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President's disposal, many of them career folks who keep the mechanism of national security going? >> yeah. i mean, it's certainly looking like there is going to be a big cut to the national security council, something that had been talked about for a long time. i think it does reflect to a certain degree the white house's paranoia the feeling these people can't be trusted. you're right. these are the folks that do make government run and make our foreign policy run. >> greg, thank you very much for making yourself available to us by phone. greg jaffe of "the washington post." here for our lea...

He examined this. patiently did not take action, and do we know why? >> well, he assured the person that he was going to elevate it, and what happened thereafter we don't know. >> and does any of this also bump up against the story we've been covering of the coming shrinkage in size of the national security council? does that reduce the kind of professional ability and departments that will be at the president's disposal, many of them career folks who keep the mechanism of national security going? >> yeah. i mean, it's certainly looking like there is going to be a big cut to the national secur...

Trump/ukraine call. you'll recall after the ukraine story broke, rick perry announced he will be leaving the office of secretary of energy. this brings the number of subpoenas issued since speaker pelosi announced the announcement inquiry to nine, with more on the way. our other guests are standing by, but first, we have been able to reach one of the two reporters behind this breaking story tonight from "the washington post." that's greg jaffe. he has been able to join us by telephone. greg, first of all, what we're learning is a lot of people, more than we first knew, apparently raised alarms...

Shrinkage in size of the national security council? does that reduce the kind of professional ability and departments that will be at the president's disposal, many of them career folks who keep the mechanism of national security going? >> yeah. i mean, it's certainly looking like there is going to be a big cut to the national security council, something that had been talked about for a long time. i think it does reflect to a certain degree the white house's paranoia the feeling these people can't be trusted. you're right. these are the folks that do make government run and make our foreign po...

Today three committees asked energy secretary rick perry for a series of documents related to his knowledge about the trump/ukraine call. you'll recall after the ukraine story broke, rick perry announced he will be leaving the office of secretary of energy. this brings the number of subpoenas issued since speaker pelosi announced the announcement inquiry to nine, with more on the way. our other guests are standing by, but first, we have been able to reach one of the two reporters behind this breaking story tonight from "the washington post." that's greg jaffe. he has been able to join us by te...