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>> taft 2016. people appreciate the authenticity whether he is screaming on you tube. >> that is actually -- every successful politician when they get the presidency, they find a way to connect to the average guy and gal. struggling with weight loss is as american as anything. >> absolutely. you have to prove you are in on the joke. the one thing americans dont need is to be removed and stiff about things. he would make fun of the syntax and vocabulary. that let people know i dont take people to...

>> brian: the president was right there. >> gretchen: then it got into syntax. >> brian: the overarching medjugorje. >> gretchen: did anyone answer the question for you last night? do we know more this morning about the presidents position about what he knew and what he hopes to know than we did before the debate? >> brian: another area that they talked about is the president talking about all his small business tax cuts. listen. >> four years ago i stood on the stage like this one. actually it ...

Republicans base their entire convention around one line in a speech you gave when you said if you have a business you didnt build that. do you have regrets for the way they made that point? >> i have regrets for but everyone knows what i was saying. i talked about how we all have to invest in schools, and roads and bridges. for businesses to grow. for small businesses to be successful. >> president obama says he regrets the syntax, but not the poin. and managing editor joins us. >> this is, i t...

Republicans base their entire convention around one line in a speech you gave when you said if you have a business you didnt build that. do you have regrets for the way they made that point? >> i have regrets for but everyone knows what i was saying. i talked about how we all have to invest in schools, and roads and bridges. for businesses to grow. for small businesses to be successful. >> president obama says he regrets the syntax, but not the poin. and managing editor joins us. >> this is, i t...

Republicans base their entire convention around one line in a speech you gave when you said if you have a business you didnt build that. do you have regrets for the way they made that point? >> i have regrets for but everyone knows what i was saying. i talked about how we all to invest in schools, and roads and bridges. for businesses to grow. for small businesses to be successful. >> president obama says he regrets the syntax, but not the poin. and managing editor joins us. >> this is, i think ...

Said, quote, obviously i have regrets for my syntax but not for the point because everyone who was there watching knows exactly what i was saying. joining us now to talk about this former democratic senator of indiana. evan bayh. the president hasnt really talked about that comment. the white house says it was taken out of context. he says he regrets the syntax but not the meaning. >> everybody from time to time makes a mistake and says something they dont mean in a wrong kind of way its better ...

>> greg: hitler. >> dana: hitler. nazis. the references are all throughout. yesterday, dick harpootlean the state chairman of the democratic national committee in south carolina said in a state newspaper that nikki haley was like eva braun, hitlers girlfriend, mistress. then today he said what i was doing is, i dont mean it. it meant to call her a nazi. anyway, just my syntax. i have the same problem as president obama. i think south carolina jewish community probably came out and said to him yo...

President says while he regrets the, quote, syntax of that statement, he does not regret the substance. joining me now, dick harpootlian, chairman of the south carolina democratic party. you have caused an uproar because you made a comment about governor nickty hale -- nikki haley of your state talking about how shes been doing sort of comments for the republicans, and you said, quote: she was down in the bunker a la ava brawn, on o, hitlers mistress, and she has come out and called you an angry...

Their true colors showed and that should help the vores. >> gretchen: especially independents who are watching and may agree that god is part of the nation. >> steve: one other thing. the fact that the president of the united states should ask if they put jerusalem back in when his administration does not officially recognize jerusalem as the capitol. >> gretchen: remember when president obama said this? >> if you have a business, you didnt build that. somebody else made that happen. >> gretchen...

About. president obama regrets the syntax of you didnt build that, but not the underlying mention. republicans and independents alike, small business other thans are walking around with t-shirts saying, i did build this. should he have been more apolo apologetic or more of an explanation? >> sure. well, as someone who just jammed their foot in their mouth this week, ive got great sympathy. his explanation, i think, is very good. and what he means is, and i know what he means -- and most people d...