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Field. in their communities and their states, a lot of professional athletes do great work and a lot of charity work. they have platforms beyond the sideline. >> brian: i'm going to do a dana perino big picture. these issues we are we are debating at each other. the president sees it as patriotism. at a figure to the military to see it as patriotism. the fans who are upset, they see it's about patriotism. the people, the athletes taking a knee say it's about race. what we are trying to say i can't even get to the race issue because you are disrespecting the flag. if you found a way to get me t...

Special counsel and at least one committee on capitol hill. that's interesting where the investigation might be going but also interesting about the relationships going forward. these investigations some are considered more serious than others. there's concern about the politics in them and maybe this is a reflection of that. i don't want you to tell people that people leak on the hill. that's our secret. put that into motion. i think the danger here is we try and read tea leaves on the investigations by what does or doesn't happen from entities that don't comment. i think there's a lot of dan...

>> two brief questions. first, it was reported on one of the networks that the president referred to the american health care act as a mean bill and he wanted more money that was coming in. did he actually say that? or can you confirm or deny whether he used that term to describe it and call for greater funding for parts of it? >> i would tell you that i don't comment on private conversations that the president has. >> all right. and the other thing i do want to know was, on tuesday night, in a public conversation, his speech that he delivered in cedar rapids, the president called for legislat...

This lawyering up? >> i think what we're seeing is that the president is starting to realize just how serious all of this can be. we saw reports about even his lawyers having lawyers and we've seen also that mike pence, the vice president now, has lawyered up. as serious as he may be coming to understand this investigation to become his social media activity is not reflecting that. he's been repeatedly advised to back away from twitter because some of the things that he is saying can compromise the integrity of the investigation, whether or not he's going to take heed to what he's been advised...

>> compassion needs to be on both sides of the equation. you have to have compassion for the folks who are paying it. chris: senator durbin, i know you are going to bash the trump budget. but don't we have to cut spend at some point? are we going to just keep piling up the national debt? senator durbin: that's an important question. i don't believe you make america great again by cutting medical research to the lowest level in 12 years. i don't think you make america great again by saying to families it's more expensive for your children to borrow student loans. and cutting back on infrastruct...