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Least some of his team are looking at this, that they're looking for solution that is going to be the least disruptive to the process, if you will. and that would include the president sort of making it very clear that maybe we'll point the attorney general back to his seat should roy moore get elected. but, yeah, there is a new reality coming to bear here for republicans, the white house, the president in particular when he gets back here to the united states that will have to be addressed. there is no hiding from this there is no play indicating it. there is no more excuse-making if, but, wh...

Back, they think they'll run against him in the midterms and it's seeping out into the public and it's making things really ugly. >> jon: vince, the president was putting another tweet, it reads, can you believe that mitch mcconnell, who has screamed repeal and replace for 7 years, couldn't get it done? must repeal and replace obamacare. some say that's a little softer language them a criticism yesterday and probably softer language then he heard in that phone call. >> whatever you make of the president's tweet, what's clear is that mitch mcconnell's blame shifting. this is excuse making. he's...

Other people and excuse-making. for those financial disclosure forms, he says, it wasn't really my fault. my assistant filed them before she was supposed to. for the meeting with the russians, all donald junior didn't tell me what it was about. and i didn't read the whole e-mail. so i think what he's toing is following the likely advice of his lawyer. he is saying, you are technically guilty after crime like campaign fraud for soliciting a foreign operative. i didn't have criminal intent. i'm too naive to know what i'm doing. which is a bizarre defense for someone with a high security clearanc...

>> paul, the statements from kushner today, the few raise my eyebrows. one he had no improper contact. the other he has been transparent which seems at some level just facially untrue in the sense that he omitted four meetings of the security clearance for months, the secretary of all this reporting. >> that's right. he is doing a lot of blaming other people and excuse-making. for those financial disclosure forms, he says, it wasn't really my fault. my assistant filed them before she was supposed to. for the meeting with the russians, all donald junior didn't tell me what it was about. and i d...

And again, i do think it's important to point out there's a lot we don't know. we know that this e-mail was sent, but we don't know what was said. we don't know what he thought was going to be in there. we don't know what the contents were. so it's really important not to rush, i think, into the breach as this is, therefore, evidence of. this is another piece of the puzzle that we're looking at. i don't think that it -- i don't think it necessarily answers all your questions. >> you could also make the argument, and donald trump jr. could make the argument that, look, i had this meeting. this ...