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Biden, 25 to buttigieg, 15 to the field or roger stone. >> bret: do you think he gets down? >> i think he gets 15. >> bret: the field includes deval patrick? >> i give 252 warren but shes the only candidate in the front runner who want to turn 80 in the white house. 15 bucks to biden, sanders, buttigieg p and to oprah, because if they can the winner is brett kavanaugh, who is still on the supreme court and i give him the winners spot because the loser is the anti-kavanaugh protesters who simply ...

Earth. he commands the strongest armed forces the world has ever seen. he can, with one single and stoppable order start a nuclear war that could end all human life for all time. his responsibilities are awesome, as is the majesty of his office. yet with all of that, the president of the united states, one of just 45 presidents ever, cannot let go of the slightest grievance. not even when its with somebody who is dead. mr. trump likes to say hes a counterpuncher. that is an arguable point, but i...

President of the united states, one of just 45 presidents ever, cannot let go of the slightest grievance. not even when its with somebody who is dead. mr. trump likes to say hes a counterpuncher. that is an arguable point, but if he is, hes now punching a dead man repeatedly and his family. keeping em honest, its the kind of story you just wish would go away, because, frankly, its sickening. but it hasnt gone away and theres one reason why the president keeps returning to it. he says its because...

Certainly this is one of the news conferences that stands out as filled with surprises, filled with moments where we expected something to happen, and it went in a different direction and something i think the president will continue to be questioned about when we have opportunities to interact with him down the line. andrea? >> thank you, kelly. having gone through that, kristen welker is with us as we well. the president of the united states two years after that election cannot give up, cannot...

Constitutional authority of whether or not we want to authorize this operation through the appropriations process. >> senator lindsey graham addressing the need for oversight committees. before that, secretary mattis briefed senate armed services committee chairman john mccain on what we know and presumably all the things we still dont know about the ambush in niger. there are still gaps in the story and the white house refuses to fill them in until the story is complete. mattis visit is the cul...

Only that russia had worked to influence it. the cia had to quickly play cleanup clarifying its own directors comments with a statement -- the intelligence assessment with regard to russian election meddling hasnt changed but the director will not to suggest it had. ken delainian joins us now. let me read you something a former senior intelligence official said about this story today. a very dangerous road to go down for pompeo. contradicting to bolster the presidents false narrative. what say y...

Demonstrably clear that she did not talk about funding. she did talk about herself. she talked about other members of congress and the role they played. i have been to many, many congressional events, especially in a home district. that is standard playbook. she also talked about the reason they were gathered there in 2015, which was the deaths of fbi agents for whom the building was being named. this is a simple fact change. and they could have acknowledged that they got it wrong. instead they ...

Collaborative process with the leaders of the intel committee. what senator mccain is trying to do here, as the war expands, as the military has more authority that congress is going to require more information. >> -- probably who never heard of niger until they found out four americans -- hi, everyone. im nicolle wallace. you were listening to gop senator lindsey graham making comments that im sure are very significant to folks who watch that careful balance between loosening the restrictions...

Simply. as we say in the south, all hat, no cattle. >> im not familiar with that expression but i know this one. when you are in a hole, stop digging. lets get to our reporters. covering the latest developments on a story the president cannot let go. kelly odonnell joins us from the white house. and chief white house correspondent peter baker. peter, let me start with you. what i felt like was a very hostile tone set by the white house press secretary today. and this almost surreal capacity to b...

The tragic deaths of four american service members in niger earlier this month. sarah huckabee sanders deflected questions about the operation that resulted in those four deaths and complained bitterly about ongoing questions from the media about the presidents response, seemingly unaware that the president himself is keeping the story alive by tweeting this last night around 11:00 p.m., after his chief of staff had attempted to quiet the storm. quote, the fake news media is going crazy with wac...