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Let him do what he wants to do. and were seeing the results of that. >> riddle me this david gregory. about mick mulvaney, the reporting in "the wall street journal" this morning is that he was surprised by the blowback. he was caught flat footed and surprised that people would be upset about the announcement that the g7 would be hosted at one of president trumps golf clubs. or that his admission about a quid pro quo would upset people. so is that disconnectedness? is that human beibris? because...

Telegraphing the way they may go at front runners. we know that a lot of attention is regularly trained on center stage. a lot of scrutiny from joe biden. there have been moments where he has been caught flat footed. so im really looking forward to seeing how those attacks manifest on biden. we have been talking about elizabeth warren who is rising in the center stage position. we have seen candidates on the campaign trail, pete buttigieg, for example, going after her for how she would explain w...

Taking guiliani first i think both professionals inside of the justice department and the state department would take not only a dim view of what rudy guiliani has done but would say that it actively hurts them and it makes it harder for them to do their jobs because they also have to interface with foreign leaders, foreign officials, and other law enforcement people. not knowing what rudy guiliani is saying makes it very difficult for them to have credibility and they can get caught flat footed...

Direct question. why did the president use private attorneys, if you dont know, thats an acceptable answer but lets not talk about john durham. >> there were two issues they were brought up. >> why did they do it? >> chris, i understand you have your question and i have my answer. there are two issues that were brought up. >> you are not answering it at this point. >> white house sources are telling nbc news that we are not going to get caught flat footed. there is one kcohesive coming ot of the...

Fallout from this whistle-blower complaint. weve watched as in recent days democrats have quickly moved to form this impeachment inquiry moving toward impeachment indeed and the white house has largely been caught flat footed. the white house press secretary stephanie grisham is pushing back on the story and says the story is manufactured palace intrigue and insists the white house does not need a strategy when the president has done nothing wrong. we are seeing the president very much taking ma...

And he was caught flat footed. >> which is what makes the recess so risky. >> good point. >> gives -- you might give a vacuum that trump gets to fill. >> especially for two weeks. >> the people happiest about this recess are senate republicans. they have had the most awkward time. so many have literally said ive not read the complaint. >> like seven pages. i mean -- >> yeah. there is an audio. >> an audio book if you are really lazy. >> middle schoolers who get assigned more homework than this a...

>> chip off the presidents block. the president feels no obligation to be honest. with the media or american public or anybody. lying is a new art form in the administration. its holy. hes reflecting that. >> part of the issue is shame doesnt work. in trump land. you have to have other tools at the ready to do something. if not impeachment. contempt of congress one would imagine. we talking about this. the legality of this better than i do. youre an attorney. there has to be power legally exerci...

Its more about the pageantry, its more about getting them in the room. and then i think he got cold feet. and it wasnt only the u.s. that kind of canceled the meeting. you know, president trump might have put the final stamp ton with those tweets where are which i might kalils team was caught flat footed. i think it complicates things for them. they didnt even know about the meeting. but the taliban wasnt thrilled about coming because they didnt want to be coming to meet with president trump bef...

Would have thought she would. >> its fascinating, too. pardon me, we are here at the end of the summer. use the quinnipiac poll as an example. two things, you mentioned kamala harris, also this biden number, look how far apart they are right now, 32% for biden, kamala harris back at 7%. weve seen this in a few different polls and think back to just two months ago, that first democratic debate here on nbc, you had that showdown, kamala harris went after joe biden, seemed to catch him flat footed....

Biden, can you guys, what are you watching for her this evening. what should we expect? >> with that good performance comes with it some high expectations for tonight. shes going to have a target on herself, not only from joe biden, but you had tulsi gabbard targeting her. shes going to take a shot at kamala harris, and how she handles questions about her medicare for all plan. about her record, maybe as a prosecutor, it seems like joe biden is coming ready this time, hes not going to be caught ...