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Implication of this is? we all talk about trump will not be here forever. the untruths youre talking about, the culture of lying that has -- small things and on big things. what does that do to undermine both the medium term ambitions of the administration and the longer term credibility of the office? >> well, look, this is a phrase that recurs again and again with the trump white house. but its moynihans great line defining deviancy down. 12 years ago the white house tied itself into knots bec...

Hallways of the west wing. it is the only reason that these staff stories matter, is because it actually is having a -- an enormous implication on this agenda, why he was selected. >> tell me if im wrong, people on capitol hill, paul ryan being a good soldier, reince priebus is his friend. they dont know who took a leave? cabinet agencies too. more in a minute. how the president announced transgender policy. run the government like a business. you people in washington are stupid. ill hire the be...

That would remove a decorated member. thats not an attack, i dont know what is. >> tucker: you are not posing as a rational person. you are telling me im attacking a navy seal which i am emphatically not doing. you should be ashamed for using such a low tactic. im trying to make a rational conversation. >> it is a fact that she would not be allowed to serve. which also means the taxpayers would absorb no health care -- the fact of the matter is that we -- >> tucker: this is why we cant solve pro...

Somebody. >> youre defending a policy that would remove a decorated member. >> tucker: you know what you are. you are posing as a rational person. im trying to have a rational telling me iu are am attacking a navy seal. you should be ashamed for using the lowo tactic. >> it is a fact that she would not be allowed to serve. >> tucker: did not serve as a transgender. >> the fact of the matter is that we -- >> tucker: this is why we cant solve problems.s. because what youre doing is spewing propaga...

Member. thats not an attack, i dont know what is. >> tucker: you are not posing as a rational person. you are telling me im attacking a navy seal which i am emphatically not doing. you should be ashamed for using such a low tactic. im trying to make a rational conversation. >> it is a fact that she would not be allowed to serve. which also means the taxpayers would absorb no health care -- the fact of the matter is that we -- >> tucker: this is why we cant solve problems. because all youre doing...

>> go ahead, jim. >> i was just going to reflect on what both david and gloria said. remember, when the president fired james comey, we had initially a cover story in effect delivered not just by the president but the deputy attorney general and the white house that this was about comeys handling of the clinton e-mail investigation. that, of course, disappeared into the ether when the president himself said it was about russia and his lahandlingf the russia investigation. with sessions, the pres...

This situation. rudolph giuliani said said he had no choice but to recuse himself. >> right. >> as you mentioned in your opening, jeff sessions was donald trumps principal first supporter in the senate, and one of the loudest voices, campaigned with him, and he mentioned the word loyalty yesterday, in my world, loyalty is a two-way street. >> but what does it tell you about president trumps mind-set or his loyalty to his earliest supporters or who would take this job next if he were to get rid o...

Space on that meeting. he says i showed up late, so whatever was said before the adoption, i dont know, i wasnt there. thats the implication of the statement. as someone who does have profound knowledge, he presents himself as overwhelmed and naive. is that good enough for you? >> i think thats the key question for the senate intelligence committee and for the special counsel. the major thing i would like to relate today, chris, is how strange and bizarre it was how much the trump campaign was t...

And suggesting otherwise ridicules those who voted for him. meaning, that this whole russia controversy, the implication is, the whole russia controversy is being perpetrated by democrats who cant stand the result of the election, and it was, you know, a political statement coming from jared kushner. >> yes. and i think to even sort of take that, another step. we often talk about when people go out and speak for this president they are speaking for an audience of one. that line was for that audi...

Subject to prosecution and the better view would be that he would not be able to pardon himself. its never been litigated before. that would be a question i would imagine a court would review. otherwise, the pardon power is unreviewable. its a non-justiceable which in english means hands off. the courts would not tough that question. >> matthew, even if you found out cuomo was pardoned by the president in exchange for a free lunch, some par gan for ebargai exchange, it was a deal, would that hav...