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Even his bitter rival came to his defense. you know the drill. lets get after it. ♪ so the president stood in front of the world and delivered a campaign speech. the reaction he got though at the u.n. was very different than what hes used the hearing at his rallies. instead of cheering supporters, global leaders laughed at him. now, keep in mind these are the same folks who for years have sat stone faced for all sorts of bluster from murderers and desposdesp despots but trump made them laugh...

Make, as kavanaughs nomination hangs in the balance just two days before the nominee and the woman accusing him of sexual assault, dr. christine blasey ford, are set to testify under oath before the senate judiciary committee. as negotiations continue behind the scenes, one thing seems very clear. at this moment mitch mcconnell does not appear to have the votes to confirm brett kavanaugh. if he did he would have probably already called a vote. and now, two days before the american people get to ...

Stories to actually see some of this unfiltered, was it important to get the president on the record about that inconsistency? >> yeah. its clear that president trump as much as he often doesnt pay attention, hes picked up the republican talking point of lets find this one obscure line of something joe biden said 25 years ago about how it should be handled. and the president is vacillating, everything from how he talked about kavanaugh, china, all these different issues. it reflects the fact tha...

Today with judge kavanaugh is part of that sex war that judge oneill, along with his wife are a part of. >> that is probably not a connection republicans want to make, as kavanaughs nomination hangs in the balance just two days before the nominee and the woman accusing him of sexual assault, dr. christine blasey ford, are set to testify under oath before the senate judiciary committee. as negotiations continue behind the scenes, one thing seems very clear. at this moment mitch mcconnell does not...

Take a knee jerk reaction. fortunately he took a breath. looks, theres two ways to look at this. if the president were to fire rosenstein, it -- theres the political lens which would be bad if he did that. it would look as though he was trying to obstruct justice and obstruct the mueller investigation. but also from an investigative oversight standpoint, it wouldnt have any impact on the investigation. mueller is going to continue to do what hes going to do. so its best for the president to sit ...

Between them and the trump campaign. >> so michael, even with all the bluster and the bullying. and youve said this before. but you also said it in your column in "the atlantic" today. you said, "president trump loathes face-to-face confrontation and rarely fires anyone." >> hes a coward. he fires people on tv when its a reality tv show. but when its reality reality hes very uncomfortable with confrontation, especially with someone whos also powerful. so this is a president whos very comfortable...

Might see him lash out in other ways on other issues and on twitter. to be laughed at will be the most memorable take away in this speech. >> he said previously before he came on the scene, we were laughed at and the united states was such a laughingstock. the justification for so many of the anti-globalism policies that we tried to implement or talk about is we were being laughed at before we were taken advantage of. now we take things in our own hands and not being laughed at. when in fact the...

>> welcome back. "data down load" time. over the past year youve been hearing about the democratic enthusiasm about the elections which are six week away. this years primary turnout shows its more than just bluster. in the house primaries, in the 49 states that have held them, there have been over 36 million ballots cast overall. that is up 54% overall from 2014 primary numbers. and its up 24% for republicans and a remarkable 89% for democrats. so if history is any guide, that big edge for democ...

Staffer. and making deals with people is a way to resolve their issues and the goal is the truth. the goal isnt crushing people. if manafort did all these things wrong, im sorry, im not particularly sympathetic. let me say one other thing, though, to support what karl said. karl im agreeing with you. a lot of what is going on here is manaforts bluster. thats my view. it is out there that he directed some think tanks to do stuff including the wilson center he didnt, but my point is that mueller i...

Staffer. and making deals with people is a way to resolve their issues and the goal is the truth. the goal isnt crushing people. if manafort did all these things wrong, im sorry, im not particularly sympathetic. let me say one other thing, though, to support what karl said. karl im agreeing with you. a lot of what is going on here is manaforts bluster. thats my view. it is out there that he directed some think tanks to do stuff including the wilson center he didnt, but my point is that mueller i...