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How much woodward has, primary source material. notes from meetings. tape recordings. i dont know exactly what he has, but i know he has notes from staffers from their meetings in the west wing. those are the staffers describing trump. thats going to be important. >> is that going to satisfy him? hes already the president accusing woodward of lying. woodward has a pretty good reputation. hes done this to a number of administrations. is the president going to have an argument, a convincing argume...

Dishonesty, fraud, incompetence and all other kinds of corrosive problems. we are better for the sun light that whistleblowers have shown on injustices and abuse frs the vietnam war to mass data collection. they enjoy a privileged status, which sometimes includes by necessity and an nehmety. the powerful dont always like being exposed. other administrations have tried to crack down on whistleblowers. nixon tried to silence "the new york times" and "washington post" for publishing the pe pentagon...

Gettysburg prior to the election in 2016 where he talked about pushing for term limits on capitol hill, a whole host of other reforms to do thing with the administration on capitol hill. i think when hes fighting the swamp and when hes trying to change washington, i think thats a winning space for him. i think thats something previous administrations, both democrats and republicans, have completely struck out on. i would like to see president trump and congressional republicans hit that much har...

On? all right, bill, you worked in the bush administration, theres always discontent, ive talked to people in administrations, i dont know if i talked to you in the administration but this goes way beyond that? >> yeah, in some sense this is no different from the game most days in the west wing when you look at the washington post and you try to figure out which of the colleagues leaked the story that he shouldnt have done, this takes it to the end degree. it is extraordinary the claims that -- ...

Out and bring out into the fold other people, papadopoulos and some more amateurish people during the campaign, some very much more experienced people now that hes president, but some of the people brought into the administration werent supporters of his during the campaign. you have a few never trumpers and people who are a little bit close to never trumpers, so theres certainly a number of names to choose from in terms of who might have written this op-ed. jon: you have to wonder whether there...

Denuclearization yet. we need to get that nailed down. if kim jong-un, in fact, wants that before this presidents term is over, thats a very technical and complicated issue and we need to get down to the specifics. neil: do you think of the president, with the best of intentions in opening up a conversation with the north koreans, a meeting with the north korean leader, was hoodwinked? >> i dont think so, neil. when you look at it at this point, 30 years of presidents standing by on both parties...

A strength by some, as a flaw seen by others. and so, on the one end it doesnt surprise me. but other administrations have similarly bedevilled by leaks and gone after leakers and never had success. i dont think this president will either. neil: senator, thank you very much for taking the time. we do appreciate it. >> thank you. neil: all right. so lets get to our panelist and what they think. susan lee, jonas max ferris, kathy, and madison. madison end with you and begin with you. the president...

This is from the "new york times" editorial board. quote you and i piece of it, in a more virtuous world judge kavanaugh would be embarrassed by the manner in which he has arrived at the doorstep of a lifetime appointment to the supreme court. perhaps most concerning, judge kavanaugh seems to have trouble remembering certain important facts about his years of service to republican administrations. joining us now dolly lithwick. thank to you for being here. >> confirmation hearings have ended. ho...

To republican administrations. joining us, senior editor and legal correspondent. thank you for being here. >> confirmation hearings have ended. how did they go? >> if you start from the proposition that all he had to do was tell truth. there was very little. he could have right up to shooting somebody on fifth avenue. and he had the votes. to just get time and time again into these kinds of nested lies within lies or just these new standards, i cant talk about politics, i cant even condemn char...

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