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Days. i think over the last few months or so. >> sure. >> since the president really started having trouble with -- or since the president came out and started criticizing jeff sessions publicly. and you heard it was back in august, i think the end of august where lindsey graham said, well this -- their relationship is irreparably harmed. they cant really repair it. >> thats true. he has been a little bit more final about things than he used to be. i never figured that was because he saw an angl...

And started criticizing jeff sessions publicly. and you heard it was back in august, i think the end of august where lindsey graham said, well this -- their relationship is irreparably harmed. they cant really repair it. >> thats true. he has been a little bit more final about things than he used to be. i never figured that was because he saw an angle. what a shift during the campaign. >> he wants to be the attorney general. thats what i think. he wants to be the attorney general. he said that h...

And conservatives defend the indefensible on the character front. you cant have it both ways. so which is it? so i think what theyre -- again, this is -- i kind of chuckle to myself, actually, when kellyanne conway came out about that. the self-righteous, oh, she should be heard. really? well, then we apply the same standard to this administration, a lot of people, including the president of the united states, wouldnt hold up. they wouldnt stand the scrutiny. so they need to have it both ways. o...

Lining up in this cult of personality to defend the indefensible, which is using the tools of our national security clearances to get back at people who say things that you dont like. this is right out of the nixon playbook. >> on another note, senator rand paul -- im sure you saw -- took this trip to moscow. he has come back and he said that he wants president trump to take some of the russian lawmakers that are sanctioned and not allowed to come into the country off that list, because he says ...

America great, it was never that great. >> ive seen this type of behavior on the part of foreign tyrants into desperates, i never thought i would see it in the united states. >> we live in the united states of america, your presumed innocent until proven guilty. >> they deserve an f guy thats going to focus on the truth, obviously peter strzok was not individual. >> youre attempting to sacrifice your relationship for a terror organization. >> i am absently embarrassed and ashamed, there is no de...

I turn to cardinal donald wuerl, this guy spent 18 years as the bishop in pittsburgh. the defactor bishop in the united states. can this guy stay in this position? does the buck not have to stop somewhere? >> from what cardinal wuerl says, from 1990 on, he really put in a process to identify abusers and get them out of ministry, long before the usccb, the united states conference of catholic bishops came down with its own plan. however, in the report, he is criticized for what happened basically...

Work. on the other hand, dave bowditch had to make a decision in the end about whats best for the fbi, not whats best for pete strzok. thats why difficult decisions go to the deputy director. i dont envy dobowditch. i can tell you it wasnt made for political reasons. it was made because bowditch thought it was in the best interests of the fbi. its painful. i hate to see this happen. >> thanks to you, chuck rosenberg, and of course to our colleagues, geoff bennett at the white house and ashley pa...

"i did it." keith morrison: but there was a reason, said the defense. giselle had been provoked-- she killed michelle in the heat of passion. michelle, she claimed, was a lying schemer who had been busy stealing what little giselle had left in life-- her family. marc klaas watched from the back of the courtroom and was disgusted. i dont think character assassination is a defense. i think that if youre going to defend against the indefensible, you have to find a better way of doing it than to vil...

Going to defend against the indefensible, you have to find a better way of doing it than to vilify the victim. lester holt: would it work? when "dateline" continues. [music playing] ♪ protect your pet with the #1 name in flea and tick protection. frontline plus. trusted by vets for nearly 20 years.

Friend paul ryan did this all in defense of the indefensible. i hope that works well for them moving forward. thats not really a story you want to tell your grandchildren. still ahead on "morning joe," its not just the actual content of that michael cohen tape you heard about thats troubling to the president, its also the possibility that cohen could be close to flipping on the president. were going to get the latest reporting from michael schmidt straight ahead. and how the presidents week ...