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Presidents tweet this morning, which we also felt seemed to be in response to our story, is in line with what we understand. the president likes general kelly personally. he even does think hes doing a good job as chief of staff, and that is echoed largely throughout the west wing. its just that the president, and again, this is not something against general kelly personally, is chafing against a more disciplined management style. the general came in, said he wasnt going to try to control the pr...

This is in houston. they are letting ten people in as ten people come out, very short and supplies all across the houston area. much more to go, molly, lots of rain to come. >> molly: we appreciate the picture, lots more water on the way. >> leland: had that been during a hurricane or tropical storm, we would have a site it looks really bad out there. still without rain, still without water and that wind. >> molly: the structural integf things, theres more to come. the water begins to go down, t...

Systemic mistreatment of economically disadvantaged and racially proij minorities. jesse: i have no idea what you just said. why have they grown in popularity? >> two things. we see more of these nazi rallies in the last couple years than we have seen in 10-20. they believe free speech and what they call hate speech is violence. but their adherence to try excellence varies from chapter to chapter. they dont believe in the processes of our democracy. but they believe violence is self-defense. the...

Witnesses in russia investigation to keep quiet, stay loyal and get pardon. is that a stretch? >> well, adam schiff is one of the most steady, smart people that i know. i think hes basing that -- if hes making that statement, he doesnt take these wild statements. so i am concerned about what it means. what he did with sheriff arpaio after the justice department had even told him not to do it, let the system work, he didnt follow any of the normal processes. i think it may not be the stretch that...

Systemic mistreatment of economically disadvantaged and racially proij minorities. jesse: i have no idea what you just said. why have they grown in popularity? >> two things. we see more of these nazi rallies in the last couple years than we have seen in 10-20. they believe free speech and what they call hate speech is violence. but their adherence to try excellence varies from chapter to chapter. they dont believe in the processes of our democracy. but they believe violence is self-defense. the...

Should be about. >> and bigger picture, could this pardon send a message to people at the center of the russian investigation that president trump is not afraid to use his pardoning powers even if they are unpopular? >> well, maybe. he has the right to pardon anyone probably except himself, and we saw that george w. bush pardoned casper wineberger in the midst of an investigation, and its not without precedent, whether its a good policy decision or not, well leave to political policymakers, but ...

So, then, what does this mean for the judicial process going forward? what does this mean for that important third branch of our government that in this case two republican senators said you shouldnt have short circuit it. what does it mean for their processes going forward? >> well, for one, it actually is going to be debtry mental to a lot of people that are the prosecutors in the democraticpaf justice because if you go through the proper stems, especially these elected officials, now the prec...

Transgenders if we allow it to happen and we should. >> john, theres a question here about the constitutions holding and rule of law and i think thats both when we talk about the pardon, the russia investigation and firing of james comey and with mike pompeo, the terms to which political interfeens to manipulate processes and manipulation will mean that the sort of basic institutional nature of the government falls apart. i want to return to something you said, which youre confident thats not th...

Are told that the justice department did not officially sign off on this. it did not go through the normal protocol. thats similar to what you mentioned a moment ago with marc rich. bill clinton was doing this in the middle of the night before he left office. thats when you can get into trouble. when you dont.the eyes and cross the teeth. im just saying their processes that didnt happen. yes, the presidents base is going to love this. >> jesse: and he will be on "hannity" tonight at 10:00. >> li...

Over the various chaos that weve seen. but russia itself it hasnt been a main focal point. when it becomes an issue is when people see it as scandal and that scandal is obviously mueller and that scandal is something where people see the president trump s president getting involved in congressional business and trying to stop a bill. >> and theres a legal fact check here which is the president of the united states does not have the personal authority to unilaterally fire the special counsel. >> ...