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Happens to be former lieutenant governor of the great state of maryland. and john heilemann, co-author of both "game change" and "double down." gentlemen, welcome to you both. john, home field advantage. first question goes to you. where do you stand on whether or not this anonymous author is a hero, whether he or she is better off staying or now leaving, and where do you stand on the kind of enter-moll ji of figuring out who this is? one word that jumped out at me, a word i highlighted on this ...

Why washington politicians dont chair libel laws. he addressed it on camera for the first time this afternoon. >> i think because the book is, you know, a total piece of fiction. every week i seem to have a book coming out. some good, some bad. in all fairness, i get some good ones, too, but i like to take them on when they come out. thats a piece of fikds. >> "the washington post" describes the one-two punch of the book and the op-ed this way. taken together, they landed like a thunderclap port...

From losing their health care. the truth is, the last department of labor report on wages indicated that none salaried employees in this country actually when adjusted for inflation, had their wages go down. throws are the things that were anxious to get to work on. and when the other legal process reaches its natural conclusion, we can deal with it then. >> what are you hearing from your constituents. i have seen a new york times headline. democrats split on impeachment talk, officials avoid it...

They dont want to alienate trump supporters. >> i feel bad for mollie tibbetts family, they dont want their daughters death politiciz politicized. >> you asked sarah huckabee sanders about the presidents reaction to cohen following that plea deal announcement. good does the president feel betrayed by michael cohen, and is he concerned about what he might say to robert mule summer. >> i dont think the presidents concerned at all. he knows he did nothing wrong, and there was no collusion. >> since...

Former director of paid media for hillary clintons campaign. big welcome to the three of you, you first, peter, since youre in the studio with me. which of the developments do you see as the most damaging do the president? >> the president himself. the way hes reacting to all of this. and his spokespeople, primarily rudy giuliani. i read a great quote, hes a small man looking for a balcony. the president is being ill served by himself and those immediately around him. i think that will be the gr...

Did you know about the payments? >> later on i knew. later on. but you have to understand, what he did -- and they werent taken out of campaign finance, thats a big thing. did they come out of the campaign? they didnt come out of the campaign. they came from me. >> president trump in an interview this week, changing his story once again about when he learned about the payment to stormy daniels. joining me now, michael caputo. im glad to have you here, first question has got to be, did you know a...

To create any emotionally powerful whether the hearings about judge cavanaugh or anything else. so as the question ultimately is about impeachment, impeachment would cut both way in different districts. so im on the side of letting the process go forward. >> does the idea that the president even brings up the notion of impeachment? does that concern you? >> it doesnt concern me that he brings it up because nothing that he doeses seems to shock us anymore. but i do think one thing that changed th...

He created omarosa. gave her license and invited her into the sacred space of the oval office. now after having created this monster thats coming back on him, whats he going to do. >> theres something deeply poetic about this story. day five of omarosa fest, and she is just stealing the trump playbook. the student has surpassed the teacher. maybe its frankenstein is the better analogy, but like shes dribbling out the information. shes blanketing the air waves, giving us nugget after nugget. of c...

Cant speak for him. i know that hes told me that he has never said this word, that its not in his vocabulary. i take him at his word. >> i feel comfortable telling you what i know which is that ive never heard him speak about anybody like that whatsoever. >> the president has yet to comment or tweet about omarosa today which is a retreat from the previous couple of days. it seems the white house now trying as hard as possible to avoid the topic as much as it can, if not altogether in hopes it wi...

Presidential election because right now it has looked very chaotic on both sides. it hasnt been clear whether anyone can craft a narrative about why you should vote for one candidate over another versus, everything looks chaotic right now. >> double-digit lead thr the democrats. they keep ten points or more on election day theyll keep those. we live in two americas ocrats republicans a question. the russian interference probe. extremely important, very important for your congressional vote? 79% ...