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Michael is right. he is telling a lot of different versions of the story. he keeps having to correct himself or say that. the thing i come back to is the new york times quote. how can you say the president said the conversations are happening from the day i announce to the day i won in a quote in the president said x and then say, well, i was only speaking in a hypothetical. i get the point. you cant directly quote the president of the united states telling you something and then 24 or 48 hours ...

Example, would they support him doing a national emergency while the rest of the party goes against him? >> yes, they would. look, i dont think this -- i can understand why senator romney and others feel that way. im not suggesting that i would feel that way but for the simple question, how do you get out of this? if the president opens the government back up without border security money, the right wing will go nuts. at the same point in times, if democrats in congress, if pelosi puts a bill on...

Sque of how do you g question, how do you get out of this? if the president opens the government back up without border security money, the right wing will go nuts. at the same point in times, if democrats in congress, if pelosi puts a bill on the floor and theyre forced to vote for funding, their base is going to go nuts. so as a consequence of each being driven by each partys base. republicans are right, look, democrats have voted for border security in the past but the past is the past. look,...

I think they probably like the fact that they can have some time now. rudy is basically conceding them the two months there. >> yes, he is. >> which is actually pretty important in the politics of it. rudy is saying, hey, you know, we know this is going after the election, lets leave it. >> obviously the spec laulation this town is are americans going to get indicted. the reason we assume some americans will get indicted is what rod rosenstein said when he issued the indictments for the actual h...

We shouldnt trust or accept the consequences of it. >> right. >> thats a dangerous argument. >> hes also keenly aware that if democrats take the house, they will move forward on articles of impeachment. so perhaps this is his worry coming out in different ways. >> whats been interestinga to watch the different strategies -- interesting is to watch the different strategies of those who tried to localize the race. adam punt unanymousl-- putnam. running against ron disantis -- >> ron loves playing ...

And never once have we seen them forced to apologize or say hey, maybe we crossed the line here. of course they do it for hillary clinton. leland: note worthy though, it was the people getting angry at vanity fair are the people vanity fair care about. all the liberal celebrities that they cover and that they do stories about. those are the ones who are tweeting about it. and suddenly you have that from vanity fair. brian brian there will be a great deal. get more subscriptions equal opportunity...

I think in that piece they said jeff flake is going to give a series of speeches about donald trumps relationship to the truth. hes a brave man. bob corker. but most of them are too afraid of their political base to stand up to him. >> lets put the quote up. one senator who listened as the president revived his doubts about mr. obamas birth certificate chuckled on tuesday as he recalled the conversation. really? i mean, dana, whats funny about that? >> i -- i got nothing, don. i really dont. not...

Because they see it too. they dont have the guts to come out and say this man is threat to our republic and should resign. theyd rather snicker to "the new york times" in the background about it. if they believe this stuff, they shouldnt be complicit. >> i wanted to get to one of the quotes here where it says a republican lawmaker, it was a senator, laughed at the president talking about -- thought it was funny but didnt want to be named on the record. how is that funny? >> were talking about co...

Talk about transgender folks. >> am i right that to the extent cost is really is driving this, youre prepared to do the gender confirmation surgery for free? >> well, you know if the commander-in-chief wont take care of our veterans, our veterans will. yes. i will do surgery for free on the number of people that i have already lined up for surgery. the government has, the pentagon already has its program in place through the obama administration. and has been working fine for the past year. i ju...

Recent history to not have a scandal. why? and by the way he had to as the first african-american president. >> part of it is luck. theres 4,000 positions in the government, lucky if somebody doesnt do something wrong but something to be said about the character you bring into the office and people you surround yourself with. barack obama came in with high expectations and surrounded himself with smart and intelligent people and if you do that and lead by example be scandal-free or not tarnished...