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Christie . I dont. Youre even more expressive. I admire it in you. I dont have that chip. But i admire it. Thank you, nicolle. Good to see you. Thanks to everyone for joining us on the beat. Were all returning from this holiday weekend. I hope youre ready to dive back into the news. We have Breaking News nicolle was just reporting on. We also have lots to cap up on. Reports of trump allies turning on him in the rico case. Where seinfeld meets legal accountability. Really. For all the talk about ...

What? theres nothing wrong with it. you know, its done all the time. get over it, folks. and let me just read you something. its so stunning that he would take it back. its a little like alice through the looking glass. because heres what he said. did the president mention in passing the corruption to the dnc server? absolutely, no question about it. thats it. and thats why we held up the money. period, end of sentence. so, the doj interpreted that way and backed away from what he said, saying t...

Matters. this is not just some gotcha thing. >> right. >> because we all want to get something on the chief of staff. here we have congressionally appropriated money. congress says give this money to the ukrainians. >> taxpayer money. >> taxpayer money. and what the white house has done and what they admitted today was you only get the money if you help us win the election. not because you help us nationally security, international relations. the only thing we want from you is help to defeat dem...

To coach president bushs judicial nominees how to answer democr democrats questions about roe versus wade? >> part of our job would have been to prepare nominees more generally and it was common for senators to ask that question then as it is now and so, kwa, i assume that i would have been involved in going through mock sessions. i know we were involved in going through mock sessions, which is very standard for democratic -- >> youve been going through some mock sessions with at least one repub...

Pin -- trying to pull apart one word, one sentence and say, athat aaha and make ait a gotcha thing. in those cases, i think we do a pretty good job of following up and getting you the information after the briefing or in a subsequent -- so thats exactly what he meant. >> is the president considering canceling the daily press briefings? >> i think hes a little days mayed, as well as a lot of people, that we come out here and try to do everything we can to provide you and the american people with ...

Today. "as a very active president with lots of things happening, it is not possible for my surrogates to stand at the podium with perfect accuracy." here was sean spicer on that. >> and i think sometimes we dont have an opportunity to get in to see him and get his full thinking. in those cases, we do our best to follow up with you. but i think that there are times when you, more than not, read a story when someones trying to pull apart one word, one sentence, and say, aha! and make it a gotcha ...

Than not read a story where somebody is trying to pull apart one word, one sentence and say, aha and make it a gotcha thing. we work hard to give you the most up to date information throughout the day. we dont always get the opportunity to get in and see the president. in those cases i think we do a pretty good job of following u and getting you the information after the briefing or subsequent. so tts exactly what he meant. >> is the president considering cancelling the daily press briefings? >>...

So you were responding to bicari. >> hes one of my best buddies. but if the democrats are passionate like he is, really they should probably get rid of him as their annual fund raiser. some states like south carolina dont call it the jefferson/jackson dinner. but we shouldnt gauge everyone by todays standards from 150 years ago. these gotcha moments really arent healthy for the debate and discussion. to compare everybody by todays standards is probably unfair. but donald trump spoke this. he bel...

Arent for the discussion. its probably unfair. but donald trump spoke this. he believed this. i dont think thats a bad thing to have that discussion. >> how is that a gotcha thing? >> don -- >> thats not a gotcha, andre. >> in the most weird way i agree with andre. we abandoned the jefferson/jackson dinner. you can tear down as many monuments as you want to and you take k take down the confederate flag. you cant take down these remnants of oppression from everywhere because theyre systemic. i ag...

Is, what their philosophy is. and what its turned into is a gotcha! thats silly. thats not really helpful for anybody. >> i ronically, ben carson will have just established a new gift there with that gotcha thing. well see it all over the internet, i promise you that. is it a fair criticism of carsons criticism, mr. preston, that he has not done well. he does not like being tested and this is reflection of that, not the process being unfair? >> a couple things. one is, hes right, its not about g...