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Today out at this conference made so much news. >> here the thing. i asked kara swisher about that earlier. her response to me was come on don what are you still on, dial up? a lot of things can change in eight years. especially eight years, and four years. and simply the technology had moved on from the obama -- in those four years from the obama administration. >> it was a juggernaut in 2012. theres no question about that. but yes things do change in four years. we unfortunately did not keep u...

Russians. do you see that is the direction in which it will have to go? >> it appears that way. and, look, carter page has spoken on many sides of this issue. and it still is unclear the level of his involvement with the trump campaign and the trump foreign policy team. and his conversations here. and, look, its clear right now with the situation, with the senate intel committee, hes calling their bluff. hes basically acknowledging and saying that he hasnt done anything wrong. >> what does that ...

Ahem. new reporting says the take it to the bank senate investigation may be in even more trouble than the house. in the sense that it may not be actually doing anything. of the seven senate staffers who are reported to be working on this investigation, these are the people who actually have access to documents, turns out all seven of the staffers on this investigation are working part time. also none of them have any prosecutorial or investigative experience. most of them lack a background in r...

They fall short. now republicans will get behind handel to bring her to a win in june. >> shannon: the mere fact that were talking about a competitive race in a congressional district democrats havent held in 40 years is the nationwide grassroots movement for leaders ready to stand up to republicans. does the race say anything to you so far about what you can be facing in the 2018 mid-term? >> generally not good for the party of the president in power. >> well, special elections in and off thems...

Advertising dollars. >> reporter: one thing you can be fairly certain about as this was unfolding, if you look back at what happened to glen beck. similar, he didnt lose his audience but advertisers started to leave. the rape culture idea, the idea that the viewership is going up and viewers are stale loyal to bill oreilly is really interesting, but its a nightmare for a company when youre getting more people to consume your product and you cant monetize it. the advertisers, all of whom knew bil...

That he built as self righteous one and looking to pile on the news of the "new york times" and piggy back on that. so you have an agitated and activated left wing. now you have a new branding economy that what you say is not as important as what you do. >> how does a company who depends on advertising revenue square this circle? when you put an anchor in a chair, you want people to watch that anchor when he skreucceeds. >> yes, shehe is a juggernaut i broadcast and writing. the market is so spl...

Donald trump is not talking about tariffs right now. i think hes focused on taxes and america first, which is the right thing for him to be doing. >> neil: one of the things youre saying, the chinese rigged their currency, they rig even the numbers that they have come out and say how great their recovery is going and the juggernaut that they seem to have globally. he doesnt seem to put much stock in what they say theyre doing. how is that going to be received? >> i dont think its going to be rec...

Trade, he has identified china. i think correctly as really being the obstacle to the accomplishment of certain goals. hes going to push. both of these guys have reasons to push each other and theyre both political. xi jinping is a 19th party congress coming up at at the end of the year and donald trump has a faltering presidency. they both need to have a good meeting. >> it sounds like, meredith, the key issue is going to be economics. the united states, the president of the united states focus...

The special interests, make shower the tax rates -- make sure the tax rates arent too low, so i think its going to be a very heavy lift now. paul: mary? >> i think theres no way that theyre going to do the tax reform after this. what they have basically telegraphed to the entire world is that they cant govern. i mean, theyre wearing these freedom caucus people are treating this as a badge of honor, that they refused to budget on this. and, in fact, its a big disaster for the party, and i think i...

Tax bill to try to cave in to the special interests, make shower the tax rates -- make sure the tax rates arent too low, so i think its going to be a very heavy lift now. paul: mary? >> i think theres no way that theyre going to do the tax reform after this. what they have basically telegraphed to the entire world is that they cant govern. i mean, theyre wearing these freedom caucus people are treating this as a badge of honor, that they refused to budget on this. and, in fact, its a big disaste...