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criminal. hes only out of prison because his dad is joe biden, they would say. >> wheres hunter, where is hunter? i went to one of them. we have to have where is hunter, as a witness. what do you mean wheres hunter, i have made his first name wheres hunter. >> today hunter biden is awaiting a meeting with a probation officer after yesterdays felony conviction on gun charges. while the headline might sound like music to republican ears, his conviction is undercutting their 2024 campaign...

Is he contributing to the chaos in the white house instead of managing the president and managing the staff? hes supposed to be chief of staff. >> i think sometimes it appears that general kelly, with some of the issues that pop up, doesnt realize how fast they can unravel and get out of control. look at whats happening in the last couple of days. this issue is completely out of control because of the way it was handled this week and over the last several months. and there was a tone deafness wh...

Bad judgment. but they have to get it out there. they cannot let it go for days and days and days of more questions and confusion. its not going to stop. they have to go farther in my opinion next time. >> i was watching and like, whoa, did he just say they could have handled it better? i got to go. if you can give it to me in seconds. >> put a period at the end of the sentence. the president is dismayed about the fallout of this. this isnt a p.r. crisis. this is a crisis of character. it could ...

The house floor over eight hours. she wants a vote on daca. do you see that happening? >> you know, this has been going on for 17 years. and i worked for senator durban 13 years ago, after he introduced the dream act. this is an issue thats been going on for 17 years. my feeling is we are very close to achieving something great in passing a bill, finally. i think thats why leader pelosi stood on the floor for eight hours. it amazies me. i got a call that said, she had been on the floor for about...

>> it worries me for a lot of reasons. it worries me because if im being frank with you, if he hasnt already been abusive with hope, he will. in particularly now that hes under a lot of stress and str scrutiny, thats when the behaviors come out. if he hasnt already, he will. >> you think he cant -- he has not gotten help? he cant stop at this point? >> i dont think hes done the self-reflective work to acknowledge this issue. i dont think that he has really taken the time to deconstruct why it is...

Porter, as well as john kelly, for quite some time. >> how can this go on and why there is a problem with the security clearances of this white house? this does hurt john kelly. he digs in and he defends his staff, kelly does. and this shouldnt have happened. and i think we were talking on the break, is the clock ticking for john kelly at this point? >> do you think it is? >> this president likes to scapegoat his staff. in is an excuse he can use. >> one of the biggest problems that john kelly h...

Reporting. the president is not dismayed at the scandal. the president is not dismayed that his staff secretary is accused of abuse and the white house looked away. the president is dismayed at what it makes him look like. the president is dismayed on how it was handled. that right there underscores the complete, not just crisis of competency, which is what weve seen and how the whole security clearance issue was handled. and frankly, how the talking points issue was handled. im sorry, to have h...

In three week. this is rand paul, a republican, who engineered it. did he have a good enough reason to do it, in your opinion? >> i dont believe he did. the bill was negotiated in a bipartisan way. and the bill was supported by many democrats and many republicans. the issue that stands in the way of passing this bill is simple. speaker ryan has refused to give a guarantee of a firm process to democrats in the house. they see that theyre very concerned about daca. and theyre asking, why cant we g...

That will delay things for an hour and a half to two hours in the senate. things get kicked out to the house. that is far from a sure thing at this point. house democrats making clear, that immigration is their issue. they want daca addressed. two minutes ago, leader nancy pelosi, reiterating, they want a firm commitment about a specific daca process. if they dont get it, they might not give him the votes. were closer to one step being passed. >> you have a monitor there. you can see air. are th...