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>> well, i think it is an analog for his hopes of dealing with vladimir putin. that is to say, you can't change another personal's behavior. excuse me. their character. but you can try to influence their behavior by the incentives that you give. so when biden is dealing with putin, he says, let him know that we have significant cyber capability. and if he crosses certain lines that we have laid out for him, he knows that we have the ability to hit back. he hopes that will have an affect. we will see. with mitch mcconnell, what he is saying is yes. mitch mcconnell will want to block any supreme...

Saying is yes. mitch mcconnell will want to block any supreme court nominee that i offer. the question is, is mitch mcconnell going to have the throw weight within the republican caucus to make that stick? he could with obama if 2016. could he do it against joe biden? who has been consistently popular? maybe. maybe he can, maybe he can't. and one of the things we've seen on infrastructure. we saw a deal today where 11 republicans said they were going to sign on to this bipartisan deal. if that sticks, i believe biden will accept it and then go for the follow-on reconciliation bill with democra...

If there is any person difficult to predict it is rand paul. in this particular situation i think the throw weight of mike pompeo's qualifications and fact that so many republicans look at him favorably i think that will apply sufficient pressure. >> let's say senator tom cotton was out with senior adviser to the president talking about exactly this. it was a remarkable conversation and that it was clear that they were pushing hard to get messaging out that they believe mike pompeo will pass the senate. if he does not get out of the senate foreign relations committee he will be the first secre...

What he can discuss? >> well, certainly in open session he has the classification problem. you probably do have and director comey even in these circumstances has to respect the office of the president. i think there will be some limits but at the end of this, john, we'll know more about this relationship than we did going to in. >> comey is well-known for taking contemporaneous notes, an inveterate note taker. that's his version of events, just as he remembers it or how he wanted to preserve it. so how much stock will investigators put in those notes? >> well, alisyn to be perfectly candid as...

Pay attention to what is happening here in the united states. you have a good sense of what people focus on and how much attention they pay to the u.s. what do you make of that characterization as the president heads a broad? >> do they know that he's so emotions battled here? >> yes without a doubt. this is front page news all over the world. i was in germany when the issue of firing comey and then the special prosecutor and in germany here in london, these are front page news top of the television broadcast and radio, guests talking about it. look it is absolutely clear that an american pres...