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Historically unpopular. he went through virtually the entire campaign with upside down approval ratings. and he still won. so it just tells you a little bit that sometimes what matters to voters in terms of what they want in the president and whether they want to vote for a particular person or vote for a pi particular party is not necessarily the same thing as this idea of favorability or unfavorability or approval or disapproval. i think we have to look deeper at some of these numbers and evaluate whether people are giving trump the benefit of the doubt, that he's doing what he said he was g...

Could happen to republicans if line of communication is not open, i think it's really important -- >> i told i would share anecdote. if not olive branch doesn't bode well for re-election if he didn't extend some olive branch. these people can be pulled in. not happy with democrats as well. >> will be olive branch, not in the form of words but i argue he did that in his address but in action. trump is going to govern as first post partisan president. going to see him making deals with bernie sanders on issues  like trade and trying to ensure everyone has health care. first post partisan presid...

Being done. now other issues, chinese officials have been quite restrained and measured in their response to mr. trump's remarks, including issues like trade, the south china sea and the cyber security. what they have been saying here is this relationship has so much going for to, if more cooperation, less confrontation is the attitude both sides adapt. they also like to point out to the phone conversation trump had with chinese president xi jinping after the election, that both have said mutual respect is important in dealing with each other. one other thing they like to bring up is that mr. ...

James mattis pledging strong alliances with nato. >> russia, to quote the chairman's opening statement has chosen to be a strategic competitor. an adversary in key areas. i'm all for engagement, but we also have to recognize reality and what russia is up to. decreasing number of areas to engage cooperatively. the most important thing is that we recognize the reality of what we deal with with mr. putin and we recognize that he is trying to break the north atlantic alliance. >> reporter: now trump's pick for secretary of state rex tillerson and department of homeland security john kelly expresse...

Would help him get elected. but he cares about issues like trade and national security more than he does about issues like abortion or gay rights, which he was a late convert to. what's your feeling about that? >> well, like i said, he told us what supreme court justices he would appoint. that's about all a president can do on the abortion issue is to appoint the right justices. you know, he never pretended to be a theologian. i said all through the campaign we're not electing a pastor in chief. it's like when you have a sick child. you look for the best doctor for that child. you don't look f...