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It really shows the dichotomy between trump the performer and trump the policy maker and howility ho hhow -- how ill informed he is about his own basic positions. >> right. in the cabinet meeting, the president talked about the "great reviews of yesterday's televised bipartisan meeting." then he said this of the networks -- >> they probably wish they didn't send us those letters of congratulations. i'm sure their ratings were fantastic. they always are. which is why i think the media will ultimately support trump in the end because they're going to say if -- if trump doesn't win in three years...

Whether or not he is stable and in between steve bannon and michael wolff. it's been a busy week. >> you look at the portrait and excerpts, and i know you are working your way through the book as well. there are so many moments in the book that highlights his eccentricities. he likes to eat at mcdonald's. he likes to get his friends' opinions at night about what he has done or not done. is there a lot here that is new to you? >> no. this book rings true to me. regardless of michael wolff's methods or how he went around getting interviews, this is a very authentic portrait both of how chaotic t...

Bad guys can come in. >> one last question. >> are lottery vetted? >> yes. >> so it's screening? >> yeah, they are screened like any other immigrant. >> so intelligence? >> i don't know if there was any failure. >> yes, last question. >> we know from your confirmation hearings, testimony, that both your mother and mother-in-law are immigrants. how did their experiences shape your thinking on this position? and do you have any reason to believe they both would still have been able to come in under the tightening you are looking at now? >> the fact that my own mother and mother-in-law are immigr...

Guys can come in. >> are lottery winners vetted? >> yes. >> so they're screened -- >> they're screened like any other immigrant. >> so that's an intelligence failure. >> i don't know if there was any failure. last question. >> we know from your confirmation hearing testimony that your mother and your brother-in-law are immigrants. how do their experiences shape your thinking on this position and do you have any reason to believe that they both still have been able to come in under the tightening that we're looking at now? >> the fact that my own mother and mother-in-law are immigrants has inde...

Every day. i think a policy maker or a citizen examining all of these issues should not be handicapped or shackled from previous immigration systems -- every has benefitted from immigration law of the past. that doesn't mean every generation doesn't have its own duty to look at the situation we have now and determine for itself, ourselves, whether the immigration law should be changed. it's perfectly remarkal. moving forward, maybe we'll change things. >> thank you so much. >> thank you director. continuing with national security theme, as many of you saw this afternoon, the president signed t...