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political stage perfectly captures this moment in history. Tonight, a piece of writing that is deeply consequential or completelyirrelevant. Either an act of bravery or cowardice. More than two dozen Trump Administration officials have disavowed the anonymous oped. Its possible we havent seen sun sinchronity. Nickly hailey took an extra step signing her name to a piece in the Washington Post headlined, when i challenge the president , i do it directly. And heres the Vice President this morning. Do you think you know who anonymous is . I dont. I dont know, but i do know they should resign and leave this administration. Should all top officials take a lie detector test, and would you agree to take one . I would agree to take it in a
heartbeat, and would submit to any review of the administration. Do you think that the administration should do that . Look, that would be a decision for the president. That, of course, is on the record. In the aftermath of the piece, two senior Administration Officials reached out to axios to say on background that the author stole the words right out of their mouths. I find the reaction to the nyt oped fascinating that people seemed so shocked that theres a resistance From The Inside. A lot of us were wishing wed been the writer, i suspect. I hope trump knows, maybe he does, that there are dozens and dozens of us. And with that, id like to welcome in my panel. White house correspondent yamish. Nbc news intelligence reporter ken dilanian, jo ling kent and stuart stevens. Great to have all of you on
board tonight. Stewart, i want to start with you because you and i spent a lot time of on the Campaign Plane covering the flap or two. There were a series of what we then thought were crises for the mitt romney campaign. Mistakes perhaps made by the candidate. It seems were living in a world where the magnitude of those mistakes seems minuscule compared to what we are dealing with every single day here. What is your view of whether or not this oped reflects what is going on inside your Republican Party . Is this in your view the dominant conversation that everybody else except for this handful of loyalists are having . I think theres a constant conversation about the president and about his office and about the decisions and the tone and the way hes conducting the office. Its often used, people say i dont like the tweets but its really about something much
bigger than that. The main thing about this is that its just completely distracting from what government should be about. I mean, government should be about not just the next news cycle but planning for the future and trying to accomplish big things that individuals cant accomplish. We seem to be consumed with this stuff. My view of the person who wrote it, a lot of people have said they think its cowardly. I dont think that. I think its good to hear these voices. And others should come out. Yamish, you spend all your Time Reporting on the white house. What is your latest view From The Inside . How destabilizing is this, and how many people in your view disagree with this oped . I think the people who disagree are the president s most loyal people around him, which is really probably melania trump, some of his children and, really, maybe a couple people from the campaign. But there are a lot of people as you know, republicans what theyll tell you off the record is an eye roll and a joke about
this president. There are a lot of people, a lot of republicans just around d. C. That are very worried about this president. Going into the white house, President Trump is fuming about this. Already obsessed about the russia investigation and robert mueller. Now he has the idea that there are dozens of people working in his administration that he doesnt know that are not only that are writing opeds in the paper that he loves to say is failing. He reads it very closely. That he reads very closely. And this idea that hes that there are people turning against him. Add to that the fact his personal lawyer paul manafort, all these people have guilty verdicts hanging over their heads. This is a president that feels increasingly isolated and angry about all this stuff. Ken dilanian, lets talk about the National Security implications. While, yes, we do talk about the potential damage to the or at least critics of the president talk about National Security damage, theres a real question about the fact this was a duly elected president by the people and there are apparently people
working to subvert his policies potentially inside the government. I think this was unhelpful from that point view of because its going to make that effort less successful. Hes now going to be more resistant to advice. More suspicious and for all his supporters who think theres a deep state trying to undermine him, this validates that point. I think it may backfire and it only really helps the writer if eventually hes outed and hes going to get a book deal and can say he was on the record saying he was part of the resistance. Im not sure this is a senior official. The New York Times had to vet this persons background. If it was a Household Name, what kind of vetting . That Household Name test. Jo ling kent. Youve covered republican politics before. My bigger question is how the Republican Party ever recovers from this because this does seem to illuminate what is a very fundamental split inside the party. Yeah. And theres a huge amount of interest. Now this article is the most viewed on the New York Times website for all of 2018 given
everything thats gone on. It goes beyond Just Washington and the bubble and what so many people here care about and goes into probably these primary races that were seeing play out and the upcoming midterm elections. What i find so interesting is in of the issues the individual who wrote this brought up were tax reform, deregulation and increasing the military size. So those are actually things very much in lockstep with the broader Republican Party. So now the question is, how much does Something Like this really affect the outcomes of november and the midterms . To that point, stuart stevens, at what point, what joe just outlined, this person in this oped saying we did x, we did y, i was here for that. Thats what republican members of congress say. Tax reform, tax reform, judges, judges. In your view people that believe the president is damaging the country but are willing to stick around for these other things, are they selling their souls . This is sort of a plea bargain with history that the
writer is putting out there. That he or she wants to be remembered for these good things that are done. Look, i think this is one of these things thats a very individual decision. Every person in the administration has to make. Do you want to stick around and try to make things better which i admire both sides of this. Or do you want to be out there speaking for what the party ought to be which is a different vision of the party. One that where character counts, personal responsibility. I think everybody has to make that choice and certainly the party and in the long term has to make that choice. So there are a lot of people thinking about this and they are looking to this broader Republican Party to try and explain this New York Times piece. Msnbcs chris hayes writes the oped is an attempt to take out an Insurance Policy for the gop and conservatism if and when things get much worse. Its a very public hedge meant to preserve the reputation of the gops entire political and governing class. And Erick Erickson writes this. Trump supporters dont want to hear it but get together in any
off the record meeting of conservatives who have gone to assist trump n what youre reading in the New York Times and the bob woodward book comes pouring out. There is no deep state here. This is the white house staff and the Trump White House approved staff of the various Cabinet Officials. If you want a salacious story with which to rile people up, let them know these are not obama holdovers and longtime leftleaning bureaucrats. This is the republican establishment that trump beat and then absorbed along with Movement Conservatives who decided they needed to try to salvage what they could and save the country in the process. So, joe, this is exactly what we were talking about. Yeah. But my question really is, how much is an oped really an Insurance Policy because no matter if you put your name on it or dont, really what counts to an American Voter in New Hampshire is what you actually do about it. And hearing from someone like
senator ben sasse this morning on Meet The Press or anyone who is running for office right now, where are the actions . And thats really what the swing voter is going to care about in the end. Ken dilanian, how does this play into whats going on with the russia investigation because i think if i am extrapolating on this question and i think that for republicans especially on the hill, its always been, what is the red line with trump . Have we found the red line . Every time we think something is going to be the red line, theres an explanation for it. Mueller may be the red line. Do we think this is the kind of thing that could push the president to for the most part republicans have been convinced hes not going to take . By Firing Mueller or Jeff Sessions . Its possible if they get close enough. Theyll hear from a lot of republicans about their view of the russia investigation. Theyre skeptical theres going to be some Smoking Gun Evidence of collusion thats going to be fatal to the trump presidency. Its going to be so muddy that were not going to get a definitive outcome. Increasingly, the sharks circling around trump make him
paranoid and act in irrational ways. Hes tweeting about the russia investigation almost every day. The last two president s have had cataclysmic crisises on their watch. George w. Bush, 9 11, barack obama, the financial collapse. We havent had that yet with trump. What if that happens and we have an emotionally reckless president on our hands. Then a bureaucracy that from what we can tell, we havent talked explicitly about Bob Woodwards book but he says jim mattis ignored an order. Do they know who they think this person is, where what are their prime suspects . What do they do next . The fact you have two dozen or more people come out and say it wasnt me tells you that i dont know if they know who the person is but there are a lot of people lining up to say it definitely wasnt me and please
clear me as soon as possible. Whether they start giving out lie detector tests, i have not confirmed theyd do that but you can imagine President Trump on monday or even over the weekend is saying, we have to get to the bottom of this and theyre trying to strategize how theyll do that. In terms of whether or not the Cabinet Members and all the people that i think Bob Woodwards credibility is kind of unmatched. If youre going to put up Bob WoodwardsReporting Versus donald trump saying that never happened, youll choose bob woodward 99 of the time. Even if the president can find this oped writer he has to deal with all the people around him. I dont think well see mass firing because the president , one of the biggest reasons Jeff Sessions still has a job is because a lot of people are telling this president you cannot keep doing this. It looks crazy. Also that he couldnt necessarily get somebody confirmed. We should also remind our viewers that deep throat, the main source for bob woodward in the watergate reporting, of course, repeatedly denied that
he was deep throat. A lot more to come on kasie dc. Is one of the most powerful figures in media on his way out. New reporting on les moonves. Plus, president obama gets some things off his chest on the Campaign Trail. But first, you might have noticed there was a little news this week in the capitol. As we go to break, a look back at the whiplash week that was in washington. And, yes, this really all happened this week. Biden went to church along with bob casey. President trump is taking on Attorney GeneralJeff Sessions. Bob woodwards new book describes a nervous breakdown of the executive branch. Senior aides resorting to hiding documents. Mocking sessions accent. Trump added, im quoting the prrkts the guy is mentally bleep. Michael capuana losing to ayana pressley. First day of questioning for
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mind, i think when he helped form the Republican Party. For many, president obamas words felt like a return to sanity. For others, it was a stark reminder of why President Trump won the election. Meanwhile, much of the country is just sick of all of it. I conceive of myself as an independent conservative who caucuses with the republicans but, frankly, neither of these parties have a longterm vision for the future of the country. Theres massive stuff happening in america, and Thesis Matters are really content to do 24hour news cycles screaming at each other. Why stay a republican, and when is the last time you thought about becoming an independent . I probably think about it every morning when i wake up, but i figure out, why am i flying away from nebraska to go to d. C. We are going to get real stuff done . Im committed to the party of lincoln and reagan as long as theres a chance to reform it. Stuart stevens, before i ask the rest of the panel about
president obama, i am just curious. You personally, have you thought about switching your Party Allegiance as youve watched all of this unfold . Well, im glad you played the ben sasse clip because it gives me the convenient way to say ill consider myself a ben sasse republican. Convenient. I think that there really is a battle here for what you have to call the soul of the Republican Party. A lot of us were drawn to the Republican Party because it was an optimistic vision. Character counts, personal responsibility. Fiscal responsibility with the debt, strong on russia. And all of those have been turned on its head. I worked for president bush and its not like we were perfect but in our best moments, i think we aspidred to be better than w were. That idea of compassionate conservatism, flawed as it was. Wasnt it rejected in 2016 . Why did Republican Voters reject all of that . Is it because President Trump pushed racial buttons . Thats a very complicated torturous question. Its difficult to talk about race in this. I dont think is it, though . I think a lot of people would argue its pretty straightforward. I think that you cant look at the 2016 election and come to any conclusion other than donald trump won and it was a fairly weak field. I think the danger in it is looking at it and drawing these conclusions that the party has to be a predominantly white party. That the party shouldnt reach out. That the party should write off california. Just because you won an election, he got less percentage of the overall vote than mitt romney did. This is not a future party that, in a changing america, where youre not going to have the ability to win National Elections just by getting more white voters. You have to have a different vision. Thats just math. And you can get through one or two elections. But, really, i think theres a moral imperative that you have
to represent more and theres a political imperative thats looming out there. Yamiche, weigh in on that. Its straightforward to talk about race in the 2016 election. There was a president ial candidate that called Mexicans Rapistss S and criminals and millions who said thats okay. White people essentially in a large mass looked at donald trump and said this is what we want. Thats not to say, obviously, that all the people who voted for him are racist, but its to say that race was a very central part of the reason why president obama, i think, was talked about the way he was and why President Trump is now in office. That said, when you look at the two different americas, obama was saying, im done with vacation. Im back on the trail. A lot of people were very happy to hear that. I heard from a lot of sources like finally obama is back from vacationing. What obama is talking about is also, hes saying to democrats, you need to come on and bring it on. Step into the ring and bring smaft fight. Hes also saying for the people
that sit at home, for all those people who are millions of people who dont vote or take part in the democratic institutions, you need to not wait for a savior. He said that. Do not wait for a savior and think things are going to get better. Obamas message is more that people need to get more engaged. Do you think theres any risk for him in activating the voters that voted for trump because they were so disdainful of him . In my mind, i dont think so mainly because president the republicans are really good at having villains. I remember i went to a rally for President Trump. There was a woman there with a Hillary Clinton button. And i was like its 2018. People are still incensed and motivated by the idea of Hillary Clinton. If you dont like obama and hes the reason you voted for trump, youre going to do that whether hes on the Campaign Trail or someone mentions his name in a speech. Jo ling kent you were watching where obama took credit for the economy doing well. How much of that do you think is
fair . Who is right about it . You cover this every day. And at the end of the day, are voters going to be more willing to give trump a pass because theyre feeling better about themselves . What president obama said, is a fact. The huge recovery began under his watch. There were many moments you saw actual Job Creation Supersede what we see right now under the Trump White House. But the numbers continue to grow. Wage growth was stagnant for a long time. Labor force participation which is issues of people going out and seeking jobs and finding jobs. Well, that was stagnant under obama as well. So if you look at the economy, though, it continues to be the number one issue most people are going to be voting around when it comes to the midterms. And if you want to look at issues in a way that matter to most regular americans, it definitely is how much money you can make. Your prospect for prosperity in the future and what you can do to dig yourself out of whatever hole youre in or, perhaps, buy
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sexual harassment of assault. It ranges from forcing women to perform oral sex on him to unwanted touching and kissing to physical intimidation and retaliation. Moonves has denied these claims which span from the 1980s into the early 2000s. In a statement, moonves said the appalling accusations in this article are untrue. What is true is that i had consensual relations with three of the women some 25 years ago before i came to cbs. Cbs Board Of Directors issued a statement saying its committed to a thorough and independent investigation of the allegations and that investigation is actively under way. These new accounts come just weeks after fair row broke a story that detailed similar behave with other women. The new yorker says it corroborated those womens stories, but nbc news, we should note, has yet to independently verify them. Joining me is nbc news senior media editor clear atkinson. Its good to see you. Thanks for being here. Can you walk us through how this unfolded behind the scenes at cbs. Its been reported through the afternoon this was a possibility. It appears to have been accelerated. Absolutely. Ever since the story broke, weve been hearing from sources that Leslie Moonves was accelerating exit negotiations. I had heard from the very beginning from when ronans story first broke a couple of weeks ago that he had actually initiated exit negotiations when the second story broke it became untenable for him to stay. And just moments ago we heard from cbs and the Controlling ShareholderNational Amusements that he is indeed stepping down. The c. O. O. Of the company is taking over and perhaps most importantly the statement says that 20 million of the Severance Due to Leslie Moonves is going to organizations that support me too. Thats pretty significant. The Controlling Shareholder is the person running the Controlling Shareholder of cbs is a woman. They are adding six new directors to the board of cbs. And already three women there. Theyre adding three more. So that says how seriously the cbs directors have taken the situation. Some have alleged they werent taking the situation very seriously at all given that Leslie Moonves didnt step down. He wasnt suspended by the board in any way when those allegations first broke. Hasnt that been the knock on cbs . Ronan farrow reported in part that a lot of these women came forward because they read the first story and watched while Nothing Happened at cbs. And there was also some argument that this culture extends down beyond moonves to jeff fager, the Executive Producer of 60 minutes and others. I think folks were stunned
the ceo did not step aside. In fact, he went on to do a very controversial call with aminalys on wall street about how the company was going to grow. He was slated to speak at Goldman Sachs this week and talk about the future of cbs. Folks are scratching their head, how can this be . Hes been accused all of these terrible things by these women, some of them on record. And i think it really took a second batch of women to come forward and say what happened to them for any ramifications to happen. So we had times up make an initial statement. We had them saying were watching things, folks. The Second Time Around we had ultima violet and other womens groups saying this is just disgraceful and hes still the ceo of a major corporation. Hes one of the highest paid executives in the country earning 69. 9 million. How is it that hes still in the position . Theres been a whole bunch of other folks accused of much less
and had to walk the plank immediately. Jo ling kent, not only are the list of allegations on the record and on background pretty graphic and gross, quite frankly, but they also include allegations of retaliation and intimidation and women who have said after this happened and i rebuffed him, my career was ended. Yeah, the reports from ronan farrow talk about how this is all about power. And if you take that Power Dynamic and you cross apply it over many years, regardless if something happened in the 1980s, 90s or right now, you can continue to see the impact that this person allegedly had. And looking at that nugget of information and all the stories that have been reported out, the real word that stands out to me tonight is inaction. And because of the inaction that happened, for so long, even just between the two farrow reports, you can see why cbs may have felt their hand was forced here even as these two separate law
firms continue their independent investigations. Yamiche, you and i have covered this Power Dynamic. And i do think there had been a sense that perhaps there was something of a backlash against what happened to some of these people, perhaps that was part of what explained why less moonves was allowed to stay even after that first publication. This movement is still strong. This movement is still strong. While one person is talking about the idea that inaction is what comes to mind. What comes to mind is power in numbers. You look at the men that have had to go its because women after women have stacked up to say he also did this to me and i, too, am part of this me too movement. If a woman feels violated by a man, you have done something egregious to a woman once and used your power even once to hurt a womans career because she didnt want to sleep with you or go on a date with you,
that should be enough. What were learning through ronan farrows reporting and cbs news, when you have an article maybe a couple women in it, that wasnt enough. Now you have to have six women for cbs to say this is enough. I was thinking about al franken. A lot of back and forth about whether al franken should have resigned. I remember his female colleagues said we cannot take this anymore. How many women is it going to take before al franken resigns and he ended up leaving. Clair atkinson, i want to touch on the Severance Package for les moonves because its an important part of this story. 20 million will go to me too. A lot of pressure to say no perhaps 100 million parachute for you. It seems theyre trying to punt this out of the spotlight and perhaps give him a major Severance Package. The phrasing of the statement certainly suggests that while he might not be walking away with 100 million that there might be
something after the investigations wrap up. I think its really important that we keep in mind that the cbs directors are probably asking themselves, can we get sued if we give les moonves 100 million to leave with. That certainly is something they might be thinking and theres a precedent for this with Michael Ovitz when he left disney. The board was sued for bailing him out. Thank you for your insight and analysis. Much more kasie dc when we come back after this. M. Try delicious creations like new crunchy Fiesta Shrimp Tortilla Chip crusted then topped with a creamy blend of three cheeses and finished with pico de gallo. And theres new sesameginger shrimp. Grilled and drizzled with savory soyginger sauce and sprinkled with asian seasoning. And dont forget the favorites you love, like garlic Shrimp Scampi but endless shrimp wont last endlessly, so hurry in. Kayak compares Hundreds Of Travel and Airline Sites so you can be confident youre getting the right flight at the best price. Cheers kayak. Search one and done. Theres nothing small about your business. With dell Small Business technology advisors, you get the oneonone partnership to grow your business. The dell vostro 14 laptop. Get up to 40 off on select pcs. Call 877buydell today. call 877buydell today. Since joining ninehahi, ubmonths ago,o. My priority has been to listen to you. To cities and communities, and to my own employees. Ive seen a lot of good. Weve changed the way people get around. Weve provided new opportunities. But moving forward, its time to move in a new direction. And i want you to know just how excited i am, to write ubers next chapter, with you. One of our core values as a company, is to always do the right thing. And if there are times when we fall short,
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cohen has agreed to rescind daniels nondisclosure agreement. It comes as Stormy Daniels herself is speaking out in a new interview on dutch television. Is there something you know now which we will know soon that could bring down this presidency . I say that we have yes, there is stuff that i know and i would say its a 50 50 shot at this point. Which is pretty scary odds if youre the president. We should, of course, point out the president has denied ever having a sexual relationship with Stormy Daniels. Ken dilanian, our resident i feel this segment should be ken dilanian explains it all because theres a lot here. What of these potential threats to the presidency is most important in your view . Its just a very dangerous thing in the background. Hes got bigger problems. A criminal investigation. Hes the target of the mueller
investigation in a sense. Bill clinton was impeached because he lied in a civil deposition having to deal with sexual harassment. When donald trump has to give answers under oath. These are written answers so theyll be vetted by his lawyers. To the extent hes ever deposed in one of these cases, that would be perilous for him. Can i ask you about the political of this and not to wear this topic thin, but, you know, the Republican Party at one point i seem to remember was the party of plurality, the family values party, the party that said bill clinton did not conduct itself well in the 1990s as regards women. Now it seems that the voters at least dont really care because they knew a lot of this going in. Is there anything here that you think will significantly impact how voters view this president around this issue . Well, look. When it comes to donald trump, a lot of people are wrong in 2016 but i think few were as wrong as
i was. Im probably a bad expert on predicting how people are going to react to donald trump. I tip my hat to you, stuart for being willing to acknowledge that. I was dead wrong. I didnt think hed win the nomination or the general election. I think that these questions, even Intering Onatories are difficult for donald trump because unlike bill clinton, he didnt tweet and its very typical of donald trump to contradict himself in tweets. We know the lester holt interview is out there. Its a fact. It hasnt been altered. Its out there and yet hes contradicting that. Even if theres simple, bland questions, they will be under oath, and it will be the first time we have the president writing something under oath and the odds he might contradict himself in some form or another seem to me to not be small. Fair enough assessment. Stuart stevens, ken dilanian,
yamiche, thank you so much. Appreciate your time. Join the conversation with all of us here kasiedc. A recordbreaking 100 women may be elected to the house in 2018. We continue our series Profiling Women Running For Congress with Maria Al Salazar who is trying to keep a republican seat in republican hands. Were back after this. Helping new customers bundle and save big, but now its time to find my dream abode. Right away, i could tell his priorities were a little unorthodox. Keep going. Stop. A little bit down. Stop. Back up again. Is this adequate sunlight for a Komodo Dragon . Yeah. Sure, i want that discount on Car Insurance just for owning a home, but im not compromising. Youre taking a shower . Water pressures crucial, scott its like they say location, location, koi pond. They dont say that. Its like they say location, location, koi pond. As moms, we send our kids out into the world, full of hope. And we dont want Something Like meningitis b getting in their way. Meningococcal group b disease, or meningitis b, is real. Bexsero is a vaccine to help prevent meningitis b in 1025 year olds. Even if meningitis b is uncommon, thats not a chance were willing to take. Meningitis b is different from the meningitis most teens were probably vaccinated against when younger. Were getting the word out against meningitis b. Our teens are getting bexsero. Bexsero should not be given if you had a severe allergic reaction after a previous dose. Most common side effects are pain, redness or hardness at the injection site; muscle pain; fatigue; headache; nausea; and joint pain. Bexsero may not protect all individuals. Tell your healthcare professional if youre pregnant or if you have received any other meningitis b vaccines. Ask your healthcare professional about the risks and benefits of bexsero and if vaccination with bexsero is right for your teen. Moms, we cant wait. Or for people with Type 1 Diabetes or diabetic ketoacidosis. Do not share needles or pens. Dont reuse needles. Do not take ozempic® if you have a personal or Family History of medullary thyroid cancer, multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Syndrome type 2, or if you are allergic to ozempic®. Stop taking ozempic® and get medical help right away if you get a lump or swelling in your neck, severe stomach pain, itching, rash, or trouble breathing. Serious side effects may happen, including pancreatitis. Tell your doctor if you have Diabetic Retinopathy or visioge taking ozempic® with a sulfonylurea or insulin may increase the risk for low blood sugar. Common side effects are nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, stomach pain, and constipation. Some side effects can lead to dehydration, which may worsen kidney problems. I discovered the potential with ozempic®. Oh oh oh ozempic® vo ask your Healthcare Provider if ozempic® is right for you. Party. What makes you think that you can hold onto it, where she was perhaps concerned she wouldnt . Well, because i am the you know miami and we have the Background Dog of Downtown Miami that belongs to district 27. We are the ultimate melting pot and i am a product of it. We are the George Community and the Africanamerican Community and the Anglo Community and the nick im sure i have the qualifications and the knowledge to understand what my community wants. And i have the guidance and i have the blessing like you said of iana ross, that she did a wonderful job for 30 years, stellar legacy shes leaving behind. And i intend to be a seamless
transition between her office and mine. What is the Republican Party doing today that makes you want to be a part of the Republican Party as opposed to being a democrat . Well, listen, hispanic americans, we share some of the core values that are enshrined in the Republican Party. And im sure that sometimes democrats dont understand that, but that is the truth. We are selfreliant people. We are god fearing, lawabiding. We dont like government or we want a small government. Were family oriented, and those are the values that are enshrined in the Republican Party. Sometimes people do not understand it, but that is why the South FloridaCongressional Delegation has been and will continue being republican. Do you think this president embodies all of those values you just laid out . Well, i think the president is a pretty unconventional guy and im sure you have been covering that for the last year and a half. So was i. I was a News Reporter for 35 years in this town. Yes, i do know. The president is transformational figure. But i always say to everybody that asks me that question we have to look at what he does for the country not so much what he says. So does it matter to you he calls mexicans rapists . I agree with you the words he has used are not very sensitive, but at the same time i want to remind you that some of the actions that the Democratic Party has had with my community for the last 30 years have been pretty offensive. In 2008 president ial obama said to a group of spanish journalists we were going to have a reformation law in the first year, and if that would have been the case we would not being vs the mess and problem right now were having with immigration. Number two, in 1996 president
clinton what he did, he signed Immigration Reform act, and you know what that does, that gave the Legal Framework for any administration to separate kids. He did not secure communities. This is not a matter of democrats or republicans. When it comes to Immigration Everybody is at fault. If you were elected to congress, would you vote to build the president s border wall . I would definitely vote in order to secure the border because not even the undocumented but does that mean the wall the president wants . Any type of towers or technology or any type of guards or Border Security that will secure the border. Because we do not want el chapo or his friends smuggling drugs. Listen, the undocumented people do not want to be undocumented. Thats why we need to reform our immigration system. And we need to give visas to those that are coming to pick up
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some journalists there are bad apples in this industry just like in any other. And some journalists and im sure you agree with this, just do not like the guy. They dont like him. And thats the problem. It is not important if we like the person or not. We need to continue doing our job being impartial, being unbiased because that we gain our credibility. And unfortunately sometimes thats not happening in main stream america. But the press we need always. I do appreciate that final thought and very much agree. Thank you very much for your time tonight. Thank you. When we continue is ted cruzs seat really in danger . Why one Trump Administration official is speculating that it is. Plus our team of producers has spent the entire week looking for the oped advisor. This is an insurance commercial. Whats the 1 new Skincare Product in 2018 . Olay whips. Absorbs faster than the 100, 200, and even 400 cream. Feels amazing. I really really love this. I will 100 swap up my moisturizer. Can i have it . Olay whips. Need a change of scenery . The Kayak Price Forecast tool tells you whether to wait or book your flight now. So you can be confident youre getting the best price. Giddyup kayak. Search one and done. Copd makes it hard to breathe. So to breathe better, i go with anoro. Go your own way copd tries to say, go this way. I say, ill go my own way, with anoro. Go your own way oncedaily anoro contains two medicines called bronchodilators that Work Together to significantly improve lung function all day and all night. Anoro is not for asthma. It contains a type of medicine that increases risk of death in people with asthma. The risk is unknown in copd. Anoro wont replace Rescue Inhalers for sudden symptoms and should not be used more than once a day. Tell your doctor if you have a heart condition, high blood pressure, glaucoma, prostate, bladder, or urinary problems. These may worsen with anoro. Call your doctor if you have worsened breathing, chest pain, mouth or tongue swelling, problems urinating, vision changes, or eye pain while taking anoro. Ask your doctor about anoro. Go your own way get your first prescription free at anoro. Com