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>> i didnt threaten to demote him. >> i would be able to do that, but i havent suggested that. >> thats just a reminder. just a reminder you can? >> i have the right to do that, but i havent said. >> he defended his attacks on former attorney general jeff sessions, saying he wished he never hired him in the first place. >> if i had one do over, i would not have hired jeff sessions. >> the president revealed one of his own vulnerabilities. hes not prepared to lose in 2020. >> are you prepared to ...

Extraordinary. so general david petraeus, who was under consideration for secretary of state and national security adviser, so in his red flags, it literally says, petraeus is opposed to torture. that was one of his red flags. a reason to not pick him. because he was opposed to torture. kris kobach under consideration for homeland security secretary. he had a heading under political vulnerabilities titled white supremacy. this is the direct quote. past political opponents have accus accused kris...

Go through this. >> at least hes laughing, that was chris christie asked to read from his own vetting file, part of brand-new reporting from axios, massive leak of more than 100 internal transition-era vetting documents known inside campaigns as open po revealing t the president-elects team knew and were thinking about top jobs including their vulnerabilities. remember scott pruitt, he was fired thanks to a wave of ethical abuses and close ties to lobbyists. a section in his vetting form was tit...

Although joe biden leads the 2020 pack right now. hell take the debate stage this week with new vulnerabilities, not only about his comments about working with segregationists, but also over his recent reversal on abortion funding. the question is will his democratic opponents exploit his vulnerabilities. if this weekend is any indication, maybe not. the former vp is walking away from south carolina relatively unscathed. the other democrats running against him, only delivered glancing blows. nbc...

Eventually landed some of the most powerful jobs in the u.s. government. watch this. >> so we have obtained the internal vetting documents for around 100 of the people being considered and in many cases ultimately placed for top jobs in the trump administration. so we have this unique insight into how the people working on the trump transition team viewed the political and the ethical vulnerabilities of all of these people that ended up getting top jobs. >> so this is during the craziness after ...

Azar agency. its clear here there was a solution in front of their face, and now theyve at least taken that step. well keep our fingers crossed and hope these children are in better conditions now. >> absolutely. julia ainsley has been covering this story from the beginning. thanks. up next, joe biden shows vulnerabilities, but can fellow contenders exploit them or should they? plus president trump hits iran with new sanctions. presid iran with new sanctions. chantix is proven to help you qu...

Flags, ingraham said people should wear diapers instead of sharing bathrooms with transgender people. one heading in the document about kris kobach. he was in serious consideration for homeland security secretary. it listed, quote, white supremacy as one of his vulnerabilities. it cited accusations from past political opponents that he had ties to white supremacist groups. and there was also some of the contenders were as we said strikingly swampy, even by the rnc vetters standards. sunny purdue...

Axios has an exclusive look, jonathan, at leaked trump vetting documents. what do they show us? >> so a source leaked me internal trump team vetting documents for nearly 100 people who went on to become top officials in the trump administration or were considered for the top jobs. its a pretty stunning and rare look inside what the trump team considered to be the ethical and political vulnerabilities for much of the cabinet and for many senior white house officials. what we have learned, there w...

The candidate with the ideas? or is it all about that big break out viral moment? who will fall victim to their vulnerabilities, and who will overcome them? our big question today is whats the best strategy for 2020 democrats looking to stand out on that debate stage? joining me now is msnbc correspondent garrett haake in tampa, jennifer palmer ri, and former aide to jeb bush and mitt romney. were going to start with you on the road. youre with the orourke campaign today. what are they up to? ho...

Insight into how they, the trump team, viewed the political vulnerabilities and quite frankly the ethical vulnerability of people who took the most powerful jobs in the united states government. scott preuxous, we all remember him, he mult italy lost his job at epa administrator because of serial ethic abuses and clubbing with lobbyists. there was a section in his vetting form flagging, quote, coziness with big energy companies. it was not only foreseeable, it was actually foreseen. tom price, h...