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I'm told when took over, he was astonished to see the kind of people at different levels. pretty serious levels of the national security council and donald trump didn't even know him when he took the job and waited and chief of staff and i feel much better about the country but john kelly there and hr mcmaster but trump himself has an inclination to say the least, people in his family do and close to him, steve bannon is still there. it's not as if the fight for what, i think i would regard as a reasonable policy making process in the trump presidency is resolved and i would say the chaos is p...

It's hard for me to understand. you know u.s. senators are pretty substantial figures and pretty full of themselves. they're not used to being talked to that way by anybody. and certainly not by a president who wants and needs them to pass this legislation. >> steve, on that question, there are real people in this country waiting for things. for deliverables, waiting for what we depend on our lawmakers to give us. and provide for us. where is all that going to come from? >> i don't think you're going to see it. you look at the health care bill. substantially you have a -- you have a bill -- a ...

The policy-making process is completely broken. shattered. now what i'm optimistic about when you watch is you see both sides coming together institutionally to defend the institution. i think the concept of a coequal branch of government, the separation of powers that people are rejecting this journey down the road to banana republicanism. we're a constitutional republic, the rule of law. these things are bringing men and women together in the united states senate. it's promising because maybe if that gets fixed you start seeing a responsible legislating process again between the two parties....

And certainly not by a president who wants and needs them to pass this legislation. >> steve, on that question, there are real people in this country waiting for things. for deliverables, waiting for what we depend on our lawmakers to give us. and provide for us. where is all that going to come from? >> i don't think you're going to see it. you look at the health care bill. have a bill -- a sixth of the economy is driven by health care. no one had any idea how much it cost, how many people it affected. none of the senators could explain what it was that they were voting on. the policy-making p...

I'm sure there is extensive psychological profile on trump how to play him. also put isn't sure to come experts told me in reporting today he is come with a specific agenda, a to do list he has a mission he wants to accomplish and the concern is trump is going in there -- there is empty devgs at the state department, the policy making process in this administration is not functioning. there is not a clear russia policy. to put it bluntly trump is going and wing see how it guess. putin will come with a master plan who downing will come out ahead in the exchange. >> as they say what could go wro...