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Candidate says, we have this problem. there are women who say i had an affair with them. can we just rustle up $150,000 of hush money that we route through a third-party, then reimburse and cover it all up? is that cool? whats your answer to that person? >> i hope i wouldnt run of the out room screaming, but theres a chance. so, you know, the problem is, trying to do something like that in a campaign context, where expenditures are supposed to be exposed, is clearly a problem. >> yes. >> you hav...

Daniels and mcdougal to keep them from talking about their sexual encounters with president trump. since it was done in the campaign context it constituted a campaign-financed violation. it instantly shifted the conversation about president trump from talk about alleged collusion in the 2016 election, that is cooperation with russia to try to fix the election, shifted it from that to allegations of a campaign finance violation by the president. >> bill: rudy giuliani sunday morning. the tweet he...

Cooperation on michael cohen, seems somebody is influential perhaps as powerful as david pecker would be given immunity for something bigger than michael cohen, no? >> yeah, i think so. also, you cant -- you cant mix the word journalism with what the enquirer does when in the case of hillary, and you didnt have this coverup, they had her adopting an alien. you know, and they put a picture of the alien on the cover with hillary clinton. i mean, what kind of journalistic standards do you have? pla...

Donald trumps mind is the original censure, the thing hes been at his attorney general for since the beginning of the presidency, which is sessions decision to recuse himself from the russia investigation. this suggests that even if he hadnt had not then, he would have had to eventually have done it. >> bret: steve? >> you have seen even some of the presidents most vociferous critics on the left, democrats, say that the mccabe firing may well have been justified. people who have been briefed on ...

Much. >> i have a couple of questions about this. the first one which well dispense with is his talking about treasonous, sarah sanders saying that was clearly a joke. will you react to what you heard? >> i think it is so disturbing that we have a president who would use that word in a campaign context to really, you know, diminish what treason really is. this is a president who is increasingly looking very desperate, the nunes memo is a big flop, the only thing that showed to me was that this p...

Thats about the only thing that makes sense as far as im concerned. >> last week was interesting. senate and house democrats hammered sessions for previously telling congress under oath that no trump campaign associates communicated with russian operatives or intermediaries. some democrats accused him of deliberately lying to lawmakers and sessions denies and said he didnt remember because of the chaos of the campaign. does sessions face possible charges next? >> you know, its difficult to say. ...

Sought and was promised thousands of e-mails with dirt on hillary clinton. fact, it represents the clearest cut connection to the administration. fact, george papadopoulos was a member of the trump campaign, a foreign policy adviser and a team headed by jeff sessions. here he is, see him at the table, sessions on one end, trump, then candidate, at national security meeting on the other. what are we hearing from the white house now? thi! this. >> it was extremely limited, volunteer position and n...

American citizens. the standard is really high. i have a degree of confidence in that. once you get to 2016, i dont think those judges in my experience, would care about a campaign context -- >> or presidential candidate? that a presidential candidate could be indirectly -- >> but at least the law enforcement folks were doing it, have an absolute obligation to minimize those conversations. and so if he was on the phone talking to donald trump about campaign strategy, theyve got to turn it off. >...

Out of the white house. you raise the point, what if it comes to a moment where they really need to believe their president? its a valid question, his supporters will say look, he wasnt a trust worthy character when he got elected. hell continue to govern this way. this is not in the campaign context. this is in a governing context now where presidents rely on that trust with the american people where they have to convey information in a time of crisis. >> this is where the rubber meets the road...

You raised the point, what if it comes to a moment where they really need to believe their president? its a valid question. his supporters will say look, he wasnt a trustworthy character when he got elected, and hes there now, so we can continue to govern this way. this is not in a campaign context. this is in a governing context now where presidents rely on that trust with the american people when they have to convey information in a time of crisis. >> this is where the rubber meets the road. c...