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That this guy was being cast aside maybe for political reasons, maybe for these other reasons, and so thats what we have. drama involving the chaplain. >> but the interesting political subtext to the whole chaplain issue was that hes a catholic priest. and there were, apparently, some members of the house republican conference who thought it needed to be an evangelical protestant, not a catholic. and you had certain catholic members of the congress saying, you know, this is anti-catholic bias. t...

Wound up resigning or offering to resign. ryan accepted it. then there was like a hailstorm of hate on ryans head for going after the chaplain. then the chaplain rescinded his letter and ryan accepted his rescision of the letter. >> this is like the "real housewives." a drama involving a father, a man of the cloth here. >> nothing is sacred. >> right. some of the reporting suggests that members of congress werent happy with him. they didnt feel like he was around enough. they didnt feel like he ...

His resignation talked about this conversation that he had with speaker of the house paul ryans chief of staff, jonathan burks, in which he alleges that his catholic faith was one of the reasons for his dismissal. the house chaplain saying in that letter, i inquired as to whether or not it was for cause and mr. burks, ryans chief of staff mentioned dismissively like maybe its time we had a chaplain that wasnt catholic. i should note that jonathan burks disputes that. a lot of questions still rem...

>> were in a whole new world, a whole new economic world since the crash in 2007-2008. thanks so much. rudy giuliani not just creating legal problems for the white house. there is a credibility crisis as well. it wasnt just rudy creating this. the question now is what does one believe? plus, the priest fights back. house speaker paul ryan backs off his decision to dismiss the house chaplain. and the most active volcano in the world is erupting right now. this morning more than a thousand p...

Conroy pretty unresigned in a letter to house speaker paul ryan. he said he wants to finish his term as house chaplain, writing in part "i have never been disciplined nor reprimanded, nor have i ever heard a complaint about my ministry during my time as house chaplain." he goes august 8 ryan never spoke with him about resigning. the chief of staff delivered the message. conroy writes "i inquired as to whether or not it was for cause in mr. brooks mentioned dismissively something like maybe its t...

We will get this together. >> we will start with father pat conroy. he is reside in a letter to paul ryan saying he wants to finish his term as house chaplain writing and part, quote, i have never been disciplined or reprimanded, nor have i ever heard a complaint about my ministry during my time as house chaplain, ryan never spoke with him about resigning, chief of staff deliver the message saying the speaker was asking for his resignation writing i inquired whether it was for cars, he said mayb...

Steve: we have quick friday morning headlines for you. south carolina following yaws lead outlawing virtually all abortions. ban termination except in cases of rape, incest and medical emergency. the bill now heads back to the state house. the house chaplain who claims he was forced to step down by house speaker paul ryan got his job back. ryan issued an apology to reverend pat conroy saying, quote: i know this body is not well-served by a protracted fight over such an important position. conroy...

He lost his way in that way from what i was told. >> julie: yeah, first of all, god is god. what i dont understand, antoine, how do we get to a place where theres a political battle over the chaplain at the white house? >> this is a sign of the times. unfortunately the chaplain has just been sucked up into this vacuum and this new norm that we live in here in the united states of america. its very unfortunate, the good news is, a bipartisan ever was in place to take a deep dive and find out what...

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>> eight minutes away were watching for the potential release of three american prisoners in north korea. are the reports of a breakthrough in their case a sign the presidents strategy on north korea is working? ari fleischer joins us. plus a congressional chaplain withdraws his resignation in a capitol hill controversy. how did his job become the latest political foot ball. nbc forced to make a major correction on the michael cohen story. how did they get it so wrong? >> bill: see you in seven ...