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Sort of totalitarian state. can a country function when the civilian population is armed better than the police? >> thats a good question. i take it back to 2002 briefing that some members of the state department and i had after the tragic i vents of 9/11 at fort brag. one of the things the individuals there who were conversing with the situation in the world with regard to terrorism that alarmed them and us majorly. this is as the ruins are still smoldering from 9/11. their pronouncement that d...

Republicans up for re-election, we talked about susan collins tillis, corey gardner, theyre thinking about that and that may be what breaks the camels back. and not all in d.c., most are around across the country. many of them are trump supporters and thats going to be, i think, the pressure point on donald trump. >> dysfunction in the airports. >> i was about to say, i was watching local news last night and the local news coverage of our local airports here was galling. and everybodys got one, ...

Trump? >> well, it says everything about donald trump. it says, what a dangerous admiration this presidency is and, you know, read the woodward book. its harrowing. >> yeah, it is. >> its harrowing. >> it is. >> its like diving catch after diving catch. youve got this sort of loose cannon. you got the shambolic presidency that cant even spell right much less do the staff work, the things that need to be done to make the country function right. its scary. >> shambolic presidency. thank you for th...

Institutions instead of building them up. thats whats made our country function in the way that it is. >> reporter: but again thats a rare criticism from a republican. today i talked to a bunch who generally said its within the presidents right to do this. even as democrats reacted with significant alarm, worried that this may have significant ramifications for even the mueller investigation if the president were to take steps to get rid of the security clearances of people investigating him and...

Looks like i think i track of how does he purchase that clemenceau had to sell it to him. an auto dealer in germany or something.someone had to sign off on that and said its okay for him to buy this. if we take the mercedes away, he will come to the table. immunity start taking away some of the things from august 30 nine, probably came through august 30 nine. >> it probably did. and further than that. if you take away the luxuries that he gives to all of the thousands of people of the highest in...

The lawyer. but it speaks to the unfitness of this president. and of course this is the larger issue thats raised by the michael wolff book. that heres a man who is so unsuited to the job, so incapable, so lacking in the basic temperament and skills to do the work, that his own lawyers cant tell him the truth. how can the country function that way? so its an extraordinary moment in the history of the white house counsel. i know of nothing like it. >> its fascinating whats happening with these la...

Law, i dont care about the rule of law and i dont care about political norms. that is the president we have right now. that is the president that we must be vigilant about watching his behavior because he does not care about bringing this country together or letting this country function. he only cares about his personal biases and bigotry. >> and were -- im out of town, but were watching this while the nation is praying because a level 4 hurricane was hitting texas at the time he issues this pa...

Compromise is not a dirty word. look at it this way, folks. how does this country function without consensus? how can we move forward without being able to arrive at consensus? four more years of this kind of pitched battle may be more isnt this country can take. we have to change it. we have to change it. i believe we need up moon shot in this country to cure cancer. it is personal. i know we can do it this. the president and i have already been working hard on increasing funding for research a...

As the president has said many times, compromise is not a dirty word. but how does this country function without consensus, and how do we move forward without being able to arrive at consensus, and four more years of this pitch battle may be more than this country can take. we have to change it. we have to change it. i believe that we need a moon shot in this country to cure cancer. it is personal. i know we can do this. the president and i have been working hard on increasing fund ing for resea...