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>> governor bushs tax plan isnt true, and mccain knows it. >> it was the fight of the century. >> the war of words between george w. bush and john mccain is heating up even further as they battle for votes in south carolina. mccain is accusing the bush campaign of making misleading phone calls to voters. >> governor george w. bush still denies anyone in his campaign is making negative phone calls. but mccains supporters are pointing to a conversation videotaped on saturday between governor bush ...

What are we likely to see if in fact this goes through and is the president likely to confront him about election meddling? >> we may very well see something tangible come out of this summit. the downside is that it will likely be to russias benefit. >> that doesnt sound very -- >> because that would be -- i mean, that would be a significant development, of course. >> like north korea? >> exactly. the basic pattern weve seen with trump is that he favors one on one diplomacy because he feels like...

Fact that the president has not taken some kind of action and the fact he does not seem more irritated. i want to be clear, the president has not enjoyed the trickle of story, the news reports that he sees, but nonetheless, this is a president who is supposed to be someone who cares a great deal about wasting money and gets very upset when he sees people not doing that. hes somebody who doesnt like it when other cabinet members are in the news. and nonetheless, the president still seems to have ...

Live" and gets big laughs. but a former snl veteran says its a little mean, rob schneider criticizing that, saying it sets the wrong tone and leaves snl biases out there for the world to hear. and ben stein, and veteran joe piscopo on that. did you work with schneider? >> no, he was on after me, everybody as on after me, i was there with abraham lincoln. neil: woodrow wilson. >> funny guy. neil: hes saying theres no question, theres a meanness, no soft spot for trump. >> everybody has got to lig...

Of russia or kind of calling into question the american intelligence communities assessment of russia and then the trump administration which, you know, is kicking out diplomats, which is being quite hawkish on russia. so, its kind of hard to even gauge where the americans are coming at this from. the level of unpredictability on both sides is very troubling. >> i think thats the most fascinating aspect of all this. let me ask the panel about this. matt, ill start with you. look, the charge agai...

Gloves off, protocol thrown to the side. and we also have a very unpredictable man in the white house, where russia policy is kind of bifurcated. we have president trump saying things that are very favorable of russia or kind of calling into question the american intelligence communities assessment of russia and then the trump administration which, you know, is kicking out diplomats, which is being quite hawkish on russia. so, its kind of hard to even gauge where the americans are coming at this...

Elections they used to have in almost every communist party. whoever the dictator was at the moment always got huge percentage of the vote. >> so ronald reagan talked about the shining stoi a hill, standing up for freedom and democracy. i guess the republican party is different. >> if you listen to mccain and mcconnell, they dont sound different. i am with them on this. it is important for america to speak clearly about when these things are done wrong and about who dictators are. i dont think t...

How much more could the tweets and the state department undermine these efforts? >> look, the professionals will do their jobs. and one of the key parts of negotiating with the north koreans is intelligence. and so far president trump has had a fantastic relationship with the cia director mike pompeo who he has nominated to head the state department. so there are professionals in the field who will lock it down and move forward with what they have to do to make this successful. it doesnt mean th...

Then well turn back -- >> sure. this was a subject of much discussion within the state department. there was a lot of frustration by people who were willing to talk to people like me and other reporters because this was not being done. the money was actually lodged for budgetary purposes in the pentagon. it had to be requested. and tillerson hadnt even requested the money. it wasnt until a spate of stories, washington post, politico came out that the two co-sponsors of this bill, chris murphy an...

A ton of goals what do you make of willingness to bring in guys like that yeah new manager new players i think he has to change something in the team so he bring your hands in who didnt get a chance and he made a great goal in the cup game and yeah hes doing well at the moment so we will see what he can do next games i think the fact is actually giving these players a chance to play is the big difference of. seemed if you didnt play well you didnt have a chance at all you had done was not cool f...