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And colleagues in the "new york times," white house reporters have a fascinating story in the paper that is posted now that basically says white house staff was shocked to hear the president express publicly views that he had previously expressed privately. so this is not -- it is an secret to them. and it shouldn't have been a surprise. maybe he was surprised that they actually said it. so really you will keep working there. really? this is what you signed up for are when you went to work for the white house? okay. >> you think that what eugene is talking about though. is this idea that the r...

Everything he said yesterday. and went back to his saturday views. and colleagues in the "new york times," white house reporters have a fascinating story in the paper that is posted now that basically says white house staff was shocked to hear the president express publicly views that he had previously expressed privately. so this is not -- it is an secret to them. and it shouldn't have been a surprise. maybe he was surprised that they actually said it. so really you will keep working there. really? this is what you signed up for are when you went to work for the white house? okay. >> you thin...

Took a walk around the grounds with chief of staff he took around jared. does he fall under that? >> yeah, 5-us3110 is the statutes. they define relatives, your mother, father, and it means brother-in-law. that means he cannot take a dollar from the federal government. what he will be able to do, however, act as an adviser, an informal unpaid nonformal staff member to the president. that seems to be the role that he's already been playing in the campaign. so the ins andous of what jobs he holds is less than the influence he will have. and to get back to what eugene was talking about, there are...

Has said that is anti-police. i'm happy that the mayor is continuing and pointing out the specific things that he's done of the and my hope is that all involved will take a step back and say, let's discuss this in a better way that actually moves us forward and doesn't keep the frek shun going. >> eugene, as i was watching this today, i was thinking this is the police commissioner that this city needed on this day. ? >> i know there are people of different political persuasions that are not bill bratton fans, and if you were here when they had the transit police, which was die -- demoralized g...

Individuals. it was about the job that they had. i'm not trying to interjebt the substance of what he said but the emotions and raw feelings about it, we should have an ability to step into the shoes of the officers, and if you're not a police officer, obviously hanging over all of this is the race relations and the conversation. i hear people say the mpresiden should be able to talk about race relations without acting like he's an african-american. we need to have authentic dialog in the country. >> what eugene is referring to is the leader of the police patrolman's union over the weekend sai...