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Be taped. >> eric: lets say there arent. its his word against his word. >> eboni: nobody has any credibility, to be candid. jim comey has major credibility problems. >> eric: the timing on when he decided to write this memo. >> make it public. >> kat: people who want to see trump impeached arent going to care about that. >> eric: unless there is some sort of tape whenever, recording device. its his word against his word. >> this is how j. edgar hoover played the game. >> eric: comey is a smart m...

President though feared that whatever they said could have contradicted some of the accusations that have been levelled by president trump. >> well, again, you know, the whole purpose here, i think what the american people expect is that we will find the truth. and thats the purpose of these investigations. the investigation by the senate intelligence committee, by the fbi, and by the house intelligence committee. although clearly the house intelligence committees investigation has some real cre...

About the fbi investigation and the sort of drip drip drip of information on russiagate. how much do you think that played into republicans not being afraid of this white house and being willing to say no? >> well, i have heard from folks on capitol hill that it makes a difference that his approval rating is at 37% and it makes a difference that the bill is incredibly unpopular. that does make a difference in the political calculation. in a more kind of banal human way, negotiating with someone ...

From here on out. >> because he didnt get his -- the votes you were seeing that was not them voting on health care, just procedural votes before the big one tomorrow. chris, im wondering what you think the role of the declining -- it was already low but declining credibility of the white house given the lie about being wiretapped. given the fact weve learned about the fbi investigation and the sort of drip drip drip of information on russiagate. how much do you think that played into republicans...

No business ties? >> because he doesnt have any. and youre throwing that charge out there, and trying to -- >> im not saying he does. why should we believe him? >> youre trying to set up a scenario where trump people are trying to disprove something. theres nothing thats ever going to be presented to democrats to go and convince them. i think the presidents doing a good job representing us on the international stage. at a certain point we have to tone it down, and i think some of this rhetoric i...

He said, imagine in j. edgar hoover testified before congress that any of the presidents he served under was saying something that wasnt true. its just a truly remarkable day and speaks to the credibility problems that president trump has right now 60 days into his presidency. >> after reading the first part of that quote, its been ringing in my ears, the smell of treason in the air. and it was given new life by a commentator on fox news, a find legal mind in the words of andrew napolitano. hes ...

Perspective on all of this. the trump white house now has massive credibility problems and a cloud of uncertainty known as an fbi investigation is hanging over its head. was there a connection between the trump administration and russias interference in our election? for all of this, whom is to blame except the president himself? thats the bottom line, ahead. l- to inspect difficult-to-reach pipelines, so we can detect leaks before humans can see them. because safety is never being satisfied...

Of this rhetoric is getting a little too fantastic. >> is this too fantastic? am i setting up a straw man here? why should we believe the president when he hasnt told us the truth all the time? >> well, don, this was unquestionably one of the worst days of donald trumps presidency. but what i was struck by, how much of this problem is entirely of donald trumps own making. its by virtue of his credibility problems that we have this hearing today. most of the smoke that exists, is by virtue of mis...

The claim. >> i think thats right. its just remarkable. we havent seen something like this. i interviewed today doug brinkley, a presidential historian, and i asked him for a historical parallel. he said he couldnt come up with one. he said, imagine in j. edgar hoover testified before congress that any of the presidents he served under was saying something that wasnt true. its just a truly remarkable day and speaks to the credibility problems that president trump has right now 60 days into his p...

Thats what made it hard to pass in the first place is human nature. but people are going to believe theyre going to lose something. >> you mean like all those promises of getting rid of the bush tax cuts that became permanent? >> these things -- this is an unconventional time and presidency. but some l gaws oravity till abide. >> you guys are sticking around for the hour. coming up, did the cias classified computer hacking weapons program just get leaked for all the world to see? plus, preside...