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The dates didnt add up have much. howie: i know what its like when you say something on the air or online. but journalists have to cover themselves saying its not clear what this particular text is referring to. ron johnson talking about the secret society that turned out to be a joke. was he trying to use the media with this line and did he succeed? capri: he did succeed in a number of media outlets. as journalists got further into the story they recognized this was more hyperbole than actual f...

Are struggling to understand the rationale in terms of the timing of these tax cuts in a time when were almost near full employment where we should be using the money to plug that deficit gap but there is one explanation that some democrats provide and that is that you want to actually force these cuts to touching that third rail to put us in a situation where we have to make these drastic cuts to these entitlement programs. can you please speak to that question? >> look, that is extreme hyperbo...

You wouldnt do it either. i think the president is of the belief that he can talk himself out of most situations. he repeatedly says theres nothing there. going forward and doing that. they are afraid he will unintentional get himself into a situation because he is, you know, to be generous, imprecise because he relies on hyperbole. it isnt necessarily because heres this thing that he is covering up. he might just steer himself down a bad course. >> and he will be sitting down with a group of me...

Michael, congratulations on this piece. is this all subsequent to trump saying hell meet with gladly meet with mueller? >> well, its what theyve been saying to him for some time now. they are deeply concerned about what the president not only would say in terms of his truthfulness but how he may go on and on. the president likes to talk and thinks hes his best spokesman. in a situation like that, he could open up a lot of avenues for the special counsel by going on about different things. he spe...

Any kind of legislation, but so far, house lawmakers are kind of optimistic that this will actually get to the presidents desk and get signed and something will change that i think everyone in america can agree needs to be changed. so im going to go optimistic on that front, but i also see your point that that wasnt even noticed today because we are talking about shutdowns and immigration and the russia investigation. and a lot of that is trumps doing. >> well, thank you for that answer. as we t...

Considering very seriously taking this piece of legislation up. trump is always a wildcard in any kind of legislation, but so far, house lawmakers are kind of optimistic that this will actually get to the presidents desk and get signed and something will change that i think everyone in america can agree needs to be changed. so im going to go optimistic on that front, but i also see your point that that wasnt even noticed today because we are talking about shutdowns and immigration and the russia...

Immigration and the russia investigation. and a lot of that is trumps doing. >> well, thank you for that answer. as we thank jeremy peters and amber phillips for coming back on the broadcast with us. always a pleasure. thank you, both. and coming up for us, how do you prepare for a special counsel interview with a man whos bragged about his use of something he calls truthful hyperbole? well ask the man who sat down with president bill clinton. thats ahead when we continue.

Theres perjury. but it is not a trap. >> ken, i do not have the legal expertise you have, but in my 45 years of research, i always found the best way not to get caught lying is to not lie. >> well, first of all, certainly michaels correct about the technical use of the term perjury trap, but newt gingrich is a history professor, not a lawyer. he was using it descriptively in mr. trumps personality type. he is the king of hyperbole. that personality type and his stubbornness about it are really n...

Adam schiffs response was, i think its time for general kelley to give the president a time-out again. its not new, this kind of hyperbole from the president. is it helping his case? >> no, not at all. look, i think adam schiff probably does leak a lot. at least certainly has close sources in the media. or hes a source of a lot of media folks. the thing that bothered me much more than this, this is just donald trump being donald trump. and engaging in the sort of little marco sort of thing. i th...

Particularly on the committee can extend an olive branch to the democrats saying, we did this thing that fractured so much trust, heres a way that maybe we can get it back. of course we dont know where this is headed, we dont know what the white house is going to do. >> we had a sign of where the white house is today based on the presidents twitter feed. this was the president, what the president tweeted at the ranking democrat on the house intelligence committee. little adam schiff. thats a new...