence was missed, where you ha...