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Welcome back to "hardball." as the deadline for the government shutdown draws closer, it's midnight, tomorrow marks a full year of the trump presidency. a year as politico reports, is coming to a close with administration officials exhausted and uncertain about two extraordinary weeks of chaos. it notes that the drama underlines a fundamental truth about trump's presidency. the faces may change, but it seems the story line never does. it's been a year of controversies, culture wars and feuds, with his staffers. he with his staffers. that feud. let's watch. >> this american carnage stops right ...

Stage as an incredible leader, someone able to deal with trump and maintain a relationship between france and the u.s. which has lasted long before trump was on the scene and will continue long after trump has departed. i think some people have lost sight of that. lost sight of -- they've been focused on the negative feelings about trump to the detriment of the language standing relationship between france and the u.s. >> you know, the french leadership and the french people very much liked barack obama. >> yes. >> he was well liked here both by the people and leaders. >> absolutely. >> donald...

They point to a seamless supreme court nominee rollout and a messy travel order to say nothing of the tweets. what's going on behind the scenes? >> reporter: the trump administration can point to a very busy and active first two weeks in the white house, but donald trump pulled those off while there were turf wars among staffers and while he was causing heartburn for official washington. some at the administration insist they're changing course, that those who are hoping donald trump may change may come up disappointed. president trump's top aides taking pains to insist everything is going smo...

Cascading process prior to the election. and he said his last and only meeting with the fbi, as of yesterday morning, that may change, was in the first week of october. he has not spoken with them since. does that alarm you? do you combine that with any other alarming facts that have emerged about the fbi of late? >> well, what really concerns me, brian, is that we knew back over the summer that russia had attacked us. we issued an october 7 declaration that responsible was responsible. that came from james clapper. yet we weren't doing anything to stop the leaks from happening. it doesn't app...

Come police sit to the growing possibility of a north korea close to the wish to have a hydrogen-style bomb? >> well, china's a bit complicit in that they haven't put pressure on north korea to stop this nuclear development but this may change, this detonation, because it was very close to the chinese border. i think the chinese are getting tired of the north koreans and the provocations on the border with south korea. and i think the chinese finally have to realize that they may be the only lever right now on north korea. russia, too, had some new interesting ties with north korea. perhaps th...