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Option open. he felt the bill was unconstitutional, didnt want to sign it. said in the end, i am signing this because i have been pushed into signing it, i would prefer not to sign it, and he has gotten frustrated with the russian probes over the past few months and particularly with republicans who are not defending him publicly, he lashed out at senate majority leader mitch mcconnell over that as well, so youre seeing frustration within their own party on russia related issues and measures mea...

Something and you i have both seen him do repeatedly over many years which is keep his options open. he very rarely rules something out. he doesnt always rule something in. i think that he likes having the option open of potentially firing mueller regardless of how dangerous the proposition he may know that is. >> okay. so hes unhappy with mueller. hes unhappy with comey. heads unhappy with sessions. hes unhappy with rod rosenstein. which he mentioned in the article. hes also unhappy who with a ...

Be willing to do. he wouldnt go there and i think he was cautiously not going there. what hes doing is something i think you and i have both soon him do over many years which is keep his options open. he very rarely will rule something out. he doesnt always rule something in. i think he likes having the option open of potentially firing mueller regardless of how dangerous of proposition he may know that is. >> so hes unhappy with mueller, hes un-happy with comey and sessions, hes unhappy with ro...

Def con 11, id be there. legally of course he can do it but just because you can do it doesnt mean you could do it. this president puts unpredictability at the heart of everything he does. i think he likes to keep every possible option open. it is the same reason that the answer on are you or are you not taping conversations the white house says ill let you know, wink, wink. he likes to keep his options open. he likes to build intrigue and keep it as a cliff hanger. he is a reality television sh...

Criticism. this was a lot more explicit criticism. in that same talk, he did say, look, could i do it? yes. will i? probably not. but he certainly left the door open. look, hell be 78 years old, brooke, in 2020. but donald trump was the oldest person at 70 ever elected to a first term, you know, 3 1/2 months ago or five months ago. so its not impossible in this day and age that biden would be entirely ruled out and i think he wants to keep the option open. >> before i let you go, lets have a lit...

Im going to run in 2020. >> for what? >> for president. you know, so just to be clear -- >> are you kidding about running for president in 2020? >> im just -- im not committing not to run. im not committing to anything. i learned a long time ago, fate has a strange way of -- >> the 2020 stuff, beyond the vision that you joked, as you walked in, we got to ask. >> i have no intention of running. >> back with me, tara dowdall and dana millbank. what is the bottom line here. is biden interested in 2...

Swinging. rubio now accusing cruz of muddying his own political record for political gain. cruz out with a new ad hitting back. >> securitying our borders and stopping illegal immigration is a matter of national security. thats why i fought this plan. the plan would have given obama the authority to admit isis terrorists. thats just wrong. >> i think we need to rediscover ronald reagans strategy. we win. they lose. >> and on the campaign trail, the fight certainly taking center stage as well. >...

>> the fact this comes from kaufman, his former successor in the senate is a big deal. but until biden says it is a go it aint a go. his team is scrambling essentially to keep the option open. but look, conventional wisdom in washington is a fickle thing. a week ago people were saying biden was bearing down and hillary was dying and after the debate hillary is rising and -- the people on the stage get to determine the time. everything else is just win. >> if you were a betting woman patricia, wh...

>> thats a good line. but are you thinking about running for president? >> im keeping the option open. >> and you want to take what happened in texas, take that story around the country, can you do that? >> 2014 is the message right now. that is the message were taking into iowa. >> new hampshire, south carolina? >> will be into south carolina. dont know whether well be in new hampshire or not. thats a state thats receptive to the message of freedom. live free or die. they get it in new hampshir...

Are you thinking about running for president? >> i keep the option open. absolutely. >> you want to take what happened in texas, you want to take that tri around the country and say can you do that on a national basis? >> 014 is a focus now. that is the message were taking into iowa. but theyve got a united states new hampshire, south carolina next? >> well be in south carolina. and chances are that is a state that obviously will be receptive to that message about freedom. i mean look at new ham...