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Russia relationship since basically the 1980s. >> for a living. >> a trained kgb operative. 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 m...

Treat this as some casual, theatrical bill in the white house. nobody knows what is in the bill. we do not have basic facts. we do not have a cbo score. many it's really a disaster of a policy-making process, and we'll see how much the senate can clean it up. >> steve, a lot of people were bringing up your state of iowa yesterday when they were talking about this bill, talking about how coverage is being lost in iowa when it comes to obamacare and saying this will reinstate it. members will be going on recess. . leave it to republicans to snatch this.

Than. four more on that. let's go to msnbc host and political correspondent steve kornacki standing at the big board. it's only a flesh wound getting it through the house, according to the republicans. talk about how difficult this will be getting this through the senate? >> the process of actuall getting this into law, the republicans still have a long way to go. let's take an overview of the process. here's good news if you're a republican. you did get it through the house. people wrote you off as dead at one point. you did get it through the house, and obviously, it moves onto the senate. w...

Mattis will be actively involved in a policy making process and that their voices will be listened to. >> what about mike pompeo, the new cia director? he's pretty widely respected. >> so, you know, director pompeo is someone who has experience with intelligence from his time on the house permit select committee. i've heard good things from those who have worked closely with him. you know, in some ways it was a pick that ran counter to the nonpartisan nature of previous cia directors. but if congressman pompeo -- if director pompeo now can cast aside his partisanness, i think he has the capaci...

Decision-making structure for foreign policy in government is a little bit directionless and whoever takes on this job needs to make sure that he or she would have a full rein over the different levers. leland: is the nsc directionless because it doesn't have a leader? obviously, you have keith kellogg, the interim nsa, but is it rudderless because you don't have a national security advisor or because you have the situation in the white house where you have competing groups, whether it be steve bannon or reince priebus or jared kushner. >> i served in the bush administration nse and president ...