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So, jason, donald trump doesnt see any of this as a teachable moment for the men of america. doesnt see it as a teachable moment for his young son. >> of course not. because the president is a living example that you can be abusive, you can be verbally abusive to women, you can be physically abusive to women, professionally abusive. sexually abusive and 53% of white women will vote for you. that is what is hes operating under. for every horrible wretched thing the president says in support of mi...

Said, we have received no further direction than weve currently been operating under." so we now have the head of central command with no idea what military -- and we know that there were arms treaties came up. it sounds like they discussed whatever putin wanted to discuss. the president heard no reporting or push back on the idea putin drove the agenda for the two-hour secret meeting. but can you just speak to what a cross roads were at when the military -- and the presidents title is commander...

Blake: the trump administration says syria talks will be on the table when the russian president vladimir putin comes to the white house in the fall, at least potentially scheduled as of now. its unclear exactly what the two leaders discussed in helsinki regarding syria, but the pentagon and russian military officials are not on the same page. >> for us right now its kind of steady as she goes. we have received no -- no further direction than weve currently been operating under, and as i mention...

Into the supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. two years ago speaking at a conservative think thank, judge kavanaugh spoke scornfully of the old law governing independent counsel governme investigations. >> i think justices of all stripes agree that its important but not an inexorable command. its not inflexible or absolute. >> can you think of a case that deserves to be overturned? >> yes. >> would you volunteer one? >> no. im going to say one. morrison v. olson. >> they said thats the indepen...

Brit, first anniversary of the special council investigation, robert mueller. what do you think of the effort by the president and his team to try to end it? what do you make of the controversy about an apparent fbi informant who was asking questions of trump campaign officials? >> aggressive approach is probably worth a try. im not sure its going to work because the truth is, chris, for all the talk about there being some accountability to higher authorities within the government by the special...

Brit, first anniversary of the special council investigation, robert mueller. what do you think of the effort by the president and his team to try to end it? what do you make of the controversy about an apparent fbi informant who was asking questions of trump campaign officials? >> aggressive approach is probably worth a try. im not sure its going to work because the truth is, chris, for all the talk about there being some accountability to higher authorities within the government by the special...

Chairmans opening comments about the need for the secretary of state to be a strong independent voice in the white house particularly in this white house. and with the presidents announced policy of america first, which has been interpreted globally as america alone, which is your mission if youre confirmed to use diplomacy to engage the international community. i want to ask you a couple of questions and i would ask that you give your views, not the presidents. i want to know your views. second...

That. i want to follow up on the chairmans opening comments about the need for the secretary of state to be a strong, independent voice in the white house. particularly in this white house. with the presidents announced policy of america first, which has been interpreted globally as america alone, which is your mission if youre confirmed to use diplomacy to engage the national community. im going to ask you a couple questions, and i would ask that you give your views, not the presidents. i want ...

Difference in this case, do you think? >> thats a question a lot of people raised when this came up originally, that this payment had been made, this affair allegedly happened. don, it goes to show you what kind of white house were operating under. this is not a scandal that went on for weeks. this is a 48-hour scandal in this white house. it goes to show you how many scandals this white house faces on a daily basis, this one with rob porter being the longest lasting, but the stormy daniels is s...

Conservative media, and particularly fox news and how they have been obsessing over this issue for weeks. and had really hammered on about it. >> you didnt have any indication that he and nunes were in contact about it, were they? >> no. no. we have nothing to suggest that at the moment, but what we do know is that people such as sean hannity, which is a fox news host, as we reported at the daily beast, was in direct contact over the phone with the president of the united states urging him to am...