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Nic robertson in turkey and sam kiley in riyadh. thank you both. lets talk more about this with steven erlinger live from brussels, belgium. the u.s. president initially seemed to accept the saudi explanation as credible. now according to the washington post he has expressed some skepticism though still defending that nation as a vital u.s. ally. threading the needle here, can the president have it both ways moving forward? >> well, trump likes that, and it is important. saudi arabia is importan...

Fords, and she said she saw brett kavanaugh drunk but never belligerent. this was a roommate of ramirezs. she saw him drink while there but not belligerent. brett kavanaugh on his part said, i was never belligerent as a drunk. is that threading the needle, howard? >> well, first of all, given the amount of belligerence that kavanaugh showed to the committee, i would be shocked if he wasnt belligerent when hes drunk. thats why you have to have an fbi investigation and put people like that under o...

Moong t manage the day-to-day insanity they are dealing with and then say nothing is wrong. i would not want to be threading that needle. its clear that the problem is people are trying to figure out how to both -- this keeps being corroborated. how do you say its not true with your fingers behind your back being like get me out of here. >> never fails at all in this administration. thank you very much. next up, michael cohen spoke with robertmuellers team for hours and nothing was off the tab...

Mimi walters. john harwood, you be been out there covering this race. what have you found on the ground as to how mimi walters is threading the needle when it comes to president trump and is this democrat the right potential person to take back the district for democrats? >> well, katey porter clearly is in this race. its very close in the polling. dave has it as a toss up. mimi walters is trying to stick with president trump but not too closely. she doesnt fully embrace him in what he does, but...

Investigation? >> well, you know, im sure thats been the argument within the white house that somehow that could be the result. but my sense is that it could produce nothing but more trouble for the president of the united states. hes been threading very close to obstruction of justice, calling the special counsel a witch-hunt. hes dismissed people that were involved in this investigation. he has rudy giuliani who has made clear in "the new york times" today that the whole purpose of their effor...

If they leak classified information they should be the cia or even the justice department to investigate them pull their clearances. leland: this will continue here for many days, weeks with the debate over further security clearances and revocations become. a lot more on this. chairman of the joint chiefs of staff with chris wallace. not only what is happening. what might happen with the threading of the revocation of additional security clearances. by the president. 2:00 p.m. eastern liz: no m...

And he is not. maybe thats the president. is he obviously very conflicted because of his own opposition to president trump. i wonder does that hurt the candidate or is he kind of threading the needle and there is something for every republican in there? >> i mean, this is a district thats right outside of columbus. have you this suburban sort of districts that are more moderate or the suburban part of the district more moderate. the you have the rural side of the district who went more heavily f...

Congress. but should there be something more than simply saying you cannot come here, that congress should do or can do in opposition to this visit thats coming in the next few months. >> if anything, putin ought to be indicted, not invited to the united states. donald trump is threading on exceedingly dangerous ground. dan coates warned we are in a pre-9/11 moment, because of the ongoing attack, pervasive. and ongoing attack on this nation from the russians. so its more than just about donald t...

Are on a tightrope and they are negotiating and threading a needle between trying to figure out a way to get along well enough with vladimir putin so we can deescalate it. and also address the fact that theyre meddling in our elections and we have to figure out a way to curb the elections. the white house put put out a list of things the president has done in the last 18 months to strengthen our ability to block people, whether its russia or other people, from meddling in our election. >> let me...

New day. a new opportunity to overturn existing precedent that i find offensive. and not aligned with the constitution. hardiman who there are suing begs he may be more like john roberts who balances precedent a bit more. >> kavanaugh has a record of threading the needle as it were. that can frustrate conservatives. can make conservatives happy at times. but that would actually make him harder to confirm because he has such a paper trail which leads me to my question for you, jeffrey, whats the ...