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Melania trump speak out in support of her husband and his claims of birtherism. i think a better question for jared is, you were involved in the campaign. why did you not speak out on it then? i think this response from jared, its why so many people believe its not just the president who traffics racism, but its the administration as whole. what jared could have said was that was not an appropriate thing to do. he could have distanced himself from the comments and spoke about what hes doing to i...

>> why is there no plan b? we heard the list of names that they narrowed down to two. >> the other parts of the quote said theres no plan b, hes too big to fail, we are all in on kavanaugh come hail or high water. one of the big things that helped trump in 2016, all the "access hollywood" stuff aside, and the folks said its the supreme court, i will vote for trump for the supreme court. >> and the supreme court has elevated as a concern for democrats and liberal voters, which is unusual. we lean...

Manafort is being treated unfairly. hes sitting in jail and hasnt been convicted. i dont downtoubt thats coming. the optics of pardoning someone during the investigation could look like obstruction. >> but if you think theyre going to flip, would it be possible to try to cut that off? >> its possible, absolutely. then well get into the legal weeds here. if you pardon someone early enough where theyre not facing any criminal expose uthen they have no fifth amendment privilege. then bob mueller or...

On it, michael, what hadnt been acted on this year, the promises that were made especially to the trump base. >> absolutely. you noticed the last couple of times the president has done those gaggles. oh, yeah, the wall. were still going to do the wall. his folks are still listening and paying attention. the bright shining objects of alabama and all that other stuff aside, hes going to have to deliver something and it starts this week. >> two great guests. thank you so much for coming on with us ...

Times the president has done those gaggles. oh, yeah, the wall. were still going to do the wall. his folks are still listening and paying attention. the bright shining objects of alabama and all that other stuff aside, hes going to have to deliver something and it starts this week. >> two great guests. ken thomas, michael steele, gentlemen, thank you so much for coming on with us tonight. and coming up what the legacy of the past two presidents can teach us. the author of the new book on bushe...

Their districts and running on the fact they kept their government opening and functioning? >> probably. that and the tax bill are probably the only good highlights here. yes, we avoided a shutdown and we gave you a tax cut. that about sums it up. and thats part of the problem the partys going to have going into next year, brian. the substance of what theyre putting on the table matters to a lot of trump supporters out there. and if this tax thing goes a little astray or the government shuts dow...

Fbi building -- perp walked out of the fbi building. how implausible. if hillary clinton complains that comey cost her the election, then here you have trump firing comey for costing hillary the election. this doesnt make any sense. its clear this has been prepared for days, but why this way? and why was it done with malice? there would have been so many ways of having comey sort of stuff aside, say he was in an untenable position. in his defense, and i am somewhat sympathetic to him, i wouldnt ...

>> but if her dad cant get freedom caucus votes on health care, can the daughter get freedom caucus votes on a government mandate of childcare? her last name also is trump. one of the questions of this administration and this is the 14th week and 12 of the weekends president trump has been to at least one property that bears his name. ivanka trump still has, even though shes divested some stuff, put some stuff aside, her name is still trump. one of the issues as she travels to germany and gets t...

Businesses from which he has not yet divested. i mean, if you set that stuff aside, the self-dealing stuff, we are already changed as a country because before now, any one of these scandals they just mentioned in washington or around the country would be nationally riveting, right? it would be a source of seething outrage. if not bipartisan outrage, at least partisan outrage. but in this new american era, what were doing instead is kind of cataloging that stuff in the background, assuming well g...

Dropped leaflets reportedly in that neighborhood telling civilians to definitely stay in their homes, to not leave. and then u.s. planes came in and apparently bombed that exact same neighborhood. there are reports of as many as 200 men, women, and children, all civilians, killed in their homes. after the united states reportedly told them to stay in their homes. and then bombed their homes. so take your pick from this scandal menu. thats even setting aside any issues about self-dealing and conf...