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>> well, youre right, fredricka, theyre adopting the same line that theyve adopted throughout this crisis in the relationship between the united states and russia over the allegations of collusion and meddling in the u.s. presidential election of last year. russian officials saying, look, you know, this is all smoke and mirrors. actually, a sack of smoke is the latest colorful phrase used by one russian lawmaker to describe latest revelations emerging from washington and another senator saying l...

You would have to be someone totally incapable of pattern recognition to not look at his history and his career and not see this as part of core element of what has given him purchase over a part, not all, but a part of the republican party that is gripped by racial resentments, the kinds of which have been unfortunately part of our politics for a long time but now have come to reside almost exclusively in the republican party. >> my question to you, is this a story about the death of outrage? i...

>> i think that media speculation about whats happening in this investigation should be taken with a grain of salt. i think the media has a very strong confirmation bias here. they seem to want to see the president get into trouble some of the people around him when the truth is, we dont know whats happening. lawyers are talking to lawyers and only they know whats happening here. so i need speculation that should just be viewed skeptically. >> julie: is there anything to this plea deal or do you...

>> how unusual is that, to see the government bow to a request like this and to force the resignation of one of its ministers. and what is behind these accusations of blasphemy? >> well, it is a very unusual situation there is a lot of commentary on the ground that this is showing the government and even democracy as very fragile at the moment in pakistan. the protest actually began in early -- it goes back to early october when there were attempts -- when the electoral laws were being changed t...

Consecutives $120 million and theyre 3.5 million in debt. every time they get pushed up against the wall, they throw up the whistle of racism. it never works and never will work. >> what do you think of the presidents response in this context? >> its just another example, alex, of his demeaning the american presidency as he has been doing from the very start. its not the business of presidents with all of the issues that they have to deal with, to get into these insult matches with various peopl...

Opportunity, now that trump weighed in on this, to walk the walk here and cleanse their own party. but this is the issue. politicians in d.c. are use thing ethics investigation as a scapegoat, to buy themselves time, to hope it goes away. survey usa came out with a survey in minnesota, showing the majority of voters want franken to resign. it will be interesting to see if he gives up to the pressure. you saw this in california with several of the legislatures. but youre not seeing it so much on ...

That fill trait within their pockets that have killed our economy. >> shirley, according to your bio, you worked for governor schwarzenegger, who put california -- who was a republican and put california in actual bankruptcy. its not just democrats. i mean, that was somebody that you actually worked for. and there has been no documentation, no proof that anybody is homeless because of undocumented workers. i wasnt homeless because of undocumented workers. i was homeless because of rents were too...

Their governmental programs that fill trait within their pockets that have killed our economy. >> shirley, according to your bio, you worked for governor schwarzenegger, who put california -- who was a republican and put california in actual bankruptcy. its not just democrats. i mean, that was somebody that you actually worked for. and there has been no documentation, no proof that anybody is homeless because of undocumented workers. i wasnt homeless because of undocumented workers. i was homele...

Their governmental programs that fill trait within their pockets that have killed our economy. >> shirley, according to your bio, you worked for governor schwarzenegger, who put california -- who was a republican and put california in actual bankruptcy. its not just democrats. i mean, that was somebody that you actually worked for. and there has been no documentation, no proof that anybody is homeless because of undocumented workers. i wasnt homeless because of undocumented workers. i was homele...

Look at the picture, al. he didnt have a choice. >> i think everyone would agree with you on that. kirsten, there is a picture. the picture is damning. he shouldnt have been doing that. but wouldnt a videotape be worth a thousand words as well admitting to grabbing a woman by her private parts? >> for me? it certainly would be. but obviously it wasnt in the end for a lot of people who voted for donald trump who either decided that they didnt care or decided that they bought his story that this w...