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>> remember, you just brought it up. im just saying. >> thats not who he is. >> i believe him. >> thats not true. >> thats also not true. >> van, as much as i said, deacon, i understand what youre saying. those words, you know, gd america, that did not come out of barack obamas mouth. that came out of reverend wrights mouth. the words on that bus came out of donald trumps mouth. if donald trump sat in a church with a preepacher who said thos things, that would be a different story. i think it is...

His policies are so much more important than his personality and his personal flaws with bill clinton. with donald trump, his personal flaws are so much more important than his policies say on trade or whatever so they can make that case and they can feel comfortable with it. theres problem though. what i think we dont actually get honest about is that it wasnt the tape. it was really donald trumps response to the tape that left a lot of people very concerned. >> it was the tape, van. >> when ba...

Tape that left a lot of people very concerned. >> no, it was the tape, van. >> when barack obama. >> come on, van. >> hold on a second. let me finish. >> yeah. >> can i -- you have your point. i want to make my point. the tape was horrible, but, listen, there was a horrible tape with barack obama as well in 2008, when the reverend wright came out and this preacher that was not a random preacher, the guy that married obama and my michelle said horrific thing. what obama did in the wake, it was a ...

Running, these lead candidates, who are equating muslim or islamic with terrorism. >> right. >> theyre making this direct "a" to "b" point, and youve got jeb bush and a few others pushing back, but those the tone. even john kasich, who has seemed to be reasonable in the past, the other day called for a u.s. federal agency that would promote judao christian values around the world. so, like, they really want to make this an us versus islam fight. >> like i said in the opening. but im telling you,...

Reverend wright. number one, the senate bill was not amnesty. amnesty was forgiveness. the senate bill says, you cant be a criminal. you have to pay a fine, pay back taxes. then you have to wait a dozen years, then you might become eligible to possibly be a citizen. i think rubio has to define what it is hes supported. and then he has to explain why he has a different position today. i think answer is simple, we found out we cant with immigration reform. you have to secure the border. and barack...

About this. it has been looked into over the time. at that time, marines were admitting women. you have to remember what time this was. this was after streevietnam. all services were looking for women to come in. they marines were letting women in noncombat positions. but stories like this is hard to pin down. >> no recruiting officer is going to say, i turned this lady away. she was too old. you wouldnt set yourself up for criticism. remember with tony resco, they wound up going to obama saying...

Trevor noah is taking a closer look at ben carsons claims about the media scrutiny hes facing. take a look. >> i do not remember this level of scrutiny for one president barack obama when he was running. in fact, i remember just the opposite. if you could show me, i would take that statement back. >> hmm. so if we can show you where thats happened with someone else, you will take that statement back? challenge accepted, dr. carson. >> barack obamas candidacy has already come under an all-out att...

>> i dont know. whats fair on any of these candidates? sort of no magic formula. where do we -- whats the line. >> we never did this on obama. >> we tried to on the whole reverend wright thing. i will tell you we are the only network who did go. >> yeah but abc,

>> i dont know. whats fair on any of these candidates? sort of no magic formula. where do we -- whats the line. >> we never did this on obama. >> we tried to on the whole reverend wright thing. i will tell you we are the only network who did go. >> yeah but abc,

So far. in fact, have kind of joined him in criticism of the media. but i think there are a lot of people run for president or been president and take strong issue with what ben carsons contention was, that nobody has ever been vetted as strongly as he has. josh earnest talked about it at the podium at the white house today. i asked him specifically and the controversies, for example, with president obamas birth certificate that went on for not just months and years. he said, no, he is being vet...