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Capitol hill. stephanie, to your point, think theres an opportunity missed among democrats as well. in the 18 election, a lot of people said we need a check on this president. but what they also expected, which democrats can do right now, is put this president on his heels in an investigative posture that is not the typical divided government between the branches, but one in which they present to the american people a president who is compromised. a president who is undeserving of the respect hi...

Has president trump really been tougher on russia than any of his predecessors as he claims in we have a name reality check next. our big idaho potato truck is out there somewhere and were going to find it. awe man. always look for the grown in idaho seal.

Tennessee. love our farmers, love tennessee, a great combah inflation. see you in a little while. the problem with this. >> what is that? >> hes going to new orleans, not to nashville. hes going to new orleans and louisiana, hes not going to nashville, tennessee. >> it is another city that starts with an "n." >> good point. directal directionally truthful. i do think that the president has take then tweet down. >> its now now orleans. now, president trump and his relationship with russia this ...

Some incredibly experienced like barr at the table. anything you see tomorrow is pure posturing for 2020. it does not relate to his achievements at all. >> harris: leslie, real quickly, how much differences make for democrats to know their predecessors -- well, some of them may have been around -- but their predecessors, when barr was confirmed unanimously, fought on both sides of the i appear that he was the right person for the job? >> leslie: i think a lot of democrats still feel that way, bu...

Internally so that any part of the government that would have the right to access that would be able to use that in dealing with an adversary such as russia. apparently the presidents practice differs from his predecessors. we said that in many contexts equipment before. so today as we heard from lindsey dprau lindsey graham, a friend of the president now, much more of an ally that he originally was, and also chair judiciary in the senate, hes frustrated by this. heres more what lindsey graham h...

Point. in fact, just days after the president asked comey, he said to lester holt that he did it because of the russia thing. that fbi opened an investigation for no reason in response to "the new york times" reporting when they make clear all of the many reasons why fbi officials felt compelled to launch this counterintelligence investigation and then sarah sanders said he is tougher on russia than his predecessors, obama and bush and clinton. but there is a gap between president trump and othe...

Both president trumps pret predecessors never experienced this level of turnover, certainly not in as high a level of cabinet. you see the president really struggled to get these positions through, both a combination of moving the senate through thats been closely divided in the last couple years, and also trouble filling these jobs. 70 vacancies at the state department, 14 at the pentagon and 17 at the justice department. whats interesting is president trump in recent days says he thinks this g...

Well, welcome back to "hardball." as the government shutdown stretch under to the 19th day, president trump refused to take responsibility, despite telling people he would be proud to take responsibility. harry truman said the buck stops here. the president bucking a decade s long trend from his predecessors. >> the president, whoever he is has to decide, he cant pass the buck to anybody. >> the buck stops here. >> ib do believe that buck stops here. >> it stops with me. i am the one whos ultima...

Insensitive to that. he thinks maybe they can just ask their father for more money, but they cant. >> all right, so we have house majority leader steny hoyer. hes going to take us inside the room where it all happened. >> leader hoyer, thank you for joining us. >> good to be with you, chris. >> so simple question with a very complex answer depending on who you ask. what happened in this meeting? >> well, dealing with this president is somewhat bizarre. ive been in congress, as you know, for a lo...

Ask their father for more money, but they cant. >> all right, so we have house majority leader steny hoyer. hes going to take us inside the room where it all happened. >> leader hoyer, thank you for joining us. >> good to be with you, chris. >> so simple question with a very complex answer depending on who you ask. what happened in this meeting? >> well, dealing with this president is somewhat bizarre. ive been in congress, as you know, for a long time and dealt with many of his predecessors fro...