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>> exponentially off, you are right about that. >> we have to remember, when squle hear james clapper or mr. brennan or mr. comey, they are always this way a little bit thatted way. i think tomorrow it will be one of those things each side he get maybe their talking point out of it. but james comey is a slick guy when hes testifying. weve seen him. hes a great performer and up think hell work to preserve his own reputation more than he is lets uncover the truth. >> it may not be to clear-cut. as...

Time? he talked about bringing jobs back, building a wall and destroying isis. he did it all the time and this is one of his big goals. >> shannon: you remember, too, he very openly and very stridently said he would be moving the embassy to jerusalem and that certainly has been backed off on at this point. is that just the political realities of getting into the job and maybe not as clear-cut as you hoped it would be. a lot of people are saying we thought you were israels big et al eye and promi...

Trump was meeting with chinese counterpart, what has been the reaction there? >> reporter: chinese media covering the strikes in syria as story separate from the fact that xi jinping and donald trump were sitting in the same room at the time it happened. no reaction from the chinese side from the state dinner from xi jinping or senior officials or trusted advisers. not likely to be. uncharacteristic for chinese to make any comment on the strategic decision of another country. as well the ties be...

Picture that it puts into question nunes ability to be the chairman of the house intelligence committee which is, of course, an oversight committee aimed at overseeing the executive branch. take a look at how schumer put it earlier today. >> if speaker ryan wants the house to have a credible investigation, he needs to replace chairman nunes. chairman nunes seems to be more of a partisan for the president than an impartial actor. he has not been cooperating like someone who is interested in getti...

Owners who shouldnt be intermediate step but why we need to cut taxes on middle and upper middle income tax payers i dont understand as we are running huge deficits, and dont see the rationale of it. to cut taxes you need a more prosperous country. that is not been proved. >> not proven if you cut the corporate tax good things wont come to the economy? >> the corporate tax should not only be cut but eliminated. >> i agree with you but why is it good for the economy to cut the corporate tax but n...

The ethics issue, we keep hearing over and over from trump administration people that the president is not subject to conflict of interest laws. what about conflict of interest laws. what about kellyanne conway? >> shes clearly subject to ethics laws, and clearly violated them here. the rules and laws are very clear that you cant use an official position to benefit a private interest. thats what she did here. its clear-cut. and it sends the wrong message. and frankly, the initial statement that ...

Himself in, i was in a different state, heres the people to talk to. >> i dont know if he could have done anything else. apparently, whoever his attorney was did a lousy job. >> what about rosarios trial attorney? he didnt want to discuss the case with me even though rosario asked him to. so i reached out to someone else who could help fill me the on this case. his office is a few blocks from nbc headquarters. >> ive been a lawyer for 30 years. >> chip first met rosario about five years after hi...

Attorney? he didnt want to discuss the case with me even though rosario asked him to. so i reached out to someone else who could help fill me the on this case. his office is a few blocks from nbc headquarters. >> ive been a lawyer for 30 years. >> chip first met rosario about five years after his conviction. a former classmate from yale law school asked if he would represent rosario on appeal for free. to chip it seemed like a slam-dunk case. >> i thought once i read the case, and i still think,...

When someone says socialists, they kind of overlook and discount that baggage. >> the system is broken and people are looking for some kind of magic fix. and bernie sanders was welcomed. his voice was welcomed, even though he had not been a democrat. he came into the democratic party with something new and maybe it could have fixed, but ultimately, he didnt win it. but, you know, his words live on. >> and you know, young people want to know, my kids were like this. they still are, they love the ...

For change in the two-party system and they dont trust the republicans or the democrats, so when someone says socialists, they kind of overlook and discount that baggage. >> the system is broken and people are looking for some kind of magic fix. and bernie sanders was welcomed. his voice was welcomed, even though he had not been a democrat. he came into the democratic party with something new and maybe it could have fixed, but ultimately, he didnt win it. but, you know, his words live on. >> and...