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For this country. look, i can see that they should have done some vetting. but it is not -- its not beyond the pale to think that this person who had been in this very important position, had been high profile in recent times probably would have passed muster. so in a sense i agree with you. >> the second issue is scott pruitt. not what they knew about him before. they liked what they knew about him before. so did you im sure. climate change, lean water. he is doing your bidding. but he is doing...

Caused the wrecking of a government vehicle, and thats just simply not going to pass muster and get confirmation. >> go ahead. >> he has wife beaters, he had people that abused women on his staff. why not a drug dealer? >> the serious part of your point is they dont vet anyone. >> heres the serious part of my point. its that two weeks ago we had a president saying we will -- we should put drug dealers to death. its a good thing he didnt because hed be short a doctor. its ridiculous. if you told ...

Welker who is holding it down at the white house. in a big week, starting off with a little bit of a bump for the presidents pick to be secretary of state, which is the president is clearly focussed on, talking about this morning on twitter. >> reporter: right. the question is will he get voted out of committee, and if he does, will he become the first nominee in history to get voted out unfavorably? well have to see if that happens. the white house signaling they do have confidence that he will...

Their perspective the pressure off some republicans, because they feel like now that this case is moving ahead in new york, that no matter what happens with bob mueller, no matter what happens with rod rosenstein, this is going to go forward. i dont know if that holds muster with the american people, but i do know that is some of the thinking going on right now among republican leadership. they want to see this investigation taken to an end. and another thing i wanted to mention, guys, was about...

One saying he didnt know about it. they could still have a party of a third party relationship and it is information whether this could be called privileged and that is never going to be the case. >> and does the fact that the president talked to michael cohen today and called him today, does that complicate this at aum. >> it is very nice of him and special to check in. maybe he gave him a snack at some point later on but it doesnt change or help his case to say that we have a attorney-client r...

Paid the "national enquirer" to buy the story about mcdueling and kill it. if thats his practice, you want to know a lot of stuff in the papers of michael coe len. else is in his documents and his fuel drawers in his phone, in his house in, his hotel room, in his office? all that stuff is now in the hands of the special, u.s. prosecutors in new york. isnt that something for him to be afraid of? >> absolutely. look, all those questions you just asked, well, thats exactly what it appears that d.o....

Thanks for making time for us today. you talked to mark zuckerberg earlier. the hearing is set to take place tomorrow. are you anticipates based on your conversation with him today that he will be very candid? i know theyre going to apologize, but do they have some solutions that you think will pass muster at the u.s. senate hearing? >> well, he will be candid. he was with me. he clearly said they made a mistake. he said they were lied to by cambridge analytica. but if we dont do something about...

Case from the united states supreme court but it sets predense. they reasoned that the washington d.c. ban on hand guns and regulation that lawfully owned rifles and shotguns was n unconstitution unconstitutional. they talked about unlawful firearm connected with malitia for lawful purposes. washington d.c. is federal jurisdiction. in 2010, the supreme court ruled that yes, it does apply to the states which means here the states cannot infringe on an individual second amendment right. this will ...

App alarm that something was not ethically passing muster. >> thats not news what is being done in the epa. when he first came in to the epa, scientists were being kept from voiceing their concerns and is sequestered. thats a pattern of behavior that the president still is supports and says hes a fantastic man. >> heres the thing. this is the tension. you know this president doesnt like somebody who gets this kind of negative publicity, who is stealing the the spotlight from president trump. thi...

Promoting the news station and your product. >> anna, how did you feel watching it? >> look, if we were seeing this, if this were happening in a vacuum, bens point about his conversations with anchors, i think, would be valid and pass muster. the problem is this is not happening in a vacuum. lets put it into context. sinclair is in the middle of trying to do a merger with tribu tribute. what we are seeing play out is the doj, the trump administration oppose the at&t/time warner merger. many peop...