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Can serve the administration and they need to make that decision for themselves but they also need to know that if youre staying, you are committed to the goals of this administration and this president. by releasing these things, youre creating more of that division that you say youre seeking to undo. >> marc lotter, im going to let you go. really appreciate you taking the time. as my people say here, youre a mench, so thank you, sir. >> thank you, chuck. >> much appreciate it. i want to go b...

Of world leaders, that is keeping him from -- >> the bob woodward book. >> keeping him from starting world war iii. yes, there are people perhaps executing his policies, but the description is also a group of people keeping us from going over the edge of the cliff. >> and by the way, this is a week that has featured presidential tweets about how its outrageous for his justice department to bring serious cases of corruption against members of his party because it might cause him a problem. that i...

That dude is high ethics journalist. >> he knows what he did. >> this is a -- this is just like ruth, was a practicing journalist for a long time before he became an editor. >> they might even tell them, hey, in this case, its coming. >> you have to tell the publisher. >> i can only speak to our organization, certainly i would not make that decision on my own. i would make it with editorial page editor fred hyatt. where it would go from there i dont know. it would be very unlikely to tell the ne...

Lets talk about one thing that i punted, essentially about this point in the conversation. the media ethics decision here, right? "the new york times," this is -- this is on one hand its a bombshell op-ed. on the other hand, they have made a decision -- they know the identity and theyre not revealing the identity. well, carl bernstein and bob woodward held their secret for 30 years. ruth, youve seen -- do you think you would have done -- made the same decision? youre a deputy -- deputy editorial...

Along the lines of what i was saying earlier, that if you are making an argument, you should have the wherewithal and the belief in putting your name to that argument. at the same time, i completely -- you know, i cant say whether we would have done it or not, so i dont want to sound churlish. and it is -- using anonymous is a very important tool in the toolbox for my colleagues in the newsroom. so not judging. >> shane, you and i have had a back and forth about the issue of access journalism an...

Crisis or weirdness that we have been in, i have always believed the ultimate answer always comes down to republicans in congress and if they lose and the political balance has changed, support for this president is going to change along with it. >> so election night if four republicans -- were up to 55 republicans in the senate because bill nelson has lost to rick scott and heidi heitkamp has lost, do you sit back and say -- >> i think it changes the equation. okay, voters, its 2020. you got an...

Gain 44 house seats, almost twice plus 23 they need, but lose four senate seats. dave wasserman joins me to walk us through the math. it is a really, really striking way at looking at the difference between these two houses in terms of the races this fall. >> its like mars and venus. the senate will be decided by red rural states where democrats on defense. and the house will be decided by swing urban states. it is possible one party could control both after this november but thanks to this geog...

Way at looking at the difference between these two houses in terms of the races this fall. >> its like mars and venus. the senate will be decided by red rural states where democrats on defense. and the house will be decided by swing urban states. it is possible one party could control both after this november but thanks to this geographical divergence, theres a really wide window of opportunity for a split decision where democrats win control of the house while falling short in the senate. >> wh...

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Said congress this is yours to deal w they arent dealing with it. texas is taking it to the judicial system to try and get some results. since nobody seems to be getting anywhere. >> and this ruling by fiat is incredibly cruel to the dreamers. as they are called. and its interesting, yes, it was a split decision sent to the supreme court which at the time there were only eight members. so they basically punted it back to the lower court. congress needs to act. we need figure out immigration poli...