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This after let's just play a little bit of what clapper had to say the other night after the president's phoenix speech. >> i worry about, frankly, you know, the -- the access to nuclear codes. in a fitted peak, he decides to do something about kim jong-un. there is actually very little to stop him. the whole system is built to ensure a rapid response if necessary. so very little in the way of controls over, you know, exercising a nuclear option, which is pretty dam scary. >> your reaction to this brewing controversy between the former director of national intelligence who briefed the presiden...

Such overwhelming support. and i would agree with comments you played from my colleague senator blumenthal. i think the legislation to protect bob mueller has equal bipartisan support and it is important that that be out there now, that that bipartisan support be apparent to the president, much better avoiding some kind of a constitutional crisis that would take place if he were to fire mueller than we are wait until after the fact to try to legislate about it. so i think those steps are very important. again, we continue to be per plet that investigation is very much ongoing. >> and he was tw...

Honestly, trump loves that. bring all commerce, let's go at it. as par of the disruptive narrative he's put in place, i was taking note of your comments about the tweets before, the president going out there saying, well, this is one personality, that's another, eventually it leads to chaos. and that's something that the party has not been able to reconcile itself around right now. this president on any given day will demonstrate a particular personality that may or may not be to the benefit of the party. and you look at long-term growth for the party, expanding that base, getting legislation ...

>> well, first of all, it worked for him because he drew to an inside strait and hillary clinton lost the unlosable election. secondly, he's president of the united states. and, you know, john f. kennedy, ronald reagan set a standard for presidential rhetoric. most presidents since then tried to live up to that standard. he set a lower standard, lower bar, and managed to go under it in phoenix the other night. it was ugly. it was despicable. the white house staff was saying only the media cares about this. before the speech, they were telling people don't worry, he's not going to talk about pa...

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