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But i think its understandable that if someone felt they were falsely accused, they would view an investigation as something like a witch hunt where someone like you or me who doesnt know the facts, you know, might not use that term. >> so is he trying to walk back what he said first? is this the careful threading of a needle here? what do you think? >> absolutely he is walking it back. he is playing to an audience of one at this point, and thats the president of the united states. i cant help b...

Steadfast in that. so presumably, he knows facts. i dont know facts. i dont think anyone here knows facts. but i think its understandable that if someone felt they were falsely accused, they would view an investigation as something like a witch hunt where someone like you or me who doesnt know the facts, you know, might not use that term. >> so is he trying to walk back what he said first? is this the careful threading of a needle here? what do you think? >> absolutely he is walking it back. he ...

Investigation and also in the prosecution. very delicate threading of the needle here. how do you deal with a young child? how do you make sure she is able to be reintegrated into normal society after surviving that? we have to make sure that this individual gets prosecuted and convicted to the fullest extent of the law. >> at some point you can see the love of the community. at some point she will be dealing with another trauma with the joy that comes with the fact that she was found alive, dea...

The scenes you hear a lot of these candidates reaching out to black political operatives wanting to pull them into the campaign. so they are aware of this. you hear this from elizabeth warren and others doing such things. and i think thats key and its important because that is part of -- a big part of the democratic base thats carried the base the last two years, in particular, and if you do not -- if you are not specific to them, if you dont talk to them, you dont have policies and platforms to...

>> when you look at this and we talked about the idea of threading the needle with an ally, this statement is going to be a catastrophic blow to the reputation of the trump administration when it comes to a lot of countries in the region and yet here he is going full bore with this exoneration in a way of saudi arabia. he didnt need to go this far, did he? >> certainly not. he labeled this statement america first and alex noted its simply called america first, but seems like its crown prince moh...

Relationship that is emerging between donald trump and the most seasoned intelligence advisers. brianna ? >> thank you so much for that. stand by for us there in abu dhabi. here with me now in washington is the senior national correspondent and cnn political director, david chalian. alex, i want to first off, lets just again emphasize how stunning this is. because you have seen -- i cant think of a situation that is exactly analogous to what we have seen with jamal khashoggi. this is extraordina...

Threading that needle thats a house democrat right now. so shes going to be a lightning rod. shes going to provide trump with a foil. but shes going to be the one whos going to be able to do those things. what house democrats have to do and ive said this over and over again. our leadership is older and many times our ideas get stale, okay? unless we create a second session plan and unless they create a -- >> she called herself a transitional figure. >> lots of young democrats coming in. >> theyv...

Obstruction and corruption. if they can silo that off and be organized, theyre ready to rock. >> amanda probably doesnt realize this, but this is where we kind of have, you know, the salvo. this is where we have the person who can get it done in nancy pelosi. that is the argument for nancy pelosi being speaker because she is the only person capable of threading that needle thats a house democrat right now. so shes going to be a lightning rod. shes going to provide trump with a foil. but shes goi...

We seem to be seeing. in this part of malibu, the fire seemed to hit sporadically. if you look across the street at this house, it was completely untouched. if you come back this way, we have a photothat shows a before picture of what the property looked like as compared to what it is now. there isnt much left of it at all. as we walk closer along the roadway, you can see this house, all thats left is really the steel beams, the trusses, things like that. a bit of tin siding there or tin roofing...

Retirements and in the suburban districts the president is toxic with the women voters, and this is not something they want as their closing messages. what has been frustrating to trump and what he has made publicly, he is not controlling the narrative, between the pipe bombs and what happened at the tree of life synagogue, he is not directing where all of our attention goes and he is clearly trying to get that back. >> yeah, its hard for him to celebrate his narrative of vilifying migrants when...