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A steel shaft and bring this thing to an abrupt halt? is there an emergency brake on this thing? yes, there is. it is a braking system weve had to use a few times in the past year. we have seen it work time and time again on these kind of issues that president trump has chosen to campaign on and pursue as president, specifically because of the outrage those policies generate. when outrage against the policies actually fuels them as seen as a benefit to make this administration want to do them ev...

Talk about the strategy today. the briefing was delayed by almost four hours. they finally then put out the secretary of homeland security. >> who had to fly back from new orleans to do this. >> the president talked about this. talk about their ownership of it, in some cases doubling down. >> it was a double-down from the president earlier in the day and from secretary nielsen after 5:00 p.m. in the briefing room after reporters had waited a long time as the administration behind the scenes was ...

They finally then put out the secretary of homeland security. >> who had to fly back from new orleans to do this. >> thats right. the president talked about this. talk about their ownership of it, in some cases doubling down. >> it was a double-down from the president earlier in the day and from secretary nielsen after 5:00 p.m. in the briefing room after reporters had waited a long time as the administration behind the scenes was trying to figure out what that briefing was going to look like, w...

Expansion of it, and then, you know, in hindsight, theres a couple things that, you know, were sort of learning after the media tour, the stuff that they didnt tell us. one of those -- just one example of that is that facility failed two fire inspections in april and may. it passed the most recent one, but it failed two of them, and that obviously did not come up in the tour. >> eli stokols, lets switch to politics because its a necessary part of that. talk about the strategy today. the briefing...

Also new today, "washington post" reporting that president trump has become, quote, fixated on pardons. quote, a white house official this week said trump is obsessed with pardons, describing them as the presidents new favorite thing to talk about. he may sign a dozen or more in the next two months, this person added. a lot to talk about. ts bring in our leadoff panel for exactly that on a tuesday night. former u.s. attorney joyce vance, who spent 25 years as a federal prosecutor. michael crowle...

>> were going to have a real wall. and whose going to pay for the wall? >> mexico! >> who? >> mexico. >> i have to listen to pelosi and these people saying we have to respect them. theyre human beings. theyre not human beings. theyre not human beings. and this is why we call the bloodthirsty ms-13 gang members exactly the name that i used last week. what was the name? animals. >> you dont like it when i use the word animals? say it with me now, animals. should i not have called mexican immigrant...

>> you dont like it when i use the word animals? say it with me now, animals. should i not have called mexican immigrants rapists? let me say it again. should i not have said that an american federal judge is a mexican and therefore cant hear a case? how about i do it again. this is how the president has dealt with every racial provocation he has been able to think of on immigration, which is double down, triple down, right? find out what offends people and then do it ten times more. it works fo...

Spooked the north koreans, this mention of the libya model when john bolton, national security adviser, mentioned it. he likely was talking about the deal finalized during the bush administration for gadhafi to give up chemical weapons, weapons of mass destruction, nuclear program. what kim saw was gadhafi during the bush administration, the government being overthrown, his being killed and dragged through the streets. has the u.s. put to -- to use a sloppy analogy -- put the toothpaste back in ...

For a thursday night. former u.s. attorney joyce vance, who has spent 25 years as a federal prosecutor. jeremy bash, former chief of staff at the cia and the pentagon. and john heilemann, co-author of "game change" and "double down" and co-host of the circus on showtime. take me through what you think the enduring damage may be tonight to the fbi and the justice department as they seek to maintain some independence from a president with complete and utter disregard for all the norms that have pr...

Mrs. clintons alleged role in disrupting a purported libyan peace deal in 2011. writing, quote, any state or h.r.c e-mail from august 10th to august 30th, particularly on august 20th, 2011. the paper adds, among other matters, prosecutors have asked mr. stones claimed contact with wikileaks during the campaign according to a witness familiar with the investigation. lets bring in our leadoff panel for a thursday night. former u.s. attorney joyce vance, who has spent 25 years as a federal prosecut...