we cover. join us for "full circle" airing on facebook. you can see it week nights at 6:25 p.m. f you haven't watched it yet, check it out. the news continues right now. want to hand it over to chris. >> anderson, thank you very much. i am chris cuomo. welcome to "prime time." time to test, my friends, and if the highest and easiest level. president trump says his lawyer michael cohen lied under oath. we will show you what is true and what is not. the other saudi arabia is being kavanaugh'd says the president. in each case there is an avalanche of evidence that the president is dead wrong. we'll see if one of his defenders in congress can prove otherwise. republican matt gates welcomed back to prime time. then, horse face. the president of the united states calling that ugly new nickname today for his alleged former mistress stormy daniels

and then she fired back and not in a big way. bernie sanders, not easy to fluster. here's the question -- what did the president say that made him react like this -- >> you know, it is really hard to keep up with -- that really what he said i didn't follow that. >> what made him say that? fasten your seat belts. let's get after it. >> president trump wants the same standard for an authoritarian strong man that he does for his supreme court justices. he tells the ap the apparent murder of a "washington post" journalist is another case of someone being guilty until proven innocent. he continues to take the word of the saudi king and crown prince over a growing body of evidence including the latest cnn reporting that it was a high ranking officer in the saudi intelligence agency who oversaw

a botched khashoggi mission. there is enough evidence for even some of trump's fiercest supporters to demand action. let's turn to one of them. florida congressman matt gates. congressman, good to have you back on the show. mueller matters is going to be involved in this. saudi arabia. i know that you wrote on both. so with michael cohen, why would he say that michael cohen was lying when he said that the president knew about and directed his actions with the payments of the women? why would he say that? >> i have no idea. the issues going on in the

southe southern district of new york is beyond the perview of congress. >> he has to know i'm in possession of the tape that proves he knows what cohen was doing and endorsed it. >> yeah. i honestly have no idea what is going on in the southern district. if michael cohen is lying or telling the truth. it looks like michael cohen is a pretty od individual if you look at the way he threatened reporters and seemed like a tough guy when he wasn't. he's not somebody i'm a big fan of and not somebody that has a lot of credibility in the eyes of the american people. >> except he was doing what the president asked him to do. he would say it all the time. and you're right, it's not your perview. you're not handling that investigation. 100% true. but it's not about what is happening in the southern district. it's about what the president is saying about his lawyer. i can play a tape. i don't want to waste the time. you heard it on the show before. the president's not telling the truth when he says michael cohen lied about being told to do those things. that's all i'm asking you about. are you okay with that? >> yeah. again, the context of the president's communications with

michael cohen is something that i am not privy to. i do believe that rudy giuliani's been to claims that there was selective editing and not a full conversation to give us context of that discussion. again, i'm not one that has any unique insight as to what we heard beyond the expressed words of the president and mr. cohen. it looks like there will be a swearing match. >> what is going on with saudi arabia and what the line will be whether it is the senate or whatever. the president said today that he thinks that saudi arabia is getting kavanaugh'd that they're being seen as guilty and have to be proven innocent. with what you no he to this point, do you believe that saudi arabia is getting railroaded here? >> i don't. i think that in every statement the president's made he said we got to get to the bottom of this. the president's been clear that it's a really big problem if senior officials in saudi arabia had any role in the death of

this saudi citizen who was a journalist and who should not have feared this type of reprisal. no one should. i was in kbs' home just six days ago in washington, d.c. we were not discussing the one saudi journalist. we were discussing the 3,000 americans who died on 9/11. and i do think that the saudi government in some form and some capacity and some part had a role in that. if you lay bear t9/11 commissio, you see they were signing leases for hijackers and special designations on passports and people associated with al qaeda and the mosque that was the center of life for the saudi government. so i think that should be a lot more concerning to us as like are we engaging in this discourse and this diplomacy where they haven't -- if they haven't fully rooted out the elements the government involved. i think nbs could represent a bridge to the future. remember, chris, the people running saudi arabia, they're not your age. they're my age. you have a bunch of 30

somethings that have never known anything but extreme wealth. they didn't know the poverty and challenge of the parents and grandparents. it's been a lamborghini lifestyle for them. and this transition, they do seek the embrace of the west. they want to have saudi arabia viewed as a modern player. that transition is going to be dicey. i think we have a lot more to learn on this fact pattern. >> make me wonder about my chin. is that why you're making an age distinctiontion between me and you, gaetz? let me ask you this. you're making good points. i read into what you're talking about 9/11. i lived that, obviously. it was a big part of my reporting early on. i haven't seen great proof or really any material proof that the saudi government was behind 9/11 in any way. yes, there's been a lot of stink on them for exporting things. some referred to them as the head of the state when it comes to terror. let's say that you're suspicious and with some cause.

but the president doesn't agree with you. he says that they're good people. he had great relationships with them and rogue killers are as likely an explanation for what happened to khashoggi as anything. and that he says he had nothing to do with it and he believes him. do you swallow it as quickly as the president does? >> well, i think the president is right in that there could be multiple elements acting within the saudi government. remember, even though it is a monarchy, it is a kingdom, the government doesn't act monolithically. there are different elements of the government. now the -- >> you think guy was fly to turkey on private planes, be greeted by staff as if expected, go in there and interrogate somebody and somehow wind up reportly choppi reportedly chopping them in pieces and he knew nothing about it? >> i don't noechlt iknow. i'm not making that claim. >> the president is. >> well, no, in every statement the president has made, chris, you don't include this in your clips, but he says we have to get to the bottom of this and

there are going to be big problems. if you don't know the answer, why give such the benefit of the doubt to a strong man? >> because there are one of two options for saudi arabia. they either continue trying to move closer to the west and seek western investment and engage in western entertainment or they move closer to russia. those are the two options. so we're playing this kind of delicate game with saudi arabia where we want them to move closer to the west. we want them to continue to work with us on intelligence gathering and -- >> what are you willing to allow? you said he could be a bridge. but he also may have chopped up a journalist who works for "the washington post." and if the -- >> tomorrow night -- >> do you want them connected to you? that's the question. >> well, tomorrow night the kingdom was supposed to host a big party in washington to commemorate the relationship with the united states. they canceled their event for

tomorrow night at the embassy. i guess it's hard to get rsvps when everybody that shows up doesn't always leave alive. that's a bit problem at ibatic. i want to remain hopeful that this is not one to be a swift desert justice. that it's one where we have more mutual cooperation on intelligence and move beyond a relationship based on strategic interests to one of shared values. but this is a problem. and this transition is a difficult one. but i don't think we can give up on saudi arabia. i think we have to hold them accountable if there was a senior moment in this activity. >> you have, to right? because if you don't -- >> you can't live in a world with no consequences. >> 100%. if that is the message that mbs gets and he had something to do with this, you know what happens next. more. and then now he knows just like people would suggest with putin and with kim and with others that, you know what? if you say nice things about trump, he'll say nice things

back. you'll get leeway. and that can be a dangerous precedent. now your colleague in congress and the senate lindsey graham says, no way. no way to everything that's being discussed right now. he has to go. he has shown who he is. we knew who he was before. we know who he is from what he did to his own family. he's got to go. we can't work with him. you can't give him anything. your take? >> he has access to more of the intelligence. i've been working in michael. i don't want to presume to know more than senator graham. what are the alternatives? it's not like there is some congeniality that is going to embrace all of western civilization and western values. i think that this is hay slower walk than any of us would like. but i least -- i hope that we can get to be directionally correct with saudi arabia where they're not looking to embrace these authoritarian tendencies but instead will normalize. i think that possibility is true when you look at kind of the new generation of leadership. but this is admittedly a

stumbling block. they should have to answer for it. i know this, these arms transfers and arms sales need to be on the table. we shouldn't act as if that's going to go through every circumstance. >> that's what trump is saying though. he's saying one of the balancing interests is i don't want to blow the money and the deals. why would you want to sell weapons to somebody like this if he is behind it? >> look, i know this about president trump. he is the first president in the post cold war era who understands the fusion of economic interests and military interests. for far too long we've been treating our adversaries and a lot of our allies as if those are separate things. but if you look at china, north korea, our activities in latin america to get tough on venezuela, you see the president understands that. i think that as a good negotiator, someone who understands leverage very well, the president will have all of that on the table. he should. but remember, he's still gathering facts. i think the president doesn't want to be too quick to judge.

>> gathering facts but he said it could have been rogue actors. he shades the facts. and something i've seen as a pattern, i want your take on. this he is very soft on strong men and very strong on the soft and vulnerable w honduras, he says you don't stop this caravan coming, i'm not giving you another dollar. you better pull them back. there are people coming to seek asylum. they're not people looking to jump an imaginary wall. about ut with saudi arabia, go slow. take it easy. could have been rogue people. let's get to the bottom of it. take time. why the difference in attitude based on strong people and meek people? >> if you look at the regime in venezuela, that is a strong man administration. the president drove them out of the organization of american states. so again, if you look at the treatment of russia, we've been very tough in our actions expelling the diplomats and also

reigniting -- >> congress did that. >> look, it's a team effort. >> no, congress did it. he said go slow. he said he didn't like it. he said he believed putin. come open, matt. this is not strong footing for you on that ponlt. -- point. >> he expelled the diplomats. >> he had to. >> he did more than any other american president. >> he didn't do more. obama did more. he dragged his feet. congress brought it to the table. that's yes acted and said he didn't want to. >> obama was silent, weak, and soft as russia was engaging in elections. >> knows are adjectives. but the actions are he expelled more people. he was too soft on the initial interference. obama should have rang the alarm. you know who didn't want him to, right? >> yeah. >> you know who didn't want him to, mitch mcconnell. >> a great oracle of all things. >> you're not anti-mcconnell, are you? are you side ways on mcconnell?

>> i think he led the senate with enough vigor. >> he was like delivering kavanaugh. >> 500 bills the house sent over to the senate they won't take a vote on. i think he's protecting a lot of moderate members. >> what do you think they're going to remember? 500 bills that nobody can name or him getting you through the justice that delivers a generation of jurisprudence? >> be careful who you pick to get side ways with. mcconnell delivered for you guys. >> well, on certainly on judges the leader has been very effective. but if you look at a lot of the elections going on, health care is at the center of the polling. if we did more to make health care solutions available to people at the state and local level, we could make a bottler claim about lowering prices and giving people better access. i wish they would have done more to take up the health care bills that created a more free market bill. >> you have will people with popping rates because of what happened with the mandate and now you have to make the case that shouldn't be on your account. >> yeah.

i don't any we've done enough on income. >> you screwed it up. people are going to get popping rates. >> obamacare skyrocketed rates sfwlchlt rat. >> rates were going down. >> they're not going down from before the obama presidency. they're going down from the prior spikes. but if you look at where rates are now and when obama took over, health care is way more expensive. >> you're right, because you got rid of the mandate. >> that is ludicrous. >> you have people that compete in different areas because of it. >>, no it's because we ignored the cost of health care. sn no, it's because we covered too many people without looking at the cost of people. if you look at why an advil is $500 in a hospital and you -- >> can you do market care. you didn't do. that you got the healthy people out of the pool. you didn't go at the hospital complex. you went at people. >> we should have. i'm saying we should have. >> but that cost you more money. now they go to emergency rooms. and now they don't have insurance. >> you cannot cover anyone if

you don't deal with the cost of care. >> can you do both. >> we'll be bankrupt as a country. >> why don't we just allow people to buy insurance across state lines to get more choices. why don't we do tort reform so it's not as expensive. >> you could have done those things. you could have done those things. you didn't have to throw people off the roles to do that. >> we have bills -- we have bills that do those things that the senate won't take votes on. that's my criticism of the republican leadership in the senate. we got a lot of bills that would actually deal with some of the challenges that you and i are discussing. they won't take a vote on it and we have this silly filibuster rule where people go in the senate and they don't have to take votes on tough issues. >> that's true. we saw where the filibuster rule got us. >> if you don't have a reason to compromise, you see what you get, what we're talking about right now, nothing. congressman matt gaetz, you are always a good discussion. always welcome on the show. >> thank you, chris. >> matt, thank you for doing it. appreciate it.

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it has risen $779 billion in just this past one fiscal year. this is the highest level we've seen in six years. notice the headline from "the new york times" noting how republicans deficit focus, you remember that, it's going the way of the voovoozella? the comparison is to that south african horn they banned from brazil's world cup because of the droning sound. but what is the irony here, the irony is that nobody wants to hear it anymore. and no conservatives want to talk about fiscal responsibility anymore. why? trump. so for those not cowed into quiet, why should you care? we haven't seen this since the recession after 2008 when we

were swimming in all the government gifts to big banks. so if the economy is so hot, how come the deficit is so chilling? senator mcconnell xplanld explas way. >> it's driven by the three big entitlements that are popular. >> really? republicans are blaming it on entitlements? because of trump fear. increases in the 2018 budget wouldn't have led to this kind of rise in the deficit by themselves. yes, social security and the federal debt can contribute to the increase. but let's take a look here. okay? it's the tax cuts and jobs act. that is the real culprit. corporate tax collections have fallen $76 billion by 22%. why? because of the republican backed tax cut. the promise of the exercise, formerly known as trickle down theory, is that you give more

money especially to people at the top and everybody wins. but less money in and more money out and the impact. experts say the deficit could reach $1 trillion as soon as next year. we haven't seen anything near that since the great recession. so what does it mean? okay. here's what you need to think about. higher debt can lead to lower incomes. why? because businesses don't have the money to pay people. who says? the cbo. the congressional budget office. the average income in 30 years will be $5,000 less per year if the national debt stays on its current track. what else? it also pushes up interest rates. look this matters for all of us. borrowing money to buy a house, car, college, and it's going to raise too many. what else? the social program is trying to

blame this on they're going to get more expensive. they'll take a hit. it's more expensive. the government has to borrow more. the president likes to tell americans that no one knows debt better than he. >> i'm the king of debt. i love debt. i call myself the king of debt. i'm great with debt. i'm the king of debt. i understand debt better than anybody. >> so he says that to give you reassurance that he can handle this. but remember, he had his dad to help him out of his lapses with lenders. we don't. and his promise that the chinese, europeans and canadians are going to help pay for all this, what, tariffs? if you believe that, i have a wall to sell you in mexico ain't paying for that either. so back to the president and his jarring new line of defense for saudi arabia. the evidence is mounding. so why as we keep getting more proof that they did it, does our president move farther away from sailing they should get a break? a country that just likely slaughtered one of its own.

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today the president likened the heat that saudi arabia is facing to the scrutiny justice brett kavanaugh faced saying you're guilty until proven innocent. i don't like. that we just went through that with justice kavanaugh. and he was innocent. that's not true. so why does the -- we couldn't know. they never had a process to get to the end of it. what is the process going to be here? the president consistently chooses to side with the accused. let's ask the great debaters. bheek t meek with the strong and strong with the meek. >> he doesn't always side with

the accused. when it's a central park jogger case and you have a bunch of poor black kids, he says kill them. >> fair point. >> when he is taking babies away from their moms at the borders and they're muslim around the world, you know, they're guilty until proven isn't. he's very selective. it still goes along the basic thesis f you're weak or marginal, he has it in for you. but it doesn't matter how despicable you are, if you have nuclear weapons and you're kim jong-un or putin and you're -- anybody who is powerful eastern willing to abuse power, he has a soft part in his heart. i don't see any way for -- he could literally just say, chris, i am very concerned about what happened. this should not have happened. it looks very, very terrible. i don't know that it should upset the entire apple cart of the relationship.

instead of saying that, he talks about the rogue agencies. >> you don't agree with the president about saudi arabia, would you? >> what i would say is something i believe he is cautioning which is that there is no rush to judgement. van was making commentary on him having this affection with kim. i think it was also the same van jones or some of the ideological colleagues that were critiquing president trump when he went before the united nations and said his missile was bigger than kim's missile. so i -- that characterization is something i totally disagree with. see -- >> saudi arabia. >> i agree with van on this. which is that we have to be very careful about upsetting the apple cart in the middle east. one thing in the early 2000s, i think he would agree with me on this. in the early 2000s taught us is that we have a foreign policy

and we can crush to the actions and secretary of state pompeo, tonight is in riyadh, saudi arabia. more important, later in the week, he'll be in istanbul, turkey. he'll then come back to the united states and brief the president of the united states. and give advice and counsel on what the moves should be. but saudi arabia is a strategic ally for the united states. >> 100%. what i'm saying is this. he's going with all due measure. millions of people voted him in. obama is not a citizen, all the different things he jumped on. they were dance income the streets after 9/11. he zpt care about the facts. but when it's a strong man and worried about them, then could be rogue actors. putin says he didn't do it. kim says he loves his country. you don't think that is an odd inconsistency? >> no. i think what the president does,

look, the president -- you should judge this president not only by what he says or what he tweets but by the actions that he engages in the ground. the fact is we have the biggest sanctions regime against russia. we've expelled diplomats of russia. >> and we sent very powerful signals. >> the united states policy and the president could have pushed back. >> he did. >> he did. >> how? >> i did not in any serious way. >> only as serious as anything he does. he said i don't like it. he seld i don't want to do it. >> the regime is stronger now. >> they did worse stuff. van, here's the kouptcounter po. you have to be careful. we have to pick the criticisms f we don't like that he's rash and he gets ahead of the facts all the time and does things that then have to be undone by the people around him, why push him to do something right now before we know he has absolute cause and it's been weighed and

measures? >> the only thing i want him to do is to follow what the rest of the world is saying. at this point these are very, very basic facts. i don't want any of the viewers to get confused. you had a journalist who is frankly working for an american newspaper. an american president should be incredibly protective. that is all of our values there. >> he's not an american citizen -- >> he was a saudi journalist. >> if you're working for an american newspaper, you are representing american media. an employee of american media should enjoy the full protection of u.s. presidents. let's be clear. those are the facts. you have somebody working for an american media organization who walks into this consulate and never comes back out. what you want is for the president to say i don't know what happened. but this should not be going on and the same kind of thunder you heard when talking about, you know, people on both sides were good people in charlottesville

and that kind of stuff. you don't hear that. so whatever else he does go on to say, the mere fact you don't see the passion for a reporter is very disturbing. >> where did we see the passion todayhe? called stormy daniels a horse face woman. he said his former personal lawyer is lying when he said trump knew about what he was doing and directed him to do it. both of those things, one is just insulting and bad. you're not supposed to talk that way. we expect better from our kids let alone our president. the other one is false. i can play you a tape right now that proves that trump knew what cohen was doing and dock it his direction. how do you feel about those kinds of statements? >> i think that we have a president that often goes with his gut. i think history will show with his victory in 2016 with how successful the country is moving now in terms of foreign policy and in terms of a booming economy, nine times out of ten, his gut instirvegt is right. of course, there is that every one time out of ten.

i don't know. >> you don't think he'll be remembered for his coarseness and for how he defaced women and how he abused the truth? you don't think that will be part of the history? >> i'm saying that history is usually more focused on achievements and accomplishments and the facts on the ground as opposed to what is discussed in media. >> you said tweeting her horse face is wrong. >> i said one out of ten -- >> you didn't specify. just one out of ten? >> absolutely. the horse face comment was totally unnecessary. the wind is at at the president's back and republicans back right now. i think even van will admit that republicans' enthusiasm for the election is matching democrats right now. there's a gap that is shrinking in terms of these polls in the house and the senate. and so it was an you unnecessary error on the part of the president to call stormy daniels

horse face particularly after he just won and got that case thrown out of court. >> that was the defamation case. the main case he's been proven wrong on. he said he didn't know anything about her and the payments and the lawyer proved bother of those things false. we'll see what happens in the election. van jones, thank you both for making the case. i appreciate the zremedisagreem with decency. bernie sanders felt the wrath of the president's tongue today. what does he think about the saudi situation? what is his reaction to what the president said about the saudis and him? next. ♪ daddy, mommy's on the phone! hi! how are you guys? ♪

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president lashing out on multiple fronts tonight. frustrated about saudi arabia being presumed guilty for the presumed death of a journalist. and taking aim at crazy bernie and others in the push for medicare for all. >> pelosi and schumer and bernie, they're all pushing to get this done. you'll have to double and even triple your taxes and that won't be enough to pay for it. it's going to be a disaster for our country. it will turn our country into a venezuela. but that won't actually happen because i will never let it happen. >> bernie is crazy and saudi arabia is being kavanaugh'd. what does the senator from vermont make of all this? bernie sanders, independent from

vermont. senator sanders, good to have you back on "prime time." >> good to be with you, chris. >> the president just referred to what is happening in saudi arabia with the investigation of the journalist jamal khashoggi and what seems to be his death or his murder as another case of guilty until proven innocent like kavanaugh. that's what he is saying. >> you know, it is really hard to keep up with this president. is that really what he said? i didn't follow that. >> it just came out. i wouldn't make it up. >> you know, i don't know. i just don't know how to respond to that. here you have a guy who is a critic of the saudi government, walks in to the embassy in turkey, saudi embassy in turkey and disappears. and the turks are saying that he was killed. nobody has heard from him. and trump thinks this is a false

allegation. look, what you got right now is a president who is, frankly, and sadly, very, very serious -- very significantly sympathetic to authoritarian type people like the prince in saudi arabia or putin in russia or xi in china. he likes authoritarians. i guess he is afraid of being critical to those governments. in my view, what we have got to do in response to this alleged murder, we will see what happens. most people think it is a gold blooded murder. in my view, we have to end our involvement in this terrible war in yemen right now which is a humanitarian disaster and which, by the way, does not have authorization from the congress which makes it unconstitutional. >> the president finds you worthy of a nickname, sir. he is calling you crazy bernie

and you want to not allow people to sign up for medicare advantage. and that you want to make the united states venezuela. you no he what the play is here. he's painting your ideas -- >> extreme. >> other than that, he thinks i'm doing a pretty good job. >> other than that, yes. >> okay. look, i mean -- and i say this without any joy in my heart, really. we have a president that i think most people understand is a pathological liar. and that is no day goes by when he is not lying about one thing or the other. and now they're lying about medicare for all. the reality is that medicare is the most popular health insurance in america. the sigma jort nificant majorit americans think that we should expand and cover every man, woman and child. and not to be the only country on earth that doesn't guarantee health care to all people as a

right, nomet a privilege. i think most americans understand that today's health care system is dysfunctional. 30 million without any insurance. even more underinsured. thousands of people die every year because they don't get to a doctor on time. and we pay by far the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs. now trump and his friends may not like it. but in my view, the goal of hk -- health care is it to provide in a cost effective way for the american people. >> one more question for you on the record about this. the suggestion that you or any of the democrats want to cancel medicare advantage, want to deny the elderly from being able to have kofrcoverage, is there anyg to that allegation? >> medicare for all. the all basic health care services to seniors. and, in fact, where trump is lying again, he says we're going

to cut back on health care. they can expand them. it does not cover dental care which is a very serious issue. it's dentures or other -- it's very expensive. or eyeglasses. we cover those programs under medicare for all program. >> all right. so i covered that before. it happens to be true. the criticism of it is one that at some point will be made. and the suggestion is the up front transition costs are crippling, so much so that even your home state couldn't pull it off on a state by state basis with about an 11% recommended tax increase. too expensive. what is your response? >> my answer is that it's absolutely -- right now, chris, this is an important point that

the american people and we are spending on average as much per capita as any other major country on earth. i'm speaking to you now 50 miles way from panama. they're spending one half of what we spend, they manage to provide health care to all of their people and lower cost prescription drugs. what the issue is right now is that instead of having a family of four pay on average $28,000 a year for health insurance through private plans and out of pocket costs, that family will pay more in taxes but will not have to pay any health insurance premiums, any deductibles or any co-payments. so what republicans are saying is sanders is going to raise your taxes. what they are forgetting to say is sanders is going to do away with all private insurance premiums, co-payments, and

deductibles and for the average family health care will be substantially less than what they're paying today. >> i appreciate you talking about the substance and pledge from me. medicare for all. single payer requires a deeper dive. we need to take more time. we need to go through the pluses and minuses. i make that invitation to you. >> i'll accept that invitation. >> senator, thank you. be well. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> all right, we can do that. that's what we do on this show. we go deeper on the show. we don't cover as much. if you want to understand this issue, you go the to know the pluses and minuses. will we'll take you through it here. if you didn't notice, president trump had a lot of executive time today. put out a series of rage tweets including a new attack on a woman's looks. just the latest in that string of insults from him. when does it end? can you even remember all of the ugly things? next. advil, you'll ask...

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(music throughout) horse face. that's what the man who holds the seat of abraham lincoln said about yet another woman who is in his way. how many ugly things has he said about women? i bet you can't count. here's just a taste. >> i'd look her right in that fat ugly face of hers and say, rosie, you're fired. >> a person that is flad chested is hard to be a ten.

there was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever. you when do anything. grab them by the. [ beep ] can you do anything. she was the winner and, you know, she gained a massive an amount of weight. it was a real problem. i don't think she is has a >> i was sitting with him on an airplane. and he went after me on the plane. yeah i'm going to go after. believe me, she would not be my first choice, that i can tell you. >> let's bring in d. lemon. i am embarrassed to say that we, the men and women who are in the senior part of my team. we had to keep adding things and taking things away, because we kept forgetting some of what he's already said, because he's flooded the zone with piggish information about women that we couldn't even keep track. nine out of ten republicans love

him anyway. >> you know, when i -- a couple times on this show, when i interviewed him, i thought, oh, my gosh, his chances of becoming the nominee were over. do you remember the quote, who's doing the raping, don? someone's doing the raping. i went home thinking, i ruined this man's chances because he came on the show. it didn't happen. so listen, we know -- this is built into the sauce for donald trump. and i think people know that. we have to keep pointing it out, it's awful. here's a bigger question, i don't usually like to talk about people's looks. does he own a mirror? he keeps talking about people gain weight and how people look. does he own a mirror that doesn't have vaseline over it or a cloth? all he has to do is look in the

mirror. donald trump is no prize. and if i were him, not that i'm one either, i would keep my thoughts about others looks to myself. >> my feeling is, he should know better. whether it's because of his own sense of self, but what he means to this country, to his party. and he should know he has to be better than this. if he isn't, who else is going to be? if he doesn't see that it's eroding things. then he's not as smart as i thought he was. what do you have, don? >> think about that being the headline today, when the real headline should be about jamal khashoggi. which we're going to talk about, and what happened with the saudi government. and whether this president is turning a blind eye to it so far. the end hasn't played out. we don't know how it's going to play out, it seems he may be turning the other way and not looking at the real

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let's play a game about tell me what the president was talking about here? here's the quote. the united states has strongly

informed the blank that if blank doesn't happen, no more money or aide will be given to blank effective immediately. do you think the president is talking about king salma there and the saudis. saudis are explaining away as a mere botched interrogation. adding too much salt to a cake mix is botched. getting the street number wrong on ways. botched. killing someone may be even dismembering them, that's not botched. it's a human rights abuse at a minimum, it's proof at a maximum of a murderous regime that should not be coddled. as obvious as the question is, let me give you a second choice. is the above threat not mentioned with the saudis, but at a group of desperate asylum seekers fleeing in honduras. the answer is b.

the president just extended this threat to el salvador and guatemala. why is he so tough on the meek, and so meek with the tough? if anyone comes, that's it. even if they're running for their lives and seeking asylum. do us a favor, have mercy on the lady in the harbor, because you are making a mochrie of her pledge. take her down. because that's not what you're about, that's not what you want the country to be about. take it down, it's false advertising. another question, today president trump said in an interview, here we go again, you know, you're guilty until proven innocent. and that's not right. is he talking about the train of immigrants that are looking for asylum and have yet to be vetted and yet are accused by some already of being criminals. or b, saudi arabia. here it is again. the answer is a. saudi arabia, just like brett

kavanaugh railroaded. the judge must love that comparison by the way. if trump wants to wait for facts. then wait. he doesn't do that with the saudis, he doesn't have the facts, but what does he say. could have been rogue actors, they say it's not them. with people fleeing for asylum, he already knows they're no good. do you see how unamerican that is. how unreaganesque that is. trump's hero. could you imagine reagan being like that? mr. gorbachev tear down that wall, if you feel like it. take your time. the question becomes, what does that say about him and by extension, what does that say about all of us. thank you for watching tonight. cnn tonight with don lemon starts right now.

have you ever read the book, it's one of my favorite books and it's called power versus force? >> no. >> it talks about what real maher is. how you get people to influence people and if you're a powerful person and you don't have to use force. i would suggest -- it's by hocket, it explains this presidency and where we are now in the moral conscience, the social conscience of this particular time we're in right now. people may find ittess sew terik, i think it does a good job. you said, he's strong with the meek and meek with the strong. it's a perfect example of power versus force, which is more important, and which works? >> a lot of time we ask questions and we put it in the form of a question. i don't