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Figure leaf when it comes to the sdny. its in the interest of the narrative youre speaking about, gloria, to have these two things conflated as if its not the prerogative to go ahead and have mueller vaeinvestigate. if he were to investigate and have a raid on mike yechael coh raid on his home and office and hotel room. but he did a referral and someone else had to sign off on it. so in order to believe in this marionette theory, one would have to believe it was the "murder on the orient express...

President disagreed with rex tillerson about, the iran deal and the situation in qatar. >> exactly. and so i think this is going to be a chance for them to check signals, to be sure they are on the same page, and also to see where it goes from here. because even though the saudis have continued this blockade of qatar, its not really serving anyones interest and has actually driven qatar into the arms of iran and turkey. so theres some major strategic issues theyve got to sort out here. >> maria:...

Security or law enforcement. losing them is much more dangerous for the country. if he all of a sudden cuts off mcmaster, who has the guts to tell the president what he needs to know and replaces him with another tv cable host more inclined to say yes, thats bad for the country. they fire mccabe. they have the recommendation. that is a disgrace to fire somebody days before retirement, take away their pension for a petty and political reason. >> was it? >> yes. >> what if he did mislead the hilla...

Says at most they need 3 million tons a year. so this is a figure leaf for rank protectionism thats focused on the wrong industry because theres so much excess capacity for steel in the world that there will never be a shortage, and were just barking up the wrong tree. the problem isnt bad trade deals, the problem is bad money at the fed and in the central banks of the countries that have been suppressing their exchange rates. thats the problem. >> so when you say the steel lobby is very effecti...

Touch and more connected than the base of the republican party are, than members of congress. >> is that changing? >> i think thats changing. you see it in the approval ratings going down. i still think he has a deep bond with these voters but i think thats sustainable only for so long. again as these numbers come down, i think republicans are feeling more and more comfortable challenging him. >> when you look at the russia policy at this point, does the united states have a russia policy? becau...

General, he is referencing, in fact, that under the protocols, the fbi reports in -- and i dont want this to be under investigation or his associates to be under investigation. that would be the worst example of it. so i would say what comes through here in this unusual document is a series of contacts that jim comey thought were inappropriate and some judgmental words. i mentioned earlier, when he talks about this famous dinner, he said he looked at it as a pretense. in the law, when you talk a...

The administration fired. >> yates was a hold overshe was going to go only a question of which day she was going to go and be replaced. generally the u.s. attorney is replaced. and comey, is a unique situation. he really messed up. he may have changed the results of an election. >> yates. >> he could not -- he could not be the head of the fbi with credibility. >> yates wasnt investigating but he was the acting attorney general. do you find this -- do you find this fishy laura sfla arrive absolut...

Covered. >> okay. so, again, there you go, pre-existing conditions will be covered. can you make that promise? >> absolutely. this is a huge political discussion and 93% of americans get their health care through their employer and its not going to happen to them at all. in the event they go 60 days without insurance, they will be able to get coverage through a pool and for a state to opt out of it, they have to show that they have a better program. so i strongly disagree with the assertion that...

Pre-existing conditions will be covered. can you make that promise? >> absolutely. this is a huge political discussion and 93% of americans get their health care through their employer and its not going to happen to them at all. in the event they go 60 days without insurance, they will be able to get coverage through a pool and for a state to opt out of it, they have to show that they have a better program. so i strongly disagree with the assertion that this is a figure leaf. this is a very seri...

Against assad. >> thats how the obama administration interpreted it also. >> against assad? >> basically anything that we were going to do, we were using that aumf to justify those actions. >> but just to be clear, that aumf was drafted and passed after we were struck by al qaeda and 9/11 for associated forces. >> subsequent legislation people were using that as the figure leaf. >> im glad you used that phrase. >> you like my phrase? >> assad is literally bombing al qaeda. do we have the congres...