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Attention and media attention to the ultimate disclosures because i was told they were a bombshell. that doesnt mean i knew what was in them. thats called politics. its legal. its what i do. >> sean: you were wrong on one of them. you were talking specifically about one podesta, were you not? >> i was talking about both podesta brothers. on july 31st, peter schweizer wrote a devastating monograph called "from russia with money." then on the 14th of august, breitbart published another story tying...

Attention and media attention to the ultimate disclosures because i was told they were a bombshell. that doesnt mean i knew what was in them. thats called politics. >> sean: you were wrong on one of them. you were talking specifically about juan -- >> i was talking -- i was talking about both podesta brothers. on july 31st, peter wrote a devastate i devastating article. then on the 14th of august, breitbart published another story tying tony podesta to the same ukrainian political party as paul ...

Of the supreme court. joining me now to discuss is david kaplan, the author of "the most dangerous branch inside the supreme courts assault on the constitution." thank you for joining us, mr. kaplan. i appreciate it. if cavanaugh. >> good to be here. >> if he does get confirmed, how will he be received by news new colleagues on the court after what we saw today? >> the justices tend to have a short memory when it comes to the trevails of nominees at hearings. we saw that with clarence thomas. al...

Colleagues on the supreme court after what we saw today? >> the justices tend to have a short memory when it comes to the travails of nominees at confirmation hearings. we saw that with clarence thomas. almost 30 years ago, he really went through the mill and yet when he got to the court he established close relationships, cordial relationships with almost all the justices. and because of his personal skills at the court, he is beloved at the institution by staff, and i talked to a majority of t...

You dont have to be rich or have a college degree to be worthy. lets the africans and the haitians and el saldorans do. it is about us and tabout america. does that include mitch mcconnell and paul ryan who at 8:54 still have not come out. >> this is a real moral gut check for the republican party if the republican party if republican leaders are willing to stands up. someone in the white house said yesterday on a background basis that theyre not worried because this will play well with the base...

Some of his closest confidantes that he wish he could continue to have the rapport with many more aides than he does now, that he could have different kinds of people wandering into the oval office. he likes to bounce ideas off people. he cant do that anymore. >> you a lot of sources on capitol hill, and youve been covering politics there for a while. what do you think of corkers contention that with the exception of a few members of the caucus, everyone agrees with him? >> its a little bit of a...

A by one basis on this. certainly this echos back to the 1990s case of the florida woman terry schiavo where there was a tug of war in her own family over cutting life support or not. but there is the underlying issue of medical insurance, which seems heartless to talk about ask delicate, but that is an issue here because if the parents had the independent resources to pay in a private facility, we wouldnt be talking about this. they would just be going to whatever ends they wanted to to save th...

On. the advocates talking to customs and border protection officials at the airports werent getting answers, referred to the white house. it took a while for the white house to respond. late sunday night the white house did a briefing for reporters on a background basis they couldnt be named in the story directly. this is not the normal way to do it. the administration is saying the reason we did this we want the element of surprise, potential terrorists or folks will not try to come in by a dat...

Flowers, messages. young folks coming up wearing black with a flower. putting it down and walking on. so i think if you were to take the pulse right now of what this communitys going through, they dont know yet. and its certainly not getting better for them. as weve seen many of them becoming emotional here, peter. >> richard luis in paris now. thanks so much. i want to bring in steve clemens, msnbc contributor. youve had some conversations over the last 24 hours or less, since this happened wit...

That live report. new this morning. the white house says that president obama will visit the gulf in the next 48 hours. lets go straight to nbcs mike viqueira who is at the white house standing by for us. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. thats right. the white house announce thing morning the president will be traveling to the gulf coast area within the next 48 hours. this comes a day after the white house was telling us on a background basis he probably would not be going because thei...