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forgotten, the victims in atlanta. i felt like watching your whole show tonight. thats what it was about. so our bill is about not forgetting our democracy. so go ahead. >> thank you so much for saying that. there have been so many people who have brought poignant words and made us think tonight and who inspired us to be better people. you chair the senate rules committee that will hold a hearing on the bill next week. and listen, the stakes couldnt be any higher. republicans are tryin...

Great profit. >> mark? >> scott, did anybody get rich off of this? >> a lot of people got rich. all the way from drug dealers on the streets all the way up to the pharmaceutical companies. this is a $13 billion a year industry. a lot of people were making a lot of money. a lot of people were turning a blind eye to what was happening. >> did they lobby congress to try to keep that branch from doing anything about it? >> of course. the pharmaceutical industry, we found, joe, spent about $106 milli...

Im thinking of the entire international community. >> not north korea? >> well, including north korea. >> joe, i know you were not a huge supporter of the deal but whats the -- is there one productive outcome of pulling out of the deal? >> first, its hard to follow up. the iranian foreign minister giving lectures about people not being able to trust the united states word. that aside, i want to talk about the foreign policy side of this with richard haas and david ignatius in a minute. first, ma...

So they cant threaten american society at large. but time is not our friend here. the timelines are not working in our favor. >> joe? >> so, mark, what is the reaction on the hill? what has been the reaction on the hill, obviously, to a lot of the crazy things that have been coming out of the white house? rex tillerson this weekend. i mean, channeling freddy finder until the last teardrop falls, until the first bomb drops. ive never heard a secretary of state say that before. im just wondering, ...

Band. this is a big, bloated administration, and theres nothing conservative about them. and mark, the thing that schmidt said, steve schmidt said the last thing donald trump wants is a democratic house. that could issue articles of impeachment. ill tell you a close second would be a hostile republican senate that when the articles of impeachment pass the house, and they really have to look and see if donald trumps fit to be president of the united states, that do you want bob corker? do you wan...

Theres no restraint there. theres no restraint at home. you look at the spending. you look at the projections, the national debt which doubled under bush and obama. now were at 20 trillion. its going to be up to 35 trillion. theyre breaking the bank. theyre going to blow a hole in the national debt thats going to cripple generations economic standing to come. there is nothing conservative or restrained there. you look at the power, mark halperin, that the president wants to seize himself. hes go...

Established a credible threat for the united states to walk away from the deal, and that has given him enormous leverage, not just over iran but over europeans and i think over everyone who is interested in shifting this to a policy that can prevent iran from developing nuclear weapons. a lot of the senators who supported the deal, they pointed to a lot of the problems with the deal. this is their chance to fix it. and president trump is giving them that chance. israel supports that effort. we h...

Were building the new new york. to grow your business with us in new york state visit esd.ny.gov. thank you. thank you people of harassberg, pennsylvania. its great to be here with you truckers. we have so much in common and not just because the blood in our bodies pools in our legs and our butts. its been a big week getting rid of everything obama did. health care, the iran deal, and were ripping out all the vegetables in michelle obamas garden and planting mcnuggets. >> welcome back to "morn...

>> mark, you asked governor romney about the presidents focus on bain, and he told you he welcomes that before quickly pivoting to the presidents record. lets watch that action here in your interview. >> the president wants to focus a lot of the election debate on your career at bain capital, are you woke with that? >> of course, but i want to focus on his record. did he establish the revitalization he promised, did he hold unemployment below 8%? its been 39 months now and that has not happened....

Take share mendacity and multiply it by the number of people that believe it, and to me thats the joan walsh formula, and that tells you the biggest lie. actual per capita spending has dropped under president obama. the administration is now pushing this and jay carney practically swore today saying dont believe the republican bs, they have to be better getting this stuff out. >> the phrase big lie is terrible, of course, but there has been a relentless use of not truth telling. >> there have be...