nbc news intelligence reporter ken dilanian, jo ling kent and stuart stevens.reat to have all of you on board tonight. stewart, i want to start with you because you and i spent a lot time of on the campaign plane covering the flap or two. there were a series of what we then thought were crises for the mitt romney campaign. mistakes perhaps made by the candidate. it seems we're living in a world where the magnitude of those mistakes seems minuscule compared to what we are dealing with every single day here. what is your view of whether or not this op-ed reflects what is going on inside your republican party? is this in your view the dominant conversation that everybody else except for this handful of loyalists are having? >> i think there's a constant conversation about the president and about his office and about the decisions and the tone and the way he's conducting the office. it's often used, people say i don't like the tweets but it's really about something much bigger than that. the main thing about this is that it's just completely distracting from what g

what about john wayne, jimmy stuart, all these were conservative republicans, why was it okay for them, but not okay for steven cobear, or john stuart. >> i'm not saying it's okay for them. >> so it's the same thing. >> no not the same thing at all johnny carson would make fun of ronled reagan. he had to do a ten-minute monologue where he was funny. steven cobear says this was in the news, i want to talk about this medicare for all. write me jokes around that, or a monologue piece on that. but johnny would make fun of everybody. john wayne, jimmy stuart were conservative residence they were also on tv twice a year when they had a movie coming out for five minutes at a pop. they didn't have social media, viral videos it's a different world now. nothing -- johnny carson you talk about what he said the night before around the watercooler, and the next day you might talk about what he said the following night. now things live forever online. >> can you imagine a dean martin roast today? that was about making you laugh. >> it would be rated as a hate crime. >> dawn rickal would be up on charges. you can't have fun

captain steven davis finishing off a well—executed set piece move. the home side then made it 2—0 when leeds united's stuartange. but the moment of the night came when 22—year—old gavin whyte came on to score with his first touch of the ball. he was making his first start for his country after impressing for oxford united in the opening weeks of the season. whyte signed for the league one club in the summer from crusaders, where he scored 22 goals in the northern irish league. spain, who beat england 2—i at wembley, trounced world cup finalists croatia tonight. they top league a of the nations league with a 100% record. despite a number of big names retiring from international duty, the squad demonstrating the breadth of talent with that win. let's have a quick look at some of today's other sports stories... hampden park will remain the home of scottish football after the scottish fa opted to buy the stadium from owners queens park for five million pounds when the current lease runs out in 2020. kimi raikkonen will leave ferrari at the end of the season. the 2007 champion isjoining sauber, returning to the

old heads to put michael 0‘neill‘s side in front, steven davis finishing off a well executed set piece move. the home side then made it to deal when stuarthis first up for his country after impressing for 0xford his country after impressing for oxford united in the opening weeks of the season. and in part will remain the home of scottish football, a proposal had been made to move scotland‘s home matches to murrayfield, but the scottish fa agreed to buy the park from owners queens park for £5 million when the current lease runs out in 2020. stadium has been scotland‘s home for the past 112 years. simon yates has extended —— extended his lead with a strong ride on stage 16. it was an individual time trial won by rohan dennis of australia, but crucially ahead of all by two of his rivals for the title. 0nly yesterday he played down his chances of holding on to the leaders jersey into madrid, he is now 33 seconds clear. kimi raikkonen is leaving ferrari at the end of the current formula one season. the 2007 world champion isjoining sauber on a two year deal. he returns to the team where he began his f1 career in 2001. going the other way, wil