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It paints a broad picture, this is stuff that weve known, it gives you more of the setting, how it was said and what have you. for the president to try to discredit bob woodward of all people. its kind of cyclical. think about this, during the watergate years, nixon was trying to discredit reporters then, and its happening again, some would say theres similarities here, what bob woodward did is paint a picture of what was happening, theres a credibility issue here, who do you believe, bob woodwa...

Or a tv show, but its not true. what is true is the economy is strong. >> very strong. >> you dont need to exaggerate or lie or embellish because gdp growth, 4.2%. the unemployment rate, those numbers stand alone. >> especially job growth for some of the places where the president has done the best, and among groups in which the president has performed the best. blue collar jobs. fascinating piece by our former colleague, heather long, in "the washington post" this morning pointing to blue colla...

Nominee on that question. and his answer was very much, as you guys were talking about, it showed the savvy with which he understands because of his political and judicial experience. his refrain was, i dont live in a bubble, which is a wink and a nod. its almost a rorschach test of a wink and a nod. conservatives can look at that and say hes one of us. others on the fence, oh, so hes saying he understands the real world. pointed at murkowski and collins. >> theres two messages he wants to commu...

House, im wondering how it compares and how much it alarms you, smb someone who actually worked in the obama white house. >> let me deal with the credibility issue. it is preposterous to assume that all of these stories and all of these sources are concocted by bob wood ward to present a negative portrait of this president and has been pointed out, many of the anecdotes square up with things reported elsewhere although not this detailed. i dont think there is any question. no book of 479 pages i...

Senator lindsey graham had told the president about the book and woodwards desire to interview the president. oh, yeah, he had been told by senator graham. so what he had been told about not being told he contradict he had been told. joining us david axelrod, carl bernstein of bernstein and woodward fame, david gergen who has served numerous presidents dating back to the nixon administration, and our chief political analyst gloria borger. david gergen, im not even sure where to begin on this. wh...

Portrait painted of this white house, crazytown is the phrase apparently that general kelly used. i know youve been on the receiving end of a woodward book when you were working the obama white house. a, do you believe he has credibility issues as the president is now claiming. and b, just the portrait of this white house, im wondering how it compares and how much it alarms you, somebody who has actually worked, you know, in the obama white house. >> yeah, well, let me deal with the credibility ...

Ward. david gergen who served numerous presidents dating back to the nixon administration and our chief analyst, gloria borger. david gergen, im not sure where to begin on this. what stands out to you? >> i think we ought to talk about the credibility issue. we go way back and its true on a number of his books there have been questions and people refuted and said i never said that and so forth, but the look at the series of books, he has enormous credibility coming out of these. every book he ha...

Is what the republican chairman said, theres chaos, theres collusion, and theres a credibility issue. and so theres nothing well oiled about that particular machine. >> oh, wow. so -- >> a little alliteration for you. >> it is. so im going to put up the quote from t"the washington post," je, but i want to ask you the question, because you worked in the obama white house. is it difficult to praepare for what might be next, if they do have so much turnover there? the last line is, its like tumblew...

The fact that people who are nearest to him, in his closest circle, have recorded conversations with him. i think the fact that he has been caught in a lie by "washington post" well over 1,500 times since he was inaugurated demonstrate that there is not only a credibility problem since, i think, c-word is what the republican chairman said, theres chaos, theres collusion, and theres a credibility issue. and so theres nothing well oiled about that particular machine. >> oh, wow. so -- >> a little ...

Of the testimony who may have had credibility issue. and three, in some way i had something to prosecute you about. i cant just offer immunity for no reason. it is a very threat waiting on the president of the united states. one that probably cant be turned into ammunition for what a witch hunt would look like. >> a bigger threat to the president, why? >> i made it clear. you cant get rid of the entire southern district of new york. its not just the southern district investigating now. the trump...