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Presidency. thats what these people are saying, both in private and now mccain, flake, and corker have said in public, the romper room. this is not just a partisan attack on the president of the united states. this goes to the heart of whether the president of the united states is a danger to our values and the country and our place in the world. he is an aberrant president and human being, and thats what these individuals -- if you listen to what flake said very carefully, its about aberrant. >...

Administration. what is the bottom line? lets get it to political analyst, karl bernstein. does this matter? >> it matters to the president and to the country, and republicans in private, great numbers of them, on capitol hill have been saying they believe this president is unstable and unfit to be the president of the united states. this discussion has been going on below loud level among republicans for months now. >> isnt that the key term. hes still doing well with his party. >> the question...

And the flagrant disregard for truth and decency. >> undignified behavior has become excused as telling it like it is when its really outrageous and undignified. >> we were not made great by egg saulting our worst impulses. glorifying in the things that divide us, and calling fake things true and true things fake. >> mitch mcconnell praising flake but punting when asked how hes going to response? >> what i have an obligation to do is to try and achieve the greatest cohesion i can among 52 republ...

Such as republicans such as yourself. being a business man, commander in chief businessman, he was talking to reporters today and saying, listen, there was a whole standing ovation behind closed doors in capitol hill yesterday during this tax lunch. and that its a unified front here in the republican party. but, bob, look at just in the last week you have seen bush 43, senators flake, corker, mccain, criticize beyond the presidents policies, criticizing his very core of being, his character. how...

If they were to say wake up tomorrow and decide, were going to block vote against everything, the three of us, for the rest of the time were here, well that would have a practice kl effect of stopping donald trump, but here to for, theyve all, other than mccain on health care have gone along with the republican and/or trump agenda. if flake and corker and mccain vote for tax reform and tax cuts. the effects of their speeches will be more limited because the policy agenda marches forward. so ulti...

Of congress, they are single seekers of reelection. thats what -- politics 101, thats what you learn. so they are looking at trying to get things passed, but with the president behaving the way he is, they dont have a singular message to get behind and be able to work together. like in the 90s when we have the contract with america, republicans may have had differences in the party, but you had certain legislative priorities and you knew who was on your team and they stayed with that messaging. ...

It is impossible to overstate how important this moment is, two united states senators felt compelled today to publicly blast the president for not telling the truth. and not just getting caught doing it once, doing it over and over and over. my panel is back with me now to discuss this. ryan, lets get you back in. we know president trump does not tell the truth. both senators flake and corker called him out today. take a listen. >> we were not made great as a country by indulging in or even kpa...

Campaign had been more transparent, the same question i asked brian? >> i dont know anything about that either. i mean, i was working on the campaign as well on the outside and, you know, i just dont -- i dont know. but i think -- i think his explanation about why law firms dont reveal that kind of stuff is understandable. and it was started by republicans. >> there is a quote in the washington post that says one person close to the matter said the campaign and the dnc were not informed by the l...

Celebrating saying steve bannon added another scout as another establishment domino falls. senators flake and corker wont be going anywhere anytime soon. well be in the united states senate until january of 2019. the president, for his part today, headed to dallas for a fund-raiser. chris and alisyn? >> joe, thank you very much. roe for cnn politics, chris cizilla. lets play more of this sound so we can do a good discussion on full complement of things that were said. we have flake and corker. >...

Numbers, what hasnt been said is that jeff flake isnt, you know, residing from the senator youre not running for reelection out of protest, his numbers are horrible in arizona. ive seen those numbers and theres a good chance that he very good chance that he was not going to get reelected, and by the way, the same thing with bob corker. if you look at a lot of the senate elections in 2016 that the candidates who ran with donald trump won, you know, that was marco rubio. >> i understand, i underst...