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Reached with them. Daniels was doing what many people view as a conventional form of celebrity extortion. She wanted to cash in on her story. But whats interesting is that donald trump was trying to kill false stories as well as stories that were allegedly true. There was a story involving a door man who said he had an illegitimate child. She wanted to kill that, too. Thats not strange for celebrities or politicians. Indeed, many members of congress have engaged in ndas throughout the years. So ...

Seeing some pretty significant pushback from the white house on. whats your take? >> for this story, we went back and re-examined a lot of what the president has done in the past two years as he sought to control the investigation. we found out things he tried to do related to the michael cohen investigation. we found out things he did as far back as february of 2017, right after mike flynn got fired. we were trying to paint a portrait of what the presidents efforts to control, to sort of direct...

But maybe not by brett kavanaugh, rather what he said was, quote -- sorry, what he said would, quote, make the most sense to him is that somebody else who looks exactly like brett kavanaugh might have done it and that brett kavanaugh is being unfairly blamed. its kind of a weird argument but today that theory exploded online thanks to a man named ed wealen. hes quote, hes been involved in helping advise kavanaughs confirmation efforts and hes close friends with both kavanaugh and leonard leo, th...

Like brett kavanagh might have done it and brett kavanagh is being unfairly blamed. its kind of a weird argument, but today that theory exploded online thanks to a man named ed wheel en, president of something called the ethics in public policy center, former clerk to the late justice antonin scalia, very well known in right wing legal circles. ed whee lan has been involved helping advise kavanaghs confirmation efforts and hes close friends with both kavanagh and leonard leo, the head of the f...

Numbers are going up. gallup not a fly by night operation had him at 45. now he is 49% approval in a very polarized country. i dont know if you heard. we seem to be in. thats pretty significant. steve: no kidding. speaking of polarization. the president also hammering democrats yesterday telling republicans to go nuclear, mitch, if the democrats try to block his supreme court pick. listen. >> there will be 60 votes. >> its the same things they have been saying about every republican nominee. >> ...