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No impeachment because republicans had they done the same thing. one of the reasons roger ailes created fox news because he had conversations about we never want watergate to happen again. we need to create a parallel fact universe. this is a test case. is this going to be an example where if you create a loud enough echo chambers and laws and facts dont matter. that means if you have one political party thats only in the straw of the single person of their leader absolute there is no diverging ...

Unknowingly, unwittingly helped facilitate that. >> thats what these congressional committees are asking for as well. lets talk about this cultural moment. there have been touch points during the course of this whole process. i think this last week was one of them where you look at the speculation, the enthusiasm surrounding the release of this report and it tells you what about the need for the report, about what americans want to see in the report? what do you make of that fury surrounding it?...

Presidential exploratory committee today. polling suggests there is an appetite for it. about a third of republicans nationwide said they would like to nominate someone other than president trump. >> how do you see yourself gaining republican party support and securing the nomination for president? >> you know, its going time. >> weld could be a test case for other republicans who might be waning a bit. think about people like former tennessee senator bob corker, former u.n. ambassador nikki hal...

Not to shift their importance but theyre two different questions. what seems to me is youre right that virginia is a complicated state. its very blue up at the top. it gets redder down below. in that way, its a microcosm of the country. to some extent these problems, these issues are a microcosm of what the country is -- at large is facing and dealing with. in the case of the attorney general and the governor, i think were looking at an interesting test of whether the trump era has created a cap...

Expanded the definition. to hire american includes central and south america. thats what he meant. >> well, he hasnt responded yet, steven. that tells us something. ordinarily you take a shot across the bow at the president, here comes the cannon fire. not a word about this. >> no and because again this is a problem. im not trying to sugar coat it or shine the sneaker. this is really problematic. however where do we go from here? thats the question. where does the country go? >> i was thinking a...

Thats what he meant. >> well, he hasnt responded yet, steven. that tells us something. ordinarily you take a shot across the bow at the president, here comes the cannon fire. not a word about this. >> no and because again this is a problem. im not trying to sugar coat it or shine the sneaker. this is really problematic. however where do we go from here? thats the question. >> i was thinking about this today. why doesnt he take on his own reality as the test case and say, heres what im going to d...

Trump era has created a capacity for politicians to brazen things out. to wait it out, has in fact the line been drawn ever lower in the age of trump. and i think thats going to be an interesting test case as this goes forward. >> to our viewers, both of these gentlemen have agreed to stay with us. a busy weekend already for those with an eye on the white house. soon it may be easier for us to list the democrats not running for president. that story when we come back. covers 80% of your c ost, l...

General the lieutenant governors issues seem to be to the side there. and what i -- what seems to me is youre right, virginia is a complicated state, its very blue up at the top, it gets redder down below. in that way, its a microcosm of the country. to some extent these problems, these issues are a microcosm of what the country is -- at large is facing and dealing with. in the case of the attorney general and the governor, i think were looking at an interesting test of whether the trump era has...

Next? what is michael cohens thinking on what happens next? >> i think we should start thinking about this as a test case. this is about michael cohen and this is about the presidents language and threats that he has used about michael cohen, not just last weekend in his fox news interviews, but over the last couple of months he has been tweeting about him repeatedly. every time hes asked about him, he basically calls him a liar. his attorney rudy giuliani has called him a serial liar serially a...

Least important thing we have to talk about. what we have to talk about is opening up government to recognize the pain and unfairness of this shutdown to americas working families. >> and, of course, the speech is something that would be a high-profile moment for the president. that will be on hold. and the speaker is certainly trying to keep the focus of attention on the more substantive issues. but its a test case for how theyve dealt with each other. and todays votes in the senate are in many...