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Donald trump for this decision. and the question is how much will it punish our own country. that may depend on how much of the slack that they can take up, that individual state governments, local governments and people who know, including corporations, who know this is a bad decision, try to resist it. but the presidency is very strong. when he makes this kind of decision, there are consequences there are consequences of an election. he was elected there are consequences of these kinds of deci...

>> well, the pace of it is much faster than watergate. and also, remember watergate dime a climax during nixons second term. >> yes. >> were still early in the trump presidency. but the news business has changed so much. technology has advanced to much. that its much quicker now. and the question that goes unanswered, i for one have no idea where this leads is the open question. because youre quite right. it isnt just a drip, drip. its almost a steady stream of one story after another. and thank...

The second question you would ask, does he have credibility with the russian people. and the general answer is yes there is a lot of willingness among russians to accept vladimir putins version of events. vladimir putins version of things that the west does and things that russia has done, that they accept him to a large extent, many russians, not all, when he says, for instance, that russia was simply helping out, you know, oppressed minorities in eastern ukraine and so on and so forth. so he h...

Abdication of us being leaders of the world? isnt that what we like to be, the leaders on the good stuff? so much for that white house shake-up. the president is finding he cant find nearby anybody to re his people. finally let me finish tonight with trump watch. he wont like it. this is "hardball." he wont like it, but he may have to answer the question. this is where the action is. technologies out there and adapting them to work for you. the ultrasound that can see inside patients, can also d...

Put to rest. so it depends on -- you know, he said hes willing to testify on the hill. the hill hasnt tested that invitation, but thats probably, from his lawyers point of view, the more proper venue for him to tell his story. but its going to be tricky because therare a lot of questions here, and a lot of things that look odd and curious and havent been answered. and whether they can give satisfying answers or not, thats a very open question. >> the question i have is theres a discrete -- a lim...

>> outgross them? >> yeah, theyre going to lose. and it was hideous and wrong. >> good for you. >> you know t clearly was an attempt to draw attention to herself. this is not the kind of attention i think she would have wished to draw. >> its so hard to gross people out today. im sorry, the standard is so off. "the washington post" reported the trump administration is moving toward handing back to russia two diplomatic compounding near new york city and near marylands eastern shore shore. so tha...

Claim that comey told him three times, youre clear. >> people ive talked to close to comey and former fbi officials, as you said, nobody believes that james comey would say that to the president of the united states. in fact, one person i talked to said they rehearsed how to answer that question in a way that would be appropriate. sir, you dont want to know. you know, we cant discuss this kind of thing. the other thing is i have some reporting on peters good point, which is why didnt comey resig...

>> not at all. >> thats the weird part. he says, ill be glad to talk to you guys, and theyre against us. >> the urgency doesnt make sense. what needed to be negotiated with the syrian conflict before inauguration, whether its flynn or kushner, that could not wait 60 day toss get your secretary of defense on board, mattis, build a comprehensive strategy, set your intelligence collection that way. if youre the russians, think about how it feels. youre now communicating with two administrations wit...

Matched wits with a liberal intellectualactivist. he would pose to his visitor a question in the genre of, are you still beating your wife? the persons response would set the phone for the hour that followed. heres a taste of that banter that characterized firing line. >> if i understand your philosophy here, i find it difficult to do. >> do you want to understand my philop? >> desperately. >> you do? well, can you sort of be desperately silent for about one minute or two minutes. >> i say the g...

Quote, manage your relationship with the president who asked you to basically be his employee? >> well, look, the knock on james comey, of course, from democrats as well as republicans, but particularly democrats who are close to hillary clinton, was that he was, you know, supremely confident in his own judgment to the point that he defied justice department guidelines last year and sort of presumed to, you know, make statements publicly about the e-mail investigation and so forth. certainly you...