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Extemporaneous extemporaneously. they have to be concerned, because in these cases, and barbara may agree or not agree, but usually the vulnerability is by someone mystiquing and committing perjury. perhaps not even wittingly or intending to do so. the presidents chances of doing this are so much greater than the average person because hes careless with the facts. >> your take on that? what are your biggest concerns? >> i do think, as john just says, his history of carelessness with the facts. i...

Christopher steele? >> well, kay katy, this is a partisan referral by the republicans only on the judiciary committee and something that the viewers should keep in mind. and the other thing to know is its classified. we dont have the exact details but i have been doing some reporting an talking to some sources and i have come away the impression it is essentially about what christopher steele said about his contacts with reporters. apparently something he told the fbi contradicted with something...

Priorities of the committee. >> joining us now, jill wine-banks, also ken delaney with nbc news. ken, lets start with you. what more do we know about this potential investigation into christopher steele? >> well, kay katy, this is a partisan referral by the republicans only on the judiciary committee and something that the viewers should keep in mind. and the other thing to know is its classified. we dont have the exact details but i have been doing some reporting an talking to some sources and ...

When he asked whether or not he knew of any meetings and sessions says no. when the president is act, though the president is not under oath, was there any talk of meetings and he said not that im aware of. those things are legally relevant. if the president were to be put under oath and repeat that and mueller then had the evidence that you just described, then you may have a material misstatement and that would be problematic. >> it would be problematic for his lawyers to allow him to face que...

I dont know if well ever hear from him. his lawyer sent that letter a couple months ago saying he would testify if he had immunity. most lawyers saw that as an effort to shield himself from having to go to court later on this. if you get immunity chances are youre not going to get it in court. youre going to protect yourself. are we ever going to hear from flynn? >> thats a great question. i share your desire to hear from flynn because there are so many interesting questions about him. why he di...

Thanks to medicaid, thanks to obamacare, but the presidents own twitter feed, that barack obama sent out that same misinformation with the following sentence and i quote, thats a fact. no, it isnt. it is not a fact. in fact that is a material misstatement of the numbers and with a huge hat tip to john at realclearpolitics.com, well-respected website by both sides of the aisle he actually sat down and did number crunching. he it got so bad the conclusion he reached that they overstated by million...

That is the language the administration used. they dont have the figures. instead of coming out saying we dont know or leveling with us on what the real numbers are, they choose, what we used to call in the law puffery, those over the top statement, sometimes advertisers make. and. this is a material misstatement. people need to know what the real numbers are because, martha, separate and apart from the medicaid misstatement, we still dont know whether the 2.million who they claim have enrolled ...

And they have put up a web site in english and arabic. were talking about eight or nine months, 18 days on the ground. at the same time that state department and u.s. government officials were saying its too violent to go to benghazi. we find out yesterday that the real reason the f.b.i. couldnt go there is that the president of libya was angry that he had been dissed in the muslim world by our own ambassador to the united nations giving a false account. so what we have now is basically many, ma...

and also a friend of his, a woman who has known him for years and says hes a saint, well actually talk to her. weve got some tough questions for her to answer. we begin though tonight with raw politics. president obama heading home tonight from the g 20 sum et in mexico. where the economy is concerned, this summit could have a serious impact on jobs. heres some of what the president said tonight about the economy, about syria and political sniepg from the romney campaign. >> markets ar...

where the economy is concerned, this summit could have a serious impact on jobs. heres some of what the president said tonight about the economy, about syria and politically from the romney campaign. >> markets around the world have been asking if europe is ready to do what is necessary to hold the eurozone together. european leaders here in cabos have made it clear that they understand the stakes and pledge to take the actions needed to address this crisis and restore confidence, stab...