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Justice is -- with the justice speaking like that on tonight of all nights. >> she knows the middle is gone right now, as it used to exist. you know, she went back, kate, you know, 30 years to justices oconnor and kennedy, even before that, there was louis powell, so we always had this sort of steadying influence at the center so the court didnt swing too far to the left or too far to the right and without anthony kennedy, we dont have that kind of middle as we know it. and justice kagan knows t...

With them, it has a steadying influence. that is the hope. shoutout to barrons t-shirt. >> the kids in the houses are the experts. >> panel, thank you very much. we need to tell you about u.s. troops in harms way in somalia and philippines and afghanistan. the war on terror seems to be escalating under president trump. so what is his strategy? we take a closer look at that next. these days families want to be connected 24/7.

Attack ad if your direction. perhaps it behooves someone to be piddle of the pack at this point. let the front runner fall back amidst these attack ads, then swoop in. maybe its thinking too much about it. >> force i see that. >> you look at what happened four years ago in the cycle, you had everybody in 1st place, at least for a couple of weeks, kerry in 1st place, michelle bachmann in 1st place, okay romney in 1st place. i can name three or four more who won 1st place. there is a lot of up and...

Newt? >> whos that. >> john boehner. >> boehner did? >> yes, did he. he was head of the republican conference at the time. newt didnt often like to hear it. john had the courage to do it. >> now, newts getting back at him. jon meacham, talk about boehner. we were talking yesterday, we were surprised by how john boehner has been a steadying influence. nobody really expected that from him. i know i certainly underestimated him. i didnt think he would do as well as hes done. he has been a steadying...