over and over shows no regard for the truth, repeats falsehoods, that has impact. people are used to respecting the president. the president said it, well, okay, he isn t really right about x, y or z. well, the president said it. so i m fine we should deal with facebook and russia, but we shouldn t forget the main purchase var of falsehood is the president. and there is a governor s race going on in florida right now and in the republican primary, one of the candidates congressman ron desantis just unleashed an ad released an ad in which he is talking about how much he worships, how much fealty he has to president trump. let s play a little bit of that. ron loves playing with the kids. build the wall. he reads stories. then mr. trump said you re fired. i love that part. he is teaching madison to talk. make america great again. this is what it comes down
infinite capacity to go off message, to distract. for the president to begin openly mocking the me too movement, trust me, there s no talking point that anyone developed in the white house that thought it was a good idea. so, again, you know, there are so many imponderables and unpredictable elements in this campaign. we mentioned a couple of times the president as comments about putin in his speech last night. let s play a little bit of that. will he be prepared? will he be prepared? and i might even end up having a good relationship, but they re going, will president trump be prepared? you know, president putin is kgb, this and that. you know what? putin is fine. he s fine. we re all fine. we re people. will i be prepared? totally prepared. i ve been preparing for this stuff my whole life. dana, let me ask you about that. the president s political vulnerability when it comes to
new questions about when the fbi turned its attention toward trump campaign eight in russian involvement of the 2016 election. eventually the they opened the case in 2016, and she writes that she asked for oppo research two weeks earlier. shannon: thank you very much for the update. president trump longtime personal lawyer breaks his silence and appears to distance himself from the president and his first interview since the fbi raided his office and hotel room. the interview wasn t on camera and while it appears that he was visiting himself or the president, the question is, how far is he willing to go? let s discuss with tonight s panel radio host in san francisco, ethan bearman, and fox news contributor charlie hurt. welcome to you both. thanks, shannon. shannon: what do you of this? let s play a little bit of what brit hume had to say about what we do or don t know about what cohen knows or doesn t know. he is in hot water and he doesn t want to offend the
because, i think, we have seen president trump, you know, boast about the behavior that we have also brought to light. so it is frustrating that some people still question us. it is something in our society that we have to do better at, you know, believing the women when they come forward. is there much more of a community among you and the 17 other women? have you talked to any of them about the experience you had with the experiences they say they had? well, i did meet a couple women. we did a press conference in december. and i can tell you they are fantastic women. i have been in touch with jessica leads and samantha haldy, both very accomplished smart women. and i m sad at the circumstances that brought us together, but i m really grateful that i ve been able to meet them as a result of this. and we are supportive of one another, too. let s play a little bit from one of the campaign ads here. let s take a look.
passed out of committee saying that we should make sure that mueller is remains in tact and that he is not fired at the whim of the president and i would like to see the majority leader bring that to the floor for a vote so we can ensure there is a legitimate investigation that takes place and that mueller is able to see his investigation through. earlier today, you had tough questions for the nominee for cia director gina haspel at her confirmation hearing. let s play a little bit of that. do you believe in hindsight, that those techniques were immoral? senator, what i believe sitting here today is that i support the higher, moral standard we have decided to hold ourselves to can you please answer the question. senator, i think i ve answered the question no, you ve not. obviously talking about so-called enhanced interrogation techniques also called torture. right. was gina haspel any more candid