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Their argument was that that was a legitimate question. if it was phrased rudely or was handled rudely or inappropriately, that is one issue that needs to obviously be dealt with. but they are contention was that the question itself was appropriate. do you disagree? >> not at all. any member of the media should be able to ask any member of the government anything that they want, and i dont think that is what is at issue here. i dont think the president made that an issue. it was his behavior. he...

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Contributor. what is your reaction? >> the cardinal is saying, we are set to go, meaning we are going to make some serious policy changes that would actually have oversight of the bishops, about how they are dealing with sexual abuse cases. that is a radical policy change. i think the bishops were on the right track for this. the question is why would pope francis intervene at the last moment and say, dont do this. let me tell you, there may be two possibilities here. i think those who would be ...

Recount was a possibility, kicked in and started their process right away. he started sorting everything. but broward county didnt do that, so why were they dragging their feet, and if that is the case, why do we keep giving them concessions? >> that is a great question. >> laura: i will come to you in a minute, that question was for blaise. >> that is a great question, a supervisor in broward and the only one who can answer that, but we have had problems with supervisor snipes, not just the sel...

Nationalism appropriate, the president is dead right on this. >> laura: steve, what do you make -- >> that is music, not lyrics. >> laura: nationalism in macrons definition? >> i think you can tell that macron has no real argument here because he didnt engage in a real argument, he set up a strawman. because of the way he put it, he said it is about putting your country first, and who cares about the others, but that is not what it means. no one is suggesting that. president trump hasnt said who...

>> somehow, you seem to believe that you have all of this information, you have read in on all of these things. >> totally. no, no. >> hold on, just listen. let me explain the answer to you, calm down. >> laura: sean spicer joins me now on both of these breaking stories. sean, good to see you, welcome to "the story." you are a number those moments well. this lawsuit will the sermon -- or should determine, where the line is. what is a fair question, what is reasonable behavior, i guess, and what ...

Off of that, i think what is more important than voter intent is what the democrats are doing when they filed the lawsuit the past couple of days, asking for all of the vote by mail ballots to be accepted after the tuesday deadline. we have a law in florida that says you cannot cast a ballot -- a ballot cannot count -- if it is received by the supervisor of elections after 7:00 p.m. on election day. but the democrats have now filed a lawsuit saying that they should accept them if they are receiv...

Five or six other reporters with hard passes. it is not a right to be able to go into the white house, it is a privilege. that being said, i think that it would behoove us all to take the temperature down a moment, say we are going to give mr. acosta has passed back, but agree with all of the reporters with credentials and say we will agree to these minimal standards of a decorum and professionalism. things that have usually gone on the side, but kept up over the years, and it wasnt until this b...

Enjoying it, you know, who knows? >> he was watching it, but the fact was that donald trump was on the show. >> thats true. >> and i think its either an intentional or unintentional debasement of politics. whats happening is that politics in this country is becoming more than, i think, any time in our lifetimes, in modern history, becoming a joke. i dont want to give another -- >> howard, i disagree with you. no, no, no. its not bipartisan. the fight between hillary clinton and barack obama was ...

"meet the press." >> this is about how you behave in public. and he seems to think that every day is a new day that he can simply change all of his positions, depending on who his audience is or what the political circumstance is. and that is not what you want in a president of the united states. >> and heres the same ax, giving a shove, by the way, at gingrich earlier today on "the daily rundown." >> i was amused by the newt gingrich ad, by the way, because he talked about hes going to bring th...