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Bipartisan nonpartisan investigation trying to get the facts saying im not covering for president trump here. if well find something, we find something, yet, here is he as an honest broker saying hang on a second, john brennan, going to the "new york times" allegations of treason without backing up, why didnt do you something if thats true while you were cia director? >> and if you develop something after you left the cia. go to robert mueller. something you heard while you there were at the cia...

Pull the gun but not to fire the trigger? >> yes, i think the answer to that is less. lets not forget florida tried to pass. >> definitely, by the way, he just backed up like four steps -- watch it again, pardon my disruption, we can all see this. >> he absolutely did. again, florida tried to pass almost did pass a warning shot statute that would have said, you are allowed to take out the gun. you are each allowed to shoot it to let the person know, im armed and i will use it. thats the theory b...

Aside and join the resistance from the right? im not sure that is necessarily in the nations best interest. calling into question their motives or soft justification for holding those very influential positions, i am not particularly interested in that. i do think that watching the interview that you did was secretary pompeo, he was clearly trying to tow the line, and walk the tightrope, he was backing up, trump, downplaying the criticism of him, while also reinforcing what the intelligence comm...

And trying to bribe some kind of desperate or dictator, if youre not making meaningless lines in the sand that you never have any intention of backing up, if you show weakness and if you appease, they like that. >> keep in mind the meddling, the actual meddling in the election happened under president obamas watch. when he was president, there is evidence that he knew, he just didnt do anything because they thought hilary was going to win. you look at what president trump has done, hes acknowled...

Despot or dictator, if youre not making meaningless lines in the sand that you never have any intention of backing up, if you show weakness and if you appease, they like that. >> keep in mind the meddling, the actual meddling in the election happened under president obamas watch. he was president, there is evidence that he knew, he justa didnt do anything because they thought hillary was going to win. you look at what president trump has done, hes acknowledged t there was meddling. we, by the wa...

And increase the spending but he did not talk about the 2% gdp agreement that is to be met by 2024 so we dont have backing from president macron, angela merkel or the u.n. secretary general indicating that backing up what president trump has said. indeed we heard as well what president trump defending himself when he was asked about his very open, very loud criticism of angela merkel the german chancellor and their energy supplies from russia. this is how he defended the statements that have out...

The fact that in 1989 after reagan left office, the wall comes down, eastern europe is set free, and in 1991, the soviet union is dissolved. this is an important meeting, but its real legacy, its a real residence through history, will be what happens at the end of the process, not right now through the start of the process. >> ed: jim carafano, i think when you said day of infamy, i think he meant fdr backing up what he said going into world war ii, not wilson. >> sorry. right. >> ed: right abou...

2007. >> right. i think what you see here is frustration over the complete failure to see any movement on the immigration issue during his entire tenure. what are we at, 15 months or so. and they got close to -- or what seemed like they were close to some movement in the march time frame, february-march. of course the democrats played -- rolled the dice on a government shutdown. that didnt work out very well. and the president himself has been frankly stung a little bit by his own base because h...

Frame, february-march. of course the democrats played -- rolled the dice on a government shutdown. that didnt work out very well. and the president himself has been frankly stung a little bit by his own base because he keeps backing off. hes expanded daca from people who actually participated in daca, the 690,000 or so, to the estimated 1.8 million number. then you hear about citizenship instead of just legal presence. he keeps backing up, and the democrats, i think, see it as him adding to just...

Recall, and you would spend a lot of time obviously preparing about the specific facts. >> and our other big news today is the firing of former deputy fbi director andrew mccabe. a source tells axios that mccabe not only turned over memos to mueller but also met with mueller. axios reports that that exchange focused on the firing of former fbi director james comey. how damaging could this be for the president? >> well, what theyre doing there, dara, is one of the most fundamental things in any i...