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Information, did he possibly get it through the white house and did he possibly do this to help donald trump, he said in an interview donald trump was getting a lot of heat in the media and raises a lot of questions about whether this is a person who is an unbiased arbiter overseei ining an investigation. >> it seems both sides would want whatever investigations are done to be as transparent as possible and credible so whatever the resolution is people will believe it. >> this is the time you sa...

They did all of that stuff. they ran for cover and, you know, honest guys like mo brooks said from the beginning, this is not the bill that we talked to our constituents about, you know, so now the test is going to be, what do you do next? >> and sam, to that point, i thought one of the most significant things that happened on friday, and, again, mo brooks i think is being magnanimous, he has to work with this white house. they said on friday as the hour was drawing, as the votes looked like the...

Nuness bluff. and he says okay, your interested in this investigation and unmask people you shouldnt unmask, by the way youre a member of that transition team. so you cant do it because youre conflicted out of that. so he sort of said to him you just dug your own grave here. >> it sounds like a everything nunes has done in the last week -- i dont know if this was his plan, but its essentially blown up this committees investigation. as you pointed out anderson he was supposed to have a big public...

Said from the beginning, this is not the bill that we talked to our constituents about, you know, so now the test is going to be, what do you do next? >> and sam, to that point, i thought one of the most significant things that happened on friday, and, again, mo brooks i think is being magnanimous, he has to work with this white house. they said on friday as the hour was drawing, as the votes looked like they werent there, they were sending to the white house, youre going to have to vote because...

Letters, the letters they sent, its clear he had a meeting with the department of justice saying if shes goes up a goes up and t the warnings about talking with the russian ambassador, she will be violating privileges. and, you know, her attorney called that bluff. the dth of justice said well, you know what the privileged claim is at the white house. earn they made clear we dont think this claim is valid. she will show up as planned, and after that the hearing was canceled. >> so for people tha...

He was going to make them do this, they didnt. at this point, you can kind of see the blood in the water, you know, hes not necessarily going to do what -- >> than what he thought he was? >> you can call his bluff, basically. >> this is not a company town, its politico. the round table sticking with us. theyll tell me something i dont know. this is "hardball with the action news. wondering, wha t if? i let go of all those feelings. because i am cured with harvoni. harvoni is a revolutionary trea...

That maybe their first response was going to be to open fire. robert suggested that we speak loudly. >> louder. say anything. >> so they would have ample opportunity to hear us before they began shooting. i was kind of reaching a bit of a breaking point. >> i said mark, what kind of movies do you like? >> keep talking, louder. >> after maybe just 15 or 20 minutes, we made our way up to a bluff, and robert i think actually said -- >> this would be a really good place for an ambush. >> and four so...

Find commonality, thats pure political posturing. we saw the same thing with other leading senate democrats as soon as president donald trump was inaugurated saying they were willing to come across the is . aisle. >> and what a president should do is call the democrats bluff, call them into the oval office and talk about how theyre going to make health care more affordable. thats what a president should do. try to find ways to bring people together. you have seen that bipartisanly done before in...

Because they had less at risk? >> i think they had less at risk. they had always said he wanted a full repeal from the beginning. i think they were always going to be the more difficult to negotiate with. so when the problem is when you bluff, like this, when you deliver this ultimatum, if someone calls your bluff, they generally end up having the power. i think this is going to create a problem for the administration going forward and trying to negotiate tax reform. because the freedom caucus h...

Read a letter from the president and secretary price of health and human services, making commitments of how they could lower premiums in the future, telling them theres no plan b on health care, the vote was coming tomorrow and the president was demanding and requesting their support. >> now robert, thats a controversial strategy. usually as you know, you dont put anything out, you dont expose a piece of legislation until youre pretty sure of the nose count and i dont know anyone tonight who is...