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I'm not going to ask you to speak about anything privileged. is this a problem not just on the optics that you described. is there a smoking gun here at the policy level? >> i think there is a policy problem when you have, you know, two governments in essence operating on behalf of the u.s. or at least the perception of that by one of the major world powers. if you have, you know, general flynn having a voice on behalf of then president-elect trump arguinagainst existing u.s. policy or at least suggesting that there's going to be a change in policy, that's never good. and i have been an advoca...

Speak about anything privileged. is this a problem not just on the optics that you described. is there a smoking gun here at the policy level? >> i think there is a policy problem when you have, you know, two governments in essence operating on behalf of the u.s. or at least the perception of that by one of the major world powers. if you have, you know, general flynn having a voice on behalf of then president-elect trump arguing against existi u.s. policy or at least suggesting that there's going to be a change in policy, that's never good. and i have been an advocate for the continuity of our...

From ivanka. this quote was to punish assad for a nerve gas attack that was influenced by the reaction of his sister, ivanka who was heart broken and outraged by the atrocity. >> they clearly have a big messaging problem here, but i'm not going to say that sean spicer and eric trump and everything being off the reservation, but it comes back to huge policy problem. in politics, one thing is always true. maybe one of the only truisms. whenever anyone is complaining about the messaging, it's the underlying policy that is completely non-existent. that's what we are seeing with syria. there is no ...

A member of your party cannot say they would prefer any part of obamacare. they can't say it. >> they can't say it. >> but he basically said it. >> he basically said it and laid out the parameters under which it would make sense to do a repair and what to repair. but when you pressed him back on why don't you just say that? they have to stick with the nomenclature that has been on the street for the last six years and that's what is getting them in this box. repeal and repair language is deadly at this point. >> i feel like it's a political argument that they're having right now. that they jus...

Be a huge political problem in addition to a policy problem. that's why think the speech has the potential to be so important for donald trump. he sticking to the country. he's going have tens of millions of people tuning in. i think the most important people to speak to are the republicans in the room. he's got to say this is what we are going to do. i'm the president remove got the majority. here is how we are going to do it. if he gives them that, he's likely to see cooperation. if he doesn't, were going to continue to see what's been sort of a free-for-all and then his legislative agenda s...