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Remember toer president barack obama recording robocalls on his behalf and its stunning here, brooke, that were discussing the possibility of a democrat victory in a deeply conservative state like alabama. >> ruby red alabama. caitlin collins, looking forward to seeing that rally tonight, and moore coming out of the rock hes been under for the last couple of days. lets have a bigger conversation, caitlin, thank you. lets turn to dan pfeiffer, former senior adviser in the obama white house and an...

So everybody should have repercussions if theyre throwing out stuff that doesnt have truth to it. >> its angering as a member of the media to watch. we want to do good work each and every day and occasionally mistakes were made. i know a lot of wonderful people in this profession and we make honest mistakes. it is not intentional and it is a double standard with this white house. go ahead. >> i was going to say, ive made mistakes and people have correct mead and i came back and said hey, look, a...

What republican or democratic white houses have done in the past. >> one of the reporters in the room, he argued that the white house apparently, andre, that the white house doesnt hold the president to the same standard considering his history of falsehoods. >> well, number one, i think everybody including al franken deserves due process. number two, she asked to give an example and she gave a very truthful example of whats happened. i know i -- >> it wasnt intentional. >> well, maybe it wasnt,...

Him, when hes doing something in defensible, hes going to continue doing it. if we want this sort of behavior to stop, if we want him to start behaving like a president, people have to stop defending in defensible. enough already. >> i need to challenge you a little more. because add to go this the reporting from "the new york times" where the president is still behind closed doors maybe believing in one of these conspiracy theories, number one the access hollywood tape, the president saying tha...

Im glad he has the backbone to not bow down and to continue to fight what i think is a serious, serious issue and probably the most issue for the president of the united states and that is safety for the american people. >> you got the last word. andre bower, i appreciate you and your conversation. anna, im not quite finished with you yet. i want you in the next conversation with matt lauer the forever "today" show host shocking revelation hes now been fired from nbc news for inappropriate sexua...

Us together. argument turns too easily into animosi animosity, disagreement escalates into dehumanization. >> my friends, we should not be fighting about a brave american who lost his life serving his country. that should not be the topic of discussion in america today. >> yes. [ applause ] >> we have young people who are watching a president stating, you know, absolute non-truths, nonstop personalizing things in a way he does. and its very sad for our nation. >> when such behavior emanates from...

Prominent republicans have decided now is the time to speak up? >> well, you dont see it from folks that plan on staying and i dont see it from folks that plan on staying on office. youre seeing it from people arent on office, arent going to be in office much longer. i dont know that thats really telling it like it is or really standing throughout and really establishing anything. the core folks that are running for reflection know that better get close to donald trump. at least on the republica...

Think -- i think hes giving trump a huge win. as andre says trump wins oni twitter, whether you like it or not, he does and he will win this battle with bob corker and if you agree with bob corker that the white house is too chaotic, youre not going to be happy with this outcome. chlt set. and andre, thank you all very much. >> thank you. coming up next, taking a stand. >> thank you. >> taking a stand or political stunt? vice president mike pence facing tough questions after a protest of his o...

What do you make of these pictures? >> oh, god. i know lindsay graham, ive met him a number of times and he is able to compartmentalize politics and the personal and wherever hes disagreed with the president personally and its in a lot of placesor politically, he can compartmentalize that. hes supported donald trump on issues like syria and other foreign policy where he can. thats his deal. hes disagreed with john mccain, his best friend on policies, but supported him personally, so im not surpr...

Without offering specifics he said mr. trump had repeatedly undermined diplomacy with his twitter fingers and saying he knows he, being the president, he has hurt us as it relates to negotiations that were under way by tweeting things out. how is that not a problem? >> i think what it is is two strong conservatives with a vastly different approach on how they problem solve and how they govern. both of them, i could give you the strong suits and the bad suit, but at the end of the day one is in t...