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Front of the parade in alabama. roy moore won for a number of reasons, had been famous in the state for two decades. hes also very smartly i think endorsed republican candidates who are fairly well supported by the establishment. in breitbart theyre taking credit for josh holly in missouri who was recruited by people like john danforth, one of the most prominent never trump critics, the former senator. bannon and him are on the same side. what they take credit for is coming out and saying maybe ...

Note. >> dave, it strikes me that rather than this being a war or a real purge, what you really basically have is steve bannon issuing a blanket threat. you will either be obedient in public to donald trump, or well threaten you to primaries. he doesnt have to win any for that threat to have salient. >> hes already won one although bannon did kind of jump to the front of the parade in alabama. roy moore won for a number of reasons, had been famous in the state for two decades. hes also very smar...

Senator john dan forth graduated from yale law school and yale divinity school in the same year. in that same year, he was admitted to the bar to practice law and ordained as a priest in the episcopal church. he eventually pursued a career in politics and was elected to the united states senate as a republican from missouri and later served as president george w. bushs ambassador to the united nations. in an op-ed for "the washington post" on friday, senator danforth wrote, to my fellow republic...

We cannot allow that impression to go unchallenged. our party has been corrupted by this hateful man, and it is now in peril. joining us now, john danforth, former republican senator from missouri. hes the founder of the john c. danforth center. thank you very much for joining us tonight. your warning to republicans about silence, are you talking about the elected republicans in washington who have been largely silent in the face of president trump. >> no, i think its harder for the people who a...

But republicans need to be a party of inclusion. >> does that party include donald trump sm. >> well, it could, but youre going tow to change -- youve got to grow the majority and at this point politics is a game of addition, not subtraction and hes going to have to riech out and change for his own sake, for the partys sake. hes gt to make that own decision. and thats why youre seeing some republicans rebell at this. i cant get re-elected in the -- >> john danforth wrote in the "washington post"...

He is going to try to pressure her to get on board. there are signs that the visit wont be entirely drama-free. you know, one of the top republicans in the state you saw former senator john danforth, a prominent missouri republican, accuse trump a few days ago of poisoning the republican party basically. i think that will be an interesting thing to watch. >> all right. were also tracking whats happening with hurricane harvey and the aftermath. daniel lipman, thank you for joining us. staying w...

He just decides to do this. but honestly, jake, this is -- this caps out a period of time for this president where he is alienated african-americans with the charlottesville, jewish community with the charlottesville comments, lgbt community this week with his banning of transgender soldiers and now the hispanic community. today, joe biden came out with an article in the atlantic saying, this is about the soul of our nation. john danforth, when he penned >> form john danforth, when he penned his...

We dont know what happened with jeff sessions but im sure somebody will ask. >> you dont breach the wall of justice like that. you dont -- >> by asking a question. >> you know, its more than asking a question. obviously, he didnt go back and go through the proper procedures that every other president has done when you pardon somebody. he decides do this. honestly, this is -- this caps out a period of time for this president where he is alienated african-americans with the charlottesville, jewish...

Afternoon as we see the outer band from this hurricane. the winds are one thing. the flooding potential here is the other. thats a big concern for the citys inland like hugheston, a austin and san antonio. many of the cities are prone to flooding, that includes in san antonio. the storm really hangs around this part of texas for days, it is going to dump serious amounts of rain in this part of the country. the result could be devastating flooding. that is the focus of the warning from officials ...

Happens to be blowing that particular day. frankly, im disappointed in a lot of them, because any suggestion that president trump has not denounced those groups for the last two years and been very, very clear about it, im just frankly disappointed in some of the members that just seem to jump on a bandwagon, so to speak, and i just dont understand it. i think we need to stand solidly behind president trump, the whole nation does, for the next three and a half years. we have the threat of isis, ...