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So, as we honor his life this morning, let us resolve to meet his challenge, as he said, to act worthy of our ideals and carry on his mission. when we in congress gave senator dole the congressional gold medal, he brought -- in receiving it, he brought luster to the award, just as his service and sacrifice brought luster to the congress and to the country. may et be a comfort to you, robin, to elizabeth, and all who love him, that so many people across the congress, the country, his beloved state of kansas, that a grateful nation mourns and are praying for you at this sad time. may senator dol...

You to appoint a special counsel? >> no. >> thank you. according to the department, the office of the inspector general ne informed special counsel mueller of the existence of these text messages between peter strzok and lisa page in 2017. mr. mueller immediately concluded that mr. strzok could no longer participate in the investigation and he was removed from the team the same day. did mr. mueller take appropriate action in this case? >> yes, he did. >> in testimony before the senate judiciary committee, you said you would only fire special counsel mueller for good cause. and that you had nve...

>> ryan, i'm curious what you made of that interview. and the president's refusal to say -- he says he doesn't stand by anything. and he's standing by those comments. >> it's interesting because he didn't make a case specifically. he threw out some words about surveillance and said you know what i'm talking about. and didn't make a claim. it was a wiretap. then, he said, that the british surveillance intelligence services, perhaps, were responsible for this. and then, he said it was incidental collection and unmasking. there were three claims, each one was debunked, and there's no evidence for...

That frustrated. but he was frustrated he was pressed on it, which is a sign he's given up defending this but doesn't want to admit he lied in the original tweet. >> he referred to everybody is talking about it. it's a verbal tick he uses, at least during the campaign we heard it a lot. he said this should be number one topic of discussion, surveillance. >> he's the president. if he wants it to be number one, it will be. i've been scratching my head about this one because it's false. he repeats it. and i think the simplest explanation -- tit's this. here's my theory. joe lewis, a great prize f...

With his campaign. and i said, when was andrew jackson -- it was 1828. that's a long time ago. had andrew jackson been later, you wouldn't have had the civil war. he was -- he was a very tough person. but he had a big heart. and he was he was really angry. that he saw what was happening with regard to the civil war. he said there's no reason for this. people don't realize, you know, the civil war -- >> yeah. >> you think about it, why? people don't ask that question. but why was there the civil war? why could that one not have been worked out? >> the civil war, of course, started 16 years afte...