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>> sandra: michael, ill start with you first. conyers making that. some saying miles away. nancy pelosi walking back her earlier comments saying its time. >> too many other women came forward. him stepping aside seem to be appropriate. >> it makes sense for him to step aside. think about this. the year that he was elected was the first year that he was elected was the same year that a dallas jury found jack ruby guilty of killing lee harvey oswald. he is the longest serving member of congress. i...

In pyongyang has exercised some level of restraint. those observing from the outside. it looks like a tit-for-tat that hasnt changed. we thought they were walking back, this is extremely provocative act now where tensions looked they were ratcheted down now they are coming back up. is there a transtake a more dramatic step. >> the president has said repeatedly he takes no options off the table. use of force off the table not only in afghanistan but in syria, means that these things are not out o...

Average citizens dont feel comfortable going and speaking truth to power. >> what do you do with the situation, people with distasteful views and also carrying firearms in doing so legally. does the aclu stand up for that? in my view, with the aclu has begun to communicate is that they are going to back off on second amendment rights. >> bret: the american civil liberties union, the aclu, sued the commonwealth of virginia to allow the white supremacists to march in downtown charlottesville. the ...

Average citizens dont feel comfortable going and speaking truth to power. >> what do you do with the situation, people with distasteful views and also carrying firearms in doing so legally. does the aclu stand up for that? in my view, with the aclu has begun to communicate is that they are going to back off on second amendment rights. >> bret: the american civil liberties union, the aclu, sued the commonwealth of virginia to allow the white supremacists to march in downtown charlottesville. the ...

Correct? >> absolutely correct. we dont know if the guidance and reentry works. >> then you had a statement from secretary tillerson, a statement from mattis, both of which were kind of walking back what the president said or sort of trying to shape what the president said. obviously tillerson was focus odd diplomatic efforts. mattis made the points its not threats. >> its self-protection, and the protection of our allies. tillerson people and americans especially should be able to sleep well at...

>> yeah, but we have not once until most recently come forward with an estimate that says hey, guys, theyve accelerated their production. theyve accelerated their scientific discoveries. theyve miniaturized their nukes. and we think they have the ability to marry those two together. so we are giving to them the capability that they have a nuclear delivery capability based on icbm tests and based on our assessments. >> we dont know it can reenter the earths atmosphere, though, correct? >> absolut...

Been energetic on many fronts although less than meets the eye versus legislative where they struggle to mold this republican control of the house and senate into a true governing majority and other axis thats important is think of where trumps agenda overlaps with less regulation and less spending and less taxes. generally thats where they have more alignment with republicans in congress but the distinctive economic and racially tinged nationalism that he ran on, america first nationalism, that...

An end to either prove donald trump right that there is nothing here to see or for the folks out there that believe in this and want to prove donald trump wrong? >> yeah. i mean, i dont know what the facts are, but thats why we have to have an investigation. i think devin nunes basically in the last week made the definitive case for why we need an independent commission. the credibility of his committee i think has been highly compromised and his behavior, his walking back, his soft-shoe routine...

Wrong. sort of. in the meantime, kellyanne conway walking back comments of her own about wiretapping with the interview of the bergen record. there could have been spying through microwaves. >> it was about surveillance generally. >> you didnt ask about it generally. that is true in the transcript. you were asked specifically. >> chris, im not inspector gadg gadget. i dont believe people are using the microwave to spy on the campaign. i am not in the job of evidence. that is what investigation...

What were expecting to see by the end of today if it in fact happens is the justice department on behalf of the trump administration will provide something to the house intelligence committee. that is what the house intelligence committee is expecting. so they can begin that part of the investigation. of course theyre looking into all these other things about contacts between the russians and associates and aides for then-candidate donald trump during the campaign. but in the context of that inv...