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Described as a cover-up going on in the west wing? >> i dont think it requires speculation. they are clearly trying to keep people from understanding what happened. theyre not being forthcoming. it could be even broad er than that. i think mika asked the question, can this be fixed in any way? there needs to be someone new at the justice department in charge of the investigation. i dont think it can be the deputy attorney general anymore. i think someone else there who is fiercely spent and with...

Certainly i would be, there might be a possibility that the president inadvertently waived executive privilege going forward by mentioning that in the letter. >> that has been discussed. we will find out. one thing is for certain, james comey is going to have the opportunity to clear himself because he may find himself in legal peril if he doesnt answer that question. in effect, you may be right. >> we have a lot more to get through. there are many layers to this and more to share with our viewe...

Should stay in place. >> how would they decide that? >> theyre first going to talk about standing. its a legal concept. do the states have the right to sue? that may take up most of the hour of the argument. if the states cant bring this lawsuit then we never reach the constitutional question. >> does washington, minnesota have to say that we as a state and states have been irreparably harmed? thats a high bar for them to prove. usually its just individuals who would have standing. how difficult...

Strategy and plan here. >> john, lets talk about a candidate who doesnt have an organization on the ground but is doing well in the polls, thats joe biden not even in the race gaining ground on clinton. polls showing in part because he has a quality that voters dont appear to see in clinton, tha s honesty, sincerity. does the democratic party need joe biden to run? are they getting nervous with clinton that they want biden as plan b? >> plan b is what joe biden is for the democratic party. in an...

California law, not the courts but california law at the time as a matter of conscience. kim davis says shes defying the court in this case as a matter of conscience. isnt there an equivalent there? >> no, the law is settled or constitutional da democracy. shes an agent of the state, the constitution has been settled, the constitutional question. what we did in 2004 wasnt settled until the california supreme court ultimately adjudicat adjudicated. when they did, we stopped and thats the differen...

Will last? its not easy to up stage two presidential candidates, yeah, thats what kim davis did simply by walking out the door of that detention center, and now tonight, shes at home with her husband and clearly, trying to recover from everything that she has seen and been through but the question remains, what will she do when she shows up back on the job and there could be a lot of pressure on her because you see, kim davis is not just a clerk anymore, shes a cause for religious freedom. jim? ...

>> no question. >> brian stelter in new york. joining me now is katrina pierson and mike shields, former chief of staff for the rnc that worked in the bush administration. mike, id like to start with you. this is a big night for jeb bush. the premiere of stephen colbert, is this a risky way to turn around a low energy image trump has been successfully promoting? >> no, i dont think so. its a good strategy and really shows that what jeb has been doing recently has worked. he started off as what w...

Fire archibald cox, nixon fired his attorney general and deputy attorney general. it all came down to be known as the saturday night massacre. heres tom brokaw reporting from the white house that night. >> already tonight, white house sources are trying to focus our attention on the presidents proposed compromise for the release of those watergate summaries and trying to divert our attention from the stunning developments here tonight. one white house source says the presidents motive was solely...

From booking to baggage claim. were raising the bar on flying and tomorrow we will up it yet again. hes not just the commander in chief, hes also the interrupter in chief. time now to grab some trail mix. >> there were a whole bunch of oil companies -- >> i had a question and the question was, how much did you cut them by? >> you want me to answer -- >> how much did you cut them by -- >> not true, governor romney. >> mitt romney bore the brunt of the interpretations at tuesdays presidential de...

>> well, i do think that president obama certainly appeared, lets say, stronger than he has in the first debate, and i would say, arguably as strong as -- >> because social media seems to be saying its okay for romney now, several days out, where it was not the case the day of. >> well, i was just going to say, i think that, you know, if you read the entirety of president obamas statement from the rose garden, the one that candy mentioned in her fact checking, its not as though president obama c...