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Judge will come back and contradict something that brett kavanaugh said, he didnt leave himself a lot of wiggle room on these issues. whatever the reason is its a credibility factor. >> joining us now from capitol hill, capitol hill correspondent, the host of kasie d. d. d.c., kasie hunt. the vote is still on two hours from now inside the judiciary committee. what will it took like? >> reporter: i was here late last night. when i left republican leaders felt optimistic in their words they were g...

Mccabe was not forthcoming if regard to handling the f.b.i. probe and also misled investigators and comey about a media disclosure and authorization. mccabe said he didnt intentionally mislead anyone. does he have evidence to back that up? >> thats going to be one of the questions theyre looking at. theyll look at comeys credibility, by the way. at least some of that referral was based on comeys claims that mccabe had not been honest to him. so thats a he said/he said event. prosecutors will be ...

Part of that is -- peter strzok and lisa page partisan. so when you add that together. it has a partisan tone and what we have been saying for six months, lets -- a special counsel to investigate. >> if a partisan sees a crime -- a crime being committed, they should should be discounted. >> we are not saying that. >> but they are -- are we going down that road. >> you need to give the facts. so when a warrant is obtained, they say this is the person giving us the information and here is the cred...

Could have tweeted about poppy harlow report on the opioid epidemic. lot of topics he could have been tweeting about that were on television. as you said, bill, it comes back to what the personal issues are. >> we lost three servicemembers, he could have been tweet being that. you have the "new york times" reporting on this climate change examination, 13 different federal agencies. that is going to be good test for this administration, bill, because its going to go to the credibility factor. you...

As he continues to deflect and wont comment, the authenticity factor, the credibility factor lacking? >> its difficult. you know, he has a difficult job because he has to follow the leader. >> audience of one. >> and the leader sends him off into a lot of different directions. i said this morning that sean should try out for cirque du soleil for all of the bending and twisting that he needs to do to try to keep up here and hes paying a price, theres no doubt about it. sean was one of the best-li...

Implications for them on the credibility factor. what if some major national security event happens? you need to say that the president is acting in the best interest of the country, not saying that he wouldnt do that. but whats going to happen is youll have a partisan fight, are you telling us everything, why are you making these decisions when it comes to something overseas, a national event. he can say i miss interpreted what i said, im sorry about that, we need to move forward. he should sto...

A huge dip in youth voters. these are the presidents base walking from him saying this isnt just independents or right republicans. this is the presidents base saying were rejecting this. >> they havent come to the republican party. >> washingtons approval rating is even worse. so theyre rejecting that. >> in the final two years, and his base isnt standing firm when youre watching hispanics walking with them. and he is saying for the fifth or sixth year in a row. theyve just lost, the credibilit...

The administration does not deter assad from using chemical weapons then the president has an extraordinarily difficult decision to make. does he go back again. does he use more lethal force? what is the credibility factor of the united states if were looked upon as a paper tiger that has these naval assets and were unable to stop assad from killing all these people? >> what does the united states do if we what believe we may be undertaking is not successful. do we go in with a stronger strike? ...

Its a credibility issue. if youre caught spinning a war, you lose credibility on the rest of your agenda. with and when the president talks about the fact, or he says the fact that the u.s. is not leading in this effort, when, in fact, we are, that could undermine his credibility. when the president says this could be days, not weeks, that could undermine his credibility. one thing that has held his numbers up, people do see him as a trustworthy figure and he doesnt want to do anything, especial...