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The attorney general standards which governs what the fbi does. thats how it works. so really unseeming for the president to be saying these types of thipgs out in public. >> is there a sense that youre getting of what this tweet could be about? this so-called deep state, this conspiracy over the justice department that is out to get him? >> right. i think behipd the scenes here is what the president has been trying to do. weve seen it now for a period of weeks, which is to sort of throw sand in...

The reality is, what republicans are trying to do is throw sand in the face of the umpires, throw some sand in the face of the fbi. and its had a political impact. if you look at the latest nbc/"wall street journal" poll, the fbis ratings have decreased noticeably in the last year. and i think the real goal is to create skepticism about bob muellers investigation,s as far as the white house is concerned. and bob mueller barely has an above water approval rating with republicans, its gone down pr...

Hes not going to get any of that from democrats who mightve been tempted to cooperate on tax reform. they are not going to play ball at all. theyre going to sit in the sandbox and throw sand. >> bret: this is pat buchanan who ran for president. before that, he worked for president richard nixon. reacting to the russian images in the oval office today. >> i am delighted the president met with the russians. there are issues far more important than comey. syria and whether we are going to send troo...

Help on tax reform. hes not going to get any of that from democrats who mightve been tempted to cooperate on tax reform. they are not going to play ball at all. theyre going to sit in the sandbox and throw sand. >> bret: this is pat buchanan who ran for president. before that, he worked for president richard nixon. reacting to the russian images in the oval office today. >> i am delighted the president met with the russians. there are issues far more important than comey. syria and whether we ar...

Thundershowers spare, congress agreed on a bill to fund the government for one week, thus avoiding a potential shutdown of the federal government friday night a minute past midnight. the last time the foefrldscht down was in 2013. more than a million people had to work without knowing if or when they would get paid. it lasted for 16 days in the fall of 2013. it was really dumb. it was a huge hit@u.s. economy. it had no political consequences, no politically purpose whatsoever. nothing changed in...

Hundreds of thousands of federal employees got furloughed, more than a million people had to work without knowing if or when they would get paid. it lasted for 16 days in the fall of 2013. it was really dumb. it was a huge hit to the u.s. economy. it had no political consequences, no politically purpose whatsoever. nothing changed in terms of policy because of it. although nothing was irrelevant rev cably lost, it did just meaninglessly throw sand in the machine, throw grit and everything, grit ...

Donald trump. doesnt make any sense. so this is just sort of a story that this cut out for the russian government is trying to push to throw off people here in the united states, throw sand in the american peoples eyes. its probably not going to be very effective. >> shepard: you say its a cut out for the russian government. if thats what wikileaks is, why hasnt the government gone further to explain this to the people? what is happening with wikileaks is a products of the russians? >> the intel...

Against obama care. >> it all adds up to just one thing. a law in trouble. a law that needs to be repealed. thats the goal of every member of the republican conference here in the senate. we are united on the need to repeal obama care. >> senator mcconnell emphasizing unitty. many republicans wanted to vote yesterday to give the house of representatives maximum time for countering the aufrt to the senate. mike lee and ted cruz said they wanted to wait until today and before the vote leading demo...

They know what we agreed to and that we know what they agreed to. and then we will need to indicate that, to indicate that were ready to go forward. so i think we can get this done. >> reporter: we saw something develop today that you rarely see in the senate. maybe once a decade or less. public attacks on the senate par la men tarian, allen fruman. what you make of that? >> i find it very perplexing, because this was a parliamentarian appointed by the republicans when trent lott was in the majo...

They know what we agreed to and that we know what they agreed to. and then we will need to indicate that, to indicate that were ready to go forward. so i think we can get this done. >> we saw something develop today that you rarely see in the senate. maybe once a decade or less. a attacks -- public attacks on the senate parliamentarian, alan fruman. what you make of that? >> well, i find it very per flexing, lawrence, because this was a parliamentarian appointed by the republicans when trent lot...