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Around santos. a complaint has been filed against him with the federal election commission. federal prosecutors are looking into his finances. law enforcement in brazil say they intend to reinstate charges connected to a stolen checkbook back in 08. he has called them distractions, but weve got a lot of distractions here, erin. >> thank you very much, omar. harry enten is were me now. harry, look, scandal and some of this, whether its just pathological lying, some of it is criminal if it happene...

>> does the dsm recognize pathological liars? >> no, it doesnt. its really just seen as a behavior. its not recognized as a disorder. it can be seen within some brain disorders, and that comes from excessive drinking. aside from that kind of pathology, it can also be seen within certain personality types, psychopathy, people who are sociopaths can also have one aspect of that pathological lying. in those cases, again there is the intent to deceive, to harm someone, whereas this, the lies are so ...

Them, theyre pointless, versus usuallying at some level, with the purpose of gaining something or saving someone for hurt or harm. >> is it a matter of, when is the mendoza line? how many little lies versus big lies can you tell per day before you become a pathological liar? >> right. so, yes, there is deception research out there that defines all of this. normal lying versus prolific lying and the number of lies that you tell. pathological lying is really on a whole different scale because, in ...

>> quick final answer if you can do it in 30 seconds. is it treatable, pathological lying? >> it is, but with a lot of psychotherapy. people have to understand. they need empathy training to see how their lies affect other people and they also need help even recognizing when they are telling a lie. so you have got to switch it to what did you lie about to what didnt you lie about today. and one other thing that i want to say thats really important, i think, is that people involved in pathologica...

Desantis is going to perform like on the national stage. we have no idea what any of these people are going to perform like as presidential candidates. heres the one thing thats the most known quantity in american politics is donald trump. we know everything we need to know about donald trump and miz political strengths and weaknesses. im not talking about the personality, the threat to democracy, the pathological lying. we know where trump can perform and cant perform. what he can and cant do, ...

Oppo study the revealed some of these lies. other republicans knew about it, but they couldnt get anybody to pay attention. kind of changes the focus of the story. >> i mean, i feel like lots of politicians lie. this guy takes it to an all new level. hes very pathological, so i imagine there are many people that stepped away. he actually reminds me, by the way, of president bidens level of pathological lying, mostly like what we saw in the 1980s where he was lying about every aspect of his life ...

Tends to light up also. why? because of the guilt, the emotional guilt that we sometimes experience when we are lying, because we know that basically, it is wrong. >> doctor gardere, how does it stop, though, the pathological lying that we may be seeing in somebody like george santos? and again, not a medical diagnosis here. but when theyre caught, in this george santos example, does that make them stop or is the actual changes in the brain structure so much so that you literally cant go back? >...

Romesh, why is it on a larger issue that republicans are willing to settle for such deeply flawed candidates. some of the candidates are laughable. some are so deeply flawed like george santos. between herschel walker, doug mastriano, this guy george santos, they cant find any republicans that are more serious minded and sane and rationally qualified? >> i think that there are some big underlying issues that you raise but santos is a very special case in that, in a sense, hes a failure on the pa...

Christopher Massimine, whose compulsive lying derailed a promising career in theater, maintains that it’s a mental illness that has dogged him since childhood.

Conversation with our colleague christine walker. we >> lets talk about that moment at the debate, where you flashed the badge, we wear was that badge. >> thats a badge that i was given by a police officer. i carry with me all the time -- all over georgia, even from chatham county. >> clare, at best this is pure nonsense, i versus pathological lying. and this races close. what is going on in the state of georgia. >> first of all, its like every one of these races, stephanie, everyone needs to un...