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Invitation and saying surely, yes, you can come. thats not an invitation. >> be that as it may, he was going to have the same problem no matter when he went, which is the way he talks and the phrases he used -- i mean, look, especially to jewish-americans, okay? bringing back stalinesque, or certainly was was used by germany during world war ii as propaganda is really disgusting and startling to them, and i dont know who told the president it was a good idea to bring those phrases back. i cant t...

Amendment is -- we can -- >> theyre selective, yeah. but youre making my point, though. the purpose of the 14th amendment was to give citizenship to the former slaves. it had nothing to do with an illegal immigrant coming into the country and having -- >> thank you for making my racist thing. >> it was also to -- the point was that we would have one class of american citizens. everyone born here no matter what the status of their parents would be considered equal. i dont buy the idea that people...

That. >> because every time i call him that, i show the facts, what he said about -- >> let me just give you an example. nationalism is not a racist term. >> but people know when you say nationalism, they know -- >> no, they dont. >> smart people know what that is a dog whistle for, and its a wink and a nod to white nationalism. >> you said something that i think is flatly irrelevant. you said the president is not an anti-semite. that might be true, but were talking about the fact that he is hap...

Clear, isnt it? >> george conway is a conservative. >> pardon? >> george conway is a conservative. >> so whats your point. >> you said liberals dont believe in the constitution. we were talking -- >> im saying what they were saying is the exact words of the constitution matter. i believe in that. i believe in the freedom of speech and the right to bear arms and that all rights are reserved for the states and those have [ overlapping voices ] >> the presidents attack on the press suggest to me th...

Look back at the birther movement. if the evidence is there, what do you want me to do, lie about it? im a journalist. i have to give the facts and the truth. the truth and the evidence points to him being a racist. hes a racist. his policy and his words are racist, end of story. >> i dont believe that, and i -- >> well be right back. hundred roads named "park" in the u.s. its americas most popular street name. but allstate agents know thats where the similarity stops. if youre on park street in...

Be that as it may, he was going to have the same problem no matter when he went, which is the way he talks and the phrases he uses -- i mean, look, especially to jewish-americans, okay? bringing back stalinesque or certainly what was used by germany during world war ii as propaganda is really disgusting and startling to them, and i dont know who told the president it was a good idea to bring those phrases back. i cant tell you how often in politics a phrase is used that you think is colloquially...

Really want, with donald trump as our president, to be rewriting the 14th amendment? i mean honestly -- [ overlapping voices ] >> you dont trust him to -- >> -- to basically make sure -- >> conservatives say the second amendment is sacrosanct. these amendments should not be touched or challenged. but all of a sudden, the 14th amendment is -- we can -- >> theyre selective, yeah. but youre making my point, though. the purpose of the 14th amendment was to give citizenship to the former slaves. it h...

President that he cant trample on the constitution to score political points. >> i wish democrats -- >> that is, by the way, kellyanne conway, senior adviser to the president. >> fascinating marriage. >> we have a president who hasnt shown in a lot of cases that he really understands the way the american governmental system is supposed to work at all. basic things like separation of powers and these kind of things. so either its just a cheap political stunt or in some ways more frighteningly, he...

I would wait until next tuesday. the theme throughout this book in great detail goes against the notion that the president has been leading foreign policy in a safe or positive way. quite the opposite is true, over and over again. its not just talking about the beginning of the administration. there is frustration up until very recently that they cannot through to him. there is no learning curve, for example, as far as woodwards reporting on south korea. >> lets go back to the senate confirmatio...

Thats not really our role. i think both as a formal and functional matter its important to stick to the text. there are canons of interpretation which cause you presumption and super impose presumption on a text. >> but you colonel senior yourself aa texturalist. if you follow justice kagans statement, were all texturalists now. >> paying attention to the text of the statue utilize such as mens rhea, things like that that are settled. some of the canons are not so settled, a whole separate hour ...