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>> governor bush's tax plan isn't true, and mccain knows it. >> it was the fight of the century. >> the war of words between george w. bush and john mccain is heating up even further as they battle for votes in south carolina. mccain is accusing the bush campaign of making misleading phone calls to voters. >> governor george w. bush still denies anyone in his campaign is making negative phone calls. but mccain's supporters are pointing to a conversation videotaped on saturday between governor bush and a supporter in south carolina. they claim it shows the governor promising more negative attac...

What are we likely to see if in fact this goes through and is the president likely to confront him about election meddling? >> we may very well see something tangible come out of this summit. the downside is that it will likely be to russia's benefit. >> that doesn't sound very -- >> because that would be -- i mean, that would be a significant development, of course. >> like north korea? >> exactly. the basic pattern we've seen with trump is that he favors one on one diplomacy because he feels like he's the ultimate deal maker but what have we seen for the u.s. out of his deals and conversatio...

Fact that the president has not taken some kind of action and the fact he does not seem more irritated. i want to be clear, the president has not enjoyed the trickle of story, the news reports that he sees, but nonetheless, this is a president who is supposed to be someone who cares a great deal about wasting money and gets very upset when he sees people not doing that. he's somebody who doesn't like it when other cabinet members are in the news. and nonetheless, the president still seems to have this soft spot for pruitt. he's really happy with the policies he's putting into place. and this i...

Live" and gets big laughs. but a former snl veteran says it's a little mean, rob schneider criticizing that, saying it sets the wrong tone and leaves snl biases out there for the world to hear. and ben stein, and veteran joe piscopo on that. did you work with schneider? >> no, he was on after me, everybody as on after me, i was there with abraham lincoln. neil: woodrow wilson. >> funny guy. neil: he's saying there's no question, there's a meanness, no soft spot for trump. >> everybody has got to lighten up. and alec baldwin is so great and you don't cut that. i don't mind that he does it, woul...

Of russia or kind of calling into question the american intelligence communities' assessment of russia and then the trump administration which, you know, is kicking out diplomats, which is being quite hawkish on russia. so, it's kind of hard to even gauge where the americans are coming at this from. the level of unpredictability on both sides is very troubling. >> i think that's the most fascinating aspect of all this. let me ask the panel about this. matt, i'll start with you. look, the charge against donald trump from the 2016 campaign through this day has been that he's soft on russia, he's...