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accusers, the president will not be impressed with brett kavanaugh, and that could mean that he would pull his nomination. >> let me go to john. john, it seems to me -- let's play lawyer critics right now. it seems to me that the lawyers have lawyered up judge kavanaugh. he is now into a set of predictable phrases. it's like in that movie, that german movie, "the lives of others," where they say -- the real smart spook says, you want to tell who's lying, listen to people who repeat themselves verbatim all the time, who's practiced it. he's got practiced responses. is that going to correct the image that's left by dr. ford after she's done speaking her heart for a couple of hours, for him to come in there with the practiced phrases. who's going to win that battle? >> to your point, during his fox news interview, i believe he said the phrase "fair process" 17 times. so certainly, we know -- >> this is marco rubio stuff, when you start repeating yourself like a robot. >> we know from our reporting that he's been holed up over at the west wing, to some days last week, he's been in constant contact with the team there, who
i was the lead counsel in the last impeachment trial. and i've got to tell you, at the end of the day when that vote is called you need those republicans to really be unified and not be having doubts. books like this tend to put a spook into those ranks. >> michael, as a supporter of the president, what do you think of the book? >> i think there's probably some truth to it. i think there's probably a lot of fabrication there. i'm going to read it and figure out what i believe. i don't believe the lawyers were pantomiming for mueller. i don't believe the conversation between bannon and ivanka trump went down the way the book says it does. there's a lot of things to doubt. >> in the book bannon is yelling at her that she's a staffer. >> would never happen. that conversation would never happen. i know both of them. it would never happen. but i can tell you this. i believe the reporting out of "the new york times" today heartened a lot of us around the president. i believe -- >> heartened because? >> because it looks like the mueller team is negotiating in good faith, and it appears to be that they're open to, you know,
book is obviously alarming. it's not going to help the president. but more importantly it puts a spook into the republican ranks. he's about to go into the most difficult period of any president in modern history if the house flips. i was the lead counsel in the last impeachment trial. at the end of the day when that vote is called, you need those republicans to really be unified and not be having doubts. books like this tend to put a spook into those ranks. >> michael, as a supporter of the president, what do you think of the book? >> i think there's probably some truth to it. i think there's probably fabrication there. i'm going 0 read it and figure out what i believe. i don't believe the lawyers were pant oh miming for mule ellemue. i don't believe the conversation between bannon and ivanka trump went down the way the book says it does. there's a lot of things to doubt. >> in the book bannon is yelling at her that she's a staffer. >> would never happen. that conversation would never happen. i know both of them.
where dustin hoffman's banging on the window on the outside. every report coming into that hearing room today was the president running around the capitol with his hair on fire. that's not exactly the environment you want to talk about deferring to a president. i think what comes out of this book if it's true is quite alarming. there's no question about that. some of it i just find hard to believe. i can't believe that any two sane lawyers would essentially perform in front of mueller like they're doing improv at the park, to say look how bad our client-s that's why we won't do this. if that's true, then obviously they're not very good lawyers and things have gone way over the line in terms of the control of this litigation. but what's coming out of this book is obviously alarming. it's not going to help the president. but more importantly it puts a spook into the republican ranks. he's about to go into the most difficult period of any modern president in history if the house flips.
something. a lot of conservatives will welcome this development. regardless of what you think of brennan and personally, there is a good case to be made that he is a partisan spook. this is not the way to go because two things. first, brennan is an expert when it comes to a lot of security issues. ranging from saudi arabia to the middle east. when he doesn't have a security clearance, he is not an asset to the intelligence community. secondly, i think mike chael han pointed out this is a good way for the president to silence dissent. he is sending a message if you are a member of the intelligence community and speak out, you may lose your clearance. >> that is what the democrats are talking about. they are wondering if the move sets the stage for the president to go after someone like robert mueller. listen to mark warner. >> this is an attempt to
>> there is no bright line level of the stock market that is going to change fallacy. the president is trying to fix long-term problems that should have been dealt with a long time ago. >> sandra: that's commerce secretary wilbur ross saying president trump will not change his approach to trade even if the markets keep flipping. let's bring in former reagan economic advisor art laffer. maybe today is not the day we're seeing the spook of the market. we're seeing a triple digit gain today. we have seen markets slipping. a lot of anxiety and anticipation this won't be a good thing. what do you say to what you just heard? >> trade wars are bad for the economy and bad for the stock market.
billoius blabber mouth. >> sean: i want to know what he knew and when. >> exactly. >> sean: what his involvement is. >> it's going to come out. that's why he panicked over the weekend. there's a something difference between being a spook, a partisan spook for obama and being a crook. he is definitely i think cringing in the spotlight. i think daniel hoffman was right, too, when he observed the kind of comments that he made publicly about president trump aren't just something that harm the white house, but harm all of the good people within the cia who are trying to do their jobs as this man is self-grandizing. and you can see john brennan using words like self-absorbing and self-serving to describe
for the american people who duly elected our president. >> sean: i want to know what he knew and win. but his involvement is. >> i think it is going to come out. it' think that is why he panickd over the weekend. i think there is a small difference between being a spook, a partisan spook for obama, and being a crook. and he is definitely cringing in the spotlight. i think daniel hoffman was right, too, when he observed that the kind of comments he has made publicly about president trump aren't just something that harms the white house, they harm all the good people within the cia who are trying to do their job, and this man is self-aggrandizing. you see the psychological projection here of john brennan using words like self adoring and self-serving to describe our president, when he is describin- himself. if this guy had done his job
think about why. we know he sent a letter in 2013 to an academic publisher saying i have been for the last six months an informal advisor to the kremlin. he came onto the radar of our intelligence agencies when he met with a soviet spook hanging out at the u.n. and page fed him information. not secret information but fed him information and we got confirmation that the russian agent was reporting back to moscow. i'm in touch with what he called an idiot trying to ingratiate himself with us. there is a reason carter page was on the radar. he was not part of the trump campaign at the time when they got the fisa application. >> bill: interesting argument you are making. one more point. in blue ash, ohio north of cincinnati yesterday the president said this about the current case. >> president trump: did we catch them in the act or what? you know what i'm talking about. did we catch them in the act.
maria: welcome back well north korea other threats have not spooked investors so far but on friday we got a pretty good spook. we learned that some things do scare investors higher interest rates, inflation, higher wages, a report showed economy added 200,000 new jobs in the month of january and that wages are up 2.9% year-over-year that sparked inflation fears the dow fell on one of its worst days in two years, down 666 points on the dow let's bring in mary kissel of the wall street journal and lee carter, great to see you both. thanks for having us. maria: so what's your take. all good news and yet we have one of the worst days for the stock market. >> well the stock market is different from the economy, think about the obama era, maria where we had trillion dollar annual deficits red tape higher taxes higher healthcare costs and stock markets went up because the fed was pumping up