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>> some republicans were finally saying enough. republican senator even promising to deliver a whipping of president trump. lets talk about all of this with my panel. this is going on multiple days now. thats why it doesnt make any sense. >> i think that the republican leaders, more republican leaders are going to come out particularly as it becomes this character question on whether or not they will stand up for a deceased war hero not just a dead man, a deceased war hero

>> at campaign headquarters in washington, d.c., staffers called their media contacts, characterizing toms reporting as faulty and irresponsible. for awhile, the dam would hold. >> for about 36 to 48 hours, its really possible to believe this is going to blow over. in fact, for day, the hart team is winning. most of the media was reviled by what the herald had done. >> there was a donebate, was i reasonable? was it fair? i was sensing it was not journalistically ethical. i felt the rules changin...

>> it is a management question, it is a character question, and now because this is washington, it is also a political issue senators have written to the white house, we want to know who knew what when about this. here is jackie spear saying fess up, tell us the truth. >> i believe they knew full well, they were inform ed by on of his wives last year. everyone thought they would be able to weather the storm until photographs of one of his wives with a black eye came out. >> should john kelly kee...

Multiple officials, and its a potential problem. >> just in terms of a timeline here. i know the white house wasnt clear when they expect this to be resolved. has that changed and. >> its not clear. and, really, its not entirely in the white houses control. i mean, the way this works is the fbi does not issue the clearances, they do the background checks but they supply this information to the white house and then the white house has to move forward and make the decision, but if the fbi presents...

Its not entirely in the white houses control. i mean the way this works is the fbi does not issue the clearances. they do the background checks. but they supply this information to the white house, and then the white house has to move forward and make the decision. but if the fbi presents information to the white house that is disqualifying for those, then the white house cant move forward and grant that long-term security clearance, which is a very difficult and valuable thing. there are reason...

The people united in defense of their future. >> shannon: okay. dont want to read too much into that but i think we know what he was talking about. richard, what do you think of his response? >> it was an interesting response and i think it speaks to a larger issue that i think president trump has, as b and his first year and he starts a second year is president, if you listen to the speech on the merits, its a very typical republican speech, ronald reagan would deliver, you would think he would...

Language and the republican party is not living up to the expectation of leadership that the country needs. >> what do you make of roger wicker? i throw that out there because the impression is he didnt want to answer the character question. >> he is running for election in the state where the president is very popular. what stuck out to me is he was counseling senator bob corker not to have gotten into it with the president on twitter. the president started it. he never said that. he is doing e...

There. a third more of a character question than a policy scorecard. two constants in this first year are the presidents casual relationship with the truth and his craving for conspiracy theories. those who thought the gravity of the job might change this troubling behavior have given up hope. just recently, reports the president tells some visitors that wasnt his voice on the "access hollywood" tape and this from a detailed account in todays "new york times." in recent months, mr. trump has use...

Lets discuss. lots to talk about. cnn contributor, "new york post" columnist and "washington examiner" reporter selena zito is with us, amy parnes and david drucker. lets talk about the sexual harassment scandals -- not just sexual harassment but harassment as well as a sexual scandal of some sort. i want to start with congressman barton, hes under the bright lights right now, david. hes not being accused of sexual harassment and nobody is accusing him of breaking any laws, but its a character q...

Everybody expected him to pivot. there was a promise he would assume presidential stat us and give gravitas to it. >> we love to talk about how disappointed we are in donald trump and what an awful guy he is and what a cream he is. i dont understand how that answers any of the demands the american people are doing. as far as character matters question, all i can say is, what my kids tell them when i tell them how much i cant stand the kardashians. youre just an old lady and you dont understand. ...