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It would be very difficult to try to imagine a relationship between the two, given what donald trump has said, and is continuing to say about president obama. just recently, donald trump doubled down on the fact that he still believes that the obama administration engaged in surveillance of him. even though that has been proven incorrect. so it makes little sense to me that president obama would reach out to donald trump. although it seems more than reasonable that donald trump, given what's on his plate with north korea, given the challenges around health care and his critique of obamacare, t...

That kellogg, retired general david petraeus and bob harwood, the folks who are under consideration. gloria, do i have that correct? >> yes, i -- you know, i -- look, we don't know who the next national security adviser is going to be, we know who it is acting now, we know petraeus is coming in tomorrow, there have been other names, and i think the white house needs to conduct a search that's complete here, given what's transpired over the last three weeks, and so as long as they can keep it running, they need to come up with -- they need to come up with somebody that the president has confide...

Know it? did he know that general flynn had made these calls? >> and if he did -- if he did, david, what -- stand by, before you do that i want to say, we've gotten the official word from the white house that the president is going to name joseph kellogg as the acting national security adviser until he picks a permanent national squurt adviser. what if the president -- what the president knew and when he knew it, that is a big question, what if he did know, david? >> well, obviously that's a whole different problem for the administration because the implications of that would be very grave. an...

But as your commander in chief, i believe this mission is vital to our national security interests in preventing terrorist attacks against our citizens and our nation. and to the american people, i know many of you have grown weary of this conflict, as you are well aware, i do not support the idea of endless war. i have repeatedly argued against marching against open-ended military conflicts that do not serve our core security interests. yet, given what's at stake in afghanistan, and the opportunity for a stable and committed ally that can partner with us in preventing the emergence of future ...

And the problems she's been dealing with e-mail and all of her issues with trust worthiness. if she can look fluid, look comfortable, she'll meet her goals tonight. >> all right. john harwood reporting from las vegas, thanks so much. so what are the issues that will come up tonight? we're talking trade, foreign policy, gun control. let's bring in a panel of expertses on this. andrea mitchell and beth phooey and back here in new york is steve kornacki. hi to all of you. thanks for being with us. andrea, let me start with you. on the issue of trade, that's one that we fully expect will come up...