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President trump is about to jump into full campaign mode according to washington post report. he is not on a ballot next year but plenty of republicans he wants to see elected are. it is mid term elections. two candidates the president went all in for lost at the polls. i want to get in. two of our political commentators to get in on this. al stewart who once ran communications for is in ted cruz and ben ferguson who hosts his own radio show. i was referring to the special election in alabama. p...

There was also a story out of kentucky, a disturbing story about a lawmaker who killed himself after a local news outlet published an incredible investigation into his past, including into sexual assault allegations. dan johnson then killed himself. many other stories here. lets pull them all together back with me now is ados gold. nfl network suspended three commentators this week, espn suspended two commentators this week. what do you think is being missed in all the conversations? >> the head...

>> if one person can be persecuted by an instrument of the government at one standard and another cant, what does it mean to all of us? should we fear our fbi? >> there is a cleansing needed in our fbi and department of justice. it needs to be cleansed of individuals who should not just be fired but who need to be taken out in handcuffs. >> mueller is corrupt. the senior fbi is corrupt. the system is corrupt. >> his conflicts of interest, his clear bias, the corruption are on full display. muell...

Spoke the more political he sounded. he defended his inaugural crowd size and even bragged about the number of times hed been on the time magazine cover. and he went after the media. >> as you know, i have a running war with the media. they are among the most dishonest human beings on earth. [ laughter ] [ applause ]. >> right? >> many commentators noted the inappropriateness of the remarks in this context as well as the favorable way in which they were received. >> i always call them the dishon...

"new york times" editorial page has a headline sanity reins. this split the republican party and conservative commentators were happy. >> julie: while the media may have been celebrating moores loss, a roy moore win would have been a bad thing for republicans in the end. it would have been a bad thing for the gop. so then that brings me back to my original point why then would the media celebrate roy moores win when really it is a win for republicans despite the fact a democrat took that race aw...

Bob, how many times have people on this program and other programs and political commentators and strategists, how many times have they said the exact same thing, yet this administration and president doesnt seem to listen, he goes back to the base, he needs that ego boost. >> i mean, we do have to think also they havent gotten much done legislatively, they dont have a big bill win they didnt get health care done opinion i think theyre going to get a tax bill cut done. is that going to get him t...

Primary he had to back him because hof his conservative base. in alabama, and across the rest of the country would have expected no less, and the senior senator from alabama, richard shelby, was among those that decided not to back roy moore. a difficult situation for those here at the white house, and what this could mean going forward. >> joe johns, thank you very much. joining us is our trio of political commentators, simone sanders, very nice to have you here all this morning. simone, we a...

It doesnt make sense. its not logical. but we also are not living in a logical time. i mentioned this cold civil war a few moments ago in the earlier segment and i think we need to look at so much of our culture in terms of the cold civil war and the willing participation of combatants on all sides of the cold civil war and willingness to be oblivious to facts is undermining our very culture and system and these attacks are the most prominent evidence of how we are undermining truth and indeed a...

Arthel: we have team coverage on the ground. peter doocy is following moores campaign. what is moore up to in the final days of the campaign? reporter: roy moore is going to rally with steve bannon monday. this will be the third time he has joined roy moore on the campaign trail. hes largely avoided questions from journalists, instead granting interviews to friendly commentators. this is in stark contrasts to his democratic opponent who holds interviews almost daily. >> i know you are the old me...

Coverup? >> yes. it abets a coverup because there is a coverup going on in the white house and among trumps aides and former aides relating to the investigations. we dont know what the coverup is about, whether it constitutes a obstruction of justice or a criminal conspiracy at this point. though theres some evidence that suggests it might be the case. but yes, because the commentators that you are hearing and showing are not open in any way to the best obtainable version of the truth, to facts,...