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Critical this moment is right now. >> to put in context, general mattiss resignation, this is the first that i can think of senior administration official at the level of secretary of state, secretary of defense, resigning on a matter of principle since cyrus vance did that in the carter administration. that doesnt happen very often. washington is a place where people love power, they wield power with great relish, and this is really the pinnacle, as you say. running the pentagon, its the larges...

People are rattled about this. people are concerned about this in a way that we thought wed be numb to after almost two years of this presidency. but this feels different, doesnt it? >> are you rattled? >> very much so. >> are you scared? >> yes, i am. >> what your scared about? >> im scared about -- when you get rid of general mattis, what other decisions are going to be made? the decision-making process is now naked. where you have the president on the phone with some of the worlds authoritari...

For someone who believes in the values that i hold, i couldnt ever make my friends in the progressive base completely happy. i certainly couldnt make the right happy, and its tough. its tough because you want to hold true to your principles but you want to be pragmatic enough if you can get things done. im worried about my party that we dont get so enamored with purity that we lose the fact that if independent voters in this country do not vote for democrats, we will not win the presidency, and ...

I think theres ways i can influence things and im looking forward to doing some of that work on the other side when im not busy worrying about the pressures of running in a really tough state. for someone who believes in the values that i hold, i couldnt ever make my friends in the progressive base completely happy. i certainly couldnt make the right happy, and its tough. its tough because you want to hold true to your principles but you want to be pragmatic enough you can get things done. and w...

A very difficult thing for this administration to contend with. i actually dont think they are prepared to answer questions like that or they are even aware questions of that nature are going to be asked by congress because this republican congress has not done so for two years. so its going to be a very rudd awakening for an administration thats been coddled and thats not too strong of a word by a republican congress. >> jake, this is a major policy decision about a vital region in the world th...

Could incidents like that to exonerate hillary clinton and pursue mr. trumps close associates and some who arent so close. it isnt just the timing of it. just think of this. he basically threw loretta lynch out of the decision making process. he called then the morning of the news conference to let them know he would go forward with the news conference exonerating hillary clinton. thats not a coincidence. >> julie: some might agree with you. i want your take on comeys attack on republicans. lets...

Rasheto. i pose this question to both of you first. >> okay. >> long-time trump supporters trying to make the arguments for ages, theres a method to his madness, could there be in this case? hes been ranting and quaking do not raise rates. jerome powell, the economy is great as far as we can see and could this ranting by the president have worked? >> well, i dont think that the discussion from trump is what will matter to the fed. i think the conditions in the marketplace which have deteriorated...

Assistant director for counter teri remember. what should they ask of mr. comey tomorrow? >> when you take the clinton email serve investigation and the russia collusion investigation, this was not done in the way the fbi normally does business. something was wrong with the decision making process inside the fbi. what i would do because these people on the committee had access to millions of records and done a lot of interviews, they have a lot of information. the key here is to find out from ji...

Thank you so much for coming on. what should members of the committee and the house ask of mr. james comey tomorrow? >> first of all, we should all>> keep in mind that when you take the clinton email server investigation and the russian collusion investigation, much of this was not done in accordance with the way the fbi normally does business. that is the first clue that something was wrong with the decision-making process inside the fbi. nswhat i would do, because these people on the committee...

Going back decades and decisions that she made early on in her career. >> martha: checking the box in certain applications. >> exactly. >> martha: approves that she was right to check those boxes. speak out that it is ludicrous. im not the only one who thinks that. im not a fan of hers but this "new york times" story that came out this week about this whole issue quotes numerous advisors to elizabeth warren, her own people for urging her to conduct a strong statement of apology for what she did....