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Continue saying that this is fake news, that theres nothing to the investigation, that its, frankly, gone off the rails. as you noted earlier and as jeff greenfield talked with you about, its just ordinary course of business for a federal investigation, but the president, folks around him, must be much more nervous now because in the hands of a skilled senior federal prosecutor like mueller and significantly skilled team, a federal grand jury is a powerful tool. as you knows they interview witne...

Common values to a certain extent that it does not have now and when we could solve problems in a way were having a great deal of difficulty doing now. >> the color guard -- i just want to tell viewers what theyre seeing. color guard with bagpipes entering dealey plaza for this memorial service at the bottom of the hour once again, there will be that moment of silence. david mccould you la will read from some of the more memorable moments of president kennedys speeches, as well. we have a lot to...

Mark haleprin and jon meacham still with us. joining the table, jeff greenefield. >> show the white house shot again, t.j. you see the leaves. those of us in the northeast who got hammered with snow last weekend. my family and i drove across connecticut and absolutely gorgeous yesterday. >> stunning. >> it was. the sun was out, and were not used to that in the northeast. so it was an exciting day. >> thats why they wrote the song autumn in new york. this is kind of what they had in mind. >> not ...

>> excuse me. i followed -- ive followed your instructions. >> this is important. >> listen. go ahead. >> go ahead, jeff. >> when you read that item, it sounded like a hostage tape. >> well, it was. >> if youre looking at who can come out of the field and make arguments across a wide array of issues that we used to think mattered of these candidates, i think the answer is gingrich. >> well, i cant be objective because he lashes out about my father all the time. i cant be objective. i recuse myse...

>> and by the way, jeff, if shed done that -- >> but shes not. >> if after the race shed gone home and done even what pat buchanan suggested and studied up on the issues, sarah palin would be in first place right now. but she decided not to do it. she decided to be a reality star instead. >> but the question is, the reason people keep talking about this, despite the fact that its demonstrable that herman cains act ii doesnt exist because the models were used to judging people by which have alway...

$14 trillion, and lack of expertise seems to be an asset. >> and how fascinating, jeff, that the same republicans that said barack obama wasnt ready to be president of the united states -- and i didnt believe with his background he was ready to be president of the united states by a long shot. but these same republicans are now reaching out to somebody with even less experience just three years later. >> joe, youre suggesting the consistency is not a driving force in american politics? >> it sho...

House. in iowa this past weekend, michele bauchmanns getting tepid applause, he was treated like a rock star. this was a guy if he could discipline himself for more than a week at a time. if he could discipline that mouth of his -- >> but he cant. >> you cant either. you said you were going to stay out of the conversation. he can gain traction. and actually, jeff, newt gingrich is going up in the polls. we may see a surge by newt in late december. >> i actually had to watch the alabama/lsu game....

And uncle newt who puts his fingers up and making the three very, very smart points, which youre right about. he is a 19th century figure. but politics, presidential politics, and certainly governing is about more than talking. and we have a record that gingrich talks well sometimes and has just not governed well. >> jeff? >> what im suggesting here is something that a very smart pollster mentioned to me a year ago. when i asked her who called -- and i was polling nationally. she said i think at...

Your own. he was a conservative republican. now there seems to be some war over who ronald reagan was and who has right to climb ideological affiliation with him. >> "time" magazine putsing barack obama and ronald reagan on the cover. or andrea mitchell and jeff greenefield after the state of the union address tried to equate the state of the union address to, gosh, that was just like ronald reagan. the republicans have every right to honor ronald reagan for what he did, not only for the republi...

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