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The president. do you agree that the president shouldnt be, you know, slamming his attorney general in public the way he is in that interview with the "new york times" and as far as the tweets are concerned? >> you know, i think the president has his own unique way of going about things that nobody everybody else would choose those methods but i do think that the president is, in some ways, justified in being upset that the attorney general has left him open to this whole idea of some kind of sp...

That agreed russia tried to attack when the original story it was all 17. >> james comeys testimony in the senate intelligence committee was explicitly in reference to i think an april "new york times" story, im not saying -- >> ill let you finish, then i have to jump in. >> im not saying there necessarily shouldnt be. i think the fact that they passed an extremely robust sanctions package out of the senate almost unanimously, i think 98-2, is a strong sign congress wants to jump in on this issu...

Disappointing. but you know we have got to have leaders who we can count on to first and foremost put our national security first. this is the russia attack on our democracy is a national security issue and its not partisan and shouldnt be. >> why do you think its so partisan? do you think that the democrats -- im not blaming the democrats in any way, shape or form, but other than the two intel committees at least on the senate side, that theyre working in a bipartisan manner, do you think more ...

White house for a while. but then i was quite suddenly, partly because i said john lennon shouldnt be booted out of the country and a few other things i didnt agree with them with i was suddenly not persona grata anymore. i do remember meeting the man, nixon, face to face. i had always been taught to dislike him, but i thought maybe he would be okay. >> were you, in a sense, out to get him the way that had been charged? >> no. i would have been happy to do anything but cause him trouble. i wasnt...

>> whatwear requi were requires we hope he recovers and when he recovers, hes a new mind-set. if a lesbian person saved your life, you should not go forward being homophobic. you shouldnt be, anyway. if you almost died, but your life was saved because you got health care, you should apply that ethic and want everybody else to have the same health care you have. the bible, one of the guys that pr prayed, walker from north carolina, he was saying how he prayed for everybody. the bible says in isai...

Most poisonous political atmosphere that i can remember experiencing in my years as a reporter going back a half century. weve had turbulent times before. the sheer loathing that people have for each other. people in politics have for each other and for our president at this stage transcends even what we had then. >> bill: what do you think of that, brad? worst in 50 years? >> shannon: brit is right. in order to lead people you have to have people follow your lead. if theyre following a lead tha...

He should have gotten on television and released it. but not to have a friend become his surrogate was absurd. i dont know why they didnt press hard to subpoena him. but i have to tell you, comey didnt something very good and very right today. he said unequivocally for the first time, he agreed with what ive been saying, namely the president has the authority to direct the head of the fbi to stop investigating anyone. according to comey, comey said its clear under the constitution the president ...

>> thats all that matters. thats the way i look at it. >> youre absolutely right. just like i todd them are aint nothing more important than visit with you. we try to leave the fences outside our visit. its about me and him. its not about prison. it is just about what we have. what -- what were trying to do. you should have a break in a couple of months. >> i sure hope so, come back up here. >> right. >> best part of the visit was to be with him, talk to him, give him a hug, tell him i love him,...

Is seeing his 3-year-old son. >> first thing im going to do when i get out is grab my little boy. i sent message that hes there at my grandmothers house where im going to stay for a little bit. so first thing im going to do, im going to say hey to grandma, get some sugar from grandma. then hopefully my sons awake, which he probably shouldnt be, but he probably will be. ill pick him up and give him some love. >> stallworth is hardly alone when it comes to missing family. alfredo roca moreno hasnt...

And -- >> and so how hard is it for young people to pull away from this life here? >> its extremely hard. its like benny talked about, he said dad, there are no jobs out here. were 80% unemployment here. >> a lot of people get involved and think they shouldnt be. >> i worked at the elementary school for 20 years, worked with kids and love them and get to see the ones that really, that get to school and get to eat. when they leave there, you dont know when that. >> you think its a lot of kids wit...