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>> you cannot be civil with a political party that wants to destroy what you stand for, what you care about. >> martha: two comments getting a lot of attention. "new york times" wrote an editorial blasting clinton saying that this is the moral arrogance and the self-justification that long troubled even many democrats about mrs. clinton. joining me now is the long-time adviser who made a lot of news today arguing the opposite, that hillary clinton he believes is a viable candidate in 2020. good ...

Needs to be done here or is going to be done here? in the michael wolff book, "fire and fury," steve bannon is quoted twice invoking the 25th amendment coming to president trump. spicer, priebus, cohn, powell, bannon, tillerson, mattis, mnuchin had traveled through the stages of adventure, challenge, frustration, battle, self-justification and doubt before finally having to confront the very real likelihood that the president they worked for did not have the act to function in his job. the debat...

From the office of the presidency, from within, at least temporarily. is that what theyre telling us needs to be done here or is going to be done here? in the michael wolff book, "fire and fury thirks came out early this year, steve bannon is quoted twice invoking the 25th amendment when it comes to president trump. spicer, priebus, cohn, powell, bannon, tillerson, mattis, mnuchin virtually the entire staff of the presidency had traveled through the stages of adventure, challenge, frustration, b...

Sarah sidner, thank you so much. senior legal analyst jeffrey tube whon covered the 1995 murder trial extensively, we have with us, criminal defense attorney danny and also mr. steven wolfson, hes the top prosecutor for clark county, nevada, where the armed robbery took place. first of all, jeff, let me start with you. you said the testimony in your view was nauseating, obviously the parol board either disagreed or it didnt matter. >> well, i think they thought both of those things. the rules of...

Regime. one of the things and it is apart from a lot of people around. >> a lot of people around him are praising us. you recognize it was tugging on him in certain ways that he was quite intentionally pushing against. >> it is very difficult for any president of the united states to avoid getting involved in a war for those reasons because there are always people around presidents who feel. it is whether it is to punish something like assad to change their behavior to send a message, to show th...

Abandoned airfield in order to demonstrate resolve and credibility which are amorphous concepts. >> joy, its interesting to watch the obama world folks here because one of the things that im seeing is the degree to which the president stood apart from a lot of people around him. >> yeah. >> because a lot of the people around him are out there praising this and if you recognize the degree to which the impulses of the foreign policy establishment were tugging on him in certain ways that he was qui...

Military strike, whether its to punish someone like bashar al assad, to change their behavior, to send a message, to show the resolve and strength of the united states. >> sometimes its self-justification of credibility. >> sure. >> youve said youve done it so now you must. >> the one thing that is true and the military will tell you is absolutely true, you cannot undo or prevent the behavior of killing your own civilians with a strike like this? because, number one, it didnt even take out the a...

Campaigns stop strategist. hes the late nest a long line of apologists including the candidate himself that try to explain the loss that come close to insulting the electoral. joining us is bob shrum and matt miller. welcome to you both. matt, first it was mitt romney who accused the president of bribing the electorate with free stuff. that was very effective. now we have mr. stevens, another olympic gymnast of self-justification who comes out and his big silver lining is mr. romney only lost am...

Wife. and its not your job to tell david petraeus wife. >> weve seen this time and again in washington and elsewhere. you know, these investigations take on a life of their own, they become exercises in self-justification and you dont want to -- its very hard on a human level to say, oh, well, forget because people get invested in this. who was the responsible -- there was some moment where that decision either was made, which seems unclear to me, and then this leaks anyway. or it wasnt. and so ...

Well, you mentioned to me the two emblemattic moments of breitbarts journalistic career, one a high point, the other a low point. the clip at the news conference, this classic breitbart moment, hijacking the occasion, he said he came to be vindicated on that story. he was vindicated. his site drove that story, the exposure of congressman weiner, but you can see all the characteristic elements of breitbarts personality in that clip. the sort of -- the boasting -- >> scrappy. >> the self-justifica...