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Field. in their communities and their states, a lot of professional athletes do great work and a lot of charity work. they have platforms beyond the sideline. >> brian: im going to do a dana perino big picture. these issues we are we are debating at each other. the president sees it as patriotism. at a figure to the military to see it as patriotism. the fans who are upset, they see its about patriotism. the people, the athletes taking a knee say its about race. what we are trying to say i cant e...

Special counsel and at least one committee on capitol hill. thats interesting where the investigation might be going but also interesting about the relationships going forward. these investigations some are considered more serious than others. theres concern about the politics in them and maybe this is a reflection of that. i dont want you to tell people that people leak on the hill. thats our secret. put that into motion. i think the danger here is we try and read tea leaves on the investigatio...

>> two brief questions. first, it was reported on one of the networks that the president referred to the american health care act as a mean bill and he wanted more money that was coming in. did he actually say that? or can you confirm or deny whether he used that term to describe it and call for greater funding for parts of it? >> i would tell you that i dont comment on private conversations that the president has. >> all right. and the other thing i do want to know was, on tuesday night, in a p...

This lawyering up? >> i think what were seeing is that the president is starting to realize just how serious all of this can be. we saw reports about even his lawyers having lawyers and weve seen also that mike pence, the vice president now, has lawyered up. as serious as he may be coming to understand this investigation to become his social media activity is not reflecting that. hes been repeatedly advised to back away from twitter because some of the things that he is saying can compromise the...

>> compassion needs to be on both sides of the equation. you have to have compassion for the folks who are paying it. chris: senator durbin, i know you are going to bash the trump budget. but dont we have to cut spend at some point? are we going to just keep piling up the national debt? senator durbin: thats an important question. i dont believe you make america great again by cutting medical research to the lowest level in 12 years. i dont think you make america great again by saying to familie...

Mike flynn probably didnt show the best judgment, dumb might be the good word for it. kushner said a few weeks ago hes happy to participate with the senate investigation. you are at a disadvantage when you are the focus of an investigation and your lawyers are saying dont comment and everybody else in the country seems eager to talk about it. prudence keeping our mouths shut while the investigations play out is fair. chris: you talked about there are all these stories and its hard to remember wh...

Mike flynn probably didnt show the best judgment, dumb might be the good word for it. kushner said a few weeks ago hes happy to participate with the senate investigation. you are at a disadvantage when you are the focus of an investigation and your lawyers are saying dont comment and everybody else in the country seems eager to talk about it. prudence keeping our mouths shut while the investigations play out is fair. chris: you talked about there are all these stories and its hard to remember wh...

>> compassion needs to be on both sides of the equation. you have to have compassion for the folks who are paying it. chris: senator durbin, i know you are going to bash the trump budget. but dont we have to cut spend at some point? are we going to just keep piling up the national debt? senator durbin: thats an important question. i dont believe you make america great again by cutting medical research to the lowest level in 12 years. i dont think you make america great again by saying to familie...

Mike flynn probably didnt show the best judgment, dumb might be the good word for it. kushner said a few weeks ago hes happy to participate with the senate investigation. you are at a disadvantage when you are the focus of an investigation and your lawyers are saying dont comment and everybody else in the country seems eager to talk about it. prudence keeping our mouths shut while the investigations play out is fair. chris: you talked about there are all these stories and its hard to remember wh...

>> compassion needs to be on both sides of the equation. you have to have compassion for the folks who are paying it. chris: senator durbin, i know you are going to bash the trump budget. but dont we have to cut spend at some point? are we going to just keep piling up the national debt? senator durbin: thats an important question. i dont believe you make america great again by cutting medical research to the lowest level in 12 years. i dont think you make america great again by saying to familie...