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>> a bigger thing that surprised me is the fact we'll be cutting regulation massively. >> reporter: no one is ready for it, but the events of the past few months have underscored when you have no experience in government it is a job that can be filled with surprises. >> all right. thank you. now the former president trump campaign strategist is with me and former obama white house deputy chief of staff. thanks to both of you. you of course the author of "who thought this was a good idea and questions you shod have answers t whe you work in the whe house". you heard there the president called...

This is now what we're seeing as a very good process where learning on the job is working and that's not a bad thing. >> yeah. well you know what, it's an interesting point. i want to bring you into this, phil. maybe it's not a bad thing. learning on the job we all do it but donald trump has a base of people who elected him on the basis he gets elected and unlike all these other politicians he's actually going to get it done. it is something we continue to hear when we talk to people who remain trump supporters to say at least he's trying to do something. does he risk alienating his base with ...

Happy monday. chris jansing at the white house, pete williams in "washington post" and we're joined by robert costa, "new york times" reporter michael schmidt and joining me the entire hour, julie and reporter for "the washington post" "the fix" amber phillips. chris, i want to start with you. this this a busy day for the whe house. there's fallout from all the stuff over the weekend. fill us in. i'll let you have it. >> reporter: major fallout. the big official event today is the rollout of the eo. we've been waiting for this since the court's challenge, the president's stand on seven countri...

Know, quite permitted to be here, people on green cards, people who are married to americans. suddenly they left the country maybe for vacation and weren't allowed to come ck. that's why the whole thing was stopped by federal court. the whe house is intent on getting it right this time. meeting the perimeters of legalities so they can isolate people from these countries without violating the law. the only strange thing about this, stephanie, is weeks ago when that washington judge put a stop to that ban, trump came out and said how much grave danger the united states was going to be in, and it...

All right. we are back here live in washington, d.c. we are continuing to follow breaking news. the whe house announcing that president obama in one of his final acts as presidency. this is a big one, he is offering a commutation of the sentence that chelsea manning received. chelsea manning had been sentenced to 35 years in prison. the president now offering a commutation, of course this is something any president can do. pretty much as blanket authority when it comes to commuting sentences, when it comes to offering pardons, there is always a flurry of activity, a flurry of speculation in th...