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former president. his video deposition taken under oath is now public. e. jean carrolls lawyers presented it for the jury and it included a portion where the access hollywood tape is played and donald trump is asked about it. >> in this video i just start kissing them. its like a magnet. just kiss. i dont even wait. when youre a star they let you do it. you can do anything. grab them by the [ bleep ] you can do anything. >> historically thats true are stars. >> its true with stars that...

The ethics lawyers who filed suit against the president toda unclear if they have legal standing in that ce or not. part of what they want is to see the tax returns. they say theyre going for that. should the white house just release those tax returns, ari, and just be done with it? >> look, let me first say this. one of the people who brought that suit has run for congress twice in new york. speaking of ethics, she filed all her notifications to the media today, paid for by her campaign. so, wh...

This? >> even if you believe the people who say trump is in on this. and she went out with his full authorization to say this for some complicated reason. its still unprecedented. it still sends a really bad message. >> donald trump according to people at the top of the campaign closest to donald trump are saying he was furious and certainly he would not approve somebody saying that they betrayed their supporters. is this sexist? is reince priebus sexist? i dont get it. >> let me broaden this to...

>> we didnt have the best part when she said simply no. but a lot of people said that was very effective. peter, what do you think? >> well, you know, i think whats happened here -- and ive talked to some really smart republicans who i consider reasonable republicans, and they said, look. youre making a big mistake going after hillary clinton on personal issues. youve always done this with the clintons. youve always thought you had a silver bullet in some personal thing and youre going to hang y...

Populist, their positive agenda does not stand scrutiny. i think they are focusing on the wrong target, on wall street as a kind of populist issue rather than pennsylvania avenue as a governing issue. >> you agree president obama is playing with fire embracing the occupy wall street crowd? >> i think it is very hard if you represent the incumbent and the government to essentially throw in your lot with a bunch of people who are populist and running against incumbency and government. it is very h...

>> the extent is much broader than reported so far. >> homeland security secretary jay johnson joins me. if president trump is so concerned with alleged fake news, why did he try to pull one over on all of us yesterday? this is "mtp daily" and it starts right now. good evening. im chuck todd in new york city. welcome to m 2r"mtp daily" and president trump seems to have gone 8 bit rogue from james comey. this is not the first time we have seen this. the president is stuck in a cycle of petty fi...