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Ahead of time. every time mr. whitaker was asked to give a simple answer to a direct question, what we found today was that a lot of extra stuff came out, the same stuff over and over and over again. >> thank you for that question. congressman, thank you for that question. congress man, i'm not going into specifics of the briefing. i'm not going to characterize that investigation. i'm not going to comment about my conversations with the president, congressman, i can understand that this is an important issue to you. congressman, i can tell this is an important issue for you. i don't have visib...

>> as i sit here today, i don't know off the top of my head. >> as i sit here today. >> as i sit here today. >> congressman, i have no idea as i sit here today. >> can you guess what was on his flash cards for his prep? as i sit here today, i can tell you how he hoped to get out of answering any questions that are important to you, congressman. we did get like a half cup of actual information from mr. whitaker today, but to get to that half cup of information, you had to boil off a ton of nonsense. so here's the reduction sauce version of what we actually learned, what was actually new informa...

Is at her job. >> i mean, listen, this president does not understand how congress works. he doesn't understand how the constitution of the presidency works. and so when nancy pelosi, my favorite part for nancy del asandro pelosi says, we're the first branch of government. and you can sort of see donald trump not fully understanding it. had you read the constitution, you would know that article i talks about the legislative branch, and article ii. she walks him through methodically. but i agree with you, there was not a shadow of a doubt that nancy pelosi should be the leader and will be the le...

Book, those are the issues that are going to the polls and ready to pull the lever on and it's going to hurt the republican party. >> running low on time. >> helene? >> i remember when i first got a job -- i'm not going to say how long ago with "the wall street journal," and i was told -- we were told at the time that as a reporter when you're presenting your stories you should have a point of view. you should not have bias, but your stories should actually say something. you've reported it out and now it's your turn to -- to speak to the reader and lay out the facts the way you choose, and i ...

Understanding. >> they said the same thing about reagan. people would joke, he would need to have cartoons from the department explain the budget, he would use flash cards in meetings. >> so you're saying it's possible mattis said this? >> i don't know if he said it or not, he denied it but people sakicen table talk, somebody is an idiot,. i was just with the president a few weeks ago, he had the head of boeing, the former head of fedex, pepsico, we saw this man totally in control, new about detailed issues on tariffs, trade, tax policy. he too old there for an hour and a half discussing these...