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>> dan henning, jr., kim strassel mary ogrady. >> what do you think about the presidents general impression he delivered with the speech people calling it america first speech. >> well i thought he did a reasonably good job i could have gone without hyperbole about his government being the best in history but i think he did a couple of things very effectively one we just saw a couple there, calling out iran calling out china, those are really important things that need to be said were not said i...

Invest that they are hands off in the process, saying the fbi has free reign. lets start first with boris sanchez at the white house and boris, whats the president saying right now? >> reporter: it appears that line about the fbi having free reign was hyperbole from president trump because its the white house with input from senate republicans that is guiding the parameters of this fbi allegations into allegations against brett kavanaugh who was replacing anthony kennedy. there are complaints ab...

Into threat to you and presented himself as the hero. i thought it was a very racially tinged comment. shannon: he talked about how he directed outreach and unemployment for african americans is that historic lows. >> i think he scared people. the little bite you played, he said 58% of your youth are unemployed, that is such hyperbole and not true but it was to draw a very desperate picture that would scare people, especially white people. when you ask about anytime race is brought up with donal...

Anastasia ogrady. what did you think of the presidents general impression he delivered with the speech, people are calling it america first speech. >> i thought he did a good job, i could have done about hyperbole about his government being the best in history. i think he did a couple of things effectively, one we just saw a couple there calling out iran, calling out china, those are important things that need to be said, were not said during the obama administration. i think i also was very hap...

The lens of our jersey. so it would not surprise me if across the country a significant percentage of those on the democratic side of the aisle saw yesterdays testimony and concluded he must be guilty. and it would not surprise me if a very significant percentage of those on the republican side of the aisle saw yesterdays testimony, the same testimony, and concluded he must be innoce innocent. one of the consequences of that, you know, judge kavanaugh talked about how these smears and the many t...

It would not surprise me if across the country a significant percentage of those on the democratic side of the aisle saw yesterdays testimony and concluded he must be guilty. and it would not surprise me if a very significant percentage of those on the republican side of the aisle saw yesterdays testimony the same testimony, and concluded he must be innocent. what are the consequences of that. judge kavanaugh talked about how these smears and the many that have been leveled against him in the ls...

But, you know, the other thing -- >> you said bolton -- >> bolton and pompeo yesterday had been briefing reporters and saying on the record that russia has been acting against u.s. interests in a number of places. that somehow did not make it into the speech but i think, you know, the world, this is just year two of seeing donald trump at the u.n. and to have that reaction, to be so used to his antics, his behavior, his hyperbole, the bragging. to laugh and kind of roll your eyes, thats where th...

Significant here are 1966 which was a huge check on the great society. it didnt -- it pre-figured nixon winning in 68. but the other -- the two things happened in that year. one is 1964 president johnson won in a massive landslide. he said that these were the most hopeful times since christ was born in bethlehem giving you a sense of how johnson saw himself. by 1966 -- sorry. >> exactly. >> hyperbole is not a new thing. the thing that happened very shortly thereafter, 24 months later, you had si...

Blue thats uncharacteristic of this president. this is what a lot of people who deal with him think. >> although the idea of the fbi wearing a wire to tape the president -- >> justice department. >> justice department, im sorry. >> but it is -- it is amazing. i think its worth noting he did not wear a wire, so that suggests, perhaps, it was said in frustration, in hyperbole. but the general idea, especially in may of last year when the firing of james comey was like a thunderbolt. i mean this wa...

Number two wearing a wire to tape the president -- >> justice department. >> justice department, im sorry. >> but it is -- it is amazing. i think its worth noting he did not wear a wire, so that suggests, perhaps, it was said in frustration, in hyperbole. but the general idea, especially in may of last year when the firing of james comey was like a thunderbolt. i mean, this was something that has never been done in american history since, you know, the laws changed to have a controversial firing...