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This morning, you thought you knew watergate. think again. i spent the weekend reading a book that blew my mind. "watergate a new history" its out tomorrow. it really will reframe how you think of the whole thing. garrett graff. one of the things you note it was weirder than you ever knew. >> america has sort of learned watergate imagining it begins with a dnc burglary. it is like walking into the second act of a play. what america has realized only with time is watergate was a whole corrupt and...

Information in the next day or 48 hours. if the transcript of the log doesnt show that there was a quid pro quo and if the whistle-blower complaint doesnt bear out to show that, does that exculpate the president? >> it wouldnt exculpate him. those are obviously very relevant and the president withheld them initially and now were going to get them and thats a good thing but heres what you do know by the presidents own admissions. number one, you know that he made a phone call to the president of ...

Senate recount which was eventually decided just 312 votes between al franken and norm coleman. a lot of times what well see, well get close enough to trigger that automatic recount, whether machine or man count. the idea that it shifts usually doesnt bear out. in a state like georgia, stacey abramss campaign can hold out hope for a recount in that state. but the idea that these are going to flip the outcomes is really holding 0 t ining on to this race. >> lets look at another race. a journalist...

Enormous that everybody worker will get a $4,000 increase in wages. this is the core argument that they are making. but as you point out, capital is as cheap as its ever been in history. you can sell stock, sell bonds. company for -- >> borrow money for very little money. >> sitting on over $2 trillion of idle cash to invest tomorrow. plus, they dont ever look at the history. if you look at -- go to bls.gov, the bureaus labor statistics and look at what happened to real median wages after the ta...

Not order this statement. so what are we to make of it, chris? >> thats a lot of words by rod rosenstein to say two words, fake news. this is the argument that donald trump has promulgated throughout his campaign and presidency, which is ifanyoneisspeaking anonymously, it is by nature not true. as a reporter, of course we always try to get people on the record. meaning, we try to get them to say things with their name attached to it. some people fear for their jobs. some people fear for other t...

Ballot, because the poll workers, the county workers are really bending over backwards to make sure everybody gets their say in this election. >> all right, drew griffin, appreciate the reporting. back with the panel. kayleigh, should somebody whos been inactive in the last two elections, should they be allowed to struck off the rolls? >> certainly if theyre a dead person whos on the rolls. theres 4 million dead voters on the current voting registration rolls. >> but just if someone hasnt voted?...

He said he doesnt. >> donald trump said that he knew. >> then i think trump should answer whether hes appropriate person. i dont have those facts. >> whats interesting. i remember, we had conversations many times, how concerned and afraid we were as democrats of a chris christie he was the one we thought do what donald trump did. outsider but brash personality and color and flash and quick tongue. all getting ready to deal with this guy and just went down like a lead balloon over this scandal. i...

Elections, should they be allowed to struck off the rolls? >> certainly if theyre a dead person whos on the rolls. theres 4 million dead voters on the current voting registration rolls. >> but just if someone hasnt voted? >> if someone hasnt voted, no. i think you need to try to make that distinction and its going to court, it should be litigate there had and well see. if youre alive and well, you should be able to vote. theres no doubt about it. but to the democrats point that this is voter sup...

At this profitor and franktestot was a disgrace. >> was at the watching the same tape? whats going on? >> its a total mischaracterization. lets acknowledge trump has been on mess anage and hes gaining secretary clinton in the polls but his characterization of the president is completely off and doesnt bear out for anyone who has been watching your show for the last five minutes, don, president obama was measured, made a series of points that really no thinking american could disagree with and ag...

Its president obama. interesting thing with heritage action they kick off their town hall tour in arkansas. they are out there. if you look at the numbers of health care coverage in that area it doesnt bear out. in a community that is serviced by the community clinic, youve got 90% of their client base at a household income of 200% under the federal poverty level and 40% of their clients dont have insurance. while this may be good politics and it really rallies up the base, you have to look at t...