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    CNN’s Jake Tapper on his new show and the hearing for Defense Secretary nominee Chuck Hagel.

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-- thousands CNN anchor.

And their chief Washington correspondent.

So what -- Jeff.

-- -- -- -- -- -- What that -- have to do with hiring me I had been talking to CNN.

And then he came on board in the he was the one I made the final negotiations -- Or -- Unclear -- house because.

I was concerned this morning and what have driven our before -- -- for.

That is sort -- I think -- his first hire like -- I was yeah.

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- Smart iron my view well thank -- -- in Europe is the very interesting guy and what he does with -- Who's not a whole mess to -- Dutch consulate which I don't apologize.

I'm -- the last thing I am as -- I admit -- there's no -- -- me at all.

To want to chart -- earnest today.

I did I -- anchored.

The introduction today at Citi hearing and then an and I -- -- -- boy that was that was -- for all the lots of time.

Didn't say much -- -- all are prepared to.

-- I've seen better prepared.

Nominee is he he.

There was headline in Slate Magazine.

Did the technical know that still going to be questions.

I think that kind of capture that -- didn't.

He didn't really seem to I mean I may be a part of it was strategy -- to -- -- be deferential.

As opposed to.

More.

Aggressive more assertive but.

You know that you -- he was a former member of that committee -- -- former member of armed services and and but you'd think it was the first.

Armed services here you've been to -- as you know as you know I've gone from from being a subject of interviews and from being an interviewer.

It's much more comfortable.

BC interviewer.

That that is the subject.

-- employment.

I have not yeah.

Well I I don't.

As as it now I have not heard of any Republican.

Assertions that they will definitely try to filibuster.

But they admit that they will require sixty votes to get -- through I have not heard that.

And I and I -- dinner last night with a Republican senator do you -- if he had not heard of anyone talking about.

Filibustering that I think there's still a majority in the senate I think that -- Democrats will support him.

And ultimately that's what you -- but I think it's going to be fairly lopsided vote.

-- had general of the Republican senator.

-- -- -- -- -- I have dinner with politicians of all stripes.

Our master that honest and -- Debra Borchardt.

Credit and finally some tension -- question plants.

-- -- -- Every step and so it would you have -- -- the sort of -- that your.

-- It was fine you know -- a good -- a good way to I would even I would even say the senator's membership I didn't.

There was -- also record over I don't know I -- -- but but.

Yeah.

Split split these Dutch.

Corporate in the going to be that.

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Satellite empire -- and I'm not on -- Debussy residents Angeles and otherwise I don't.

But don't -- demand -- and I hate.

Don't -- universal.

Well I appreciate that I don't know -- CNN and I don't that you leader.

-- to do world.

Our report due out there and I'll -- only one never knows.

Or about that the federal -- about certain allows all of sub saharan Bernal like -- elections are gonna.

And to upload -- -- Chris Cuomo.

Unknown reasons.

Anyway but I'll lie to your time channel -- -- -- like consumer.