tucker: there are new developments in the harvey weinstein saga. a lawyer representing one of weinstein s accusers held a press conference today, one day after the client held a lengthy interview with the los angeles police department. the decision to go to the press has police concerned, though, because they think the publicity-seeking will look bad to prosecutors and potentially to a criminal jury. we are following this. the founder of tmz hosts object jectfied on fox. what was the thinking behind doing the press interviews? it s baffling, tucker. the woman and the lawyer named david ring met with lapd people and robbery homicide yesterday literally minutes after they left.
tucker: there are new developments in the harvey weinstein saga. a lawyer representing one of weinstein s accusers held a press conference today, one day after the client held a lengthy interview with the los angeles police department. the decision to go to the press has police concerned, though, because they think the publicity-seeking will look bad to prosecutors and potentially to a criminal jury. we are following this. the founder of tmz hosts object jectfied on fox. what was the thinking behind doing the press interviews? it s baffling, tucker. the woman and the lawyer named david ring met with lapd people and robbery homicide yesterday literally minutes after they left.
josh, in regard to what the president says, oftentimes we try to explain it away by saying, well, he s appealing to his base when he tweets out, but how much do international leaders understand playing to the base and interpret his words as such, instead of something directly to them? north korea, for example, or iran. i don t think the tweets about north korea are exclusively about appealing to the base. i think the president has a broader idea, when somebody punches you, you have to punch back, at least rhetorically. this is something you saw throughout his career. if you read in the art of the deal, he talks a lot about publicity seeking, you make grand promises, he calls it truthful hyperbole when it s a big exaggeration, he thinks it indicates an underlying truth. i think the president kind of just talks. he talks a big game, he s been used to being able to make big threats and big promises and not make good on them.
prae apprentice, and worried that his comments could set the world on the path to world war iii. but this isn t the first time we ve seen the president get into an argument with a member of his own party. he s done the same with senator john mccain of arizona, senator rand paul of kentucky, and also senator graham who he recently said he was publicity seeking and even once added that he didn t think he could win if he ran for dog catcher in south carolina. but those two men have apparently smoothed things over. they hung out on monday and played a round of golf. so we re seeing how even though the president does tend to get in these fights with members of his own party, sometimes they tend to fix things. but senator lindsey graham actually weighed in on this latest fight between the president and bob corker. listen to what he had to say about it. well, i don t think it s particularly helpful. bob corker is one of my best friends. he s a great senator. played golf with president trump
right now if he wants to get anything done in the fall. our friends in the senate, oh, boy. faced with declining poll zmums few accomplishments, president trump is intensifying his attack but on fellow republicans and starting at the top. do we have to speak to mitch? i ll very disappointed in mitch. even suggesting that mitch mcconnell could lose his job. if he doesn t get repeal and replace done ferks doesn t get taxes done, then you can ask me that question. the new york times said that he has privately expressed uncertain uncertainty, mcconnell released a statement not disputing the report but saying we are committed to advancing our shared agenda together and anyone who suggests otherwise is clearly not part of the conversation. mcconnell is hardly alone. just since he was inaugurated, mr. trump has attacked seven senate republicans by name calling members of his own party weak, the publicity seeking and