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Forthcoming, whether she would be willing to testify or not. and i respect that senator dianne feinstein was principally respecting repeated assertions by her attorney that dr. ford wanted to remain anonymous. i believe it was a leak to the media that compelled this. it was a leak to the media of the underlying that forced senator fines hand. >> where did that leak come from? >> i have no idea. >> wow. >> who else had the letter other than dianne feinsteins office? >> i dont know that. my hunch ...

Examined why the public systems failed so long in the aftermath of the hurricane, but they have advocated their -- paul ryan said its nobodys fault about puerto rico. the fact that congress has not stepped in to provide any real analysis of what happened is the reason why you can begin to have this conversation from the president. >> here is paul ryan and we will hear him in his own words. >> theres no reason to dispute these numbers and its a function of this is a devastating form that hit an i...

Unequivocally denies professor fords assertions which she outlined for the record with her name attached only yesterday in "the washington post." she tells of a high school party in d.c. in the suburbs in the 1980s. >> she does, and she says a very drunken brett kavanaugh pushed her into a bedroom upstairs at which point in her words, quote, kavanaugh was on top of me wife laughing with redacted, though that persons name we now know, who jumped on to kavanaugh. she continues saying, quote, they ...

Say, they will say the presidents legal team isnt worried. they know everything he knows. theres been lots of communication between the presidents lawyers and manaforts lawyer. they dont view the president as someone who would be in the cross hair based on any information manafort has. that said, you have to take that with a very sizable grain of salt because of the people who are making those assertions. its important context here. what i think is important is that the prospect of a manafort pa...

Did an unappreciated great job in puerto rico even though inaccessible island with poor electricity and incompetent mayor of san juan. were ready for the big one that is coming. the big one in this case being hurricane florence. clearly the white house is in coordination with fema. dont take this storm lightly. back to hurricane maria. the mayor of san juan, carmen cruz says the presidents assertions on twitter and add insult to injury. you certainly remember hurricane maria devastated the regio...

The national security adviser mike flynn was having conversations with the russian government that he was lying to everybody about. got it. the vice president personally going down to the situation room to review the transcripts of the intercepted phone calls between kislyak and flynn? okay, thats interesting. the vice presidents assertions about what he knew about mike flynn and when on flynns calls to russia, on flynns discussions about sanctions with russia, on flynns work as a foreign agent ...

There is a whole bunch of news in it. part of the reason i want to talk to mr. woodward about the book, instead of just marinating in it like i have the last few days is because in my reading of this book, a lot of the holy guacamole, that seems important moments, it seems to me they are raised. they are reported out by member woodward, but then i dont know where they go. and theyre sort of left for you to ponder. and thats not at all a criticism of mr. woodward or the book. what it means i thin...

This book, a lot of the holy guacamole, that seems important moments, it seems to me they are raised. they are reported out by member -- mr. woodward, but then i dont know where they go. and theyre sort of left for you to ponder. and thats not at all a criticism of mr. woodward or the book. what it means i think is that this is meant to be a jumping off point for more reporting. and frankly, for calls for explanation from people who are quoted in the book in relation to these provocative but ope...

Intercepted phone calls between kislyak and flynn? okay, thats interesting. the vice presidents assertions about what he knew about mike flynn and when on flynns calls to russia, on flynns discussions about sanctions with russia, on flynns work as a foreign agent during the campaign, on flynn bringing his son on board during the trump transition, on a lot of different things between pence and flynn, it has all been super tenuous in terms of the vice presidents knowledge and his public statements...

Purpose does it serve to reveal that to everyone? >> well, i think, first of all, its a bit rich of miss conway to try to attack this on the basis of an unnamed official who is telling falsehoods when her own commander in chief on the record has issued almost 5,000 statements in 18 months that are quite dubious and has quite often used anonymous sources to back up his own assertions. but putting that to the side, i think the writer again is appealing not just to those officials in the administra...