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Thats one of the reasons he was able to work as an acting secretary of defense for so long because he was already senate confirmed, and that process went on what we think would be in a normal fashion. there are questions and questionnaires and personal interviews and all kinds of things related to that and senator dick blumenthal of connecticut said that he wants to see an investigation now because he believes there is a possibility of a criminal activity here to withhold that from the committee...

Secretary pompeo is saying that he doesnt want war, i dont think thats instilling a lot of confidence amongst irans leaderships, nor with the iranian people more importantly who are really genuinely very anxious about some sort of a conflict breaking out, especially when 1,000 additional u.s. troops are being dispatched to this region because the u.s. says theyre for prudent defensive measures in light of the six oil tankers being hit in as many weeks, which as you said they blame an iran. but i...

Something like that, and they dont even believe the u.s. when they say that they want to talk to them. today, a senior revolutionary guard member came out and said, look, the only reason the u.s. wants to negotiate with iran is to get rid of irans missile program so in turn iran will be an even softer target for america to attack. so from every angle you look at this, they dont believe whats coming out of the white houses mouth and neither does that side believe anything thats coming out of iran...

Nuclear program, and that can be reflected by comments weve seen today by the head of the revolutionary guard who answers to the supreme leader, not the president. he said irans ballistic missile technology has changed the balance of power in the middle east. he says that irans ballistic missiles have incredibly accurate precision and are capable of hitting carriers in the sea anywhere near them. he says that the americans are under such close surveillance of the revolutionary guards that they c...

Two memoranda are not binding in court. you can sort of argue this both ways. on the one hand if he went into it saying you have these olc memos then hes not going to engage in normal prosecutorial function and then the bar, we above you would decide whether the olc memos block prosecution. it starts getting complicated. >> it seems to me that mueller was very clear that he didnt just say legal counsel, he said its their understanding of the u.s. constitution that he really was constitutionally ...

Hours and 15 minutes since things got underway. thats a long time for that father to wait for word. the good news is many were able to get out of the club and they were just taking off running for their lives, running into the hills there of the thousand oaks area. it sort of borders calabasas. hopefully these kids maybe dropped their phone in the process. get to a phone as quick as you can and get to your parents. >> we saw one of the local reporters -- ive had the unfortunate experience of cov...

Extremism were seeing and the violence were seeing here at home. lets get the news out of the way, which is the president is sending troops to the border. what is your take on that? is it necessary? >> a lot of people dont want to hear this, but there are no easy fixes to illegal migration on the southern border. its a fraction of what it used to be. 18 years ago we had 1.6 million on the border. the the last several years during the obama and trump years, its been in the 400,000s and you can do...

To take it with you. the problem is, why do people lose their health insurance? because they lost their job. they dont have 600, 800, if its a family well over a thousand dollars lying around to pay the premiums. in the real world people have breaks in coverage. the portability wont work. it sounds, when you describe it, like a thing that could conceivably work. >> it sort of doesnt. my point here, so to get back to the political point, right, whats fascinating to me is after all these years, it...

>> yeah. and i think, you know, part of -- were seeing a political problem with the affordable care act. its extremely complicated. the changes you might make to it is extremely complicated. voters cant look at that and tell whether the complicated change being proposed is workable or not. republicans could conceivably do, a rule that basically says if you have health insurance when your insurer has to keep selling it to you even if you have a preexisting condition. it has to be portable. if you...

The president and mocking christine blasey ford in that rally a and he pass the protesters saying they are soros backed paid protesters. hes painting it as a binary choice. yes or no. telling his republican base youre with us or youre with those democrats. it sort of crystallizes support for brett kavanaugh but it drives up the anger thats key to getting republicans out to the polls in midterm elections. >> i think jeff makes a good point. when you go to the rallies and the president goes on tha...