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its just so nutty. >> mark, shut we be surprised? it does sound like what donald trump was saying at the end of the campaign when he was trying to make the case for why he might lose. >> with all the speculation about the turmoil in the white house, the one person who has kept his job has been steve bannon. the deep state is part of the administrative state, and thats what he said he is there to undermine. it is this memo thats enabling trumps clinical narcissism, the whole world is against h...

Republicans were not really investigating and it is really essential at a this point given what we know, given the level of the investigation that there is some bipartisan cooperation and thats going to be incumbent on the republicans. they control the committee. they control the congress. but if they conduct this without including the democrats, it taints the investigation from the beginning. watergate ultimately did have bipartisan support and bipartisan buy-in and how the investigation was do...

Interesting to see president trump take a more hawkish stance, a more traditional public outlook on the world. its not what i expected. >> he made it clear the no forces will go into syria. >> but he also said that he loved -- he had very nice thing to say about putin. if theres thing we can learn about president trump, hes -- his mind can be changed. theres records that say ivanka trump brought these pictures of babies being gassed to him and thats what changed his mind. i like it. its more in ...

If another supreme court justice retired or died on the bench and there was another opening statement on the supreme court if democrats were in charge of the senate would they not allow trump to nominate anyone? is that what we do from here on out? is there any other remedy at this point given what we just went through? joining us is the great dalia. its great to see you on this first day of the new world order. >> hey, rachel. i feel like its been 14 months of us talking about this theoreticall...

Be. if somehow democrats manage to win back the senate next year would this, then, be the new normal? is this now the way we are going to do it from here on out where the president from an opposing party no longer gets to put anybody on the supreme court and seats just get held open? if another supreme court justice retired or died on the bench and there was another opening on the supreme court if democrats in charge of the senate would they not allow trump to nominate anyone? is that just what ...

The president from an opposing party no lonr gets tout anybody on the supreme court and seats just get held open? if another supreme court justice retired or died on the bench and there was another opening on the supreme court, if democrats were in charge of the senate, would they not allow trump to nominate anyone? is that what we do from here on out? is there any other remedy at this point given what we just went through? joining us is the great dalia. senior editor and legal correspondent for...

Told the "financial times" that the u.s. is ready to deal with the north korean nuclear threat if needed asking, quote, if china is not going to solve north korea, we will. the president is hosting chinese president ping and north korea will be a major topic of discussion. >> gordon chang, the author of "the comes collapse of china." gordon, thanks for being with us. the backdrop of this missile test, is the meeting between president trump and the premier of china, what should the posture of pre...

We have not locked at trump contacts between trump associates in other countries. it may be they are extensive as well. on the russia piece, at this point, theres no reason to think that jeff sessions should resign. the oldest rule in washington is not what you do that gets you in it trouble, its how you respond when it begins to become public. and i think the reason at this point given what we all know should not resign is there is nothing wrong in having contacts with the russian ambassador an...

Ability to act consistently. >> but, peter, it seems inevitab inevitable, doesnt it? we know where this is going. mcconnell gets 60 votes or gets rid of the filibuster. >> yeah. there doesnt seem to be much chance at this point given what we know that judge gorsuch wont be on the court. the only question how ugly will it be between now and then? it can be pretty ugly. and, you know, youre right. i mean, the democrats are feeling pretty bruised by the last year and the republicans, youre right ab...

But apparently he decided to help himself year after year to basically the farms bottom l e line. rerepeatedly took the retained earnings from the farm, basically took money out of the business year after year until it ultimately attracted the attention of republicans in congress who persuaded the department of justice to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate the peanut farm to investigate if president carter was using it to hide some political slush fund because where was all that money g...