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Stitt hijacked the republican party. there have been incredible amounts of extremism, divisive partnership and ineffective leadership. >> i know masks were a big issue for you. as top education official, you have been advocating that there shouldnt be rules against mask mandates. how big a factor was his covid response? >> it would not have signed a line to mitigate covid outbreaks in their community. as we start a school year, now the third school year where children are facing disruption due t...

To public transportation. there are other issues about how are the galleries going to look or will there be an auditorium, so we need to let that process play out and make a sound decision. but the mall the the preferred general location for the museum. >> and in terms of talking about the mall, are you thinking in terms of square footage. is it important, the square footage? >> it is, but i dont think we need to say, well, you know, this museum needs to be as big as the american history museum....

Last minute. i would be surprised if many of them tell us what theyre going to do because it kind of draws the bullseye more precisely on your back. there were republicans who voted against impeachment in 1998 for bill clinton. there were democrats who voted for impeachment for bill clinton. in some ways i think whats more striking is we are seeing the entire republican party not on the oppose impeachment but kind of move off the initial position that some of them took that this is troubling but...

From his national security council. >> blake, quickly, what do you make of the president defending his position in the white house with regards to the iran war hawks like john bolton? >> well, you know, theres a long history of trump as president not liking it when one of his advisers gets too close to the sun. what were seeing he doesnt like his internal discussions are being aired in the press. he doesnt like the idea hes being led around by the nose by national security adviser john bolton. s...

Strzok and loretta lynch and said its a real profile in courage since she, meaning lynch, no knows charges will be brought? she said i dont remember, i read it. i think ive read about it in the media. answers like that where comey does not remember things have been very, very frustrating to republican lawmakers so now they are about to have a chance to see if his old boss, loretta lynch, who just walked past us will be any more forthcoming. >> bill: how big a factor is the tarmac meeting between...

Treatment as opposed to waves as arrests for drug users and health insurance for pre-existing conditions. he argues his support for the affordable care act gives him more credibility when talking about that kind of coverage and he will have the vice president, who famously said that obamacare is a big -- help him the try to make that point. >> sandra: how big a factor is governor john kasich in this race. >> not directly involved at all trying to help his attorney general succeed him. he made de...

This plays out, as you point out could be a matter of days to watch this operation play out. thank you so much for your time today and well keep in touch with you? >> youre welcome. >> lets talk about the weather, monsoon rain. our meteorologist derek van dam is tracking it out. and theyve had a wind dove time where the rain wasnt as big a factor. that window running out now. >> im starting to see some ominous satellite signatures across the northern louse and thailand region. zooming into the a...

Politi politico. rachel, people knew he wasnt going to seek reelection but to announce today, help us understand. sources are saying one of the reasons is hes just had enough of trump. how big a factor was that? >> trump has definitely changed the party as paul ryan has known it for years and decades. he came here as a staffer, came up the ranks, became a member of congress, a vice presidential candidate, came back and became speaker. hes been the number one supply-side republican, your typical ...

Obvious carve-out. hes bent over backwards not to lay blame at putin and the russians. how big a factor was russian in the disconnect and his now former secretary of state? >> theres no doubt that tillerson is not that outspoken, particularly outspoken on russia. hes someone who we thought when he first came in because of his relationship with putin was someone that trump was picking partly because he would reinforce trumps desire to have a friendlier, softer relationship with russia because til...

Pretty awful. no incentive for all those fans to watch. aaron rodgers, best quarterback in the game, went down. sorry, chuck. was injured and, again, no incentive for all those green bay fans to watch. do you think thats a factor, or is that not important? >> you know what, gene, i dont think its as big a factor as in baseball where you need a big team, yankees or dodgers or clubs to be engaged for the nation to be engaged. but i do think if you ask the owners, they would say, yeah, people tune ...