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president trump's pole numbers rise. we have a lot of grounds to cover. here is part one of my interview with the former president. >> mr. presidency, great to see you yoochl thank you very much >> thank you for doing this. >> as reported, as you know, you are facing legal challenges. in your opinion, does this help you or hurt you in terms of your chances to win in 2024. >> if you listen to the fake news media it helps. because they are all saying it is a scam. people that don't like me say this is terrible to do for our country. i don't know whether it helps or hurts. in my opin...

The construction is now nearly complete. Construction of the African American museum and the proposed repairs to the national air and space museum are illustrative of the very real challenges the subcommittee faces. Both increasing demand for and shrinking supply of federal dollars to address many legitimate priorities. For this reason, it is essential that the smithsonian outlined and clearly communicate its highest and greatest priorities. Every member of the subcommittee would like to support the 10 increase for funding for the smithsonian. But, given the incredible demands, it is probably ...

[laughter] it is tempting in a situation like this to draw on the everyday because it is so easy and he is so out there, and the rest of the media concentrates on him so much. And it is fun, and people like it. But, and this is my experience with little political campaigns over the years. Day, it seems timely and great and perfect for today, but you get to the end of the year and you realize the 240 pieces you have drawn, about a third were on a horse race that had a shelf life of three days. Everyone in the field does that on that day, your work is just not that great and you get to the end o...

But in terms of with regard to afghanistan today, with the laws of the Embassy Compound to have to be escorted income the they set ground rules your ability to rub elbows it is limited but it also means well understand much less for the good and for the bad. If i could have a beer at the embassy bar in kabul that i have to sneak into now, if i could go there regularly, i would have as many shopping details of dysfunction or interesting stories that turn out to be what the government would consider to be a good news story. But that interaction is so limited we dont get much of either one. We ar...

Rajiv has the rare gift of being able to folk coast on shop palm details. He paints a broad pictures. He listens more than he takes. He speaks to generals frankly, but so do the grunts and the other minor characters who drive the plot of any major story. This month marks the tenth anniversary of george w. Bushs invasion of iraq. Nothing written or said better explains the resulting folly than rajivs book, life in the emrad city, the green zone. And yesterday again, rajiv, gives us detail, the new book, Little America. Right now these days, a shortterm sequester to find 80 billion, but over the...