words said that it was trump tweeting about the tapes that made him feel an urgency to get this out in the public sphere. so, trump, you know, musing about sacking -- >> i like these leaks because there's the same kind of leaks we got from the intelligence community when people like dick cheney and the neocons over at the defense department were taking us into one war after another. it was only when we got truth from the intel community that we began to turn the tables on these people. >> michael flynn would still be in place if it weren't for, quote, unquote leaks. >> the roundtable is sticking with us. up next, these three will tell me something i don't know. this is "hardball," where the action is. ul. [man] beautiful just like you. [woman] oh, why thank you.