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brave patriots. >> breaking news on those so-called whistleblowers. >> i meet up with dozens of whistleblowers who had already tied to the came to talk to your staff. >> when you want me to turn over there? >> tonight the republican stunt -- to insurrection goes poof. ranking democrat on the weaponization committee joins me live and then you know fox news is a problem when they lose the room at cpac. >> they dont respect. he read the depositions. the deposition they have a fear and loa...

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U.s. should give an afghanistan, but self interest dictates that americans -- think clearly about long term costs, small efforts now could avoid big problems later, such as another mass migration in europe. the war has been lost, but that doesnt mean every institution that americans work with is destined to disappear. theres still time to save afghanistans central bank. >> i dont want you to weigh in on the op-ed itself, backswing to me as a reporter what has happened with the countrys financial...

Stand up to him when necessary. and if this creates a really big opening for him politically, kimberly atkins, i could see a primary challenge. i could see someone saying hes got to be stopped within the republican party before he ruins it. if he hasnt already. >> yes, i mean, there is definitely room there for a primary challenge. i expect that we will see a primary challenge for a sitting president, something when you think about it in the grand scheme of things is really unusual, but i think ...

Let me begin buwith you, john avlon. yes, the president wants sessions to investigate this. not sure anything is illegal about penning an anonymous op-ed. according to the "new york times" there was a discussion of asking senior officials to si w affidavits that could be used in court and yes there was a bit about the lie detector tests. >> yeah, if there is one thing that is good for office morale, it is marching people to get lie detector tests. >> thats not going to happen. >> no, and look, i...

To the op-ed itself, when you read some of the accusations that this executive was making that goldman was doing, did any of it strike you as sort of -- youre a former state attorney general, youre thinking maybe we ought to investigate something here. maybe we ought to go and get -- whether its the justice department or states ought to do this. did any of what he wrote in there trigger the prosecutor in you? >> well, i can tell you, obviously, as a prosecutor, you know, no one was stronger in g...

"the wall street journal." we have the headlines. real progress, but were not done. thats from the president. and governor romney, a new direction for america. what are your thoughts on just the headlines alone, not even the content of the op-ed itself. but those two different headlines. >> well, right. theyre actually two different realities. actually, when you look in all the polls, it doesnt matter what it is. democrats seem to be a whole lot more optimistic about the countrys direction, or p...