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jean—noel barrot, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. how surprised were you by emmanuel macron�*s pretty extraordinary decision to call a snap election? well, obviously i was surprised, because it's a very unique way to take a democratic decision, when the political situation in a given country is so severe that it basically limits the ability of the country to act for itself. there are very few leaders in this world that would take such a democratic decision in the face of such important choices. "such a democratic decision," you say. many french people, including people very close...

jean—noel barrot, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. how surprised were you by emmanuel macron�*s pretty extraordinary decision to call a snap election? well, obviously i was surprised, because it's a very unique way to take a democratic decision, when the political situation in a given country is so severe that it basically limits the ability of the country to act for itself. there are very few leaders in this world that would take such a democratic decision in the face of such important choices. "such a democratic decision," you say. many french people, including people very close...

That they're playing. it's a con game. it's at the highest level. we're talking about the united states supreme court. this can go on forever. i can pick five other people. at a certain point people are going to say no, thank you. this is the most coveted job probably in the world. and you know what? i would honestly say, because i interviewed great people for this job, he's great. but i interviewed other great people for this job. i could conceivably imagine going to one of them and saying, it's too bad what happened to this wonderful man, but i'm going to choose you number two. i want you to...

President, the russians hacked our election and interfered. no one disputes this now but you. this is what's called a fact. during our hearing, mr. president, there is no evidence that mr. obama tapped your phones. this is what is called fiction. you have long been a supporter. you often defend the president on this network. what do you say in response to adam schiff, though? >> i would agree that there's no evidence that there was any tapping of mr. trump's phones. but the truth is also there's no evidence of any collusion between the trump campaign and russians or any knowledge. there's no f...

But your answer 65 times that you don't know to questions that were reasonably posed on you by both sides of the aisle erodes confidence. >> with all due respect, mr. hayward, i think you're kopg out. you're the captain of the ship. >> with respect to, sir, we drill hundreds of wells a year all around the world. >> he know. that is what is scaring me right now. >> good point. the question i have to all of his nonanswers is after you have an explosion like this, don't you ask a few questions as the ceo? how is he sitting there with no information? that's a joke. >> before the hearing, the numbe...