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Be more forceful. among those, lets give credit where the rare occasion where credit is due. senator roy blunt of the state of missouri, listen here. he was asked about what the president said and he calls it straight. >> its not acceptable view of the world. and its not an acceptable thing to say. one of the big problems, i think, in the country today, generally, is there are, theres almost no filter on anybody and you would expect the president to lead in determining how you filter your though...

>> so stephanie, you hear a lot of that due process caveat, saying if these allegationings are true. its not clear what beyond the on the record interviews with these women might convince them that thats the case. but, again, that all within essentially an hour and a half of this story dropping. you had all those senators saying they want to be as far away from this as possible. >> okay, but do they? because if if if, this things not going to come to court. "the washington post" story has, what ...

Who are not taking away anything from the rest of us. lets get right to our reporters covering this developing story. chief white house correspondent for nbc news, hallie jackson. julia ainsley, national security reporter for nbc covering the justice department and homeland security. peter baker, the chief white house correspondent for the "new york times" and an msnbc political analyst and kimberly atkins. i know you attended the briefing a little bit ago. sarah huckabee sanders was put i thoug...

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Sometimes things are called a news conference. it doesnt necessarily mean there will be more than a statement, but we certainly hope there will be more than just the president introducing this nominee. i believe he called him a man in that pool spray we saw in the west wing. so hopefully hell not only announce that nominee have that nominee talk but then perhaps answer, who knows how many questions, if any. wolf? >> well stand by with you, athena. david chalian, this is unusual. usually just a p...

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It at all. thats why theyre meeting here. i also, andrea, want to point out there is a statement we have not seen comments directly from paul ryan on camera, but he released a paper statement it reads in part "i want to make clear that this house will hold its members to the highest ethical standards and the office will continue to operate independently to provide public accountability to congress. i expect the oversight authority to be exercised solely to ensure the office is properly following...

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Secretary josh earnest publicly blamed russia for the hacking and said there would be a response. >> the president will consider a range of options in terms of determining what is appropriate or proportional. >> the intelligence assessment earnest was citing was made public via a paper statement from the obama administration five days earlier on october 7 which happens to be the same day the lurid "access hollywood" tape of trump bragging to billy bush about assaulting women came out. according ...