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Dangerous seeds around the world. betsy to you, republicans are sending mixed messages. some blame the dnc for lack of security, some deny russias involvement. where exactly does the party stand? >> you know, i think most of the criticism of the dnc and most defense of russia is coming from folks in trumps immediate, very close circle because theyre still trying to push this narrative russia might not necessarily be responsible, that we dont know enough, that we dont have conclusive information....

And the attacks and would democrats seizehat portunity if petraeus were nominated to celts the score. would they say wait a minute, we are a little nervous about these appointments trump might make and should be satisfied given the other options. >> its hard to say what would happen outside the foreign relations committee. within the foreign relations committee, you would have a bias towards david petraeus. he is is that well regarded and testified since his legal difficulties. he has been on th...

Points a week before, do you think a brexit repeat is possible here? >> of course thats something that we all worry about. you see what happened in the u.s. there are two big differences. although the mainstream view is britain would squeak to remain if, if you left london and went out to the metropolis there was anger about brexit. every time i went to see my parents all i heard was people wanting to leave. >> i think this is a slight against posh katty. >> its not a slight. >> posh, posh katty...

Is concerned -- rape, incest, no exceptions. he says this is still murdering the baby. >> you know, dr. carson has been on the way extreme on this issue. he also said, which we didnt play in this interview, that women view their unborn child as the enemy, if they choose to terminate a pregnancy, which is completely offensive to women who are making an extremely difficult choice. you know, look, i think he ultimately is too extreme for this country. and you know, but this is a change election for...

To deal now with vladimir putin, you know him well, what is the smart way to deal with him, in a way that will inflame this? >> i dont know him personally, im not a putin apologist, i i thank you for saying that, one of the problems weve had in the country any time someone disagrees with the mainstream view about russia or the russian policy, theyre called a russian apologist. the way to deal with putin is stop calling him a thug, stop calling him stalin-like and stop calling him saddam. see him...

>> let me go back to steven, let me ask you this. youve been branded a putin apologist. which is a trite way of describing what youve been trying to do. which is trying to nondemonize putin, that isnt that helpful to how you deal with him. what is the smart way for the west, for the americans in particular, for president obama to deal now with vladimir putin, you know him well, what is the smart way to deal with him, in a way that will inflame this? >> i dont know him personally, im not a putin ...

Title by david corn. here is bill keller, former executive editor of "the new york times" discussing the medias role leading up to the war. >> but there was a kind of, you know, kind of mainstream view that this was real. add to that the kind of -- just the competitive urge that motivates newspaper reporters, the desire to get stories first, to get stories exclusively, to get stories on the front page, you know, all those came into play and in fact the times wrote a number of bad stories, inadeq...

Court justices, most of them appointed by liberal governors? how should we view these people? >> well, i worked for andrew cuomo and i have a lot of respect for him but im very disappointed in this. its like people -- like the situation with the baby who ended up with cocaine in its system. you have judges backing into a situation. they basically want to make sure that they dont acknowledge this as a human being, but of course, if someone the day that baby was born -- >> bill: why doesnt a judge...

Court justices, most of them appointed by liberal governors? how should we view these people? >> well, i worked for andrew cuomo and i have a lot of respect for him but im very disappointed in this. its like people -- like the situation with the baby who ended up with cocaine in its system. you have judges backing into a situation. they basically want to make sure that they dont acknowledge this as a human being, but of course, if someone the day that baby was born -- >> bill: why doesnt a judge...

All anti-abortion. though romney has clarified that he would allow abortions in case of rape and incest. they all stand by it and want to defund planned parenthood. they are all opposed to contraception coverage. >> absolutely. i think todd akin is the republican party. its a crude or more sloppy way of saying what they stand for. he and paul ryan worked together on that forceable rape bill. the problem right now is not only that thats also the republican platform. the man who wrote all of the p...