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Commentator as democratic strat just. let me begin with you, mr. blanken. ken cuccinelli, the former ag of virginia said last night on this network that there is a brilliant move on the part of the trump administration to bring up the fact and to argue the fact that it was the obama administration under your time in the state department that made this list of these seven countries, these seven muslim majority countries that they have used in this travel ban. he called that a brilliant move. how do you see it? >> look, first, poppy, i think it's important to say that what we just heard was deep...

Once in office they are trying to stay elected. in private sector you have to get results, you come in with a mind set whether the governor of california or president of the united states and cabinet members to get results, look at disaster of obamacare, and fix with it metrics a different mind set. maria: senator thank you so much. >> have a great day. maria: we'll be watching those confirmation hearings next week, senator ron johnson. >> testimony for president-elect trump's attorney general is over, when willful senate gets it say, will questions about jeff sessions civil right record have ...

The president that's illegal but there's no law that prohibits the president from directing prosecutions. 'a longstanding norm and practice of previous presidents that president-elect trump has transfo trampled on in his remarks. he needs to make sure the lines that long existed between the department of justice and the white house and the independence that existed for doj will also exist under his leadership there. i think the recusal was a way of dodging that question. >> matt, we should tell our viewers that you were former spokesman to the former ag, eric holder, during your time with the ...

Equivalent of 70 cent gasoline tax each year in extra car repairs with the po pot holes because we're not doing or jobs, those are important to be addressing. maria: he has talked about this infrastructure plan. >> his infrastructure plan is a -- >> trillion dollars of nothing. we have to go we're up against a hard break, this is going to be an incrible experiment to watch, always honor and pleasure larry. >> good to be with us. maria: larry summers there we'll take a short break, we talk next up with former a g, michael mccasey stay with us.

Tougher conclusion that you reach? >> as a former public servant, i think those viewpoints are selfish. the idea that one would have to confirm or defend one's own objectivity, the position where he has a ten-year tenure, outlasting any president of even two terms, the onus was not on him to prove his objectivity. it was to adhere to the proper protocol in place by the people he serves, the greater united states, but more specifically, the department of justice. he had instruction from loretta lynch, the sitting attorney general and the former ag, eric holder, who put into place protocols to s...