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You have two hardliners who are really in line with the presidents thinking about americas position in the world. that was not the case with mcpham mcmaster, so perhaps that left nikki haley not feeling like she had as big of of a portfolio on foreign policy. >> glamorous even. >> later he called it prestigious. >> while her departure and the time has all the heralding of somebody getting out in front of something. they do not have as many women in the cabinet -- >> yeah, its 5 out of 23. >> thi...

Rick gates on trial. it is a much stronger defense to say that you cant believe rick gates and you cant believe the governments case. we dont need to put any witnesses on then it would be to put on one or two character witnesses to say paul manafort is a good guy. that to me is a not a strong case, a strong play by defense, it would probably be the only thing that they would do. the other possibility is there is a technical angle that they would like to pursue and so they may have a more technic...

Picture back up of them all smiling. its almost hilarious. the white house is calling this a hostage negotiation. who blinks first? >> its a little close for the hostage negotiation metaphor. these are all early hours. but this looks bad and the president isnt leading in the way he prescribed president obama do when the last shutdown occurred in 2013. heres the problem for republicans, not only do they have control over government, but its been republican congress against democrat president. so ...

High taxed democrat leaning coastal states. it could off set whatever gains they get. families making of a million dollars are seeing the top rate in tax. that is not making it a gift to the rich. but the proposed elimination of estate tax after six years, this is an optic problem for the president in particular. because it looks like a giant gift to people in his unusual billionaire bracket. >> it is. >> it will exacerbate income in equality. eliminating it after six years is a political optic ...

Aware. >> well, we first reported this last week and it was -- actually, it was our male colleague, ted barrett, who when i got the list of members of this working group said wheres the women. >> we talked about it friday. >> we talked about it friday. now, i will say that some of the women who are in the senate and are very involved in this health care legislation and trying to make it right, susan collins among them, is saying you know what, im not worried about that. im still working and she ...

South. the reality that this thing wont sail alongmer merrily is setting in. mike emanuel is on capitol hill with more. what are conservatives saying after this? >> theyre saying that the leadership did not have the votes. so what weve seen is paul ryan was supposed to be doing a news conference this hour. we just got word that the house has said there wont be any votes tonight. leadership is saying that to rank and file members. theyre telling the members to be around tomorrow. votes are possib...

>> i think of a man and i take away reason and accountability. >> women, the rage this week. outrage, too. how are men reacting? silent, as usual. yes, dear. its splitsville for mike and ike. uh, wait, who knew our favorite candies were gay? what in the bert and ernie is going on? the stories youre talking about in a moment. but first the news you need to know right now. as we go on the air tonight, i want you to take a look at whats happening in the midwest. there is a major tornado...

And tea and be friendly. you cant talk about anything we said. how does that make him into a nice guy. the whole purpose of the media is not to be told things and keep them a secret. it betrays a misunderstanding of what media. is media is to connect the government with the people. you have a break in the connection, its not really the media anymore. >> neil: bigger optic problem, you had it with secrecy, lets have a secret meeting to discuss it. [ laughter ] >> they are thugs. people come to me...