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Job. david mure, solid citizen, solid journalist. but george stephanopoulos staying at gma, becoming chief news anchor, which means daefrtdaefr -- >> when i wrote about it i said i dont know if that says more about me or stephanopoulos or about what abc thinks of him. here is what i think. theyre not sure what what muir is going to do in a big, big story. think back to the boston bombing where they found the second brother in that boat where he was finally arrested. remember the brilliant interv...

>> can i read that one more time? i have to read it one more time. hold on. stephanopoulos, potus tells me the world cup schedule affecting foreign policy -- >> thats right. im shocked how people -- countries are taking this seriously? they dont work in a lot of places. the government takes time off. im sure its tough to get somebody to make a decision in iran thats not following soccer. >> hopefully its not iran hes talking about. possibly the germans. >> when i read that tweet, the first thing...

And we are going to distance ourselves from it. and youll start to sea the carvilles, the stephanopoulos -- you saw the ed kline excerpt from his new book, basically saying that hillary clinton personally blames benghazi on the president. i predict youll see hillary clinton start to distance herself, not just on immigration like we saw, but on the va scandal, the irs scandal and ill bet you see some clinton-friendly democrats start the investigation. >> the ed kline excerpt, she said shes blamin...

Those leaders are unresponsive. >> can i read that one more time? i have to read it one more time. hold on. stephanopoulos, potus tells me the world cup schedule affecting foreign policy -- >> thats right. im shocked how people -- countries are taking this seriously? they dont work in a lot of places. the government takes time off. im sure its tough to get somebody to make a decision in iran thats not following soccer. >> hopefully its not iran hes talking about. possibly the germans. >> whentwe...

>> so wasnt unknown to congress. the department of defense consulted with the department of justice. >> so does this mean the attorney general okayed bypassing congress, thereby violating the law and the white houses excuse for violating the law? >> and given the acute urgency of the health condition of sergeant bergdahl. >> and rice said there was an acute urgency of his health condition but then in an interview with george stephanopoulos rice said this about sergeant bergdahls health. >> and, ...

So that is curious that that narrative was being pushed on sunday morning that basically he was a hero when in fact its a much more complicated picture. >> i have got the transcript in front of me well george, meaning stephanopoulos, this is a very special situation. sergeant bergdahl wasnt simply a hostage. he was an american prisoner of war captured on the battlefield. i mean, is there anyone in the white house who says he was captured on the battlefield as a prisoner of war?rk look, we did no...

Add one more option that would be lighter if you guys would appreciate that secretary kerry is over in switzerland this week for the conference a lot of big wigs hanging out. lbg. >> it is getting together and having a huge panel about this with russian activists there. maybe take a break from meeting and join them at that event. >> i bet you he shows up. i thought you were going to say he should eat the russian guy with a snow ball. let me run you the putin bite. putin and i dont have a lot of ...

Add one more option that would be lighter if you guys would appreciate that secretary kerry is over in switzerland this week for the conference a lot of big wigs hanging out. lbg. >> it is getting together and having a huge panel about this with russian activists there. maybe take a break from meeting and join them at that event. >> i bet you he shows up. i thought you were going to say he should eat the russian guy with a snow ball. let me run you the putin bite. putin and i dont have a lot of ...

And sadly, it seems like mr. priebus decided the last campaign with a lot of debates was not good for his party, that people didnt like what they saw. but this time around, i would think a lot of these new candidates would want to be talking to a larger audience. >> yeah. >> certainly chris christie if he were to run is not going to abide by a ditch cnn and ditch nbc strategy. so its crazy. but as you said, there is no downside for him right now. >> some in the republican party dont see the medi...

Control the terms of the debate. and sadly, it seems like mr. priebus decided the last campaign with a lot of debates was not good for his party, that people didnt like what they saw. but this time around, i would think a lot of these new candidates would want to be talking to a larger audience. >> yeah. >> certainly chris christie if he were to run is not going to abide by a ditch cnn and ditch nbc strategy. so its crazy. but as you said, there is no downside for him right now. >> some in the r...