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And you know i think he is one of the folks that a lot of us look to for wisdom, if you will, on questions such as, is sarah palin really qualified to be president? >> well, it is going to be interesting to see if he weighs in on that. robert, he also didnt talk about some things, telling jamie hes holding stuff back for the book hes writing, his memoirs. what are you dying to know? >> i think what im dying do know is what does he really think of sarah palin? who does he think can beat barack ob...

President baumt. >> sure. >> to use that capital in going to the hill and making those changes that were all talking about. i do agree that every president has his moment in time and this was obamas moment in time. but everyone seems to agree that he used it well and to his advantage and palin did not. and it has hurt the tea party. it may be time for the tea party to distance itself from palin. >> jami, mark, robert, well talk more about this coming up. thank you so much. president obamas hea...

Government down. so if it comes to raising the debt ceiling to prevent the government from shutting down, thats exactly what we need to do. >> congresswoman karen bass, who knows a little bit about tough economic decisions, having been in california, thanks so much for being with us. >> thanks for having me on. lets bring in our company legal analyst and former clinton adviser jaimy floyd, mark tapscott and comcast networks d.c. bureau chief robert trainem. comcast is acquiring msnbc parent co...

Strong following. she also has a lot of critics. >> do you think shes qualified to be president? >> im not going to get in the business, jamie, of saying this one is, this one isnt. there will be ample time for that in the months ahead, and ill be happy to participate in that process when the times right. >> todd? >> reporter: i understand you watch her reality show, though. >> i do. i think its very good. i love alaska. >> thats jamie gangel with the former vice president. lets bring back our c...

Come on, you live in washington. everyone does it. >> you know what happened if the camera had kept rolling and we could see just after she fell in, three trial lawyers came rushing up to hand her their card. >> oh, my gosh. robert, what do you think? >> i can relate to that. i have a funny story that actually involves a mall. over the weekend, i was in the mall. you know how sometimes they have those glass walls if you will going into a store? and i was -- i dont know if i can say this this on ...

And that automatically raises everybody who has an interest in maintaining a federal program as an opponent to it. i view it as, rather than doing specific targeted cuts, they ought to simply say, everybody gives up 5% and lets go forward. >> lets talk a little bit about the vocal opposition. im looking specifically at the tea party. new poll numbers out today, "washington post"/abc, 52% of americans now hold unfavorable views of the tea party. but president obamas numbers are up, 54% now approv...

Memo, it shows there is bias. republicans say wait a minute, the facts in this memo are just cherry picked. this big debate comes amid reports that trump has been venting about rod ross enstein. his attorney who handles all things russia, ty cobb,ed that to say. we do not find it to be a coincidence that there is an onslaught of false stories circulating. we continue to cooperate with the special counsel and out of respect for that process, we will not weigh in further. continues to loom over ev...

And robert trainem and back from the iowa state fair casey hunt. gentlemen and casey, thanks for joining us again. robert, your headline today reads an iowa surprise, donald trump is actually trying to win. and it includes, quote, you cant swing a dead cat in iowa and not hit a trump person. that is actually rick perrys iowa campaign person saying that. how real is trump campaign in iowa? >> casey has seen it up close and knows as well as i do and other reporters that chuck laud ner is helping o...

Old school campaigning. >> and you also report that there were about 100 people or so that showed up to the trump bus iowa. and he wasnt even in the bus. >> he wasnt. this is what makes the trump campaign a singular experience in american politics. a bus without the candidate draws 100 people at a walmart. i this i some see it as an oasis of celebrity politics in a desert of shopping carts. at the same time they think trump is connecting with these voters that may not have participated in the po...

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