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Both sides of the aisle in terms of staffing are the best and brightest, and we have to act as such. >> general h.r. mcmaster, president trump's national security adviser, is now seeing his standing question amid arguments with other advisers, the president himself and now some right wing media outlets have begun to attack him. he's going to respond to what some have seen as a campaign against general mcmaster. what does it tell you about the thinking inside the white house? >> it's hard to get inside the mind of the staffers there. one can only judge by the actions, and it seems chaotic, and ...

Isolationist america-first president into action. i fully support the president in his actions today. but i would say this, there is a long standing question. a constitutional question,of the separation of powers here in the united states, about the executive branch unilaterally moving in the direction of war. it is congress that retains the ability to declare war. and we have the war powers act. that's going to be interesting to see how that plays out in the coming weeks, actually, in this situation. >> oddly enough, some lawmakers have questioned whether the president has the legal authority...

Question for many people in this country and depending on where you live and economic status and your race and gender, that certainly can be a reality for a lot of people. it's an issue the fact that question is still being raised today in 2014, that in and of itself is a problem and we have to figure out a way to resolve that so americans across this country, all of us, can feel that we have a fair voice and a fair place in the criminal justice system. >> is there one system for civilians, justice system for civilians and separate very different system for law enforcement, for police officers...

Five months of the 2015 new year. >> and jose, you mentioned the standing question. that is a big subject in the dl debate. one thing we heard in the earlier pursuit with the action to move the mandate date on obamacare, they are drawing on old precedent going back to the argue thamt lawmakers can have standings and suffered an injury that would allow them to sue. there is a big policy debate. a number of republicans saying the order would encourage immigration. that's something we heard a lot of. what's your take on that? >> any time there is talk of immigration reform, some republicans alway...

Protecting gun rights and expanding them. so in some ways, i think he was responding to his constituents. now, you might say that's interest given that senator mccain voted for the background checks but i think that represented that arizona is becoming a swing state, very divided, even senator flake's campaign was a very hotly contested campaign against a democrat and he won by a fairly comfortable margin but it was close up to the end. >> james, again, you cover congress, you write for mcclatchy's, south carolina newspapers as well, where i'm from, from the palmetto state, how differently is ...