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Played out along the lines that sadly have become somewhat ordinary around here. there were excuses for delay. those fell flat. there were gross distortions of judge kavanaughs record that were batted down by outside fact checkers. and there were all the usual phony apocalyptic pronouncements that are shouted whenever a republican president nominated a supreme court justice. happens every time. hostile to women, hostile to vulnerable people, hostile to workers, same old tricks, same old playbook...

Out along lines that sad sadly become ordinary around here. there were excuses for delay, those fell flat. there were gross distortions of judge kavanaughs record that were batted down by outside fact checkers. and there were all the usual phony apocalyptic predictions. hostile to women, hostile to vulnerable, hos tritile to work same old tricks, same old playbook. but here was the problem, the old plays were not working. the distortions were being literally drowned out by the facts. senators re...

Ordinary around here. there were excuses for delay, those fell flat. there are gross distortions of judge kavanaughs record that were batted down by outside fact checkers. and there were all the usual phony apocalyptic pronouncement shouted when a republican president nominates a supreme court justice. happens everywhere. hostile to women, vulnerable people and workers, same old tricks and same old playbook. but here was the problem. the old plays werent working. the distortions were being drown...

President trump. >> all right. let me go to you, ari. same question, what do you think about today? >> what was most significant was that jim comey, unle many other participants in this drama, was willing to come out der his own name, under oath, and testify. he also has some background materials. i didnt find it all that notable whether he used other people to distribute things. a lot of senior owe fishlfficia accustomed to having aides so to speak. what he said was backed up by other officials...

People who dont fit into civ civilian justice in the united states and they dont fit into geneva con conveniences. >> thats right. but when the war ends, whenever we declare it over, hagel has made the point, we no longer can keep these people in guantanamo as combatants. this may be laying the groundwork -- i can ask bob something ive been curious about? "the washington post" came out with a story this morning with a treasurer trove of notes and background materials that bergdahl wrote and he s...

Toronto mayor rob ford. he said he didnt smoke crack but now hes admitting for the first time that he did. he said it happened about a year ago when he was in a drunken stupor and of course, hes apologizing. >> i embarrassed everyone in the city. and i will be forever sorry. >> well, despite growing pressure on ford to resign, he said he was elected to do the job. and thats what hes going to continue to do. and his poll numbers seem to be going up. >> interesting. 37 minutes past the hour. adm...

These hacking activities and the election results. >> reporter: over the weekend, trump tweeted having a good relationship with russia is a good thing, not a bad thing. only stupid people would think that is bad. that is something that worries democrats and republicans. >> after having been briefed by our intelligence leaders, donald trump is still unsure as to what the russians did, that would be incredibly unnerving to me, because the evidence is overwhelming. >> reporter: adding to the preina...

Would think that is bad. part of a softer tone on moscow that worries republicans. >> if after having been briefed by intelligence leaders donald trump is still unsure as to what the russians did, that would be incredibly unnerving to me because the evidence is overwhelming. >> reporter: trump creating more questions with transition sources confirming to cnn that his son-in-law jared kushner will have a job in the white house. hell hand his business off to his sons while others like kushner will...

Business while other relatives are working in the white house. >> well talk about it on wednesday. all i can say, it is very simple, very easy. >> adding to the preinaugural drama, hearing for a slew of his cabinet picks are getting underway. democrats are howling about the lack of background materials coming in. chuck schumer is redoing a letter from harry reid. >> they are almost exactly what democrats requested. mr. president, i dont bring this up to play gotcha. i am doing it to show that ou...