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Talking. >> i just want to say, i think people forget that on october 31st, 2016, president obama called vladimir putin on the red phone and essentially warned him that russian interference on election day would constitute an act of war. and i think when we have a president who coddles and refuses to condemn russia, who has some weird affliction and affinity towards vladimir putin, it sends mixed messages. and while were doing things in public, while were worrying about michael cohen and what it...

>> dagen: david is talking we are going to get a second quarter growth on friday and it looks like it could be close to 5%. the whisper number out of the white house has been a 4.8% growth in the second quarter. >> melissa: which is crazy saying that its going to be number that we havent seen in so long and then it hits on friday but youre right, theres almost no doubt he does like to talk about how much the economy has soared since he has been in charge of it and i think its a pretty safe bet t...

Ongoing clearance shouldnt be relevant. might that generate animus? id like to believe that these men and women are better than that and that they put duty first, even when the politics of the situation makes it very muddy. >> how much pressure, chris, is president trump facing right now with five witnesses being granted immunity from prosecution to testify against his former campaign chairman paul manafort? also a lot of pressure, more audio recordings from his former lawyer and fixer michael c...

Strong language when it comes to our allies, trying to work with people who are our adversaries. this is very similar to the lead-up to north korea that ended up with a summit. perhaps he thinks he can sit down with rue ha ahami and talk. we know the president has an affinity for strong men who are leaders of authoritarian governments. perhaps he thinks this is the same playbook that he can use here, that he used with kim jong-un. >> americas most prominent allies in western europe, in particula...

Misogynist side. i wish they would have done a little crook in his nose. but i will say, step back, theres no question as david said trump has infinity for strong men -- hes a con man, by the way, trump, not a strong man. but he didnt say anything about benjamin netanyahu, dutarte erdogan. theres no question trump has an affinity for these strong men. i will say stepping back opposition to trump and the nation is at the forefront of a fierce opposition to trump, what is doing to roll back the ci...

Hes being very caral in this case. yes, there is a lack of experience on the part of donald trump. lets assume hes a politician, hes not a foreign policy expert. but whats going on between mr. trump and mr. putin goes beyond lack of experience. you have a situation, possibly first in modern history of this country, where the president of the united states cannot define the american national interests untethered from his own interests, views, likes, dislikes, and in the case of his relationship w...

That russia interfered in the 2016 elections. he clearly wants to deny what his own director of intelligence is telling him, that russia continues -- i think he used the word red alert, continues to interfere in the upcoming elections. its the combination of naivete, strangene strangeness, and also an ideological affinity with the worst tendencies in the globe today. which is to say an authoritarian movement, ill liberal democracy, which is getting worse, whether its in poland, hungary, france, ...

Diplomacy, he goes on television and in front of the russian leader and says what he says in helsinki. he clearly doesnt think or doesnt want to think that russia interfered in the 2016 elections. that is he clearly wants to deny what his own director of intelligence is telling him, that russia continues, i think he used red alert, continues to interfere in the upcoming elections, its the combination of naive today, strangeness and also an ideological affinity to with the worst tendencies in the...

>> well, i think the attack on the two women angela merkel and teresa may show his misogynist side, i wish they had done a little crook in his nose, but i will say, fareed, step back, theres no question trump has an affinity for strong men. he doesnt say anything bad about netanyahu, the murderous dictator of the philippines der ter today, erdogan, so there are a whole set of strong men that donald trump doesnt say a bad word about. i know thats a meme, but theres no question trump has an affini...

On a modicum of truth, that we are watching a tragedy unfold every day and its driving a large part of the country crazy, it has really been an ongoing tragedy to watch. so i cant tell you the end result of the mueller investigation, no one can. >> katrina, let me ask you, we dont have a lot of time, this is a short block. why do you think it is that donald trump is so nice about putin, he says the most vicious things about angela merkel, the chancellor of germany, he says nasty things about jus...