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Respond. ultimately it cost over $48 million to the taxpayers. and as you know the cases involved detaining people without what a judge said were cause as well as accusations of racial profiling. do you stand by all of that, or do you think that being held in contempt by a judge shows that some of that, for you, was over the line? >> well, first of all, we run one of the best jail systems in the country, according to the u.s. department of justice and others. when you went through that litany th...

Experimenting with how to use presidential pardons leaving many to wonder if hes also trying to send a message to his fellow subjects in the russia probe. he gave his very first pardon to a political ally, joe arpaio. the controversial former arizona sheriff who was actually convicted of contempt of court for defying judges orders. now, i spoke to arpaio on the beat after he announced he was running for the u.s. senate. we talked about many things, including why he thought he should be able to w...

Answered from this individual. there are maybe some privilege issues that have to be dealt with, but at this point, with so much water under the bridge, it is hard to imagine many relevant questions were he would continue to refuse to answer. the idea of his appearance was that we would finally get a full account. he said that hes been treated unfairly. maybe he has, but the way to correct the record is to make a record. testify publicly and we can see how you are being treated and, yes, the com...

Different. i was uncomfortable with. a friend of mine came to me and showed me something that pointed out clearly how dishonest the media was in the donald trump campaign. how they would isolate moments from his behavior and make it appear as though he were a racist or big on the. i didnt realize. this i thought cnn told the truth. i thought msnbc told the truth. i thought rachel madow told the truth. i went on a quest to find out more, it was blind blowing, what other things arent they being ho...

Finding cultural shifts i was uncomfortable with. a friend pointed out how clearly the media was in the donald trump campaign, how they would isolate moments from his behavior, and make it appear he was a racist or bigot. i didnt realize this. i thought that cnn told the truth. i thought msnbc told the truth, that rachel maddow told the truth. this was mind blowing to me. i went on a quest to find out what other things were not honest about, which turned out to be a lot. i started talking about ...

To -- sometimes there are few options as well. even if he pardons cohen, he could be forced to testify, because then he doesnt have a fifth amendment privilege. >> and we were talking about this in the green room. sk cohen could then try to refuse to testify, held in contempt and still goes to jail. so hes in a very clear spot. when we come back, as the president contemplates his pick for the supreme court, it will surprise no one watching whether the candidate looks the part. not cool. freezi...

Party that has the presidency is going to lose seats. we cant have that had this time. if we do, they doll those four things, and they so hate this president, and the american people -- the fbi agents that tried to undermine trump in the soft coup, those people thought they knew better than the american people. its arrogance, power, those are in your books, all the philosophers that you talk about, i read every one of your books, all of the framers and founders warned about tyranny in government...

Party that has the presidency is going to lose seats. we cant have that had this time. if we do, they doll those four things, and they so hate this president, and the american people -- the fbi agents that tried to undermine trump in the soft coup, those people thought they knew better than the american people. its arrogance, power, those are in your books, all the philosophers that you talk about, i read every one of your books, all of the framers and founders warned about tyranny in government...

Bush to the second term. >> the media hated him, hated him, but they hate trump more. >> more. mark: and my view of that is, and see if you agree. they thought hillary was going to win, banked on hillary, wanted the american people rose up and said enough is enough, we want to try this man, and this is not just an attack from my perspective on trump. this is an attack on the american people. and can you hear it more and more, scarborough talking about trump voters as racist. they are racist. hil...

Bush to the second term. >> the media hated him, hated him, but they hate trump more. >> more. mark: and my view of that is, and see if you agree. they thought hillary was going to win, banked on hillary, wanted the american people rose up and said enough is enough, we want to try this man, and this is not just an attack from my perspective on trump. this is an attack on the american people. and can you hear it more and more, scarborough talking about trump voters as racist. they are racist. hil...