because they are hunkering down. and it s a crazy dynamic up there. you have kellyanne conway, the ultimate professional, who s great at messaging, but at the same time, you have roger ailes, rudy giuliani, and chris christie whispering in his ears, and they are all very aggressive people. when a scandal hits, you double down on it. that s not what donald trump can do right now, especially going into this debate, which is a town hall setting. so what they re probably preaching probably won t work. and he s signaling that he s probably going to go after president clinton. is that smart? no. because in a town hall format, it s not conducive to belligerent, bellicose, nasty, poisonous words. all clinton has to do is two things. she has to be the arsonist, she has to ignite his fire. because there s no evidence that he can control his emotions. and she quickly becomes the fire person, the fireman, and quietly and calmly assures the audience and this country that she can be commander
relationship, financial relationship with johnny williams. still unclear at this point whether or not the federal government has enough evidence, there s no real concrete evidence of a quid pro quo. looks like they are trying to prosecute this case under the hobbs act, which is a pretty old act. i think it was passed in 1946. just the personal and political down fall that we re seeing here is quite stunning. yeah, the hobbs act going back half a century or more there. chip, you know the scandal hits at a bad time for republicans in virginia, in that state specifically. obama won there in 2012, as you know. virginia very key to 2016. how does the gop pivot on this? well, richard, is there really any good time for a scandal to hit? i m not sure there is. that s true. you re right about that. this is very sad, and as the republicans are kind of going into november s elections with
less than a week being nominated by the governor for the chairman of the state. if i cannot trust someone s judgment, i cannot ask others to do so and i would not place him atted head of my political operation. it s unclear whether the press conference, 108 minutes long, can remove the stain of the exclusive e-mail chains and text messages. when they walked into the voting booth today, they didn t say, hey, i wonder who this guy is and what he stands for, what he s willing to fight for, what he s willing to do when the sch chips are down. the scandal hits at the notion of efficiency and now facing the possibility of an investigation into his administration by the u.s. attorney of new jersey.
also fired. if i cannot not trust someone s judgment, i cannot place him at the head of my operation. reporter: it remains unclear if christie s press conference, 108 minutes long, with remove the exclusive release of e-mails and text messages. just two months after he won his second term in a landslide victory. when they walked into the voti voting booth today, they didn t say, hey, i don t know who this man is or what he s willing to do when the chips are down. reporter: the scandal hits at the heart of a no nonsense government. the one-time u.s. attorney who specialized in cases of political corruption is now facing the possibility of an investigation into his administration by the u.s. attorney of new jersey. christie said he hoped to meet with the mayor of ft. lee and
. neil: finally, it is way too soon that the president is in deep trouble but i don t think it s too soon that americans are in a deep reassessment. that is what happens when scandal hits. it cuts to this administration s core credibility. it cuts to the trust. do people trust this white house. do people trust this president? up to now the administration has framed this benghazi issue is nothing more than a partisan republican attack fueled by fox news. then the revised talking points courtesy abc news then it was bigger news. new questions and doubts then came the irs, then the justice department spying on a.p. and suddenly you have lots of things that cut to what has long been this administration s core. that you can question our policies but you can never question our good intentions, until now.