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Presidents stability. and that was a really remarkable moment for corker who is known as sort of the stoic voice on capitol hill, not one prone to hyperbole. its a remarkable conversation to have. the fact that were here talking about the idea of someone hiding the nuclear codes from the president as a precautionary measure and doing it soberly and sincerely is truly a remarkable conversation to have. but people who are serious and who have thought about this feel like its an important one and i...

The way he behaved the other night. >> well, those of us that have known director clapper for a long time, you have as well, know this is not someone who is prone to hyperbole. this is someone who served the country for over half a century, who is a really quite plain spoken, but not -- does not tend to exaggerate. so when he says things like this, gets peoples attention, got the presidents attention. the president tweeting that -- is he some kind of expert on donald trump. he is an expert on da...

Congress. if it comes to a government shut doup, do democrats stand to benefit politically? >> oh, i dont know. i dont even -- you know, i worry about that kind of -- that hyperbole. i mean, i think its very unlikely its going to happen. probably they would benefit, but i think the focus is we should be trying to do, whether were democrats or republicans, trying to do what we can to keep moving the ball down the road and find that -- those places where we can find agreement. i mean, while were s...

Conversation thats been happening behind the scenes is coming out in public. its not just james clapper. you know, three days or so before, maybe two days before, it was senator bob corker who said he was worried about the presidents stability. and that was a really remarkable moment for corker who is known as sort of the stoic voice on capitol hill, not one prone to hyperbole. its a remarkable conversation to have. the fact that were here talking about the idea of someone hiding the nuclear cod...

Office. 4.6 per day. topping the list, 19 about russia. he 19 times he took credit for reducing fighter jets and leading the pack, 50 false claims about obamacare. in the art of the deal trump explains why he doesnt stick to the facts saying people want to believe something is the biggest and greatest. i call it truthful hyperbole. a philosophy professor from the university of texas and written about his support for donald trump. hes made several tv appearances on fox business and elsewhere. pro...

It is true he has a tendency towards hyperbole. i think most people listening to him realize that and make correspondsing adjustments. i think most people understand he really means its been a long time since its been this high. a lot of his statements strike me as like that. exaggeration. >> professor, let me grant you this. some of his statements are like that. many others are not. i think you know that because i take you to be an academic person based on truth. ill give you an example. here h...

You be able to acknowledge that rather than call that some kind of hyperbole. do you think people who support donald trump hear him say murder is going up and they understand murder is going down? >> no, of course not. it is important to tell the truth. thats a good example of what i consider principle that people seem to use in applying things to the presidents speecm speec they dont use elsewhere. they try to make his statements seem as false as possible. when he said the murder rate has gone ...

Responsibility ultimately because you say, well, i didnt advocate that? >> thats exactly right. and trump has done this all through his career. he speaks of what he calls truthful hyperbole in business, where he says this is the greatest so-and-so, were going to have the best health care plan, were going to build this beautiful wall and mexico is going to pay for it, et cetera. hell say this extreme thing and it will go out and be understood. when youre saying it to a customer, and you say, this...

Exercise, which the u.s. has been doing for two decades now could lead to a nuclear war. hyperbole is nothing new from the kingdom but now it has a longer range, possibly nuclear missile, so people are taking his colorful threats a lot more serious. let me show you what kim jong-un is concerned about. it is operation -- the u.s. military has been doing it with south korea for years. several thousand troops involved. the u.s. insists this is purely defensive. kim claims, however, the exercise thr...

Response from that was not the way that it was made to appear. that tensions eased in the philippines back at that time. and there were no more attacks. is it helpful? no. i wrote a condemnatory piece about the presidents comments on long island, when he talked about ms 13. he talked about how law enforcement -- he said it, could be joking, hyperbole, make sure you dont cover their head when was they get into a police car. whether it was joking or whether or not it was a dog whistle, law enforce...