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Okay? >> what are republicans support? >> i think i have great republican support. you know what -- look, i have to do what i have to do. if people twoowant to leave the there. all i know is the place went crazy. we are bringing our soldiers back home. within this little area, in a unique area, they may feel that. i have to do what i got e llect on. if i got elected on something where i think is wrong, i would second guess. i think we could do as well or better frankly. they got to keep going at...

Whistle-blowers. also the creation of the office of the director of national intelligence. and the relationship between the two. its a careful balance of protecting whistle-blowers but also protecting our national security and our intelligence. our intelligence. so in any event, one of the bills that we wrote was the intelligence community whistle-blower protection act. the law plays a vital role in our democracy. it enables our system of separation of powers to maintain a rule of law by making ...

There is an eery similarity. >> you couldnt write a spy or political novel with this sort of facts. the publisher would laugh you out of his or her office. when i heard a whistle-blower complaint targeting the practice, nothing like this has happened in the history of our country. these people are career officials who are out of politics. its not their job to second-guess the presidents judgment or even point out if he does something stupid or inappropriate. this must be so serious, at least in ...

Past but bottom line is, we are going to be reading about the stuff for a while to thats a powerful and sedative for folks to go after this company to just win the first battle. >> charles: what you make of the fact that there were drug companies were initially laying in it named in the lawsuit was settled question much as i make them more vulnerable in the fute and what does it save our j&j strategy or? to god or not. its kind of easy to second-guess and say welcome he couldve quietly settled a...

The yield curve has inverted. investors demanding high rangerits in the -- higher rates in the short term. reports saying the deficit will soar past $1 million in 2020. job estimates were revised down. the president repeatedly flip-flopped on new tax cuts. theres ongoing persistent trade uncertainty leaving the fed searching for flexibility here. and then yesterday we learned the manufacturing sector is shrinking for the first time in a decade. all that means a pretty big day for federal reserve...

Investors. hes also facing pressure from president trump and expectations to deliver yet more rate cuts. heres one of the presidents economic advisers, larry kudlow. >> im not going to second guess jay powell. im going to say i think the handwriting is on the wall for lower rates. >> stocks were pretty choppy on thursday after the bond market flashed warning lights this a recession could be coming yet again. only the dow managing to eke out a gain of just 50 points here. the "washington post" is...

Searched it was just looked at. >> reporter: why not do a thorough search earlier? >> i guess part of we didnt lock and load on season avery. we went in there and did that first search but we had 12 more buildings and four more residences to search so we had a lot to do. >> reporter: still, it wasnt just when the key was found that has avery supporters skeptical. its who found it. these two men james link and andrew coburn. then with the countys sheriffs department. it turned out they had just b...

Interview. >> reporter: can we take that as a reliable answer, given how it was spoon-fed to him? >> well, your side would argue now and i would say based on the entirety of the interview, i would say yes. >> reporter: and as for that other moment that has angered so many followers of the case. >> any regrets about that, bringing it up yourself, about putting that in his head? >> there is always things that you can improve on. there are instances because of brendans personality that, yeah, we ha...

So this is not a total washing of their hands, but it basically does say you cut your own districts. politically, its wash. its two cases. generally favored the democrats, the north carolina gerrymandering generally favored the republicans, but its basically saying the state legislators, we are going to give you a little bit more wiggle room than we have given you in the past. you do your thing. >> sandra: so they judge by a 5-4 vote, given that the federal courts were not the place to oversee, ...

Sheriffs department. it turned out they had just been deposed in averys lawsuit. >> well, they were deposed, that we later found out. >> do you think that maybe just them by nature, being with manitowoc that maybe they shouldnt have been in there at all, just to avoid all of this speculation? >> its easy to arm chair quarterback and second guess. i think we would have done that maybe if we had the resources. but youre talking about a small, rural county, being assisted by another smaller rural c...