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This from cohen. he has been lying all week. he has been lying for years. >> reporter: "lying for years," he says, which is strange because that means michael cohen must have been no less a liar when rudy giuliani was praising him for not being liar. so was mr. giuliani lying in that clip you just heard, or lying in this one from just a couple of months ago? >> the man is an honest, honorable lawyer. >> it all becomes clear right now. its confusing, to say the least. the honest honorable lawyer ...

>> it blew apart. >> so wrapped up in hyperbole its almost constant lies, whether its the littlest things, you know, where if you had 2,000 people at an event, you know, he would say there was 5,000 people at an event. >> reporter: and he got away with it. >> theres no belief system. if it will work i will say it. if it stops working ill say its opposite and i will not feel any compungz about saying its opposite because i dont feel anything in the first place. >> reporter: switching gears is exa...

Much business here that this happened. not that the system is broke down not that we didnt know what we were doing. we had so much business it broke down. truly he would lie about everything. >> and did he. >> what about the slot machine thing where they were down for a while. >> the slots were so hot -- again nobody seeing people play that hard that fast. >> it blou them out. >> we had machines -- they were virtually on fire. >> donald is so wrapped up in hyperbole that its almost constant lies...

Yorkers knew, people around the country didnt necessarily know. because they saw him as the apprentice, right? and so maybe that works, that thing you call truthful hyperbole, maybe it works in that instance. alpha male. >> yeah, hes president of the united states. it clearly works. but what i think is trump actually believes, and this is the totalitarian instinct in him, and its very strong. trump actually believes if he says something over and over again no matter how totally outrageous it is,...

>> no. but it made the papers. >> sure. so voracity wasnt a part of it. it was just getting the buzz out there about trump? >> yes. >> did you guys laugh at it or -- >> there was nothing so terrible about it. it was kind of like puffing. you know it was like exaggerating. >> tony schwartz, coauthor of trumps art of the deal has a name for this. >> i call it an innocent form of exaggeration. now i can call something that i actually sold for $2 million, i can say $10 million and that becomes truth...

I can say $10 million thats truthful hyperbole. the truth is there is such thing. the truth is a trougt. hyperably is a lie. >> they didnt go together during the opening of trumps atlantic city taj mahal casino when some of the slots didnt work. >> when the casino control commission went down there opening day to check out that all the things had been done, many things hadnt been done. she shut down a third of the slots. >> slots that were critical to the casinos success. >> the slots are the pr...

Like that in many, many years, decades. >> a bit of hyperbole there, but to the presidents credit, the economy is doing well. according to an op-ed from bret stephens with november 4th 2020 the presidents re-election will be simple. its the economy, stupid. bret stephens, opinion columnist for "the new york times" and msnbc contributor joins me now. i thought your column was completely fascinating because it seems completely plausible. >> yeah, it was one of those columns that was very easy to w...

>> i see law enforcement as protectors of our society. i dont think they incur any issues or blemishes as a result because we have strong power in place such as the president of the united states. jillian: going against what you say do you think fewer people wanting to get into law enforcement to be part of ice because they dont know if ice is going to be here. >> this is an aspect of hyperbole. the truth is people line up to become law enforcement agents because they truly want to be that prese...

Adam schiff. he writes "these articles of impeachment were filed in bad faith and show extraordinary lengths to which house republicans will go to protect a trump. history will record these memories as willing accomplices in the most serious threat to the rule of law and a generation." i imagine that strikes he was hyperbole. how do you respond? >> well, and another life, it has been a year, i did a lot of trial work. it happens all the time. my opponents and i would sometimes fight over documen...

Donald trump, through a campaign surrogate, hope hicks, said they knew nothing about any sort of deal. weve heard this before. donald trump didnt know where michael cohen got the money to pay $130,000 to stormy daniels, the porn star who also alleged an affair with donald trump. this is not new, and it is not new that michael cohen, by the way, would set up a company to kind of mask that payoff, which is what they are talking about, which no one disputes they are talking about in the mcdougle ta...