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>> okay. whatever. that sounds an awful lot like a message from the acting attorney general to the special counsel. ive got my eye on you. and that definitely has not escaped the attention of democrats. senator chris coons calling it chilling. dianne feinstein saying whitaker, quote, should not be a censor. and then the presidents former fixer and keeper of secrets, michael cohen, agreeing to testify behind closed doors before the house intel committee next week. despite what he called ongoing t...

No. what im saying is, to properly represent all americans, so if you look at the constitution, it also gives us political equality. individuals, citizens, notty states political equality, the individual and citizen. we dont feel our vote counts. why? each and every individual in this nation, because not each and every individual inot this nation feels they are represented, whether its -- >> tucker: hold on. you are dodging -- you are making the same argument you did the first time. i got it rig...

>> no. no. no. what im saying is to properly represent all americans, so if you look at the constitution, it gives us political equality. individuals, citizens, not states political equality, the individual and citizen. we dont feel the vote counts. why? each and every individual in this nation, because not each and every individual in this nation feels they are represented, whether its -- >> tucker: hold on. you are dodging -- you are making the same argument you did the first time. i got it ri...

No. no. what im saying is to properly represent all americans, so if you look at the constitution, it gives us political equality. individuals, citizens, not states political equality, the individual and citizen. we dont feel the vote counts. why? each and every individual in this nation, because not each and every individual in this nation feels they are represented, whether its -- >> tucker: hold on. you are dodging -- you are making the same argument you did the first time. i got it right, i ...

Border, saying, quote, its not going to change a damn thing, but im still doing it. governing by not governing. and dodging responsibility at every opportunity. just listen to this from the president. this was this morning. >> this is not a fight i wanted. i didnt want this fight. >> oh, come on. has he forgotten that he said this live just last month on tv? >> i am proud to shut down the government for border security, chuck. i will take the mantle. i will be the one to shut it down. im not goi...

Doing this. i didnt want to do this meeting. they told me i had to do this meeting. thats after he told network anchors yesterday that he didnt want to give the oval office address last night or visit the border, saying, quote, its not going to change a damn thing, but im still doing it. governing by not governing. and dodging responsibility at every opportunity. just listen to this from the president. this was this morning. >> this is not a fight i wanted. i didnt want this fight. >> oh, come o...

Nonsubstantive statement. i mean, it doesnt address whether he engaged in the conduct or not, and he says that hes not going to answer any direct questions about it. >> when i was alone with ms. lewinsky, i engaged in conduct that was wrong. these encounters did not consist of sexual intercourse. they did not constitute sexual relations as i understood that term to be defined at my january 17, 1998, deposition. >> the president was definitely tiptoeing the line because first, i think that he eng...

Nonsubstantive statement. i mean, it doesnt address whether he engaged in the conduct or not, and he says that hes not going to answer any direct questions about it. >> when i was alone with ms. lewinsky, i engaged in conduct that was wrong. these encounters did not consist of sexual intercourse. they did not constitute sexual relations as i understood that term to be defined at my january 17, 1998, deposition. >> the president was definitely tiptoeing the line because first, i think that he eng...

Not fans of mr. trump. no comment from the white house. i mean what do we make of this claim. you believe in previous administrations this story would have blown up but is there no accountability in this administration for something like this? >> well especially on something like this since especially since the start of donald trumps political rise i think we as media and a political class and also perhaps even the general american public have gotten used to the president lying or dodging about ...

Beginning of next week. weve only been hearing from his prime minister and his prime minister, probably, will get the ax, as well as a few other officers to-- members of his cabinet, sort of for the people here. again, were approaching 6:00 in paris. it is looking like this area is settling down, but its maybe not over yet and we still dont have the answers. back to you. >> dagen: greg palkot, your quote of the morning, youre standing in the middle of one of the most beautiful cities in the worl...