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Undermined this investigation. and, you know, don, i was a prosecutor. dont attack the defense attorney. hes got a job to do. im more upset with the client and his conduct, and the president has put his own political fortunes ahead of the rule of law and constitutional norms in this country. and knowing hes not going to stand up for it, i really put this squarely at the feet of the republican leadership. trey gowdy said earlier this week theres no evidence to support the presidents claims about ...

Demoralizing effect on at least some of those in the agency who are going to read this and say, well, why are they attacking us? >> but peter, with trumps point here, could that report about that fired fbi agent writing anti-trump texts muddy the waters when it comes to the integrity of the mueller investigation? >> it certainly gives ammunition to the president to say this is a partisan investigation, full of partisan people. earlier in the summer, he went after some of the people mueller had h...

The president had urged it originally. he called both murray and alexander and said, come to a solution. then they come to the solution and the right wing attacks it and he backs off. thats the whole problem, the president not leading on issue after issue. he should stop tweeting and start leading. roll up the sleeve, solve problems, dont attack so-called enemies. that will reduce the debate you pointed out. >> let me ask you on health care, the issue of creating association health care plans. h...

The key things that the secretary said, not looking for the annihilation of north korea, but he keeps coming back to the point if north korea attacks, that, or threatens the u.s. or its allies, that they will be met by military force. so hes -- hes not foreclosing the notion of a pre-emptive attack, because, you know, theres always that thing. the u.s. doesnt take options off the table, but again laying down pretty clearly the message to kim jong-un. dont attack, dont even think about it, becaus...

In vietnam, and he hadnt. >> he apologized on the spot very quickly. i can think of the things the president said that has not apologized for quickly or at all. this is the president blowing off steam. he is mad. mad at everything right now. he has been told by his lawyers dont attack prosecutors. dont do it, dont it. so steams comes out in different directions on cable tv. the president is in a twitter war with a senator over things that are on cable tv. amazing. >> i think there was a report i...

Papers, i dont think they would would be willing to say you say one thing when youre running and now youre president and you say something else. >> i dont think hes flipped on a lot of things, but when you look facts on the ground have changed -- >> the chemical weapons were used before and he tweeted endlessly that president obama should not strike militarily. >> and obama reportedly got rid of the chemical weapons weapons in syria and the facts changed. >> why chemical weapons attack in 2013. ...

Changed. >> why chemical weapons attack in 2013. donald trump said dont attack. youre an idiot if you attack. >> it become real to him. when you take 1600 pennsylvania avenue -- >> the facts didnt change. >> the facts did change because there was another chemical attack. it was the same scenario as in 2013, but when you take the oval office and see those pictures of dead babies, it becomes real. >> it becomes real, not the facti facts change. >> that was the one change weve seen, but he had a me...

Tweeted 24 times in 2013 saying dont attack. and you have changed your mind a bit as well. i just want to understand how. in 2013, you said to a meeting of your constituents, i remain opposed to u.s. military intervention in sear yaz civyri war. a limited missile strike will only weaken our hand in the middle east when assad claim as year from now that he beat the rebels and the americans. in 2013, 1400 men, women and children were killed. help me understand, senator, what changed your mind. >> ...

Member. mustve been a tough day for him to tell the media that we shouldnt take the words of the leader of the free world really. its ridiculous. its a reckless claim. the republicans know it. even if it was true, you dont make it on twitter. you dont make accusations like that. he could have talked to the fbi. he didnt. >> bret: where you think it goes, charles? >> i think it goes nowhere. this is chasing our tails and mifi were looking for something beyond anger to explain why the president tw...

Member. mustve been a tough day for him to tell the media that we shouldnt take the words of the leader of the free world really. its ridiculous. its a reckless claim. the republicans know it. even if it was true, you dont make it on twitter. you dont make accusations like that. he could have talked to the fbi. he didnt. >> bret: where you think it goes, charles? >> i think it goes nowhere. this is chasing our tails and mifi were looking for something beyond anger to explain why the president tw...