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It was all going according to plan, but one man had other ideas. >> dont you remember when republicans held to high him enthat president obama was spending us into the gutter, spending us into oblivion, and now republicans are doing the same thing. how come you were against president obamas deficits and then how come youre for republican deficits? isnt that the very definition of intellectual dishonesty? when the democrats are in power, republicans appear to be the conservative party. but when r...

It funds the military, undoing the sequestration, resolves childrens health care for four more years, provides disaster relief to hard hit parts of the country, but it also adds billions in spending and raises the debt ceiling through 2019. it was all going according to plan, but one man had other ideas. >> dont you remember when republicans held to high him enthat president obama was spending us into the gutter, spending us into oblivion, and now republicans are doing the same thing. how come y...

>> if you have ever been to family court with with he said and she said. these things are very, very complicated. if your cameraman came to you, you probably would give him the president of the doubt. >> i think the presidents been shaped by a lot of false allegations in the past. >> we have to talk to kelly about what he knew. >> is chief of staff kellys job in jeopardy? >> no. >> chief of staff of the the of the united states, do you want that job? >> i dont believe general kellys job is in je...

Dealing with this alone. there are avenues that youre having difficulty dealing with this scandal, you can talk to people at the white house and talk to me. you say him taking this more seriously as the story became more serious. but the way the administration has handled, and the deputy press secretary said this week, they could have handled it better. i think that is an understatement, but the president recognizes it and understands it. so yeah, theres frustration with general kelly. my source...

>> thanks for having me on. >> let me start very quickly with what youre seeing in the white house. do you have faith in john kelly as chief of staff right now this morning, sir? >> i think the white house said they could have handled the situation better. thats a bit of an understatement, yes. they could have done a lot better particularly with the rob porter situation. >> it seems -- do you worry that this is a pattern here, that it seems as if, particularly with the president, that, number on...

A year ago. i want to share a quote from the piece. in january 2017, a year ago, when mcgann learned of the allegations, he wanted porter to stay put, because he saw the harvard law trained capitol hill veteran as a steadying professional voice in the white house according to people familiar with the matter. how significant is it that porter was allowed to stay in the job? again, a steadying hand. because the guy served in the military and went to harvard? no problema hes accused of beating two ...

Fox news report. so to president trump who talks, who complains so much about fake news out there, youve got a fellow republican whos on the committee who said mark warner already told us this and its a nonstarter. what do you make of this? >> theres so much nonsense with this hash tag hysteria around every week trying to discredit one of these investigations. >> but isnt nonsense an understatement here? >> yeah. >> the president with exclamation points and screaming is saying something thats ju...

>> they wont do that. but the demand for u.s. dollars could change. we know longer will be the safest haven around. right now sure we are the prettiest girl in the ugly class, whatever those phrases are. but things aint looking good. >> stephanie ruhle, prettiest girl in the ugliest class. >> not sure if that is how you say it. >> i feel like dan rather. thank you very much. jake, appreciate it. nice sly reference. >> tremendous living in this tube. and be sure to catch stephanie at 9:00 a.m. ...

I think its a little bit of an understatement to say a number of democrats are thinking about challenge president trump in 2020. potential candidates included former vice president joe biden. andrea mitchell sit down with him and asked about his potential plans. >> there are so many younger democrats. youve got kamala harris and cory booker and amy klobuchar. >> a lot of qualified -- absolutely. >> is your presence on the stage and your decision making, youre obviously considering it, is that go...

Andrew wiseman first, hes a money laundering guy. their path to bleeping trump goes rite through paul manafort, don jr. and jared kushner. its as plain as a hair on your face." maybe on your face, mr. bannon. michael schmidt, you had the big scoop last night. this is something i have to say, ive heard from chris christie i think on this show, other people, nobody thinks its a good idea for the president to talk to the special counsel. what did you learn? >> as you sort of saw it today, there are...