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Words in his mouth and say, you should have said this, you should have said that. hes been very clear, and anyone knows that donald trump knows thats where he stands. i think its time for the radical left to let him focus on north korea. donald trump has his hands full. hes working as hard as any president has ever worked, getting a lot done, but boy, are there distractions, and im sure thats extraordinarily pr frustrating to the president. >> with all due respect, gary cohn is not a member of t...

Excuse in order to get under the path of totality there as well? that plus the instagram tagging of hermez and valentino, i dont know how that helps economic anxiety. >> you mentioned, john danforth, and i just want to bring some of the senate, a very respected congressman from missouri. the republican party has disrupted their party. they must break to associate with it. our party has been corrupted by this hateful man. it is now in peril. for the kids out there who dont remember john danforth,...

But i also feel compelled to voice my stress over the ooernts of t -- events of the last two weeks. citizens standing up for equality and freedom can never be equated. im not sure the president has seen this because he hasnt tweeted about it. >> there are those who want to be supportive of the president, there are issues they agree with him, but you have to find a way to do it without turning into a stooge. cohn was made into a prop as other members of the cabinet have been made into props for h...

And must do better and consistently, unequivocally condemning these groups. he felt pressured to resign from his position. he said, as a patriotic american, i am reluctant to leave my post because i feel a duty, a commitment to my work on behalf of the american people. i feel compelled to voice my distress over the events of the last two weeks. this is shocking criticism, john, from someone who is in the presidents inner circle. i dont think we have ever seen this since trump took office in janu...

Continue -- give the impression that we are donald trump and that people who vote for republicans are going to vote for donald trump. we have to make it very clear that he is not of us. >> bill crystal, theres a little bit of a qualifier there im hearing from the senate that we are sunk if. how close is the republican party to going off the cliff? i was thinking as i was watching the phoenix rally and somebody shouts for the death of john mccain and the president criticizes him. your senator is ...

His agenda done. i dont know why he doesnt understand that. >> there is a new criticism from a different front, from the former senator from missouri, john danforth, highly respected from the republican party who wrote a scathing op sed. one of the lines is our party has been corrupted by this hateful man and now in peril. i was surprised with this level from senator danforth, an ordained minister. what do you think of it? >> i have given up being surprised by president trump. he gave up a presi...

The op-ed you wrote. i want to read a little bit of it. youre talking about december 18, 62, abraham lincoln told congress. the dogmas of the past are inadequate to the stormy present. we must rise with the occasion as our case is new, we must think and act anew. we must disenthrall ourselves and then well save our country. you go on to call president trump a talented demagogue. what do you make of whats going on right now? and people like senator danforth who are coming out and saying what hes ...

Waterfront, you see busy traffic. we havent seen a lot of signs of people boarding up windows and preparing for the worst and the wind damage coming from the storm. we are going to be on the eastern edge of the hurricane as it makes land fall. many people on the streets this morning taking last moments to load up on supplies. flooding, especially in this area of southeast texas major concerns about flooding and what the heavy rainfall will do over the next coming days. john? >> days and days of ...

Were the party of abraham lincoln, were the party of the union, and its been the fundamental mission of the republican party from the beginning. and trump is absolutely the opposite. he is the opposite of what a republican is. hes a divider, he set one group against another, he makes people hate each other, resent each other, treat people as though theyre not really part of the country. so he is the opposite of what a republican is. hes the opposite of what the country is all about. and its very...

Texas is about to have a significant disaster. the bottom line is, if you have not heeded the warning, the window is closing. if you refuse, its on them. >> that was fema director issuing a dire warning for residents in the path of hurricane harvey to get out, your time is running out. it may be already a category 3 storm. we want to bring in the chief of emergency management. thank you for being with us. tell us your chief area of concern right now. >> john, thank you for the invitation. thank ...