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Was more striking than ive ever seen. >> wow. we want to get to the political ramifications of all of this in just a moment, but first, the legalities. danny savalas, barbara mcquade and go through each of you. jonathan turley, scale of one to ten, how bad is this for the president and what are the possibilities? >> well, it couldnt be worse, and i have to say, im not as convinced about this new morality play featuring michael cohen. this idea that hes suddenly liberated in the sense hes going t...

Uncertainty, it is hard to govern. do you think that is a wise strategy? i guess some would argue that it is giving comeys book more oxygen although it does fit the narrative that the president has been trying to do for a long time which is erode confidence in the fbi and in the department of justice. that whatever mueller comes up with, this is this tainted organization. >> i agree with that. i have respect for jim comey as a public servant. i think he served the public with integrity. but he s...

>> he was never a morality play, not even for people who make morality their cause. even the evangelicals with their political history of what they find intolerant, the idea of giving him a mulligan or a thousand mulligans, whatever, they bought into not buying into him as a person. you have to look at the next level of significance which is lying is troubling for a presidency. on that level, sarah huckabee sanders yesterday saying this. >> the president has addressed these directly and made ver...

>> tom shillue: is it the trouble to the resistence or to other conservatives. youre no fan. >> his trouble is the economy, his trouble is the world, his trouble is the fact that its a hard job and solutions are a lot more complicated than he let on. his struggle is hes got to build a wall now. his trouble is all the stuff the bed he made for him. thats not something the kennedy school of government is going to have any affect on or twister or fox news or ms nba c his trouble is actually reality...

Trouble to the resistence or to other conservatives. youre no fan. >> his trouble is the economy, his trouble is the world, his trouble is the fact that its a hard job and solutions are a lot more complicated than he let on. his struggle is hes got to build a wall now. his trouble is all the stuff the bed he made for him. thats not something the kennedy school of government is going to have any affect on or twister or fox news or ms nba c his trouble is actually reality. >> i dont disagree with ...

Okay with doing what they believe is the right thing and losing money. theyre not afraid of losing businesses that are forcing their ideals or mandating their ideals on a state. if theres money that will be lost -- there will be money lost. thats a large part of the debate you saw in austin in the texas state legislature. a majority of parents say theyre fine with losing the money because theyre not going to dictate what is safe and what they want for their children -- >> do you really think its...

Politician, every presidency to the fire, and to do good reporting, good journalistic work. that is novel, apparently. >> what we of course always want is an adversarial press. we want a press that is skeptical of people who are in power. that is what we want all the time. but, as you guys were discussion, having it be situational and having ups and downs as may be not so good. i also think that what you are seeing here if you have a morality play going on, where the reporters cast themselves in...

Politician, every presidency to the fire, and to do good reporting, good journalistic work. that is novel, apparently. >> what we of course always want is an adversarial press. we want a press that is skeptical of people who are in power. that is what we want all the time. but, as you guys were discussion, having it be situational and having ups and downs as may be not so good. i also think that what you are seeing here if you have a morality play going on, where the reporters cast themselves in...

Digital presence of donald trump led by brad pasqual, it was under the radar and brilliantly conceived. >> no doubt about it. there was plenty of atmosphere here running against hillary clinton. but, boy. if democrats sit here and just look at the election. >> got to look at the battleground. >> they have to look in the mirror and at the lack of messaging. the things -- the fact that i go back. they designed their whole campaign around trying to disqualify trump personally from the office. makin...

Everything here. but pacquiaos most significant accomplishment as a politician in the philippines was denying contraception to poor women. >> thats catholicism, right? >> he said that even though he grew up in poverty with a lot of brothers and sisters, that was a blessing and others should be able to go include that blessing. its just to say that i find it interesting when people say, im for pacquiao because this is a morality play about womens rights, both peoples ledger if we want to talk abo...