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What is this exercise that we go through at this point? what is is about? >> kennedy: thats a great question. >> chris: democrats have been pushing this a lot, some republicans pushing this a lot, trying to double down on the character attacks on the president. it didnt seem to work before if the access hollywood tapes didnt change peoples minds. i dont think dating a playboy model bill. so the only real question now is as a going to be illegal? but again, its worth looking at the polls because ...

He now has a new attorney who is still a little camera shy but not completely against him doing it. theres a sense, a belief by mr. cohen, and people this cohenland, that there is going to be an onslaught coming from people in the presidents orbit. either character attacks or further attempt to distance themselves and the president from michael cohen. so there is a window of time where he felt like, i am going to try to restore my reputation before this attack. >> is it, does he have good reason...

That there is going to be an onslaught coming from people in the presidents orbit, either character attacks or further attempt to distance themselves and the president from michael cohen. so there is a window of time where he felt like, i am going to try to restore my reputation before this attack. is it -- does mr. cohen have good reason to believe there is going to be this kind of assault? is he imagining this might happen, but its potentially a delusion? >> my sense is that its not imagined, ...

To war with jim comey. >> one last question, jim comey and andrew mccabe, both are witnesses in the mueller investigation into the possible obstruction of justice by the president. how do these attacks play into the presidents state of mind? >> these look like the kind of care and character attacks that are in an effort of assassinating a witness before he is being cross examined on the witness stand. these are not the actions youd hear from the president of the united states. i dont believe pre...

Honest, 60% of americans said no. and that includes 62% of independents and 20% of republicans. he does not have any political capital to use. >> adam schiff i think just competed something in line with that. well wait till we can pull that up. heres adam schiff. its true that mueller has impaneled a grand jury, all the more important that congress protects his independence. this underscores what youre saying that the mueller probe is on its own track, immune to character attacks and right wing ...

Politics, it matters a lot whether youre pitching policy or character of republicans were effective at going at hillary clintons character including with things that didnt seem obviously terrible like the wall street speeches became a bigger issue than some might have expected given how many ties there are to wall street from both candidates. is this a character attack? >> it is a character attack. i mean, i would say if you look at trumps numbers, i done think you need to have that many more ch...

Picture here is the trump administration and its agents are looking to find new ways to defeat isis. if that means talking to people on the phone who are in comparable positions in foreign governments, so be it. more information needs to come out before you can start making character attacks on someone like mike flynn. he deserves the benefit of the doubt when it comes to character and integrity questions. >> emily, regardless, democrats are certainly jumping on this. theyre calling for an inves...

Originally stated, but that he didnt do anything wrong. i think whats interesting as franken went after his character, most everyone else was sticking to policy differences. democrats have huge policy contrasts with senator sessions and the department of justice will change radically from the obama department of justice. i think it was strong of him to so strongly defend himself against the 1986 event when he was passed over for the judgeship to defend himself against charges of being racially i...

Granted, thats how its set. the responsibilities of the debate moderators, does that change in a situation like this? do they have a responsibility to press the candidates for answers to not only this question but also policy answers if this debate becomes too focused on personal character attacks? >> yeah. i think they do. the moderators have a tough job and whats unusual this year is that the town hall debate actually has two moderators and so there is a bit more of a presence than on the stag...

He took that opportunity to harp on the character attacks. >> he was waiting for his moments. >> it worked. >> he was. >> and donald trump has built-in boo lines. look at all of you up there, he looks at the cameras focused on him. its so funny. >> television networks spend lots of money on these debates. we go to great lengths to promote the debates. were holding the debates so people can learn more about trump and the other candidates. its easy to criticize and attack. lets keep in mind the be...