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>> the soviets are nervous about john paul ii, he is anti-communist and beloved by the pols. these pressures are forcing the polish government to figure out how to keep control. >> the strike by polish ship yard workers is over. for the polish strikers, it was a day worthy of hyperbole, telling his followers we are co-masters of this land. >> theyre showing that you could have an independent union in a communist country, and the question was how independent were they going to be allowed to be. >...

Can be served with a contempt of court order, where the government doesnt obey the courts and thats the end of law and american democracy. we are now faced with a situation we havent been faced in since watergate. this is far more important an immigration and far more important than what rudy giuliani said. this is whether we live in a democratic society or not and i cant believe it only took us a week to get here, but thats where we are. >> youre putting this in pretty big context here. any of ...

In california, this is part of our fabric. people coming from everywhere making this their home. from mexico, the pacific rim of also the american story. and what so appalls me about this action, here we are, a country founded by people seeking religious liberty, one of the bedrock principles of the nation, on all todays, holocaust remember ranls day, this new president issues an order, which is essentially a religious test. he can try to masquerade it but thats what it is. thats what he said he...

Not giving out these specific numbers about whether or not there are going to be people who are going to lose their coverage under obamacare. and it fits into a pattern where there is serial hyperbole, exaggeration, nonfactual representations made by the president of the united states that then unfortunately go to his cabinet nominees to have to deal with to see whether or not they are actually going to have the integrity to separate themselves from the misrepresentations that are made by the pr...

Using hyperbole, ive been to a con tri, afghanistan, where people had actually lost faith at times in the ability of the government to do basic functions like an election. they actually have lost faith in the legitimacy of their leaders because of it. im not saying that thats the direction that this will ultimately take us by any means, but there is a reason that we protect our democracy and we make sure that people know that it work. because its what this whole thing is built on. >> what was yo...

Political rally, one part campaign speech and then, you know, raised a number of different things including the oitangen tha he went off on. so, you know, ive certainly been hearing from a lot of people, current and former intelligence officials since the speech, and i think for the most part they were fairly just shocked at what they saw on saturday. >> weve had, including on this show, i had a conversation with senator chuck schumer, now the top democrat in the senate, in which he said half jo...

Using who should be trying to be neutral in our observations. >> bill: for story, as i said in the "talking points" memo, who cares, he doesnt have anything to do with anyones life or improving the country. but i believe that it was put up there to show that barack obama was more popular than donald trump. i think thats why they did it. >> well, perhaps. trump is in the habit of making extravagant claims. most of them are matters of opinion. and while you made out to or whatever, you kind of let...

United states, need to be careful of their relationship with the intelligence community because they have so much unspoken power. they have so many ways to act we wouldnt necessarily know about from a laymans understanding. do you think that is hyperbole or do you think it is something that is real and something the administration is aware of? >> they would follow orders and be low to try to take direct opposition to the presidents agenda. that being said, the cia is a political institution. it ...

Like, you dont want to get on the wrong side of these people, they have nine ways to sunday to get at you. theres a lot of hints about what it means politically to have a good or bad relationship with the intelligence community, that politicians, even high-ranking politicians like maybe even the president of the united states, need to be careful of their relationship with the intelligence community because they have so much unspoken power. they have so many ways to act we wouldnt necessarily kno...

In the "talking points" memo, who cares, it doesnt have anything to do with anyones life or improving the country. but i believe that it was put up there to show that barack obama was more popular than donald trump. i think thats why they did it. >> well, perhaps. trump is in the habit of making extravagant claims. most of them are matters of opinion. and while you may doubt them or whatever, you kind of let them go because -- >> bill: everyone knows that he delves into hyperbole, who cares? why...