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Presumption that general kelly was somehow better than what weve seen in the white house already. Hes had a terrible, very bad month, but then again, most of this administration has been a series of unfortunate and absolutely avoidable mistakes. I think the greatest problem that we saw with the attack on the member of congress is, this was not a tit for tat, this was not a back and forth. This was a member of congress expressing her concerns about how the president spoke to a constituent of hers...

Country. and it was not only that, but you also worked with them to oppose bussing. >> the reason that theyre separating these little children from their families is that theyre using section 1325 of that act which criminalizes coming across the border to incarcerate the parents and then separate them. some of us on this stage have called to end that section, to terminate it. some, like congressman orourke, have not. and i want to challenge all of the candidates to do that. >> i am in this fight...

Pa pattern of them shifting their explanations about what was going on. >> what does all this mean for don jr. and ivanka? >> i dont know at this opponent. were not suggesting in any way theyve done anything wrong. all were suggesting is their involvement was much deeper than they had publicly acknowledged. >> oh, a lot more is going to come out. anthony, thank you. quite a piece. had all of us staying up very late. i want to bring my panel in. glen kirshner. sean patrick maloney, democratic con...

Part of the show, money, power, politics. its day 28. get your head around that. day 28 of the government shutdown. 800,000 federal workers have gone nearly a month without a paycheck. but as the stalemate continues, individuals and companies across the country are stepping in and stepping up to help. the latest company to take a stand, the online payment system pay pal, whose ceo says the company is putting wall politics aside to help government workers. arguing it is not a red or blue issue, i...

Theyve done. even though what theyre doing is a good thing, isnt it frustrating these people need this kind of help even though theyve got full-time jobs? >> i think no matter where you stand on the issue, and there are people on both sides of this issue, what we really try to do as a company, as a team, is follow what our values are. our values really said to us that we need to do this. as you mentioned at the beginning, this isnt a red or blue issue. this really is an issue that involves our c...

They say the other side is energized. let me tell you, theyre energized for hate for your president. talked to so many on the left, they have hatred for your president, many for your country. tell you smore, wife and i saw it today, hatred for god. >> republican candidate rick saccone. ran against a marine veteran turned attorney nearly half his age, tried to position himself not as national image far left liberal democrat. personally opposes abortion but says pro choice, would stand up to democ...

Barry mccaffrey, the iraq and afghan veterans, and ray mavis, former secretary of the navy. well dig into the latest on what happened in niger and all of the political questions surrounding that. well also talk a lot of politics and whats coming up next this week on capitol hill. its going to be a very critical couple of weeks for a series of major issues, including first tax reform, also health care, what about d.r.e.a.m.er kids, for example. thats another thing thats on the docket for congress...

To be. so, back to politics. with republicans potentially facing what could be a very tough election for the 2018 midterms. we had house minority leader nancy pelosi on msnbc earlier with my colleague, joy reid, and pelosi believes that democrats can be successful at taking back the majority. >> this is when we get a team, they dont. this is when you see their retirements, because members of congress who formally just had an easy run of it will have a tougher one, and they know theres the pros...

This one says, it is so nice that the shackles have been taken off me and incan now fight for america the way i want to. this was after, i dont know, three or four tweets attacking paul ryan, the most powerful republican in the united states at the moment. lets bring in cnn political analyst david gergen is sheer, jackie kucinich is back, cnn political commentator and bureau chief of the daily beast and jason john, editor of t theroot.com. help sa he says its so nice the shac e shackles have bee...

Nels t necessity. those are todays topics. "mother jones," and editor-in-chief and corey dade is a contributor at theroot.com. the obama white house admitting that four americans have been killed overseas by u.s. drones. just one of them specifically targeted there. what will this mean for municipal plans, i.e., domestic plans to what some estimate is thousands of these drones in the united states? >> thats right, richard. if anyone has any doubts about whether or not aerial droens nee coming to...