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Just what direction the white house is going and now that we see the most recent departure of sarah sanders it brings up the question of whether or not were going to start seeing regular white house press briefings again or if its just going to be a wholesale change in the way in which the white house is run. >> marc, susan, daniel, thank you so much. well see you next time. well be right back. s mower. because seasons change but true character doesnt. wow, youve outdone yourself this time. hey,...

"bad things can happen to good families." so with shanahans departure there are now nine members of the presidents administration who are serving in an acting capacity. and thats just how this president likes it. so back with me now, daniel dale, susan glasser, and marc caputo. so susan, that is a lot to chew on. lets talk about this. the family of patrick shanahans ex-wife, they have actually released a statement tonight coming to his defense. it is a tragic situation and obviously very persona...

I would be willing to name it for you guys, but they asked me to do that so im going to respect their wishes. >> it was revealed this week that russian hackers breached the election systems of two counties in florida ahead of the 2016 election, but neither the governor nor the fbi will tell us which ones. the "washington post" has reported that one of the counties is in the florida panhandle, the other remains a mystery. joining us now is mark caputo, senior writer for politico, and pam keith, d...

Checking that theyre worthy of the risk. >> thank you very much, mark caputo, pam keith. thank you guys both. well have you guys back. if you get more information, let us know. if you get more information, let us know. you wouldnt accept an incomplete job from any one else. why accept it from your allergy pills? flonase relieves your worst symptoms including nasal congestion, which most pills dont. flonase helps block 6 key inflammatory substances. most pills only block one. flonase.

>> "the washington post" reports that florida lawmakers were frustrated that the fbi and department of homeland security officials who briefed them were not able to guarantee the breeches had not resulted in election information being compromi compromised. they said they found no evidence that it was altered or affected. they assures them that vote counts and processes were not affected. his latest piece is about the washington county breech. mark, i guess lets start there. to say this comes out...

On. >> the counties themselves seemed important. we should know which two. that is actually a public briefing on what happened. given the fact that these are the voter files, its not quite enough to say to people dont worry. they didnt do anything too crazy. what could they have done? >> you referenced the mueller report before. if you read in section one, the russians tunnelled into the dncs e-mail network and set up a vpn, a virtual private network and the russians were able to explore and loo...

If you had the desire to call the switchboard, you would not get anything. the phones are ringing and ringing. in other words as the "washington post" puts it the message might as well be youve reached the white house, we are not functioning, please try again later. inside the white house the president is home alone. controversial and confusion swirls. the defense secretarys resignation over that decision, a partial government shutdown, and a stock market that plunged, all of it in the last week...

We have won against isis. >> thats president trump over the last few months claiming isis has been defeated in syria, something that ultimately led to his decision to withdraw u.s. troops from that country. this morning were learning the u.s.-led coalition in syria has launched new air strikes, targeting financial centers and other facilities in eastern syria last week. the deputy commander saying in a statement that isis still presents a "very real threat to the long-term stability in the regio...

What are floater vote voters saying by sending rick nelson to the u.s. senate? >> whats wrong with the democratic partys pace? tend to under perform relative to their numbers compared to republicans. we heard the excuse there is not a true progressive. we had a true progressive in andrew gillum and a boring white guy in bill nelson and they still lost. they didnt come out in force compared to republicans. the democratic party needs to do some soul searching on how to motivate the base or how to ...

And somehow the republican heavy u.s. supreme court decides to side with nelson, it is -- almost beyond a shadow of a doubt governor rick scott will be the next united states senator from florida. >> mark, a couple weeks back we talked of lessons learned from 2000. how thats coming to bear in this election. looking ahead to the next election, what have folks learned in florida to carry over into that election? >> there are parts of our election code that could be overhauled to give people more c...