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These shows and probably feeling offended every night. at that moment we realized that he couldnt take it anymore. >> the only thing smaller than your hands is our tax returns. >> trump went on slamming colbert over his improved ratings. the guy was dying, by the way, they were going take him off television. then he started attacking me and he started doing better. [ cheers and applause ] cobalts response was, to say the leakers diffusesive. >> the president of the united states has personally c...

Will never, ever pay for that wall. and the press called me up. and they said calderon, the top person, he said he wont pay. he wont pay for it. do you know what i said? i said the wall just got ten feet higher. thats right. >> why does he do this? >> it is a response to his base. this is a person who doesnt -- >> theres never going to be a wall. the mexicans wont pony up for it. why does he keep bringing it up again? >> its not about policy outcomes, its rhetoric. its about scoring points. >> w...

Leaders who only care about scoring points. >> doug, this 22 million, this figure that the cbo found that would be pushed off insurance, this morning speaker ryan said the cbo score is a bit misleading because these are folks who would simply opt not to have coverage. they could theoretically afford it, get coverage but choose not to have it. have we blown that figure out of proportion? >> if you look at cbo score at face value, in 2018, 15 million americans walk away from their individual polic...

>> why dont you pole guise for that right now. >> i will knot do that. she is lovely woman. your husband ace administration gave us barack obama. it was so disasterous that last few months that abraham lincoln couldnt be elected. >> one thing i know for my brother for sure, he kept us safe. [applause] bill: some suggesting that was biggest applause line. jeb bush a lot at stake coming down on donald trump. not backing down. scoring points at time. with millions watching time for him to show he h...

What that means is that all that has to happen is for mitch mcconnell and john boehner to say the congressional review period has not started. under federal law it is illegal for obama to lift sanctions. >> all right. so those two men just wrapped up speaking. i have our chief political sport dana bash in the thick of things on capitol hill, also joining me our chief national security correspondent jim sciutto and well to all of you. dana bash, youre in it. i feel like the story is almost twofol...

Professionally and she has a way of have a camera look at her while she judges whether youre right or not. i know this is just pure media chatter. but i think its going to be donald trump against megyn kelly. i think shes going to be tough in her questions. hes going to try to stop her from scoring points on him and thats when hes lose. how much of it is real? are they trying to build a crowd by building a fight? a public display of anger by trump? >> i think its a real public display of pique b...

Donald trump against megyn kelly. i think shes going to be tough in her questions. she hes going to try to stop her from scoring points on him and thats when hes lose. how much of it is real? are they trying to build a crowd by building a fight? a public display of anger by trump? >> i think its a real public display of pique by trump. to sit at night and retweet megyn kellys return from vacation? its one thing if he did it after the debate. he kept it up, hes keeping it up and hes winning. the ...

Republican base and hes outrageous and bombastic as he can be. its scoring points. its making these republicans respond. >> hes having it both ways which i think is interesting. its not a criticism.re covering him a lot because hes a distraction. as the des moines register says the distraction with traction. he keeps doing these interviews and yelling about how hes taken out of context and how were all out to get him. and its working for him. >> ive always believed that voter are smart. we somet...

Count them. at least 11 presidential hopefuls will address gop bigwigs tonight in des moines iowa the lincoln dinner is the latest cattle call for an ever-growing republican field and many of those at the dinner will spend the weekend crisscrossing the hawkeye state introducing themselves to the voters there. mike emanuel joins us from iowa where retail politics never goes out of style. mike what issues do the republicans there really care about? who among the candidates are scoring points? >> r...

About one of them, it would make news or something. but the fact theyre attacking each other so early, in kind of personal terms, what i thought was fascinating about rand paul is how much he said he agreed with are president obama on iraq. i thought that really creates a problem for the extreme right who does seem to want to invade iraq again. you know, i think that lays out a big distinction. >> but its more than just, again, scoring points. the fact is, isis is a huge problem now in the weste...