this is from new haven, connecticut, we have associate editor of the "washington post"" bob woodward rom the set in washington on "morning joe" when we were talking about it and -- >> we were frustrated. >> you were frustrated. did you get the answers that you were looking for when you had trump for an hour? >> it's interesting, you said that bob costa and i ought to talk to him because we were going on and on on your show and so we sent him some question areas and we sat down with him for well over an hour and a half, and this was -- if you've looked at the transcript, all kinds of new things. it was in many ways a mind dump, some of them quite extraordinary. i think we underplayed and underemphasized trump's idea of putting out a list of 10 to 12 judges that he would then put on the supreme court if there was a vacancy. >> bob, i thought that was fascinating -- bob, woodward. i did think that was actually my take away, that for a candidate to do that is fairly unprecedented and if you put out ten people -- it sounded like he had checked with the federalist society, heritage, yeah, y

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i want to welcome you to this conversation with alexander butterfield and bob woodward which will be conducted by my friend and colleague, director

bob was the grand mogul. mr. woodward: but you have the office right next to the oval office with a special door that went from your office to the oval office. mr. butterfield: right. through a little passageway in a small room that president clinton made famous, the private office, the oval office. [laughter] mr. butterfield: it is not even a private office. there is a cut in their and eight desk and a little hot desk and a little hot plate. it was private for president clinton. [laughter] mr. butterfield: it was always private and you have to go through it with my office. it is the office on the west side of the oval office, so from late december, i guess on, for the other three years and a month or two into 1973, i have that office and that put me in very close touch with the president. now i am the first one to see him in the early morning every day, and i never one home until he went over to the residence to bed and he always did that ob.und 10:30 from the ee he loved that solitude, and we work much differently in th

please join me in welcoming to the stage alexander butterfield, bob woodward, and mark updegrove. [applause] welcome bob, not only but welcome back. both of you have graced this stage before. alex, you were here seven years ago for an evening with alexander butterfield and bob you were here with your partner, , carl bernstein, robert redford, five years ago when we celebrated the fifth anniversary of the film. i want to start with you, alex. we saw that clip of you revealing the white house taping system. mr. butterfield: i saw it sideways, but i recall the incident. [laughter] mr. woodward: it was you. i saw it. you ought to tell them why you hesitated. >> there was a pregnant pause there. mr. butterfield: i caused because, fred thompson said, are you aware? during the time of the testimony, i had come to the federal aviation administration and had been there for months, so i thought to myself, you might as well be accurate here, and i did not have a clue if they still had listing devices, so i just paused and said, i was aware rather than, i am aware. >> talk about that moment, t

last week, we heard from washington post journalist bob woodward who reflected on abraham lincoln and the 16th president's influence on his successors. up next, columnist george will looks at judicial review and the constitution. he argues as he put it that , majority rule is inevitable but not inevitably reasonable. a concept he believed lincoln supported. this is an hour. host: a splendid institution where i am honored to serve as dean. i'm pleased to welcome you here to theit

you listen to bob woodward and robert costa talking about this conversation, bob woodward goes as far as saying it is a very dreary outlook, that's a springboard for conversation. usually you talk about or think of presidential candidates, think of their message of optimism, what they can deliver. does this come at great risk that donald trump would say, you know, this is a pessimistic view of the next 8 years? >> fred, not among his followers. part of the attraction to him is that they also have a pessimistic outlook on where the united states has gone. it is all in the slogan. make america great again. if you believe it has to be made great again, you think things have gone downhill. he and his followers are in sync there. the problem with trump is large numbers not among his followers disagree with that message and it is tough to meld them and his backers together. >> thanks, appreciate it. >>> turning to breaking news out of chester, pennsylvania. two amtrak construction workers are dead, dozens of other people injured after an amtrak train carrying more than 300 people collided w

richard nixon's deputy assistant alexander butterfield and washington post reporter bob woodward. here is a preview. intimate access to this president. frequently you were the first that person to see him in the morning and the last one at night. describe the richard nixon you saw. >> well, yes. after the 11th month of the first year in november-december the president called me and bob and he thought we should not change offices -- bob haldeman. i was bob's deputy from the start. he thought maybe bob was getting sort of each ward during the day by all the trivia which is a part of the operations of the oval office throughout the day. and not able to sit back and think as president nixon wanted him to do to follow up on big things and be an idea man. the president even said i want you to be like the assistant president. let alex take your office and deal with the minute to minute stuff. bob, there was only one place for bob to go and we had just given the big people the sherman adams office down of the end as a gesture to the vice president , the first one to begin an office in the

and revealed to bob woodward and robert costa of "the washington times" that the u.s. is headed for a, quote, very massive recession. and trump gave three nationally televised interviews that aired yesterday, including one with cbs that led to another clarification on his abortion stance. >> the laws are set now on abortion. and that's the way they're going to remain until they're changed. >> because you had said you wanted -- you told bloomberg in january that you believed abortion should be banned at some point in pregnancy. where would you -- >> well first of all i would have liked to have seen you know this be a state's right. i would have preferred state's rights. i think it would have been better if it were up to the states. right now the laws are set and that's the way the laws are. >> do you have a feeling how they should change? there are a lot of laws you want to change. everything from libel to torture. anything you want to change? >> at this moment the laws are set and i think we have to leave it that way. >> trump's campaign issued a statement after the in

i don't want to give all my ideas away to bob woodward of all people, but there are big, fascinating, meaty chapters of his life that are yet unexamined. charlie: bob? bob: and because he is a real estate developer, particularly in new york city -- somebody said to me, it's easier to find out what's going on in the cia than to really find out how these deals are made and to use that famous line, "follow the money." this is a hard, but necessary target. in the case of hillary clinton and donald trump, you could not pick two people who have longer biographies that go back decades and decades. charlie: more time spent in the public eye. bob: and sometimes not in a public way. there is a lot of work to be done. i think it is important that it be competitive. i think it is important that everyone sets their sights very high on this. charlie: i'm sure they will. it was said this morning that it will be a dirty and mean campaign and a rush to the bottom. michael: i think hillary clinton's brand is going to demand that she hover above this. the way the clintons have talked about the 1990's an

on the economy, i think bob woodward was exactly right about that. most candidates criticize the policy of the other party and he was criticizing the facts of the economy. most people would tell you it's moving along pretty steadily. it's doing well. what donald trump is predicting a massive recession, says people shouldn't invest in the stock market. >> and the economy, the business, being a businessman, this is his wheel house and it seems as though for a while while running for the presidency, he left his comfort zone and went other directions to, like you said, continue to get the attention, stir up support. is this almost like a return, you know, to his comfort zone, his strengths as a businessman, as he rolls out his vision of what he would do if elected in the first 100 days, for example? >> i think that's a perceived wheelhouse for him. for him being a businessman is being successful, being in charge, a little less about investment advice, what he was doing last week. >> woodward and robert costa, mentioning that it appeared as though donald

last week, we heard from washington post journalist bob woodward who reflected on abraham lincoln and the 16th president's influence on his successors. up next, columnist george will looks at judicial review and the constitution. he argues as he put it that , majority rule is inevitable but not inevitably reasonable. a concept he believed lincoln supported. this is an hour. host: a splendid institution where i am honored to serve as dean. i'm pleased to welcome you here to the auditorium where the second lecture in a series, hosted by the college of law entitled "the new lincoln lectures: what lincoln means to the 21st century." we are privileged to be hearing from a remarkably accomplished and ideologically diverse set of national thought leaders on lincoln's legacy and his continuing relevance 150 years after his passing. as i said when i introduced our inaugural lecturer bob woodward in january, the law school has chosen to focus these lectures on abraham lincoln in part because lincoln undeniably is among the greatest lawyers in america's history. the fact that he assumed many oth

i was interviewed by bob woodward and bob costa of the washington post, two great reporters. they did a story. i thought it was pretty good and pretty accurate. somebody came out that i said we are going, we're in a bubble, a big bubble, could be a really ugly bubble. you know what that is, right? bubbles. bubbles aren't pretty. we've had bubbles, and when they burst, it's not a good thing. and what i said is we're going to go into a massive recession, but i also say if i'm president that's not going to happen. because i'm going to straighten things out before it happens. it's going to be a mess. and you cannot continue to lose the kind of billions and billions of dollars on every single thing we do with china we have a $500 billion trade deficit. with mexico, by the way, they're killing us at the border. we will build the wall. they will pay for the wall. okay? 100%. 100%. 100%. but with mexico, you know, as an example, we have $58 billion trade deficit. that doesn't include all the drugs that's pouring across the border poisoning our youth and poisoning not only the youth b

. >> rose: joining me now from washington, bob woodward. an associate editor of "the washington post" here in new york, michael barbaro of "the new york times." bob, let me go with you first and his foreign policy speech. tell me what was it that you saw there, and what is the quality of trump's foreign policy vision? >> well, first it was a plausible speech in a kind of standard piece through strength. i think part of the really, what was important about this speech is what was not there. he didn't talk about the wall with mexico that he has previously promised that he's going to build. he did not talk about excluded muslims from coming into the united states. i think he elevated deplom see and said very clearly it's possible we can negotiate with russia and china. and he also very much elevated the idea of not telegraphing what we're going to do. being unpredictable. >> rose: well, that's one of his key strengths, people say because they don't really know the unpredict ability adds some drama to the election if he is, in fact, the nominee.

also joining him from "the washington post" was bob woodward. i'm pleased to have bob casta back at this table. welcome. >> thank you. >> rose: how did this come about? >> well, woodward and i wanted to figure out how trump was going to pay for this wall. we were on the set of morning joe and woodward being wod ward said we would like to sit down with you at length and talk this through. and so we ended up having a 96 minute conversation that at his still under construction hotel am we tried to ask him about the president. >> rose: in washington. >> in washington, that is his prize property, a few blocks from the white house. we wanted to ask him about the presidency, how would he be as president to get a little bit away from the day to day campaign. >> rose: what was the setting, his son was with him. >> when trump is in the room he is in command with his employees and advisors so we're supposed to have lunch and there were all these sandwiches around but no one touches a sandwich. no one really even has a descring from the trump water nstructio

bob woodward said you know, have you broken a lot of eggs.hink it's time to stop and unite the party? he said i think i have two more eggs to break. later on they said to him don't you really want to have the support of these people? do you want the support of ted cruz he? says i don't want it don't you want the support of the people who opposed you? he says i think unity is overstated. well, lock, the nominee of the republican party, whoever he is or she is, has to take the principled responsibility for uniting the party. they have to draw people. in what do you think ronald reagan did in 1908? did he say my principled opponent george h.w. bush. no it would unify the party if we bring together wings by making him myy/ running mate and showing i like him and he and i will be partners that will be tough for trump if his mind set is i don't know i don't need these people. >> carl, thank you. >> you bet, thank you. >> a big win though for the trump campaign. trump's campaign manager corey lewandowski off the hook for battery allegations. for liv

alexander butterfield and bob woodward. here is a preview. intimate access to this president. frequently, you were the first staff person to see him in the morning and the last one at night. describe the richard nixon that you saw. thefter the 11th month of first year, in november and december, the president called thought we should i wase, not change, but -- bonds deputy from the start. he thought that maybe bob was getting sort of, what do i want to say? t toward during the day by all of the trivia that is part of the operation of the oval office through the day. and, not able to sit back and think as president nixon wonders him to do. the president even said, i want you to be more like the assistant president, so let alex take your office and deal with the minute to minute stuff. there was only place for bob to go. the first vice-president had been given an office inside the oval office -- the last guy you want to get an office to because he has a beautiful office on the hill as president of the senate. bob went over and said, ted, we are going to have to take it back. he o

a, quote, very massive recession, speaking to "the washington post," trump gave what reporters bob woodwardas a gloomy view of the economy. trump says it's a, quote, terrible time right now to invest in the stock market, and that the unemployment rate is, quote, probably into the 20s if you look at the real number. end quote, i think we're sitting on an economic bubble, a financial bubble. trump says he's the only one who could steer the country in the right direction and he repeated those comments on the trail in wisconsin today. >> i was interviewed by bob woodward and bob costa at "the washington post," two great reporters and they did a story and it was -- i thought it was a pretty good story. it was pretty accurate. and what i said is that we're going to go into a massive recession, but i also say, if i'm president, that's not going to happen. because i'm going to straighten things out before it happens. >> now, even some prominent right-leaning economists are calling trump's predictions irresponsible and wrong. and we're going to talk to one of them in just a moment. first, nbc's gabe

. >> alexander butterfield at "washington post" reporter bob woodward reflect on the former president personnel policies from watergate to vietnam. for the pleased american history tv we can schedule go to c-span.org. >> thursday morning in washington, d.c. and the u.s. senate is about to gavel in to continue work on energy and water spending bill. it's the first of 12 appropriations bills for 20 something. the bill provides $37.5 billion in western states. at 11:45 a.m. senator senators e on a minute offered by north dakota republican john hoeven that would lock funding for and limiting the epa's clean water rules. more debate is likely and we are also expecting votes this afternoon. the senate does not expect to finish work on the bill this week. now to live coverage of the u.s. senate here on c-span2. . the president pro tempore: the senate will come to order. the chaplain, dr. barry black, -- today's opening prayer will be offered by the most honorable paul j. swain, bishop of the sioux falls catholic diocese in sioux falls, south dakota. the guest chaplain: almighty god, we thank

>> the best evidence for the answer to that is the bob woodward and bob costa interview that ran in "ost" this weekend. they interviewed him for about an hour, hour and a half. i read that entire stratranscri. it's posted online. they tried to get trump to explain when he's going to change. when he's going to pivot and be more policy focused. when he's going to be more presidential. and for an hour and a half, trump said, it's not happening. it's not happening. this is who i am. and i've got to wait to get kasich -- what he calls the leftovers. kasich and cruz, out of the race. but one thing from the new york magazine piece and "the washington post" interview is, you don't see trump believing that he needs to pivot or change. that he needs to become a policy wonk. he believes that what got him to this point is what he's continuing to do going forward. and a lot of republicans do not agree with that. >> doing these lengthy interviews with "the washington post," the bob woodward, bob costa. you saw that long interview with "the new york times." david sanger and margie haber. very long i

i was interviewed by bob woodward and bob costa at the "washington post." two great reporters and they did a story. i thought it was a good story. it was pretty accurate. i don't know where they had this but it came out that somebody said we are in a bubble, could be an ugly bubble, you know what that is, right, bubbles, bubbles aren't pretty. you have had bubbles and when they burst it's not a good thing. what i said is we are going to go in to a massive recession, but i also say if i'm president that's not going to happen because i'm going to straighten things out before it happens. it's going to be a mess. you can not continue to lose the kind of billions and billions of dollars on every single thing we do. >> i believe the same dynamic we are seeing here in wisconsin will play out at the convention, which is that our campaign will unify the republican party. it is doing it every day. we are seeing the full ideological range. we are seeing coming together, republicans, independents, libertarians, reagan democrats, unifying behind this campaign. >> everyb

. >> former nixon deputy assistant butterfield and bob woodward reflect on the former president's personality and policies from watergate to vietnam. for the complete american history tv weekend schedule go to c-span.org. >>> it's been reported that the extremist group isis has been looting and

bob woodward, associate editor of "the washington post." in new york, michael barbaro. saw there? what is the quality of trump's foreign-policy vision? >> what was important about this speech is what was not there. he did not talk about the wall

. -- between donald trump and bob woodward.o the another interview new york times during which the man who does not usually apologize admitted it was a retweetto infamous for and unflattering photo of ted cruz's wife. is he in more or less control of his image in a positive way than when we last spoke about this ride a? john: i think marginally less. -- when we spoke about this friday? john: i don't think any of this profusion of words has done anything to get him more in control of his public image. i'm not a communications adviser, but it seems to me that the better course would be to make a couple of very carefully controlled appearances or do some controlled interviews to try to reset. instead, he does what he always wordsand the profusion of were too diffuse for him to try to reclaim the control he should have been trying to reclaim after his bad week last week. mark: the two things that are hurting him more over the past 72-96 hours, he keeps talking about his family wants him to be more presidential, and then he doesn't

. >> former nixon deputy assistant butterfield and bob woodward reflect on the former president's personality and policies from watergate to vietnam. for the complete american history tv weekend schedule go to c-span.org. >>> it's been reported that the extremist group isis has been looting and selling antiquities and artifacts and other cultural materials in the middle east. we'll hear from the author of the book the monuments men. he was part of a panel testifng

bob woodward, associate editor of "the washington post." in new york, michael barbaro.aw there? what is the quality of trump's foreign-policy vision? >>

and i got to spend some time with bob woodward and bradley. but it was the lesser-known stories during those years, where i found the real treasure. the first prize of went for the coverage of world war i. and it showed how newspaper journalism has been playing a role of exposing problems. in the early years, there is very little of that. newspapers were still growing period.he journalism they would do this again great on in the early years -- ag ainst great on in the early -- odds in the early years. post eventually exposed on the -- ponzy. reflected howrs they dealt with the dust bowl. and they talk about little rock in the 1950's. in another example, out of left field, a vicious cult from california in the 1970's. from 1930 on, i was able to buy journalists that were involved in these projects. even journalists as far back as --into they felt like other journalists, the stories behind the stories had never been told before. coincidence, when i was working on this project. extraordinary cases that were happening in boston. one, the winter 20

the press, led by bob woodward and others, the washington post and "the new york times" have buried this stuff to protect barack obama. >> well we are talking about it here on fox news. go ahead. >> quick comment. the reason the electorate is so angry, they sense what pat is talking about and t >>> so president obama has some big talks with regard to follow-up on that nuclear summit on friday starting early this week. with the circle around him, who would have told this president, who would have believed that iran would honor the spirit of the deal. president obama is upset because iran is not honoring the spirit of the deal. >> no one would have told him that they would have honored the spirit of the dole. but the president made the decision to do the deal, to ignore islamic terror that iran has supported, the sanctions busting that has occurred in iran. the president is making these decisions. bill clinton had a wider circle. >> donald trump coming up with great da van susteren on the big town hall. >> i think where we're at on the campaign own the issue of iran and foreign policy is t

washington post" published a transcript of a long conversation between trump and the journalist bob woodward and bob costa. new york magazine put out a long profile of trump and his team, and more baffling than anything else, like charlie brown drawn to lucy's football, trump gave another interview to maureen dowd of the "new york times" during which the man who doesn't usually apologize admitted it was a mistake to retweet an unflattering picture of ted cruz's wife. donald trump held three events in wisconsin today, scheduled to be on hannity tonight. is he more or less in control of his public image in a positive way now than he was when we last spoke about it friday night? >> marginally less. last week was the week in which we saw trump lose control of his public image. i don't think this profusion of word has helped him get in control of his public image. i'm not a media adviser, but it seems to me the better course if you're trying to regain control is to make a couple carefully controlled appearances or do a couple carefully controlled interviews in which you try to reset. instead, he'

. >>> i was interviewed by bob woodward and bob costa at the "washington post," two great reporters. they did a story, and it was -- i thought it was a pretty good story. it was pretty accurate. i don't know where they had this, but somebody came out that i said we are going -- we're in a bubble, big bubble. bubbles aren't pretty. we've had bubbles. and when they burst it's not a good thing. and what i said is we're going to go into a massive recession. but i also say if i'm president that's not going to happen because i'm going to straighten things out before it happens. >> donald trump today in wisconsin repeating what he had said in a "washington post" interview on sunday. one of his interviewers, robert costa, said this tonight on "hardball." >> it's so unprecedented for a major party figure to step out and start talking about a massive recession on the horizon, calling it a terrible time to invest. woodward and i walked out of the meeting and we said we wondered if the markets were open what this would do. >> ah, the reporters' worry was misplaced since they did not apparently r

of peeling back the layers for donald trump with this editorial staff in the form of costa and bob woodward? >> well, i have to say, i've met my fair share of presidents and other politicians. a lot of them wing it. a lot of them go by gut instinct. they have an ideology or philosophy and a lot of them do it their way almost exclusively when it comes to making these kinds of decisions. so i don't really find anything unusual by that -- about that. and the one thing i would disagree as a reagan/kemp guy, i would argue that the tax cuts brings many more revenue, not less. >> donald trump has gotten a lot of flack in the last week, his comments about abortion, his offering clarity on it, people have been challenging him about his position on women. and just moments ago, we received this tape out of milwaukee where donald trump is talking about women. let's listen to see how much he elaborates on the topic. >> do you think anything you said over the past week and a half hurts you with women voters? >> it might. but i'll tell you, i've had -- i've been doing very well with women voters. >> all r

trump got knocked for his session with the "washington post" editorial board for telling bob woodward we're heading for a massive recession and his comments to two "new york times" reporters on nato and nuclear policy. sometime the press is actually doing its job. but it also happens to make a pretty fat target. >>> ahead, now that it's "saturday night live" is mocking donald trump, is the show becoming a political factor again? first, the media suddenly focusing on the democratic race again just as things turn nasty in new york between hillary and bernie. [bassist] two late nights in tucson. blew an amp.but good nights. sure,music's why we do this,but it's still our business. we spend days booking gigs, then we've gotta put in the miles to get there. but it's not without its perks. like seeing our album sales go through the roof enough to finally start paying meg's little brother- i mean,our new tour manager-with real,actual money. we run on quickbooks.that's how we own it. >>> after bernie sanders clobbered hillary clinton in wisconsin, the two really ratcheted up rhetoric in media

lamb: i cannot find this one, but it seems i read somewhere where you may have been critical of bob woodwardsally denton: i don't think so. brian lamb: let's go back to the book, "the profiteers." what was the original title? sally denton: the original title was but he missed -- behemoth. the whole book change. and myup in boulder city first started exploring this book, i had done a cover story for science and technology magazine on the 75th anniversary of the hoover dam and i left boulder city in 1970 and was going home to visit family, i had not been back. when i started looking at bechtel as a book project, i had no idea they had gone on for five generations and expanded throughout the entire universe, basically doing asteroids. behemoth.t once i got deep into the research, four years of research and writing, once i got deep into the research, there was a quote from the gao about the profiteering, i cannot remove or the exact quote, but never before have there been so much money made by so few men at the taxpayer expense, and i thought this was more about profiteering than it is about any

bob woodward and i sat down with him and he said, i'm not going to reach out to the party. i'm not going to act presidential. change his behavior but he's under pressure now. more and more looking like a contested convention. i spoke to people very close to trump tonight. i said where is he tonight? what's he doing. he's in troufrp tower with his family watching the returns and helped type out his statement, hard-hitting statement against cruz and it's about turning the corner to now tomorrow in new york to see if he can look ahead talking about california too. they're saying this thing is probably going to go to june for sure and be there later this week and go to his golf course there and have a news conference, try to get back his swagger. >> but, you know, chris -- >> let me -- robert, i want to ask about this 1,237. when i was talking to him last week, he still is talking about maybe getting a gimme, a couple hundred delegates. he doesn't have to get to 1,237, a golf line, a gimme. does he still expect to get a gimme or does he know he has to get to 1,237 or he's cooke

robert, as you said, you and bob woodward interviewed trump this week. one of the topics was the economy. trump had a gloomy warning out there that we're on the verge of a very massive recession. trump also was asked about investing in the stock market. he told you, quote, it's a terrible time right now. look, in wisconsin today, trump stood by his dire predictions on the economy and he offered one glimmer of hope, elected donald trump. here he is. >> what i said is we're going to go into a massive recession. but i also say if i'm president, that's not going to happen. because i'm going to straighten things out before it happens. >> well, there's a logic question there, of course, robert. if he gets elected president, puts together an economic plan, it takes six months to a year to have any fiscal effect, or monetary policy effect. what's he talking about, there's a recession coming next july he can forestall? that's the only argument. >> starting with next presidential candidate. it's so unprecedented for a major party figure to step out and talk about

. >>> legendary "the washington post" associate editor bob woodward and robert costa conducting that interview with trump. they described it as highly unusual and extremely candid. >> i think the real headline for me is what he said about the economy in a precarious situation that there is a bubble. but then we asked about what would be your advice as a stockbroker or somebody who provides tips on stock, and i was really surprised he said it's terrible now. this is not the time to invest in the stock market. >> i was following economists, they say it is odd for a major party nominee to make this kind of bleak statement about the american economy. in all your years of reporting, have you seen a nominee or major political candidate say this kind of thing about the economy? >> no. i mean, what they say is they may criticize the incumbent from the other party and say the economic policies are not working and i have better policies. but what trump was saying, that this is dreary. >> let's get a reality check on trump's claims. cnn's global economic analyst with me, and assistant managing

trump got knocked for his session with the "washington post" editorial board for telling bob woodward massive recession and his comments to two "new york times" reporters on nato and nuclear policy. sometime the press is actually doing its job. but it also happens to make a pretty fat target. >>> ahead, now that it's "saturday night live" is mocking donald trump, is the show becoming a political factor again? first, the media suddenly focusing on the democratic race again just as things turn nasty in new york between hillary and bernie. hey, we're opening up a second shop and we need some new signage. but can't spend a lot. well, we have low prices and a price match guarantee. scout's honor? low prices. pinky swear? low prices. eskimo kisses? how about a handshake? oh, alright... the lowest price. every time. staples. make more happen. >>> after bernie sanders clobbered hillary clinton in wisconsin, the two really ratcheted up rhetoric in media appearances and chris cuomo asked comments by bernie's campaign manager. >> jeff weaver said something interesting on our air here saying that

. >> this comes two days after telling bob woodward and acosta that the u.s. a massive recession and prescriptions for getting rid of the national debt that fly in the face of almost all economic theory. joining me for the daily fix, abbey phillip, robert acosta and chris cillizza, a trifecta of washington post correspondents. you were meeting with donald trump for lunch with his soon to be hotel. tell us about that meeting and about a lot of the issues that have been raised with what he said about the economy. >> it was striking. as we sat down at a conference table at the old post office, sandwiches on the side. but no one touched them during the meeting but trump was trying to explain how his presidency would be. and trying to address concerns about his campaign that he's not doing enough to reach out to members of the republican party. it was a candid conversation. 96 minutes. and the big takeaway beyond his comments about the economy which were startling to hear predicting a recession is thaa trump remains a singular figure in american politics. a loner w

syndicated columnist george will, anne gearan of "the washington post," gop strategist karl rove, and bob woodward, also from the "washington post." karl, i want to start with the president's comments about hillary clinton. i've got to say i was surprised he even got into this given the investigation, but he wanted to basically defend her, again, against the allegation that she somehow jeopardized national security with her private e-mails or private e-mail server, and at the same time he said this investigation by the fbi, this position by the justice department will be made on legal grounds, not political. do you see a contradiction there? >> yeah, i do. he should have stepped away from this and not commented on it. but he did. he was offering the first defense of hillary clinton. it was unintentional and it really wasn't important information. as you know, there is classified and then there's classified. its was really inappropriate, i think, for the chief executive of the united states to comment on an ongoing fbi investigation. secondly, i don't feel comforted by his followup which is of cour

trump got knocked for his session with the "washington post" editorial board for telling bob woodward we're heading for a massive recession and his comments to two "new york times" reporters on nato and nuclear policy. sometime the press is actually doing its job. but it also happens to make a pretty fat target. >>> ahead, now that it's "saturday night live" is mocking donald trump, is the show becoming a political factor again? first, the media suddenly focusing on the democratic race again just as things turn nasty in new york between hillary and bernie. again just as things tur in new york between hillary and bernie. frustrated with your overactive bladder medicine not working? can't handle the side effects? botox® treats symptoms of leaking, going too often, and the strong sudden need to go. ask your urologist if botox® can help calm your bladder and reduce your daily leakage episodes. the effects of botox® may spread hours to weeks after injection, causing serious symptoms. alert your doctor right away as difficulty swallowing, speaking, breathing, eye problems, loss of bladder c

you actually said something in interviews with both maureen dowd and bob woodward that a lot of people were hoping you would do at some point, and you know what? i think i shouldn't have sent that tweet out about heidi cruz. >> well, i think i really said, hey, i could have done without it. it's true. i wish i didn't send it out. it would have been simpler. it was done as a little bit of retaliation but in the end it's so, you know, it's just somethi again i would not have done it. >> you just had your eighth grandchild. this whole issue, when you were on with chris matthews, i was watching the interview. he never shuts up. it's so annoying. sorry. it's true. and i was watching the interview and he is grilling you and pushing and pushing. hypothetical question on abortion. that became a problem for a few days and i just thought i'd give you an opportunity in your own words to talk about abortion, ted cruz took the position today he doesn't make exceptions for rape, incest or the mother's life. >> right. >> is there a difference in your position? >> lying ted. lying ted. you don't know