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I dont think ive spoken to him for 15 years. i wasnt a fan. >> here for our leadoff discussion, peter baker, jeremy bash, and back with us here in new york jessica roth. a professor at the school of law. here in new york. welcome to you all. peter, i note that tonight the chris ruddy head of news max and a long time trump friend and whisperer went on cnn in about the last hour and after making clear he and the president had not discussed this, he straight up said its not going to be long concern...

He wasnt a foe of immigration in quite the same way. that president trump is. but to the extent he represented something different, the idea that we were unhappy with the way the system worked, he in fact does sort of represent the beginning of a wave that crested about 20-some years later. and he did it from outside of the system. he tried to do it as an independent. he got 19% of the vote, as you pointed out, but we learned the limits of being independent in a two-party country. donald trump l...

>> theyre still pushing but youre right. this is a very uphill battle. remember, this is a top tier candidate. a top tier recruit for the democrats. but remember, she lost last year in a house seat by several points on something that where other democrats in other states won. kentucky is a tough race for her, but they do feel like that the military background she has is a very good attribute. they hope to really push that. they have of the people that came into the house, the new members, many o...

Under federal investigation in florida for alleged crimes involving sexual exploitation of minors. then u.s. attorney alex acosta approved a deal allowing epstein to plead guilty to a lesser state charge of soliciting and procuring a minor for prostitution. the problem is acosta is now this nations labor secretary. and so these latest charges against epstein have renewed outrage over the first agreement there, and sparked calls for acostas resignation as labor secretary. today we heard from acos...

This is caitlin dickerson from the new york times. this isnt the only case. very little documentation. lo que yo quiero estar con mi hijo. i know thats not true. and the shelters really dont know what to do with them. i just got another person at d.h.s. to confirm this. i have this number. were going to publish the story.

Case. we saw that in the cohen case. and also when he says something snide or derogatory like in the case of the sexual assault that peter referenced earlier, where he said shes not my type, that usually is evidence of some guilty consciousness by the president. >> and jessica, by dent of the connection to the president here, remind us, remind the folks watching tonight why we should take this case against epstein so incredibly seriously. >> well, we should take the case against epstein seriousl...

The manafort case, they werent interested in manafort, they were interested in squeezing manafort against president trump. turned out there was nothing against president trump. there was no illegal collusion, no collusion any kind with the russians and the investigation should have ended the day that the decision was made, but it continued on and on with collateral crimes, many of which were not even committed, and others if they were committed couldve easily been prosecuted by ordinary prosecut...

♪ >> laura: two hot topic than just a short time to get to them. lets bring in drew pinskey, board-certified internist. dr. drew, great to see you. i have to begin with a shocking case out of l.a., took a friend of mine have told me about this. a police officer now has contracted that really rare and life-threatening illness, disease, typhoid fever. fewer than 350 americans contract this every year? what is going on here? >> we have a complete breakdown of the basic needs of civilization in lo...

Way he says that they can beat trump is basically by impeaching him. >> first of all, only 29% of the american people think impeachment is appropriate. even if they think impeachment is a wonderful idea, then go for it. knock yourselves out. put the evidence out there. if you honestly believe that the results of the election should be overturned by impeachment, not the next election, go ahead and have the guts to do it and see what happens. its a disaster, it would ensure the reelection of presi...

Looked like he was at a hunting lodge, to bob mueller? >> he was 100% right. mueller shouldve come to a conclusion. cthink if he had come to a conclusion, it wouldve been there was no obstruction of justice, he was probably pressured by his staff members not to come to that conclusion. he should have come to that conclusion very shouldve said that he didnt say is that there should probably no longer be any special counsel. the mueller investigation was the final nail in the coffin of special cou...