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Lets start with the president talking about the russia investigation. he said he is going to leave the decision about the final report up to the justice department if and when, if and how and when to release the mueller report. if he stays out of it, what then is there left for the justice department to consider on this? >> this is not some great concession by the president. the regulations say that it is up to the department of justice what to do with the report. the way it is supposed to work ...

Country over party here, something serious that they cant just run away from. >> interesting reminding the done three and reminding the republican party that the republican party has been the law and order party. this is something that donald trump ran on as far back as nixon as well. his direct to camera address to rooepts in particular i dont think it will be effective with republicans, you saw sarah huckabee sanders basically come out and say that donald trump did the country a favor by firin...

Martha, it was hard for me to watch 43 because i could tell he was trying to hold back tears and i dont think its easy obviously to grieve anyway but certainly more difficult to know when the cameras are on you at all times, of course they know that and they are gratified that people want to come and pay their respects to him and that will continue through the night and through tirm and i do think that the words of people like mcconnell, ryan and pence and the ones that will come wednesday at th...

Over much simpler time for barbecues. going to walkers point thinking super rich point. it was beautiful but h.w. would be there in shorts and like a t-shirt with a can of beer flipping the burgers. steve, you want a cheeseburger? you want this? he was very down to earth. we were getting ready for a news conference, vladimir putin and george w. bush atlantic ocean gone fishing to know each other. all of a sudden a lunch of us reporters noticed coming out of the bushes literally was h.w. bush the...

Fema himself has acknowledged that changes need to be made for a very vulnerable system, i think, maybe contradicts a little bit what the president has said. >> and kate, let me just add, because this is often compared to katrina and george w. bushs reaction to katrina, and in his book, "decision points," bush admitted that this really had a lasting and damaging effect on his legacy and he said, the problem was not that i made the wrong decisions. it was that i took too long to decide. and he ad...

Having an unfortunate interaction with the criminal justice system are extremely low. >> bill otiss ideas are very popular with the trump administration. im terrified of what the criminal justice system will look like after this administration is done. i think it is imperative that people in power hear stories like tommys or kordeis or any of the men in the restorative justice program. >> i think that theres a huge disconnect between the political ruling class in this country and the ordinary am...

Them and the access, so far back into a cave that is extremely tricky, and cold, flooded waters with almost no visibility, pinch points that were dangerous for divers and kids. tackling a problem with so many critical decision points was so difficult. >> major, was there ever a moment of doubt? >> absolutely. the whole time we had doubts on this. we have never done something like this. at the same time we understood that there was no other option. we understood that they went through the decisio...

Said its going to be awful. im sorry your family is going to have to watch this. he got through. >> it was interesting to hear tonight that he took the time to say many of the clerks i have chosen have been women. he talked about his wife and his kids in a way that reinforced his love and his good feelings about making them strong. >> about his mom, his mother, who went to law school, became a prosecutor, became a judge. he did that. look, one of the biggest myths in washington, d.c. is that jud...

Unfortunate interaction with the criminal justice system are extremely low. >> the ideas are popular with the trump administration. im terrified of what the criminal justice system will look like after this administration is done. i think its imperative that people in power hear stories like tommys or any of the men in the restorative justice program. >> i think that theres a huge disconnect between the political ruling class and ordinary americans on criminal justice reform. >> whats the jail f...

Interaction with the criminal justice system are extremely low. >> bill otiss ideas are very popular with the trump administration. im terrified of what the criminal justice system will look like after this administration is done. i think it is imperative that people in power hear stories like tommys or cardays or any of the men in the restorative justice program. >> i think that theres a huge disconnect between the political ruling class in this country and the ordinary americans on criminal ju...