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>> even one that he holds a huge policy-making position. >> it's unethical, but that is -- that is legal. what's illegal is to provide material, nonpublic information, to someone so that they can trade on that information. >> and see if capitol hill makes any moves on the first point. the former, there are already laws in place. insider trading, ill advised. great to see you. thank you so much. coming up, a stunning admission nearly a year after hurricane maria devastated puerto rico. the government now says that the number of deaths after the storm could be more than 20 times the official c...

On foreign trips. it's the person who not only just has the sharpies for photos and has the hand sanitizer. that's the person who contemporaries the president's briefing book including the classified materials which we talked about so much with rob porter and his security clearance. this is the person who knows the president's schedule. not only the public schedule but the private schedule, as well. this is the person who is in the limousine with the president who overhears all of his phone conversations. this of all people, this is a person you want to make sure is a person of high integrity,...

Takes that office. >> do you believe -- how much of the job of hhs do you believe is an implementing position versus a policy-making position? what is that balance at hhs in your opinion? >> it depends on the president and what their agenda is and what they're involved with. as secretary of an agency, hhs or the department of education which we had a hearing on the nominee last night with a flick of a pen, they can write a regulation that impacts literally purchases that impacts decisions, that impacts people's lives. and that will come under regulations and rules that are implemented. that's ...

Combative or divisive can management problems. that's not the personal till you wa want in the national security adviser. they have to bring everybody together ein a heated circumstance. >> let me move on to another pick. you worked closely with trump's pick for cia chief, mike pompeo. what should we know about him? >> he's a very smart guy. he has enormous capability. i think he could very well do a good job at cia. the challenge for mike is he's going to have to set aside the partisanship as we saw in benghazi. i think he has the capability of doing it. it's going to be enormously important....

So i think eric holder is right. i think a lot of republicans agree with him. we saw afterwards, a lot of republicans, including john boehner, say impeachment is not on their agenda. they are trying to focus on that energy. they are doing this frivolous lawsuit instead. i think a lot of republicans agree with holder's sentiment. >> i think it's unseemly for the attorney general of the united states responding this way to a fox comment tater. i i think the right answer is who cares? she's not in a position to make it happen. she's not in a policy making position. nobody in leadership, nobody in...