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Long island, chris hahn, a former aid to senator chuck shuler and dee dee banky, from the republican national committee. dee dee, are you surprised to see newt gingrich emerging in this way? >> not at all. newt gingrich is always the smartest guy in the room. hes a walking encyclopedia. he has been doing a wonderful job and people like that he gives the press the long time. i think he should be the white house press secretary because it would be a fun show. and no, hes really fantastic. >> remem...

officers responded but have not found anyone matching that description. the sighting was reported outside deitrick hall. a lot of sensitivity right here. we want to make it clear that this is not confirmed, its not a confirmed sighting as of now, but instead authorities are acting on what eyewitness accounts have directed them on. we have kelsey hiter whos on the phone with us, she was the managing editor of collegiate times at virginia tech. so kelsey, what more can you tell us about ...

Well if you make progress on that front. let me switch to hd-net. >> sure. >> you hired dan rather. this was after he had left or been forced out of the cbs anchor chair after that story about president bush the national guard, which cbs had to retract. not a whole lot of people were looking to hire dan rather at the that time. why did you take him on? >> first im a big dan rather fan. i loved the work he had done. hes a walking encyclopedia. he personifies journalism. his goal is always to try ...

Delogically. >> right. >> and how this nomination could transform this court. kavanaughs nomination would result in a rare replacement -- this is what im reading, would swing the justice moving john roberts to the courts ideological center, something that haend hasnt happened in 80 years. >> of the chief justice? >> the chief justice being in the center. >> he is no anthony kennedy. he was on the opposite side of anthony kennedy on hot button issues, abortion rights, gay marriage, affirmative ac...

When he sat down with muellers team, can he use that or no? >> he can to a certain extent, but hes not going to be talking to congress. it is going to be a different situation. it is going to be more conversational. and fbi agents can be a little bit strong in their questioning. but he doesnt have the legal compulsion to speak. had they brought him before the grand jury, they can compel testimony except, you know, certain types. so the choice to interview him rather than initially bring him befo...

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Democrats? >> they are terrible right now. president obama began the first of four major campaign rallies this week. he will be in wisconsin trying to get his supporters up and going. well also see vice president biden on the campaign trail. but what is really, really depressing for democrats right now, if you dig into these numbers we have, it shows that when these voters are asked, is your vote for a republican mostly to express support for republicans or opposition to democrats, thats 49% opp...

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