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Payback for the ugly 2008 primary. i want to dig down on that. >> i think this is a really interesting point and i think it touches on the fact that if joe biden does formally get into the race and this week announces his candidacy, we are going to expect a very messy primary. the hillary clinton example is not going to greet this kindly. there is talk that this is -- hes challenging her on her character issues, that this is pay-back for the it 2008 primary by the obama world who never let go ho...

The united states. this memo that one of our cnn contributors just received saying that the way to beat hillary clinton was to go after her top vulnerability, character issues. youve seen the memo. i dont know if you -- >> i dont recall putting ryans name on it. >> it was confidential. >> look, i dont think anything in that memo should be surprising to anyone. you saw the strategy executed by the campaign and the contrasts that barack obama drew. i would point out those were different times, tho...

Have you read that memo going back for 2007/2008 how these obama staffers including her current polster thought she was so vulnerable on these character issues? >> no, but it seems like it will make for an awkward staff meeting the next time we sit down. >> did you know at all about this? >> no. this is the first im -- >> how does she deal with this issue that maybe her character, shes flawed, is -- you keep hearing this over and over again not just republicans, but some democrats making the cas...

She was most vulner able on her character issues. >> i think what you saw -- >> -- shell be reinforcing that notion. >> i think we saw in 2008 president obama ran a good campaign and hes been an excellent president. but what you see in hillary clinton is someone who stays at it, who grinds it out. and the voters see that she will fight for them, there is no -- at the end of the debate, people will see that that is the woman on the stage who best understands my problems in my life. she has real s...

Experiences and the only by a he claims over hillary clinton is by going after her. and he cant go after her on the issues. and he would have to go after her on character issues. and im not sure he wants to do that. he and hillary are good friends and im not sure he has the stomach for that type of campaign. >> michael, do you see an opening for joe biden with the democratic landscape as it is now? bernie sanders surging and hillary clinton -- >> i do absolutely see an opening. as to a whole lot...

Exporting activities throughout the middle east for some time now. hes absolutely responsible for killing many americans. in fact i would say the last two years i was there the majority of our casualties same from his surrogates not sunni or al qaeda. >> reporter: that from an interview this week with our pentagon correspondent jennifer griffin. bret? >> james rosen live on the north lawn. james, thank you. a kenyan newspaper has reportedly published a second supposedly top secret air force on...

>> we share schools and streets and lunch counters. >> reporter: sunday he addresses a black church in south carolina. late this afternoon, trump fired back at perry tweeting governor perry failed on the border. he should be forced to take an iq test before being allowed to enter the gop debate. top ten in an average of recent polls will qualify and it will get krutcut throw. throat. >> and hillary clinton is taking a hit when it comes to character issues. ed henry is covering her campaign. >> r...

Reprioritize our values so that character trumps talent. >> i just want to -- what worries me is sometimes when i say character, we then take a whole group of people who are just bravado and braggadocio and say they have bad character as opposed to actual -- in this case claims at least, allegations, we dont have convictions in this case of real violence against people. >> part of the problem is actually -- i know you didnt mean it this way -- but using euphemisms as character issues if you read...

What we have with the isf is, you have got a -- whole host of character issues. you have the wrong people in the wrong locations for the wrong reasons. albeit, maliki would say for all the right reasons. i would argue that within the isf, they probably have a number of fighters and number of very good leaders at significant positions. but you end up with, kni five o cam bat ineffective. the reason we are there. so we can give maliki some time. as phil indicated. the broader concern is not only t...

Did not know. i was shocked. i learned about it when my -- finished about my trainer yesterday morning at 8:30. sleepless night last night getting to the bottom of it. i very quickly fired bridget kelly. >> no, hes known for 100 days, approximately 100 days since this surfaced in the beginning of september. youre telling me that he didnt look into it until yesterday? i mean, if thats the case, and ill take it at face value, then that says to me -- that speaks to a greater failure in leadership t...