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Appease the government or please the government? whichever government were talking about? a long time ago, yeah. i was i mean, you know, its a long time since i was a political correspondent. i mean, youre going back. but i remember saying something about... i was asked to change something because it was thought that it would make a political debate between the party leaders more difficult. and so there was interference. and i complained about it, because i thought it was you know, i think there...

But this was a very long time ago. so that was a while ago. but alastair, you also tried to exert pressure on the bbc on a daily basis. did you ever feel that it was trying to appease you, to use the verb that emily maitlis chose in her speech? no, on the contrary. i think that, you know, i dont think i complained about stories nearly as much as the mythology suggest. i think that the one that rightly gets a lot of coverage and still gets a lot of debate relates to to iraq. and i think as bothjo...

Would make a political debate between the party leaders more difficult. and so there was interference. and i complained about it, because i thought it was you know, i think there should be a very strict line between the b and the c. ie im a broadcaster, im not part of the corporation. right. and myjob is not to write a script that assists something, but this was a very long time ago. so that was a while ago. but alastair, you also tried to exert pressure on the bbc on a daily basis. did you ever...

>> the fbi wasnt trying to pull a fast one. >> he keeps his classified documents alphabetized. they are in a neat stack. >> he and his lawyers continue to litigate this, to use a somewhat inappropriate verb, litigate this as though its a public relations battle. if you can just say enough times as confidently as you can that this is all an unserious, sort of you missed a stoplight kind of charge, then this goes away. i think -- im not the lawyer at the table. but i do think thats reflected in so...

Today is because several of them call me and said we dont want to be dershowitz. we dont want our family exposed to. this is not about me. i can deal with it. its about the message sends to everybody in america when a high profile, successful lawyer are can be treated the way i was treated even though i voted against trump because i defended his constitutional rights -- howard: right. >> -- not to be -- on constitutional grounds. that sends a terrible message. i will fight back. howard: now your...

There is actually real world harm to giving a platform, right? when you feature someone like that, and they get a standing ovation for saying we dont want immigrants, that is a single to republican lawmakers, presumably that is where the verb of the party is. can you speak a little bit too deplatforming of that type of mindset within republican politics? and what it means for the political system a large? >> matt schlapp is a coward. for him to say that by performing this individual, the head of...

Who are merit, and some of them have gay children who are married, who are marketable donors. and im gonna be calling those people, and gonna be telling, them you know whats? you should tell merkel reveal that giving him money and supporting him is a royals, stupid waste of time. >> so only gay leftists, only lead leftist are gay? >> listen, marco rubio today, everything that comes out of his mouth is a noun, a verb, and socialist marcus leninist. >> ive gotta go, scott. but listen, we will cont...

Stupid waste of time. >> only gay leftists, only elite leftists are gay? does that make sense to you? >> marco rubio today, everything that comes out of his mouth is a noun, a verb and socialist leninist. >> he talked about barack obama , i went to a white house christmas party with barack obama when he was president. after i came out, he said to me , you did the right thing. he said a lot to me. >> joe biden pushed him into doing that. we will be back. mino have r joint pain, plus high blood ...

Nikki, didnt he realize when he called saudi arabia a pariah, there would be something to hans for? didnt he realized when he got into the iran nuclear deal that there would be a price. >> its interesting how wrong he continues to get foreign policy. well be dealing with foreign policy the next 10 years because of all his failures. going to israel, you have to understand getting in iran deal is counter to their survival. if you want peace in that region the iran deal is the last you want to be g...

Nikki, didnt he realize when he called saudi arabia a pariah, there would be something to hans for? didnt he realized when he got into the iran nuclear deal that there would be a price. >> its interesting how wrong he continues to get foreign policy. well be dealing with foreign policy the next 10 years because of all his failures. going to israel, you have to understand getting in iran deal is counter to their survival. if you want peace in that region the iran deal is the last you want to be g...