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Legitimize the fbi and ask them to be the ones who come forward for him. its difficult to understand how this process moves forward. if it sounds this is just about bashing the credibility of accusers. this has to be for the sake of the integrity of the court about upholding judge kavanaughs reputation and credibility when he makes decisions that will have bearing on the -- >> i want to jump on that because i dont think people are properly appreciating the damage reputationly to the institution ...

It mean? lets put it to a great debate. weve got two great people there you tonight, jason miller and paul begala. i think this is your first night on the show. >> it is. >> lets disstill something that is actually useful from the back and forth about truth. the president now demonstrably we know was not telling the american people about the truth about these payments and what he knew and when he knew it. im not saying that makes him or a criminal or exposes him to legal jeopardy. im saying it m...

Answer on the presidents side of the story, and i think that as this process moves along i think theyre going to have to get to. i would caution you on one point, chris. that so far weve only heard the one side of the story and thats from michael cohen. >> no, the president has told us what he thinks many times. the "washington post" did this whole very, very detailed march -- >> but chris, were talking specific to these so-called allegations that are against the president that michael cohen has...

Have been. and i think barb made a really good point. she said we have some thoughts about what alerted the president when the cohen search took place but there could be a whole universe of conduct that we dont know about yet. i think her comments will likely be borne out as this process moves forward. >> barbara, are you still with us? >> yeah. >> barb, could you weigh in on this idea that chuck and joyce have now really raised and really raised the drama of the day, that counts 7 and 8 in the ...

Things out of this visit. i think that it reflects his understanding of the urgency and the stakes that are involved in the process. he needs china to succeed china can enhance stability as the process moves forward. he needs china if this process doesnt work well for him to try to reclaim some stability as necessary unless china refuses to allow kim get some sustenance that right now is being denied to him by all the players who are in working with the united states to provide maximum pressure....

President and this country and i respect that. >> its kind of interesting, china seems to be sidelined in these negotiations. >> well, i think that china is serving their own best interests here. they have been a key player. they will continue to be a key player as this process moves forward. as much as theyre in a role that may not be well-defined right now, their interests in this region are exemplified by the fact that we have the u.s.s. carl vinson do a port call for a week long in vietnam. ...

Plan would add $1.7 trillion to the deficit. cnn congressional cophil is her with me. >> a couple of issues whether it comes to math how biggest issue of all how do you get 216 republicans to vote for it. thats the ultimate answer they want. you talk about the cbo score, and heres why its important. because of the senate to pass this with just 51 republicans, and they have majority of 52 over there, they need to hit a basically a top line number of $1.5 trillion when it comes to their deficit ta...

Clearly violated the law, violated the trust and violated national security, think it provokes the ultimate constitutional crisis. and i think its up to the congress of the united states to determine whether or not our commander in chief remains fit for office. >> so, robert costa, that brings us to what has normally been your beat, and that is the building, the dome behind you. how is -- i know its early yet, but how is this going to play with the lawmakers with an "r" after their names on capi...

Credibility as this process moves forward. and the other camp, prien, is those who think this process has to move forward on its own and the republicans should stay away from politicizing the special counsel. focus more on trying to pass a tax cut package and that really seems to be the split that i see in my reporting. im not sure yet, based on my conversation today, which side will whip out in the gop. >> ashley, i dont know if youve seen this. it will be the first time were seeing it. john ke...

Constitutional crisis. and i think its up to the congress of the united states to determine whether or not our commander in chief remains fit for office. >> so, robert costa, that brings us to what has normally been your beat, and that is the building, the dome behind you. how is -- i know its early yet, but how is this going to play with the lawmakers with an "r" after their names on capitol hill and what of the trump presidency as of tonight? >> you see two camps emerging within the republican...