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Rather be in? would you rather be in the battle over the second spot or in the lead like joe biden? >> oh, no, id rather always be in the lead, not a question. id like to be the person whos on the rise and close to the lead but theyre not -- in these polls theyre not quite close enough yet to make me choose to be the second. i always want to be number one. joe biden, there is this notion that he is -- hes comforting to people. when you have a crazy person in the white house whos making us not ju...

Exnational security advisor john bolton speaking at a closed door event tonight here in new york and taking the opportunity to bash his former boss. lets discuss now. jeremy diamond is here. cnns jeremy diamond. before we get to boltons comments, i have to ask you if the white house is responding to all of the breaking news about a whistle-blower in the intelligence community. are they saying anything? >> don, we have reached out to the white house. so far they have not responded and the office ...

Already dishing apparently on the president of the united states, his former boss. he didnt name him directly but according to one attendee who spoke with cnn, john bolton was extremely critical of the presidents diplomatic endeavor with north korea, critical of his invitation to the taliban to come to camp david which was ultimately scrapped at the last minute. according to that a tenl de, bolton didnt have anything to say about this attendant. it shows that obviously john bolton is willing to ...

Good to have you both. mark, i want to start with this new development cnn reported tonight. a spokesperson for nancy pelosi, she said in a private meeting tonight that after his performance yesterday cory lewandowski could have been held in contempt she said right then and there. that did not happen. is she signaling if you are going to do it, you need to be tough. if you are going to do this and go through this whole investigation or inquiry, youve got to be tough? >> well, don, you know, in a...

The president. i dont think they should have had the hearing at all. theres two words i havent heard is impeachment or mueller, not once. >> right. >> the public has moved on. the congress needs to as well. >> its interesting. i think the democrats realize there were important points made. there were important points admitting that the president did something that was annism pea p impeachable offense, obstruction of justice. who saw that? >> of course they said out loud which a lot of us thought...

Thats partisan. it shouldnt be. >> jackie, as we watch this develop this morning, i wonder if im -- we are all missing the forest for the trees here. if you look at whats happened over the last 12 hours, jared kushner, the presidents son-in-law lost the top level security clearance and cnn reporting overnight that the special counsel is now investigating the finances and business dealings of the president which at one point said was a red line and hope hicks says she sometimes tells white lies o...

Looking at live pictures inside the capitol rotunda where very shortly a ceremony service will begin honoring billy graham. hell lie in honor inside the capitol rotunda. original the fourth private citizen to do that of the well watch this throughout the morning because it is a wonderful vision. o outpouring of emotion and love i think for this man. youre looking at the former governor of texas rick perry right there for instance and there are plenty of democrats in there as well. joining me thi...

Investigation, which was quite frustrating for the questions that we had and answers that we needed. this is on top of efforts that we were pursuing around work that she has done in the white house as well throughout the transition where we saw brick by brick put up and the wall to keep us away from what was going on with the trump team. >> the "washington post" and cnn and others reporting she did say she has told white lies for her boss. youre not denying that that happened, are you? >> im not...

>> and they dont know what normal is going to be, john. today is an abbreviated day. they get out in an hour and a half, two hours, the kids told me they are happy they didnt have to go to lunch today. they wouldnt have to sit with friend groups that had missing friends. >> no such thing as normal anymore, what a heartbreaking thing for a high school student to have to say. diane gallagher, thanks so much for being with us. >> dicks sporting goods will stop selling assault style rifles like the ...

Security clearance security level downgraded, joining us to discuss this, norm eisen, cnn contributor, thanks for being with us, i appreciate it. you say that jared kushner should have lost of clearance long ago, explain. >> thanks for having me back, mr. kushner has exhibited all of the indicators that when i was working in the white house would have led not only to losing your security clearance but losing your job. he omitted critical information from his financial disclosure forms and left o...