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And people identify with that. and he speaks in an idium that people understand. and you could see all of that in that interview. >> dana, there was a lot of talk that one of the reasons he didnt run, obviously, was because of the loss of his son, beau, the last time. and also, obviously, the democratic party had already lined up at that point behind hillary clinton. do you think hell run in 2020? >> he is certainly leaving every door that he has any contact with open. wide open. i thought, what...

Sort of an extraordinary thing to hear. >> yeah, well, first of all, there are few people in the public sphere who have suffered so publicly and whose personal tragedies have been played out in public, you know, he lost his wife and child as a senator-elect and there was some question as to whether he would even go to the senate after that. and -- but, look, one of the great strengths of joe biden is that he is all raw nerve endings. he lets it hang out there. and you can see his emotions. and y...

Incapable of carrying out anything remotely akin to his real job. >> well, speaking for myself, i reserve any judgment on the mental acuity of the chairman, one way or the other. i honestly mean that. at one level, if you view him engaged in a sort of tactical feint to undermine the investigation or to give people in trumps base some reason to doubt the fbi, theres new polling just out today that 74% of trump voters now think the fbi is biased against donald trump. in that respect, what hes doin...

I honestly mean that. at one level, if you view him engaged in a sort of tactical feint to undermine the investigation or to give people in trumps base some reason to doubt the fbi, theres new polling just out today that 74% of trump voters now think the fbi is biased against donald trump. in that respect, what hes doing has been successful. >> but he didnt have to leave contrary evidence behind. he didnt have to include, for example, mention of george papadopoulos, if that was his goal. so hes ...

Good economic news. that is a consistent bipartisan tradition that every has done. if the economys growing abunemployment is low, democrat, republican, of any stripe is going to tell you they as president are the reason for it. >> but i do take your point though. i think that if anyone can convince people to feel better about the economy, then the economy gets better. right? because they. >> you boost consumer confidence by telling people they ought to be confident? >> theyre willing to spend. >...

Categorizing in it in a different way. thats not the legal definition. every time he opens his mouth about it, he gets himself in trouble. >> it was a week or so ago that they told chris cuomo nobody at the white house talks about hillary clinton, that doesnt happen, even though, obviously, president trump tweets quite a bit about hillary clinton, he did bring up hillary clinton in the conversation with reporters last night about him testifying underoath, take a listen. >> under oath, mr. presid...

Would be betting against him to win re-election. >> really? >> yeah. >> how about you? >> i dont know. he has to run first, obviously, but 18 looks like a tough year for us. its always difficult -- >> what about 20? what are you hedging your bets for? >> i cant predict anymore. no one can predict anything after 2016. its a fool errand to make any predictions in politics. it does look like 2018 will be a challenge for us. we have to run on our accomplishments in office which were the tax reforms....

Intel appearance today for a second, jeremy? its our understanding and sarah huckabee sanders got hit with a question about this just before we pulled out of that briefing that there was terrain that the house intelligence committee wanted to cover with bannon today that they couldnt. is there a process by which the committee needs to get permission from the white house and sarah huckabee sanders seems to suggest there? >> well, yeah, i think theres two things. number one is, it seems like the h...

On is a self defeating impulse. america needs to stand up even if our president does not for those values that animated us from the beginning. >> david, i am curious, do you think that formal president obama will say anything about this? >> you know what, i have not spoken to him in the last 24 hours, i dont know what he will do. i know how strongly he feels about what i just said. obviously, his father came here was educated here and you know, so i know how strongly that he feels about these va...

All represent. for that reason, any legislation on daca, we feel, at least a strong part of this group feels, has to accomplish three vital roles. the chairman will be submitting a bill over the next two to three days that will cover many of these things. a obviously, if it gets passed, it will go to the senate and they can negotiate and we will see how it all turns out. i feel having the democrats in with us is absolutely vital because it should be a bipartisan bill. it should be a bill of love...