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Enough others, but he thinks that character counts, and thats been sort of lacking in this presidency. and it doesnt matter that some things are working if theres a real character deficit. and hes the one that keeps pointing it out with his swift and poignant pen. >> i also want to get your take on what fox news host tucker carlson said about the presidents response to russia attacking our election last night. here it is. >> i mean, im not a shrink so i dont fully understand it. i dont think rus...

Bill clinton, lets face it, i wasnt in congress back then, but a lot of folks were pretty darn alarmed and outraged and had a strong voice about the character, saying character counts. and now that the shoe is on the other foot, a lot of those same folks are pretty damn silent. >> the presidents behavior, whether its past behavior or current behavior, more generally could impact the midterm elections or in what way do you think it could impact the midterm elections? >> oh, yes, absolutely. this ...

Time, that ronan feral were trying to track down thats an issue and, if any, of these litigations go to a deposition and he has to speak on the record under oath about them, that could be a big problem. thats how we got into the clinton cascading debacle in the first place. >> absolutely right. thats where the legal jeopardy comes in. i think we also shouldnt just blindly dismiss the idea that character counts in the white house. history shows that it does. before he start to say that it doesnt ...

And there is someone missing, the president of the united states himself, more than a dodsen women have accused him of sexual assault. there is a pattern here. >> and no doubt and whether were talking about domestic abuse or sexual assault. they will defend the man accused of this activity, and they will try to denounce the woman, and that is very problematic. i think in this day and age, more than any, we need to give these women a voice, believe the women, let them have the opportunity to tell...

Handled. >> certainly not. i wouldnt cast anyone really in this administration in a good light. we have spent the first almost ten minutes of this program outlining pretty detailed timeline of when the information did get to people at the white house, whether it is the legal counsel or the chief of staff. and nothing was done until it was printed in the paper for all the world to see. and this is disturbing. character counts. and when you have an administration that puts someone with such egregi...

Essentially this is about character to her. is it not then about character? is it not about on the micro level, what roy moore has been accused of, and what he allegedly has done? >> 100% character counts for sure. and then what im saying is, the culture at times, no pun intended, trumps some of that. and i think it is important to point out, if donald trump was, for example, go to trump for a moment, if he was a pro-choice candidate for president in the general election, hes not in the white ho...

Taxes, foreign policy, immigration. and voters really want to have someone in congress who reflects their preferences. obviously character counts and alls fair in love and politics. doug jones is doing the smart thing by trying to run on those issues, and youre going to start to see the moore campaign transition as well. >> one of the confusing things here is the president seemed to speak to that today. lets play the sound of the president talking about this. >> women are very special. i think i...

That people will say, oh, hes not a democrat. bezos is out to get him. they will rationalize everything. it is what we have seen with people rationalizing. it is not about whether or not character counts, whether or not its moral agency. in the end this year what we have seen the most of is that it is always about their opponent and not about what they have done. >> and if you put party over principle again and again, true of either party, at the end of the day what you have as a party is not an...

>> the next president can put us right back in. >> jesse: you would have to applaud him for that. one of his best accomplishments is keeping hillary clinton out of the white house. >> i think the globe is warming. i dont know if that makes me a global warming guy. >> jesse: you look pretty tan. >> i was in california. >> jesse: i am sorry to hear that. to speak of the people in power, we have to hold them accountable. i think you are graded on a curve. hes had a lot of serious problems and i thi...

The next president could put us right back in. >> you would have to applaud him for that. youre not a global warming guy, i would assume. one of his best accomplishments is keeping hillary out of the white house. >> i do think the globe is warming, i dont know if that makes meal a global warming guy. >> you look pretty tan. i cant tell. >> i live in california now, i am tanned. >> sore try to hear that. >> during the last segment you said you want to hold the people in power to account. the most...