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In north korea where an american student was tortured to death, that was evil. in the last two years, i have seen true evil. >> margaret, the fact is her departure did catch the white house off guard. the president wanted her to stay longer, at least through the midterms here. do you see in those comments a deliberate effort by haley to put distance between herself and the president? >> she has always spoken clearly and not been afraid to say things that often go against what the president is sa...

Things he does not want to be exposed. a counterpoint within the republican party to this posture is and has been nikki haley. recently left as the u.s. ambassador to the united nations. she was at the al smith dinner, a gathering of the hoi polloi, and she had these comments. i want your reaction. have a listen. >> in america, our political opponents are not evil. in north korea, where american student otto warmbier was tortured to death, that was evil. in the last two years, i have seen true e...

Back now to washington. it has been a wild week for u.s. president donald trump. on monday he held a ceremonial swearing in for brett kavanaugh. this after a hard-fought contentious fight in the senate that bitterly divided the country. on tuesday, nikki haleys resignation as u.n. ambassador caught washington off guard. sources say it was unexpected but mr. trump insists he knew she was stepping down for months. she will stay on until january. on wednesday, hurricane michael hit, but that did no...

He inked an arms deal with the saudis. this week he has tied that. he said he doesnt want to interrupt u.s. jobs. you see him trying to toe the line between the u.s. economic interest and the geopolitical consequences of khashoggis disappearance. >> okay, guys, shawn lets move to the latest piece and how democrats are worried about the latino voter turnout. im curious what this is about, and how democrats, have they been caught off-guard with the democrat group appeared a shake-up here? im going...

Any of these barrier islands? >> not much, when you have a storm this big, the barrier islands arent going to slow it down really or weaken the storm. what its going to take is getting on to that main land mass, we get it on to the mainland, thats going to finally slow this storm down. that storm has amazing strength, incredible amounts of wind speed and when it starts to push inland, thats when it starts to grab gradually lose its strength. so were going to have people in south georgia being ca...

Service at the united nations. for example, here is a senior democrat from house foreign affairs. >> well, she was an effective diplomat. she will be missed. i dont think the president will find anybody better to fill the spot. it seems very peculiar the announcement was made before the midterm elections. they will certainly talk that she might be appointed to become senator from south carolina if lindsey graham ends up in the administration. >> exactly four weeks from those midterm elections an...

Gil had to say about linda kolman. he had something far more interesting to share with the detectives. >> i dont know if you guys know but, anyway, me and linda we had a relationship, so. >> okay. sexual relationship, im assuming? >> yeah. >> whats that moment like when he reveals hes having an affair with linda kolman? >> i think it caught us all off-guard because that was the first time we discovered thatwe had no reason to ask him about that type of relationship with linda. >> how long ago di...

Picking apart his simple suburban life. >> linda kolman, i would imagine, would be someone that you would wanna look closely at. >> no question. if theres a death that is not a natural death, you look at the closest -- people first, usually the spouse. coming up -- >> he did want to talk to me. >> soon they discover another reason to take a look at linda kolman. >> we had a relationship. >> sexual relationship? >> hes having an affair with linda koleman. >> it caught us off guard. the moment y...

Presidency is consequential. he gets to say he twice filled the court with conservative justices tilting it to the right for a generation. if brett kavanaugh lasts on the court as long as the justice hes replacing, hell be on the supreme court until 2048. >> wow. in the meantime the president is keeping busy. we saw him energizing his base and those words as we heard at different rallies. hes gathering up for another busy week with more rallies. >> president trump said a couple weeks ago that he...

I can defend my integrity. >> since my nomination in july, there has been a frenzy on the left to come up with something, anything, to block my confirmation. >> i know im telling the truth. i know my life-long record. >> the swetnick thing is a joke. that is a farce. >> would you like to say more about it? >> no. >> martha: so judge kavanaughs tone today catching democrats off-guard, perhaps, and give the republicans and the red state democrats reason to vote yes. joining me is the host of "bens...