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This is what he said tonight. >> we did have two maniacs stop a momentum that was incredible because for seven days nobody talked about the elections. it stopped a tremendous momentum. >> so let me ask you to do just a little thought experiment with me. okay? are you ready? if the man who sent 15 bombs in the mail was a deranged hillary clinton supporter, what would the president be saying? if the man who shot and killed elderly jewish people praying in the synagogue had been an illegal immigran...

Obvious, which would be to, you know, draw the line between president trump and this crazy guy? >> lets try a thought experiment. what would be the reaction of some of those same figures if, in the aftermath of the assault on the republican congressional baseball team? remember that guy shows up, bernie sanders supporter shows up with several weapons and lots of ammunition and carrying around a list of, you know, republicans that he wants to kill. and only the coincidence that steve scalise, a m...

Nothing to be taken seriously. >> its not just the presidents remarks but the tepid response from the administration writ large. the senior most person were hearing from regularly from the federal government is the assistant director in charge of the new york field office for the fbi. were not hearing from the attorney general, not from the secretary of homeland security >> in fairness weve heard from all of those people about the southern border and it caravan and the fact theres military going...

Sealing the border. >> thats exactly right. and the bomber is still on the loose. and just as a thought experiment imagine if these bombs werent sent to democrats but say business leaders and al-qaeda or isis took responsibility for it and the bomb were still on the loose. we would see every member of the national security team out to camera, doing interviews talking about this crisis and how we need to catch this bomber before they strike again. we are seeing none of this from the administratio...

There were failures across the board. thats certainly, you know, im sure, is the case here as well. im wondering what you make of the presidents comments today. >> well, regardless of that, his comments are not truthful or accurate or a fair representation of what happened. so to cast this as a success for anybody is just -- goes completely against all the facts that we just heard all the facts from the mayor. so were not just talking about a death toll, were talking about enormous suffering, th...

More help to an organization that needed more help. but to throw it all on the federal government, its simply not fair. and its a misreading of how emergency response actually happens. >> kirsten, we saw this in katrina. there was federal responsibility, there was local responsibility, local failures and state failures, as well. there were failures across the board. thats certainly, you know, im sure, is the case here as well. im wondering what you make of the presidents comments today. >> well,...

Among. this country. our next choice is a bold thought experiment hes back adult help raise from the dead some seventy years later just like that the movie pokes fun at the worst man in human history. like when hitler takes his dirty clothes to the cleaners. some of which comes on the shelves you know. across and thats really hard for me. for the film the director said his fake hitler out into the real world. my number one which was that. he meets real people whose reactions are alarming and sca...

Especially if we know that he is trying to appoint one who believes that a president cant be investigated or indicted and will probably have to rule on that. >> very soon. >> charlie, you compared this to watergate. and nixon trounced mcgovern by such a margin, that they didnt run the conspiracy, but it is not to run that thought experiment in this case. >> you are absolutely right. and i want to point out and i think jeffrey tubin was the first to point it out. but what michael cohen did in cou...

Run the conspiracy, but it is not to run that thought experiment in this case. >> you are absolutely right. and i want to point out and i think jeffrey tubin was the first to point it out. but what michael cohen did in court yesterday which is basically to incriminate the president, none of the watergate guys did that. even john dean didnt do that in front of the senate. he laid out the fact and let you draw out your own conclusions. but michael cohen went under oath and accused the president of...

Point because its a political solution. >> look, let me put out a theory here that this is less about the specific incident and more about a pattern. george, if how cohen handled this for trump fits the pattern of everything else mueller is looking at, which is how they do this, then they move money over here, then suddenly you have a pattern of how they make things. if it becomes part of a pattern, then what? >> then you have a pattern of seedy behavior, which is neither a crime nor a surprise....