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Often asked them to vote for things he wouldn't have voted for when he was in congress. it's not clear he's going to arrive on capitol hill and suddenly start delivering votes for the president's agenda. >> catherine, he's got that going for him, as they say. i have seen it speculated that the old saw that donald trump is his own chief of staff. if you agree with that, then you have to view this as a shiny object of distraction on a friday at the end of a terrible week for this west wing. >> i think there is always an element of that, and that maybe is part of the reason there has been a diffi...

Now trump and his acolytes have pointed to an earlier case involving former senator john edwardsed to arguing that what trump did wasn't a crime and they say even if it was a crime, it wasn't a biggie. there are lots of crimes, so what, who cares? the former is a weak legal argument, and the latter a dangerous one. with that, let's bring in our front four, or lead-off panel for a busy friday night. donna edwards representing the great state of maryland. brian bennett, senior white house correspondent for "time" magazine. harry litman, former deputy assistant attorney general under president cl...

Names. most notably today the day started looking like former new jersey governor chris christie was a leading contender. he declared on twitter that it was not the right time for him to take the job. we know that nick mull veiny was in the white house that afternoon for a meeting on spending legislation, on the wall and the budget. that then led to this appointment. he had been someone the president had been looking at. we understand the president does like him, does like his legislative experience, that he has relationships on the hill. but certainly an element of this was an effort to get s...