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Americans. evaluate that for me. >> the problem the president has right now is he is fighting on too many fronts. hes fighting an investigation led by bob mueller, essentially an unindicted coconspirator in an investigation in new york. that investigation may continue. his form were campaign manager is about to go back on trial, and if congress does flip or if one branch -- if the house flips, he immediately is facing investigations not just for his conduct with respect to russia but every other...

Hes also developed a reputation for fiercely going after the messenger rather than looking at the message itself and questions about whether christopher -- all of trumps supporters refer to this as the dodgy dossier. it hadnt been discredited out. there are valid questions to ask about what christopher steele was after and what information he had. thats not what devin nunes is doing, hes trying to discredit christopher steele rather than try out the voracity of the information in the dossier. >>...

Know is predisposed against donald trump. that is clear as day what he meant. inarticulate, but hes right. >> if thats the point hes trying to make. if the prosecutor who is the arbiter of the truth and that doesnt mean the prosecutor is right. it just means thats the way the system is set up. >> sean: and professor dershowitz, ive got to get you to weigh in here. why would the white house counsel ever give them 30 hours? >> i think originally the original plan of the trump defense team was to c...

Donald trump. that is clear as day what he meant. inarticulate, but hes right. >> yeah, thats the point hes. trying to make. its the prosecutor who is the arbiter of the truth and thatte doesnt mean the prosecutor is right. it just means thats the way the system is set up. >> sean: and professor dershowitz, ive got to get you to weigh in here. why would the white house counsel ever give them 30 hours? >> i think originally the original plan of the trump defense team was to cooperate in the hope ...

Performer. can you believe this is the governor of the highest taxed state into a mac? andrew cuomo having a total meltdown and then, the tweet from cuomo who tried to dig himself out of this. the expression i used the other day was an artful so i want to be very clear, of course america is great. and of course america has always been great. no one questions about. some people are comparing it to hillary clinton calling some trumpet voters, the portables. >> having the present weekend, he put th...

Performer. can you believe this is the governor of the highest taxed state into a mac? andrew cuomo having a total meltdown and then, the tweet from cuomo who tried to dig himself out of this. the expression i used the other day was an artful so i want to be very clear, of course america is great. and of course america has always been great. no one questions about. some people are comparing it to hillary clinton calling some trumpet voters, the portables. >> having the present weekend, he put th...

Performer. can you believe this is the governor of the highest taxed state into a mac? andrew cuomo having a total meltdown and then, the tweet from cuomo who tried to dig himself out of this. the expression i used the other day was an artful so i want to be very clear, of course america is great. and of course america has always been great. no one questions about. some people are comparing it to hillary clinton calling some trumpet voters, the portables. >> having the present weekend, he put th...

>> on this notion of the white house being the arbiter of fact, the white house briefing used to be a place where reporters would go and get facts and get official administration policy. is that still true? >> less so, to be honest. i think there have been numerous instances in which the two white house press secretaries acknowledged they knew that they said things that werent true. less so -- i think we have to cover it. theres a clamor for us to not even go to the press briefings. i sort of un...

Relentlessly. i do it so when you write negative stories about me, no one will believe you. he has had success with that with his base of supporters. >> i think that was an honest answer on his part. he wants to disqualify the press as an independent arbiter of fact. thats what he is trying to do. you remember at some point he said, if you see any negative polls on me, they are fake. he quoted the polls when they were favorable. when the polls are unfavorable, he says they are fake. he does not ...

Of faith in the news media as a deliverer of fact, as a deliverer of truth? >> it does bother me, and i think it bothers pretty much everybody in the profession. its very difficult to have a democracy without agreement on underlying facts. we can disagree about how to solve our problems. we can disagree about the analysis of the situation. but there are underlying facts and i think now theres a questioning as to whether the press should be an independent arbiter of the facts and thats a dangerou...