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>> nick's read is exactly right. this is a political document. these are allies of the president who are trying to ally themselves with him. >> whatever the document is to charlie's point, 40% of the country believe it to be true. >> sure. it is yet -- also, it is the latest distraction. it's uranium one. it's the pakistani i.t. guy, hillary clinton's server. it's just another method to muddy the waters, to throw something out there to confuse the public to give them something to bat on, a news cycle or two and move on. to your question about resignations, we just don't see that in this white ...

>> that's like telling my 6-year-old eat the medicine, it tastes like cherry. >> it's the same as jeff sessions saying that rosenstein had gone to wharton. it sounds too dumb to be true but it sometimes works. >> hans, let me give you the last word here. it's too dumb to be true. how do they deal at that with the pentagon. like a parade maybe? >> they just make sure all the medicine here is cherry flavored, nicolle. what they try to do here is get clarity. you have to almost appreciate the position that mattis and the whole joint staff is in. if they say something publicly that's crosswise wit...

Theme of our criminal justice system cannot function if people go around trying to corruptly influence witnesses in any investigation, let alone a counter intelligence investigation about russia attacking our country. so, i think for people to sort of write it off as -- >> it is a moment to sort of hit pause on. we are now talking about whether or not the president also is a witness tamperer. >> but to the broader point of it's -- it can be a separate crime, but it's also evidence in the broader investigation. >> right. >> this question we all keep asking, why is he trying to stop this investi...

>> he got himself tied in pretzels in that. >> it's another example of the president versus the presidency and people around him trying to govern and manage him. at the end of the day we're told whether he's in the oval office or a tweet, those are positional statements. and whether the white house considers them policy or not, people around the world do. global capitals do. the senator is right, they calibrate their reactions towards them. >> words matter from the president. >> that's why nbc's hans nichols is here because he works at the building where words matter the most because lives are...

>> right. >> it is 23ifilled with factual errors. its legal argument is laughable. you would think if, in fact, they wanted to go through the motions of doing something like this, they wrote come ould come something that is not this laugh out loud -- >> have you met jim jordan? this is exactly bwhat jim jorda would present. he's a joke. >> he is a joke. whatever was left of his reputation has been shredded on as he launches his campaign. >> it is a time of peril for him. >> i feel like you all have amnesia. let's remind everyone who jim jordan is. >> i wonder why you won't give us what we've a...