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Former special assistant to president trump and former press secretary of vice president mike pence. mark, thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> lets talk about nondisclosure agreements. did you sign one while you were in the administration? >> yes. the first thing i did after i left the administration in last october and joined the re-election campaign i signed an nda as well. >> why? >> im being paid and encouraged to speak more. its standard operating procedure in these kin...

Trying to silence me. what is he trying to hide? what is he afraid of? if he hadnt said anything derogatory to african americans why would he try to shut me down? >> that was omarosa telling me about president trumps efforts to keep her silent, efforts that include trying to enforce a nondisclosure agreement she signed in 2014. whacky omarosa already has a fully signed nondisclosure agreement. ndas are not unusual for businesses or campaigns. according to "the washington post" even dozens of whi...

Youre wrong definitively that the president did not know about those e-mails before they were released by wikileaks? >> i can tell you i was on the campaign with the candidate for vice president, now vice president, just like everyone else whether they were in the media or in new york, we were all watching our twitter feeds and watching for news accounts for when the next release came from them. i had no indication that anything was coming before we knew it was actually coming out. >> mark laude...

>> were talking about the claims she made, the president knowing about these e-mails. yes he waved them around. yes, he said russia if youre listening. there are things that point you in a direction that donald trump or his campaign knew about this. yes, they point you in that direction. >> im agreeing with you katie. i think on the issue of racism, thats the focus of our conversation today -- >> one of the huge things. >> is the point we dont need the tape to know the way trump behaves? frankly...

Secret weapon which is the presidents sister. on the third circuit court of appeals and recommended him to the president and one thing we know about president trump is he kind of relies on family. >> i would point out, though, that senators collins and murkowski as well as senator mccain and three democrats voted for judge barrett when she was confirmed just last october. >> fair enough. mark, who do you think has the tougher job here, mitch mcconnell in trying to keep senators collins and mur...

>> we probably send out 15 to 20,000 lobsters, almost every day. >> reporter: and how much of that is going overseas? >> overseas, over 60% of our lobsters. >> reporter: how much to china? >> china alone is 20%. >> reporter: tom adams is a major lobster distributor. he exports them from hundreds of local fisherman and co-ops to overseas markets. he invested $1.5 million in the expansion not foreseeing what was to come. how long can you afford to be patient in this? >> we cant afford to be pati...

Are finding themselves between a rock and a hard place here, kasie. >> yeah, some reporters have been looking at anecdotal impacts in key midterm races. they interviewed a hog farmer. they said tosh, a third generation farmer who always votes republican said hes voting for black burns democratic republican in part because trumps trade wars are hurting his family business. a sizeable one with some 400 employees and 30,000 pigs. the cost of steel needed for new barnes is up, he said, and the expan...

Second. at what point do trump voters start blaming the president? for things going on in their lives? >> i think there is going to be a tipping point. his fans were in favor of his strong message the u.s. is in unfair trade deals, we need to fix them, we need to get tough with countries like china. but in the actual starting of a trade war, maybe not this initial salvo may not be felt across the country. but if it escalates and they do more and more and he said hes willing to go up to $500 bill...

If democrats do get a chance to run -- go back to running these committees, how does that sort of unwind? it seems to me they would shutdown most of the nunes inquiries, most likely, but there is potentially quite a few threads for them to pickup going forward. >> yes, and we just had this very interesting, very compelling, very telling report from the senate intelligence committee. but there are additional things to look at, and i think for me, taking back the house is going to be -- would be s...

Presidents nominee, whomever that nominee is, theyre going to lose their base. theyre going to lose their donors. a lot of their activists who knock on doors, make phone calls. >> there was a good analysis on the front page of the times. they may have to be making a decision between do we hold the senate now in favor at the expense of a court for 40 years? >> a nominee by a republican president is not going to be -- fail to win approval from a republican senate unless republican senators peel of...