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James comey who i think has always prided himself on, in essence, being americas number one boy scout, of always trying to do the right thing and being guided by ethics. you may recall his sort of public agonizing over the decision to go after apple to force them to open the cell phone from one of the san bernardino gun men. he defended his handling of the hillary e-mail thing because he thought he had done the right thing. but, you know, hes been widely attacked for his conduct of the clinton e...

Donald trump is a conservative? are they happy with the vision? >> in the room as cpac, everyone is very happy. unlike the past few years, people have been agitated and agonizing over the direction of the party. are we ever going to win the presidency and who are we? last year, trump didnt speak at cpac which left a lot of people wondering if he is one of us. the mood at cpac all week has been happy. think about it. they have the house. they have the senate. they have the presidency i. they are ...

President. >> by saying he enjoys the full confidence of the president are you saying youre satisfied he did not have those conversations, he did not mislead the vice-president? >> those are two different questions you asked me and ill repeat the answer. does he have the full confidence of the president, yes, he does. then you asked me what does he talk about with people when i wasnt on the phone. the only way to answer that is to tell you what he said which is that he cant recall. >> were joine...

Conway. misinformed, out of the loop, or did she misinform us? >> well, i think the developments were so fast moving and they were agonizing, joy, according to our andrea mitchell. this was a tough decision. remember, mike flynn was one of president trumps initial supporters and one of the people who he looked to first when he started looking to a national security advisor. and, so, i have been talking to my sources throughout the night who say that he didnt want to get to this point, but ultima...

Of the world. we need the muslim community and muslim countries to work with us to collaborate with us in our fight against terrorism. so this is ill-advised and to see the community coming out in every part of the country makes me feel so good and so proud, and finally, we got the judge in federal court to grant a nationwide stay. im very happy for that. >> representative, we have 30 seconds. you began to really express yourself when he said americas great, americas the greatest country in the ...

People are thinking, seeing those people on that tarmac, i pray i am never in that situation. how do we avoid that? >> how does the government react? this has been a long debate. this is not something new. we talk about where does the security perimeter lie in the airport? if you push it out into the public areas and you are pushing out the problem. >> are you, though? >> yes. >> when you are in the building, you are in a close space. these airports are busy. you are crammed in with people. once...

Seeing this and thinking, man, seeing those people on that tarmac today, i pray i am never in that situation. how do we avoid that going forward? >> there are a couple parts of it. how does the government react, what is the dhs s said, this is a long debate. but we talk about, the security perimeter objectively lie in a airport or transport facility? youd are just pushing out the problem. >> are you, though? when you are in the building, you are in an enclosed space. these airports are big here....

We were blowing up and burning down this country we were supposed to be saving. >> success continues to be elusive in any meaningful way, and johnson keeps being told i need more troops. >> i have today ordered to vietnam certain forces which will raise our fighting strength from 75,000 to 125,000 men, almost immediately. this will make it necessary to raise the monthly draft call from 17,000 to 35,000 per month. this is the most agonizing and the most painful duty of your president. >> its diff...

>> if you have 99 problems butabilibut aint one. >> he can attract a crowd, right. now jay z is trying to do the same thing for hillary clinton performing in cleveland the friday before election day in an effort to mobilize young voters. with me now is a prominent black lives matter activist who has been slow to endorse clinton, welcome. >> thank you for having me. >> thank you so much for being here. its been an agonizing decision for you. you serve on the ferguson commission. as in ferguson, m...

I heard one of the contractors who talked to may began the other night. he said we still dont know the answer to that. we know people were ready to come in and help us. but there is nothing more agonizing in the moments of this movie when that is happening and they are sitting on the ground and someone told them not to go. >> i think what would solve this once and for all of what exactly happened and why were decisions made or not made is if the american people were able to review a ticktock wit...