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I mean the health care went down in flames. i doubt for all the reasons that bill raised out, i doubt the transgender law will become law. it's not working. >> here's where some republicans are. they were glad that hillary clinton didn't win. >> why, is this what they wanted? >> no. we'll write the policy, he'll sign it. and what's happening now is the dysfunction of the white house and the inability to hold a message to drive a legislative agenda is actually causing congress to be less fearful of his ability to tweet. i think over time you're going to see a more reassertive congress, especial...

He is cocky and he'll say things that are not true. i come back to the transgender thing. i'm so infuriated by it. because there are questions about women in combat, paying for certain operations. those are debated, i would say very seriously and in a dignified way over the last six, seven, eight years. don't ask/don't tell, and grappling with the tensions between the small combat unit an outpost and then the integration of the genders -- >> and we have been at war. >> it shows deeply though he thinks it's a dictatorship. he thinks he wakes up and decides we should expel 2,400 in the military ...

Should pay for gender reassignment surgery, fine. that's one debate. i'm not sure what -- >> thousands of people? >> to separate 2,400 people from the military based on what incidentally? based on their own -- how do you know what people's gender preferences are? in fact, a couple hours after the president's tweet the defense department website has up on the website, transgender service members may serve openly and they can no longer be discharged or separated from the military solely for being transgendered individuals. that was the policy four or five years ago. if they want to change that, ...

Then. first few months in office you don't have your system set up very well. donald trump doesn't have that excuse. trump's damage is entirely from him. he's not being deceived by anyone. >> and i bet this played pretty big in russia as all of these things do. i think one of the more disturbing and pretty unfunny aspects of everything we've been talking about is no one is laughing at the kremlin. >> we, i think, have had a lot of self-inflicted wounds here in the united states. i think we need to get back to basic principles and i think that we've been able to unite two parties, bhoesel two p...

Base. let the democrats run trying to defend transgender individuals v. chuck grassley and joni ernst, herself a veteran, married to a veteran, the other senator from wai iowa both came out against trump. >> the other thing you can almost see with the president picking this fight with jeff sessions that it's given republicans an excuse to say things that they've been wanting and itching to say for some time because it feels okay and everybody supports that the president has gone too far. >> do you think it's one off ar opening of a flood gate. >> i think we're going to look back at the congres...