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>> the loyalty test. >> the loyalty test. what he did in reaction to the comey testimony? >> thats when he said there is a public investigation into the campaign. >> so, its pretty ease toy see how he got to thinking comey is a rotten apple. >> comey came and talked to him about the steele dossier. that was the whole thing that triggered the whole thing, the january meeting. >> he told him of its existence. >> i dont think trump liked hearing that very much. >> steve schmidt, jump in. >> this pr...

All, but certainly do not mint one before youve actually had the summit, and especially probably not at all if youre going to have it with kim jong-un. >> i want one, though. can you find it on ebay? >> it will make a great coaster. >> the white house gift shop website. >> it still could happen, though, at some point. >> at some point. up next, a decision that golden state warriors head coach steve kerr calls, quote, fake patriotism, nationalism, and idiotic, that nfl ban on anthem protests on...

Mulling or thinking of subpoenaing the president for an interview now that the north korean summit is off the table? >> i think at some point soon hell reach his wall with regard to timing. hell say, lets fix a date where were going to have someone fix the date for us. thats where were headed. >> when we come back inside donald trumps scorched earth campaign against comey, the man he praised for having the guts to open the hillary clinton e-mail is now a rotten apple. has the presidents plan f...

To the battle. congress for impeachment or whether were headed to a grand jury for indictment. >> elise, jordan, today the presidents excuse for not doing an interview with bob mueller went up in flames, it was not going to be appropriate to take the president away from this important states man ship. he seems to have that time freed up now. do you think hell do an interview? >> i think donald trump really wants to do an interview. at his core he thinks, as he wanted to solve the north korea nuc...

Plame? >> it should never have happened. on the 1 to 10 scale of inappropriateness, it comes in at about 157. and the real issue now is whats the next transgression? where is the next time that the department of justice backs up because of the whims, because of the demands of the president? were moving, as john heilman said, closer and closer to the crisis, to the critical hour. and the rule of law in this country must be defended. there is a potential, absent any defense of it by leaders in thi...

There was spying in my campaign. he has not. large dollars were paid to the spies -- not a spy. far beyond normal. starting to look like one of the biggest political scandals in u.s. history. not surprising the great men and women of the fbi are starting to speak out against comey, mccabe and all 9 political corruption and poor leadership found in the top ranks of the fbi. comey was a terrible and corrupt leader who inflicted great pain on the fbi. >> look, the presidents statements are more and...

The nfl platform, they are at liberty the do that and the president wants to kick them out of the country. >> how do the players feel? >> they feel like they are being owned. like this is a mandate that -- you know, nobody likes to be ordered around unless you are in the military. they feel like this is being put upon them and its putting pressure on them to choose between something thats constitutionally protect asked going with the team. and i understand teams are corporations and to me the su...

Silent protests during the anthem im with colin kaepernick. >> the president literally saying you cant be in my country if you dont do it the way i want you to do it, it is the craziest thing. you have a contrast between the nfl who doesnt talk with the play he is, doesnt address with it the fans, doesnt have a plan. and yesterday the nbas milwaukee bucks issued an amazing statement of one of their players was tazed by the police. they said this isnt about just one player. it is about a societal...

Presidents understanding of the need to protect human intelligence services and the importance of communication between the branches of government. after making their brief comments, they departed before the meetings officially started. joining us on a day of wild headlines, former fbi assistant director for counter intelligence frank figliuzzi. with us at the table from "the new york times," mike schmidt. john heilman, executive producer of showtimes the circus. we shortened your title after ...

Susceptib susceptible. so the nfl has more issues and i go abouter issues than this right here and this is a short sighted political stance. >> it is counter-productive from the nfls point of view. i remember reading this story. there was a piece in bleacher report in january of this year that talked about the evolution and how it played out over the course of the season. the last game of the regular nfl season last year, only seven players took a knee. >> right. >> seven. they were down to seve...