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Former special assistant to president trump and former press secretary of vice president mike pence. mark, thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> let's talk about nondisclosure agreements. did you sign one while you were in the administration? >> yes. the first thing i did after i left the administration in last october and joined the re-election campaign i signed an nda as well. >> why? >> i'm being paid and encouraged to speak more. it's standard operating procedure in these kinds of campaigns and corporate world. i take it as a personal commitment regardless of whether the...

Trying to silence me. what is he trying to hide? what is he afraid of? if he hadn't said anything derogatory to african americans why would he try to shut me down? >> that was omarosa telling me about president trump's efforts to keep her silent, efforts that include trying to enforce a nondisclosure agreement she signed in 2014. whacky omarosa already has a fully signed nondisclosure agreement. ndas are not unusual for businesses or campaigns. according to "the washington post" even dozens of white house aides have signed them during the trump administration a practice not widely used by past...

You're wrong definitively that the president did not know about those e-mails before they were released by wikileaks? >> i can tell you i was on the campaign with the candidate for vice president, now vice president, just like everyone else whether they were in the media or in new york, we were all watching our twitter feeds and watching for news accounts for when the next release came from them. i had no indication that anything was coming before we knew it was actually coming out. >> mark lauder, thanks for joining us. >> thanks, katie. a major development in the paul manafort trial. we'll...

>> we're talking about the claims she made, the president knowing about these e-mails. yes he waved them around. yes, he said russia if you're listening. there are things that point you in a direction that donald trump or his campaign knew about this. yes, they point you in that direction. >> i'm agreeing with you katie. i think on the issue of racism, that's the focus of our conversation today -- >> one of the huge things. >> is the point we don't need the tape to know the way trump behaves? frankly we don't need omarosa to know how the white house operates. the fact is that she was in the wh...

Secret weapon which is the president's sister. on the third circuit court of appeals and recommended him to the president and one thing we know about president trump is he kind of relies on family. >> i would point out, though, that senators collins and murkowski as well as senator mccain and three democrats voted for judge barrett when she was confirmed just last october. >> fair enough. mark, who do you think has the tougher job here, mitch mcconnell in trying to keep senators collins and murkowski in the fold, or chuck schumer, trying to hold the line with joe manchin, joe donley, heidi h...