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Now you know what to watch for, the substance, the facts. its more important than ever that you keep your eye on the ball and focus on what matters. this is about making the case to you, the american people, so listen carefully. watch, listen, dont be distracted by sideshows, by shiny objects, red herrings. there will be plenty of them. the presidents defenders are going to throw everything they can at the wall to see if it sticks. look over here. look over there. what about the origins? what ab...

Distracted by sideshows, by shiny objects, red herrings. there will be plenty of them. the presidents defenders are going to throw everything they can at the wall to see if it sticks. look over here. look over there. what about the origins? what about this? who did that? we dont have -- theyre going to try everything. woo, dancing around. pay attention to the facts. like i always say, do not fall for the okey-doke. now more than ever, facts first. you hear me? next im going to talk to a member o...

From the very same hymn book. but heres the thing. in the face of all of this, all this misdirection and this straight-up lying from the president and his defenders, we all have to have -- weve got to stand up for the facts. thats what we have to do. and that includes those of us who are in the media. we cannot allow the presidents defenders to spew falsehoods, to spew lies, misdirections, shiny objects as if the facts were a matter of opinion because they are not. it is very simple. either you ...

Joe bidens son. >> hes getting paid $50,000, and then when the company thats paying him that money is under investigation, guess what? daddy comes running to the rescue. the vice president of the united states -- >> thats not what happened. sir, thats not what happened. the european union, the obama administration -- >> you dont think joe -- >> the international monetary fund, pro-clean government activists in ukraine thought that the prosecutor was not prosecuting corruption. >> so youre saying...

Bringing up conspiracy theories as to confuse you, the american people. but dont be confused by it. that was jake tapper, our very own jake tapper, not letting the congressman get away with lies. and i think that is really important. if the presidents defenders cannot stick to the facts, if they cant tell the truth, then we have to say so. we have to demand the truth. we have got to. the facts. like we always say around here, facts first. and it matters now more than ever. do not fall for the ok...

Defender seemingly having trouble getting his story straight. >> what do you make of this exchange? president zelensky says, we are almost ready to buy more javelins from the united states for defense purposes, and president trump replies, i would like you to do us a favor, though. >> you just added another word. >> no. its in the transcript. >> he said, id like you to do a favor, though? >> yes. its in the white house transcript. >> hes right. its right there in the rough transcript released by...

United states and from his defenders, those lies are coming fast, and theyre coming furious. the president tweeting an absolute tirade of lies and abuse, and his defenders singing from the very same hymn book. but heres the thing. in the face of all of this, all this misdirection and this straight-up lying from the president and his defenders, we all have to have -- weve got to stand up for the facts. thats what we have to do. and that includes those of us who are in the media. we cannot allow t...

Talk about the optics of that. >> it just energizes the base. the administration is conflating border security as a national security issue which is so important to republicans and energizes the republican party on the whole. 85% total of republicans really support this president in refusing any funding bill that doesnt include over 5 billion for this wall. i have to respectfully disagree there. this president is concerned with objects. he loves big shiny objects. he knows his legacy is mixed. h...

Enough they could blow the balance sheet up again if they were really buying securities to push money into the system if the fed radicals was really worried about the economy. i dont disagree with what youre saying, however what i do think is happening here is the market is reacting emotionally, to your point john, theyve moved away from fundamentals and they seem to have a very short attention span and theyre chasing shiny objects, a dangerous place for the market to be. dagen: in terms of the ...

Television, as well. not that we clear that in advance. you dont clear an interview in advance, but you are not permitted to talk about classified information on television. >> there is the question now that has come up, is this like in the realm of shiny objects, a big old shiny object that the president tossing to distract from other things? if it is a shiny object, it is in the words of some of the critics, unprecedented, problematic, and enemys list. some other things the president could be ...