and competition from china, among plenty others. there were punches and jabs, counter points and cross talk. but with front runner donald trump sitting out the debate for the second time running, no one on the stage was in a position to deliver a knockout blow. the question will be, which of the candidates put in a strong enough performance to win over some voters. florida governor ron desantis was asked who should be to blame in the event of a us government shutdown. he took at aim washington in general, and then the current and former presidents in this debate on the fox business network. please spare me the crocodile business network. please spare me the crocodile tears - business network. please spare me the crocodile tears for - me the crocodile tears for these people. and where isjoe biden? he s completely missing to action from leadership. and you know who else is missing in action? donald trump is missing in action. he should be on action? donald trump is missing in
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what did the president know and when did he know it. and we all know where that phrase comes from. you know on days like this within this week of big news around michael cohen and other people like paul manafort, sometimes we will hear an immediate response from the white house. we have not yet heard anything as far as i know from you, john, but this is one of those situations where the president would say, what about the situation? i mean it is not i said situation twice in one sentence, i apologize. but now is it more apparent perhaps of why he would have passed this on to federal prosecutors? i was talking with brian kilmeade about this on the radio this morning and even though this was not about the mueller case and a mueller hand of the soft to the southern district of new york because they felt it fell outside of the purview of the investigation into russia collusion, it would definitely seem to be a loop
now a law professor at california berkeley joins me now. it s grea