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Intelligence. jason johnson, politics editor at the root.com. bobby goush is editor and columnist at bloomberg opinion. so much to get to so well try to get to a lot of the sound from the president last night. lets start with climate change because this is one of those head scratchers where trump said no, not a hoax, but maybe not man made, maybe it could go back. lets listen to the president. >> im not denying climate change, but it could very well go back. were talking about all the -- >> but ...

Five points ahead. appealing to west virginia voters that has him in the lead tonight. >> im richard ojeda and ive been under fire multiple times in iraq and afghanistan. tattooed on my back are those who didnt come home. my love of this country has come under fire once again. by carol miller. how dare she, a millionaire, who has enjoyed a life of privilege under the freedoms i have fought for. i approve this message because i love this country and im willing to fight for it. and you. >> joining...

By carol miller. how dare she, a millionaire, who has enjoyed a life of privilege under the freedoms i have fought for. i approve this message because i love this country and im willing to fight for it. and you. >> joining our discussion now, wendy sherman, nbc global affairs contributor and author of the new book, not for the faint of heart, lessons in courage, power and persistence. also joining us jennifer palmieri, former communications director for president obama and hillary clintons presi...

Something and youre automatically guilty. but this this realm, you are truly guilty until proven innocent. that is one of the very, very bad things thats taking place right now. >> joining us now jason johnson politics editor at the root.com and msnbc contributor and dahlia lithwick is back with us. so, jason, donald trump doesnt see any of this as a teachable moment for the men of america. doesnt see it as a teachable moment for his young son. >> of course not. because the president is a living...

Kavanaugh is that donald trump has actually admitted is a sexual assaulter and he has described exactly the way he likes to grab women when he first meets them and assaults them. so, why is it so scary for young men in america who might be accused of sexual assault when they see this is the country where you can still grow up to be president even if you are very credibly accused of sexual assault and even if you actually admit to it yourself? >> you could be somebody that was perfect your entire...

Good time. mark seemed ambivalent at times urging brett on and at times telling him to stop. a couple of times i made eye contact with mark and thought he might try to help me, but he did not. >> so compelling. and joining me now is u.s. congress woman anna eshoo from california and jason johnson, politics from the root.com and shannon petty piece of bloomberg news and the white house constituent for them. congress woman, thank you, ive known you a long time and youre a great person. did you kno...

Aides here. so this is a president who doesnt back away from a fight. i will caveat all of this with one critical point, which is that last week on the white house south lawn, the president was very clear, he said he did want to hear the allegations from dr. ford, and if he believes they are very creditable, he said, well have to see then what happens. he seemed to leave the door open just a din a tiny bit midweek l week of potentially replacing kavanaugh, if, in fact, he feels as though this is...

Man and his presidency, dowd had seen the tragic flaw. in the political back and forth, the evasions, the denial, the tweeting, the obscuring, crying fake news, the indignation, trump had one problem dowd knew but could not bring himself to say to the president. youre a f-ing liar. joining our discussion now, mimi roper, politics editor at the root.com, both msnbc contributors and, mimi, what do you make of this report of plea negotiations with paul manafort tonight, one of the paths as bob wood...

But could not bring himself to say to the president. youre a f-ing liar. joining our discussion now, mimi roper, politics editor at the root.com, both msnbc contributors and, mimi, what do you make of this report of plea negotiations with paul manafort tonight, one of the paths as bob woodward would call it? >> that would be significant no matter what kind of plea it turns out to be, but it is worth noting that there are two different kinds of pleas that manafort could take. one would be a plea ...

>> reporter: when you say talk about changing laws, i thought you were going to say the laws that people talk about changing in washington like -- >> got you. >> reporter: gay marriage, medical marijuana. youre talking about when you can haul traps. >> absolutely. thats when politics and, you know, that kind affects. >> reporter: politics and lobster fishing kolg li ining c >> yes. >> reporter: you know who paul manafort is? >> no. >> reporter: you got other things to think about. >> yes. >> wow...