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If anybody is inconsistent, its him. not the president or this administration. >> does the president need my of donald trump jr.s guests at the trump tower that day? >> no and he wasnt aware of that. >> and well talk about the nuclear button tweet. should americans be concerned about the presidents mental fitness, that he appears to be speaking so lightly about threats regarding the nuclear button? >> the president and the people of this country should be concerned about the mental fitness of th...

>> well, the optics would be terrible, but that doesnt mean that republicans on the hill would actually do anything about it. but no, of course i dont believe that the white house has not been considering any possible way -- >> you dont? >> no! i mean, trump said on tv that part of the reason that he fired comey was that comey wouldnt let this russia thing go. you know, comey has said -- >> it wouldnt look good, though. >> it wouldnt look good. and comey has said that trump pressured him to stop...

Secret. this is the ninth individual who was either a part of the administration or a part of the campaign who has lied about or forgotten to reveal contacts with the russians. its moved into the presidents inner circle into the white house. this is very, very serious. this is an individual who has agreed to share everything he knows with the special counsel. the tweet yesterday raises more questions because the president has said he knew about -- that mr. flynn lied both to the vice president a...

Trump administration. theyre trying to get tax reform done. instead of actively lobbying for that, they will be focused on this. you cant say it is is the wisest use of mulvaneys time given what this administration hopes to accomplish. >> he doesnt have a lot of physical assets in terms on of where to put people. you make a fair point. >> can i ask one quick question. what happens if he just waited? when does the term expire? couldnt he put his own person in there in a year? >> yeah. but its tim...

In chief and the leader of the free world, and if he wants it to end, couldnt he just end it? >> i think donald trump could have taken a valuable lesson yesterday from barak obama and george w. bush when they talked a little bit about restoring some of the dignity and some of the stature to leadership in this country and the best thing donald trump could have done was not sent out that utterly inflammatory tweet where he extended the fight. he kept the conversation going. if you were a mature wh...

Pay this much. why couldnt he get there on his own? when you serve in government, and sometimes youre not going to be able to go to the places that he wanted to go that you could if you are in the workforce. but that is amazing. look, everything the president does, lets be clear. everything this administration does is going to get an extra level of scrutiny. things that might have been possible for previous administrations to get away with, they are not going to be able to get away with it in th...

Hasnt used the term white supremacist, we as a people should be able to get past it and say maybe he will talk about it later on. he will have two press conferences later this week. in the meantime, all of us pull together and try to address this. you pointed out marco rubios words were very good. i think most skpligpoliticians leaders are condemning this. what are we doing this blaming the president because the statement wasnt good enough for everybody. what can twoerjs stop this violence acros...

Victory right now, couldnt he? >> interesting there. i got john cornen, the man in charge of trying to count those votes in the senate. on "meet the press" on sunday. can they even get the bill on the floor? the real game here is whether they even get to start debating this new bill. it looks like momentum is against that. >> chuck todd, thank you so much. good to see you well be watching at 5:00 and again on sunday. coming up, the russia connection, more on that. key figure, an exsoviet count...

And calling her out because she has a nice smile. why couldnt he call her out because of the great piece she had written last week? >> he said she had a great piece, i think that would be a story. [ laughter ] >> i think its outrageous, way over board. >> oh my god. alice. that was good. how much time do we have left? i just want to say that alice, you look nice in your white blouse. you look very summery and you look great on tv. your hair looks great. >> thank you. >> matt, youre very handsome...

United states and talking to a woman journalist from another country, even so. and calling her out because she has a nice smile. why couldnt he call her out because of the great piece she had written last week? >> if he said she had a great piece, that would be a story. i think the outrage is way overblown here. >> alice! that was good. all right. how much time do we have left? i just want to say that alice, you look nice in your white blouse. you look very summery and great on tv. matt, youre v...