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Game. really good lawyers that are really good chess players. and i like to count myself as a pretty good chess player. right now were playing three dimensional chess, and these guys are playing tic tac toe, quite honestly. and theyre not even playing tic tac toe that well. when we filed this case, there was one response that made sense, and one response only. and that response should have been you know what? youre right. i was a party to the agreement. this is the president speaking. she is fre...

>> yeah. and the question you have to ask, is he worried about something damaging in this case in particular? maybe. maybe not. or is he worried about the precedent it might set if there are other nondisclosure agreements that he sign order that michael cohen signed on his behalf, in a strange arrangement where michael cohen was a party and maybe the president was or wasnt. are they worried about setting a precedent here that if they let this one go by without a fight that it opens the doors to ...

More senior player? someone like roger stone that helps mueller build this case brick by brick and kind of move up the chain inside the campaign? and that seemed to be the answer yesterday. that he was most concerned about. is that he can give evidence about roger stone. >> can he be a test of credibility for somebody else? or are they testing his credibility? matching up his statements, his e-mails, whatever, to somebody elses testimony? i mean, these are all puzzle pieces that fit together. i ...

Whole lot higher if the president cannot make lemonade out of these lemmens. thats bad news for his party. >> you mentioned talking to voters. we have a number of our correspondents go out including billware who went to iowa. one of the battleground within the battleground which the great state of iowa. colorful group of men assembled by bill ware having a debate about who. >> trump has pulled the wool over their eyes and his base has not recognized it yet. >> trump wasnt my first choice however...

Republicans. >> no. shane sean after 30 years of clinton. >> there should not be hypocrisy i have said this over and over on your show. if bill clinton was a sexual abuser. >> sean: was he? we know he was. >> thats what im saying. lets bring it to the forefront and bring it forward. same way as people are talking about roy moore. same way people talked about conyers. lets keep this nonpartisan and make this world a better place to work and live. >> sean: probably be the better good out of this. ...

Its an insult is not to be decided by those saying it, its those insulted. so simple and eloquent and an important thing to remember as we discuss this, but to the larger part of this, is this a case in your view of the president trying to distract from something else or a case of he cant help himself? or something else? >> yeah. you know, kate, you and i have talked about this on air before, there are two competing theories of donald trump. one, hes playing three dimensional chess at all times,...

Which is how we usually have done it. does donald trump bet he can move on about bannon. if everyone is screaming about statues, his people stay with him. >> he knew bannon was gone. he still defended the white nationalist who is were there in charlottesville. he still came out and said very controversial things on tuesday. you have to remember donald trump hates to be told what to do period. he wants to do what he feels like is right. i was talking to somebody close to the president today and t...

Accidents. you know, if there was any sign that donald trump had ever understood this, thought about it, had a strategy, knew what the next move was, this might be encouraging. but hes not playing three dimensional chess. hes barely playing two dimensional checkers, and i dont think he thinks two moves ahead in circumstances like this. he wants to sound tough. he gives you the bluster, and then hes got a bunch of people scrambling around behind him going, oh, my god. what do we do now? >> whats ...

In north korea in a way that another presidents language might not be understood? >> i dont think so. i think youre looking for a silver lining here. the reality is although -- by the way, i just saw something that trump re-tweeted something that somebody had said, that said that his being this erratic was actually a help. so i think hes now embracing that argument. yeah, im crazy. this is all part of a plan. its not part of a plan. its making our allies nervous. its causing the north koreans to...

Just the president entertaining an alternative universe or smoke screen that keeps the press and the country on these -- and not -- >> comey leaked? >> comey leaked, because he felt that the white house and the president was going in a direction that was dangerous and wanted there to be a special counsel. he did nothing illegal and nothing wrong. but the point is, its all these side shows which pull us away from what is the truth. health care and taxes, stuff thats life and death for americans. ...