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Provided that he abused his top secret security clearance. thats just not there either. michael, about the timing -- >> and i just wanted to jump in one more time here and say, the date that you mentioned earlier on the program. the date on the original version of the statement was july 26. the presidents response was that things had been hectic, and that they had not had a chance to put this out there. well, again, if youre so concerned about national security, you know, one day in

Michael bender of the "wall street journal," and jackie kucinich of the daily beast. is it a gaffe, is it honesty? you have one-third of the votes in this area. is this open honesty actually from the republican candidate, not a gaffe, saying we know the republican party is changing and my votes have to come from the rural areas, less populated areas or else i lose? what is this? >> i think this was probably an attempt for him to get voters out. troy balder ssons state senate district includes on...

Theres a lot of people out there. >> so russia interfered in our election but maybe it was other people. that seems anything but clear. does he think we forgot about the rest of his press conference with putin? he dodged any appearance of criticizing russia or its president. he clarified that calling putin a competitor was actually a competent, after being told by the very people he hired that the united states has been and is currently under cyberattack by russia, he responded by praising putin...

It happened, cover to say he misspoke. >> such a smart man, youre such a smart man. as i was reading michael benders report in "the wall street journal," it sounds like someone got together with all the advisers, the tv producer was in the room, and someone said, here is the most damaging thing you said yesterday, right? and heres the one thing you can fix, you can do this, its damage control and pr. its just like producing television or what you would do for a talent on a tv show or on a news s...

As i was reading michael benders report in "the wall street journal," it sounds like someone got together with all the advisers, the tv producer was in the room, and someone said, here is the most damaging thing you said yesterday, right? and heres the one thing you can fix, you can do this, its damage control and p.r. its just like producing television or what you would do for a talent on a tv show or on a news show who said something wrong. you would say, this is what you said, and here is how...

Comparison to charlottesville, as this being a real missed opportunity for the president. i think one difference, one small difference is that this white house seems to be on the same page in urging president trump to walk this back and to make some kind of statement immediately, trying to undo what he did in helsinki. that was a little different from what we saw right after charlottesville, there were a lot of mixed opinions in the white house. this time everyone was telling him there was a rea...

With putin? he dodged any appearance of criticizing russia or its president. he clarified that calling putin a competitor was actually a complime compliment. after being told by the very people he hired that the united states has been and is currently under cyberattack by russia, he responded by praising putin and blaming the united states for poor relations between the two countries. president trump may have misspoken. but tweaking one word doesnt undo or make us forget everything else he said....

Win wilisten to him. it could be years and years and years. those are the things he believes. what you didnt hear today was any reckoning that he understands that there was something really problematic, and thats being nice, about an american president standing next to the president of russia basically taking his side over the intelligence agencies. he didnt reckon with that. >> michael, he was a candidate then. his comments about megyn kelly also come to mind tonight. this is the original comme...

Any reckoning that he understands that there was something really problematic, and thats being nice, about an american president standing next to the president of russia basically taking his side over the intelligence agencies. he didnt reckon with that. >> michael, he was a candidate then. his comments about megyn kelly also come to mind tonight. this is the original comments, right, and his defense. >> she gets out and she starts asking me all sorts of ridiculous questions. you could see there...

But the last line is key. must pay for 2% of gdp immediately, not by 2025. okay. were going to put that aside. we had a nice discussion about it and talk briefly about in 2012, charlotte, north carolina. that was where the democratic national convention was. listen to the president beforehand talking about it. >> madam chairwoman, delegates, i accept your nomination for president of the united states. >> president obama there. now that city may play host to another very different president in 20...