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Yesterday. my colleague filmed a line of people waiting to get into the event there in montana yesterday. the president retweeted it. landing in montana now. at least everybody admits my lines and crowds are far bigger than barack obamas. lets talk about these two leaders in parallel. how does the president see president obama? whats this telling us about that dynamic? >> i dont think you can extricate president trump from president obama because, as we all remember, it was that white house corr...

Lets make sure we have all the information because this is a huge deal and we need to treated as such. >> harris: do you think at this point, and i know we are looking down the road to get all of the information, but do other things come into play? you talked about that arms deal with saudi arabia which the president has i would be very lucrative for the country but even he is saying now he doesnt believe the many changing stories. do other things come into play now. youve got a proxy war with t...

Mnuchin the treasurety secretary to say im not going to go to the press conference, but hes still going to saudi arabia. >> donald trump is far from the only person who the need to do business with saudi arabia has clouded his judgment about saudi arabia. the upside from this is that i think donald trumps warm embrace of the saudis has a lot of people in washington in the foreign policy establishment on the right and the left questioning americas long standing alliance with saudi arabia. its not...

>> between what we know about what happened in saudi connections and 9/11 and yes, maam -- yemen, do you think this is a turning point in the relationship? >> this is an administration that has ratcheted it up because of the hard line taken against iran and even the backing of the proxy war against iran in yemen. i think the trump administration with the backing of jared kushner in particular, his son-in-law, have given the saudis a green light and particularly this crown prince. he did a charm ...

Internally in the crown prince is obviously someone who should be dismissed. >> harris: an outcast nation. i know you deliberately choose your words as well. why do you choose those? >> i do because we saw this in 2011. if there is assassination state-sponsored attempt by iran to assassinate the ambassador of saudi arabia. and since that time and even before of course, iran has been an outcast nation. >> harris: in terms of dealing with iran, we need saudi arabia to do that. their proxy war on t...

Intelligence agency, diplomats, etc., not against -- because its not just $20 billion this arms sales that are on the line, and those sales could go to russia if we dont sell them. but also just the importance of saudi against iran. theyre fighting a proxy war against iran. now is just not the time to, you know, mete out punishment like this. neil: but what if the crown prince ends up being a phony? we make a big deal out of him because he lets women drive, and im thinking to myself, what? if he...

Just as any nominee would have to deal with that. >> i think thats an excellent point. >> if she ends up being the person. >> thats an excellent point. paul, the president says all the time, its almost like a verbal crutch. he says oh, in two or three weeks. it could come in six months at this point. what do you think? >> i think julie is right, that it could be a proxy war, but it doesnt have to be. let me throw one more name out. again, its going to ruin the persons chances. kay bailey hutchin...

Turkish president said, he wants to see the surveillance footage. he doesnt have a great track record either. >> when his approach journalist guy in any situation, this is a pretty stark reflection of whats going on. to your point, the war in the yemen is now a cancer for the region and are relationship with the saudis. some people call it, but this proxy war that they are fighting with the iranians in yemen is a very toxic thing and its leading to lots and lots of other second-order consequence...

Rejected. i think the politicians on both sides need to think about not just appealing to their bases but how to reach the voters in the middle who arent sure if brett kavanaugh should be on the court or not. >> one of the things that continues to strike me about the conversation that were having about brett kavanaugh in this country and over the weekend, i mean, it was all that anyone wanted to talk about when i saw them. it would seem as if folks pretty much had their mind made up before the h...

Chairman of the energy committee. she was thrilled. none of them want to go back to the minority. it is to say they understand how important this has become to the republican base who at this point decided it was a proxy war against the left and the mainstream media and they know unless its so clear they can vote against him and explain it i think they want to vote for him and are more likely to do so than not? >> i know its an interesting tweet from you, laura, one of the things you pointed out...