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"washington post," which first broke this story, says that would violate the logan act, which bars u.s. citizens from correspondence, quoting on what it does, intending to influence a foreign government about disputes with the united states. right? only the president and the administration is supposed to be making policy. would you enforce that act if you determined they had talked about policy on that call? >> erin, this is just the latest in the whole series of developments that raise real questions about the gentleman that president-elect trump has nominated to be secretary of state, rex ti...

It is needed. >> something that is not clear, he can do a lot of things he can do without approval with a whole bunch of other people who may go for it. on both sides of the aisle interested in expanding nuclear arsenal with protection purposes, not to go after them. molly: here we are talking about it. the american public getting a look at what could be the policy as far as -- >> made his position clear and his attitude clear and what we need in government and politics is the more human approach and the bureaucratic approach hides the truth and complicated diplomatic niceties, clear statement...

Tweeted to do this, we are waiting clarification of what it means and we have seen the press doing that, tweets on trade that he spent on boeing, carrier before that, seems to be making policy, delving deep into the weeds of policies of these deals, it is not clear what he is going to do because of what he said in 140 characters. the press will need to step back and wait for this to unfold. it is a different challenge. we have talked many times about how the news cycle has sped up, 24/7 news cycle, with social media. it is going to take patience on the part of journalists to not jump to conclu...

Upon them. if you are in this country you are going to help protect us against militant ideologies and ideologies that are incompatible with society. >> thank you for your insights. greg:israel asking the trump transition team to help prevent a united nations security council vote on israeli settlements. prime minister benjamin and yahoo's government is said to have reached out to president-elect trump after failing to persuade the obama administration. richardson at the state department with more on this. the united states was prepared to vote against israel birds were they going to abstain? ...

Policy. you see the exact reverse. 140 characters, the policy teams scramble to the communications aids to try to make sure their clarification of what the president said is what becomes popular and that is what we are seeing in a debate over nuclear capability. donald trump had a tweet, we need to expand nuclear capability, his aides said he is not talking about an arms race. donald trump in an interview said let's have an arms race. there is this disconnect that will be helpful for the trump presidency and the world to have clarity, what they are getting from president trump. molly: we can s...