and talk to dan balz chief correspondent for "the washington post." >> shaking up washington is in and of itself not a bad thing. as we know, this has not been a town that's worked particularly well over the last eight years or 16 years or for quite a long time. so the idea that dg business in a different way is show wrong, i think that a lot of people would say it's exactly what needs to be done. but as you suggest, the question is do you create so much chaos, do you create so much disorder, do you create so much distrust or uncertainty, do you literally create so much exhaustion on the part of both your allies and your friends in congress that people don't know exactly where this is heading. and as a result it sets off other reactions whether it's with our allies or whether its' in the streets that are hard to contain. >> rose: we conclude this evening with lisa monaco. she was the former chief homeland security and quownt terrorism advisor to president obama. >> we left yemen some years ago, given the conflict there. and the threat to our personnel there. so any time you are underta

we'll get analysis on the first 30 days of the trump administration, from dan balz of the washington post, alexis simendinger of real clear politics, nancy youssef of buzzfeed news, and ed o'keefe of the washington post. >> celebrating 50 years. this is "washington week." funding is provided by... ♪[music] >> additional funding is provided by... the xq institute. newman's own foundation. donating all profits from newman's own products to charity and nourishing the common good. the yuen foundation. committed to bridging cultural differences in our communities. the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you! >> once again, from washington, suzanne malveaux of cnn. >> good evening. it was one hour and 17 minutes, press conference, described as epic. at times, feeling like a one-man improv. well, i have attended my share of press conferences in the east room, covering presidents clinton, bush and obama, but i have never experienced or seen anything quite like this. >> this administration is running like a fine-tuned mach

robert: we explore the trump doctrine with molly ball of the atlantic, dan balz of "the beash post, and julie hirsch field-davis of the washington post. >> this is "washington week." funding is provided by -- >> xq institute. >> additional funding is provided by boeing. newman's own foundation, donating all profits from newman's own food products to charity and nourishing the common good. ku and patricia yuen through the yuen foundation. the corporation for public broadcasting. and through contributions to your local pabs station from viewers like you. thank you. once again from washington, robert costa of "the washington post"." robert: good evening. donald trump was greeted with cheers and multiple standing ovations during his first appearance as president of cpac. as the de facto lead ore they have conservative movement, the president reconfirmed his commitment to a nationalist agenda. president trump: there's no such thing as a dwhrobal anthem a global currency or a global flag. this is the united states of america that i'm representing. i'm not representing the globe. i'm represent

it has accomplished terms of battle says dan balz. he joins me now from washington. welcome. dan: thank you. charlie: let's begin there. terms of battle that are likely to continue indefinitely. size up those terms of battle. dan: well, it's an extension of the campaign that we went through, charlie, and i think that everything that has happened since the election through the transition and particularly in the opening weeks of the trump presidency have reinforced the divisions that we saw in the election. donald trump has come to washington to -- determined to shake it up. he promised that he would do that in the campaign. i'm not sure everybody took him as seriously as they should have but he's determined to do that in his opening weeks. all of his moves in part are designed to send the signals that he's going to keep the promises that he made in the campaign, that he's going to offend the base hit. without worrying about it, that he is going to be true to the people that he knows put him in office and that he's going to alarm a lot of people not just in this country but arou

and talk to dan balz chief correspondent for "the washington post." >> shaking up washington is in andself not a bad thing. as we know, this has not been a town that's worked particularly well over the last eight years or 16 years or for quite a long time. so the idea that dg business in a different way is show wrong, i think that a lot of people would say it's exactly what needs to be done. but as you suggest, the question is do you create so much chaos, do you create so much disorder, do you create so much distrust or uncertainty, do you literally create so much exhaustion on the part of both your allies and your friends in congress that people don't know exactly where this is heading.