best new thing in the world >>> paging dr. rove. dr. karl rove. >> i didn't say she had brain damage. she had a serious health episode. >> karl rove is trying to explain comments he made about former secretary of state hillary clinton. >> walking back his reported comments about hillary clinton's brain clot. >> following a blood clot in her brain in 2012. >> karl rove suggested hillary clinton may have brain damage. >> he allegedly said she had brain damage. >> for real. >> no, no, no, no, no. wait a minute. no, no. >> he said his remarks had been misrecorded. >> this is a top republican campaign strategist, karl rove. >> i won't be the doctor sitting on "the new york times" board. >> raising what he later called a serious health matter. >> going to want to examine all of their health records. >> a clinton spokesman fired back. >> hillary's camp shoots back assuring dr. rove she's 100%. >> tell dr. rove she's 100%. >> dr. rove, he didn't do very well in medical school. >> this is not a new pattern of behavior by mr. rove. >> usually this

she's 100%. >> tell dr. rove she's 100%. >> dr. rove, he didn't do very well in medical school. >> this is not a new pattern of may ha behave by mr. rove. >> usually this late in the campaign some troll under the bridge starts whispering about the opposing candidate. >> this, i think, is a strategy. >> this is part of the republican game plan. >> the republicans are playing a very calculated political game. >> dr. rove. >> dr. drorove. >> dr. rove. ♪ >>> i am ari melber in for lawrence o'donnell. we begin with serious heat on karl rove all for his attempt to put heat on a very popular democrat. rove known for dirty tricks had to go and explain to his fox colleagues why he reportedly lashed out at hillary clinton's mental competence at a conference last week. >> this is what the "post" writes. he suggests that hillary clinton might have brain damage. is that true or not? >> well, i never used that -- no, i never used that phrase. i never used that phrase. but look, she had a serious episode, a serious health episode. >> it quotes you

. >> dr. rove is in the house. karl rove has not examined former secretary clinton but he's not letting them hold him back for a diagnosis. according to "the new york post" rove said this at a conference in los angeles last week. >> quote, thirty days in the hospital and when she reappears she's wearing glasses only for people who have traumatic brain injuries. we know to know what's up with that. here's the response from clinton's camp, please assure dr. rove she's 100%. this goes back to 2012 when secretary clinton fell and suffered a condition cushion that later resulted in a blood clot. she was hospitalized for three days and earlier -- some republicans dubbed benghazi flu. he dialed back his charge on fox this morning, kind of. >> i didn't say she had brain damage. my point was that hillary clinton wants to run for president, but she would not be human if this didn't enter in as a consideration if -- and my other point is this will be an issue in the 2016 race whether she likes it or not. >> look, it is not a n

dr. rove's comments. >> dr. rove. >> i think they were awkward and i think they ultimately were erroneous but they were about an obvious point which is that there's a difference between being a technical noncandidate and a candidate and the level of scrutiny you get and ultimately i think that hillary clinton as she goes to sequence of deciding whether or not she wants to run, she's considering those issues, and i think that -- >> you're saying it's erroneous but not small -- >> i don't think that karl rove into that event wherever this news was made with the design on sort of introducing this element to the conversation. i absolutely disafree with that. i think one of the reasons that we're continuing to talk about it today, and i don't mean this in a criticism way, i mean it in a clinical observation, which is that the clinton operation smartly seized upon it. she may not be a candidate, but her operation is operating like she is a candidate. >> hilary -- >> they worked very quickly to engender sympathy like yo

dr. rove's 2016 diagnosis. >> i didn't say she had brain damage. she had a serious health episode. >> we know that the health is fair game. >> however, this -- >> maybe karl rove isn't the best messenger. >> i didn't say she had brain damage. >> now you are going to say she had brain damage. >> i never used the phrase. she had a serious health episode. >> they first said she was faking the health issue. >> fir taste said she faked her concussion. >> she didn't want to testify about benghazi. >> now they say she is auditioning for "the walking dead." >> so inconsistent to be laughable. >> there is no evidence that karl rove knew it would become public. >> nothing was reported. >> clearly reversing. >> rove is nasty. is he nasty stupid? or nasty smart? >> this was karl rove running headlong into a brick wall. >> let him off the hook. the last time he did this was five, six minutes ago. >> the clintons versus karl rove. >> for attacking hillary clinton's health. >> where is he coming from? >> wha

dr. rove. that's the tweak on that. karl rove asked that she release her health records should she run for president again. >>> in nebraska senate beating out four republican rivals featuring a campaign with his daughters talking about their dad's view of obamacare. >> he discuss not like obamacare. he read it and he realizes how bad it is. he wants to find a way to destroy it and rebuild something that's successful. >> he despises it. >> he di despise it is and wanto destroy it in nebraska. >> reporter: clay aiken has been the winner of his house primary. on monday crisco suddenly died after suffering from injuries from a fall. this november aiken will take on congresswoman renÉe he will measures. >>> finally in florida democrats hoping to defeat a vulnerable republican congressman and took the unusual step this week of endorsing an independent candidate just before the filing deadline. stopping over potential presidential candidates from running in the race, now janie dropped out. david jolly will be on the ballot alo

. >> dr. rove lost his mind. he did not need to raise it. it makes him look desperate.se, listen, the press will raise it eventually. they so fear hillary, they have to scare her out of the race. the other thing is, republicans first said she was faking her concussion. not that she actually has something that caused her brain damage. but he has a lot to make up for to the republican party given how he spent the money last time. >> jill abramson, the editor of the new york times, was allegedly being too aggressive and pushy. is it a case of gender discrimination? >> big time. she had the characteristics of a great editor and many thought she was. the idea is a woman leans in and asks about pay and the differential, that is pushing to be fired, that is awful. >> given how much "the new york times" has pushed on equal pay. what is really striking is the way she was fired. not that women cannot do a bad job and get fired like men, the way she was pushed out. jayson blain, who fabricated stories, he was pushed out. they said nice things about him. and how he resigned for the

>> and the clinton folks say please assure dr. rove that she is 100%. >> and if we are going into the psychiatric evaluations of the potential candidates, then the republican party, they are completely out of business, because the potential patients that they put up for president of the united states, was embarrassing to me as a democrat as a patriot to believe that some of them had support from people that are to the right of everything that we believe in. as a matter of fact, most of them dixiecrats that we managed to get out of our party into their party. i so i would like to see what would happen if they go to use that standard for hillary clinton who is not in office. i would say, i will call a break and do it for all of the republican candidates. >> and would you say that questions about her health are fair game if she runs? >> what are we talking about? they are off of the affordable health care, and now going into benghazi and all hillary clinton and now saying that she is mentally ill. they are grasping for the -- you know, wh

dr. rove might have been the last person in america on election night to recognize and acknowledge that the president had won reelection, including the state of ohio. so we'll leave it at that. >> all right. snide, funny, give him full props for that but should the white house just take the high road and don't even deign to talk about something like that. >> once the clintons had decide they'd were going address this, and they did last night. in the initial page 6 report of "the new york post," there was a quip. dr. rove can be assured she is pretty fun that went pretty quickly once the story got picked up on by twitter big, everyone that went to these are lies. karl rove has been a liar and this is another perpetuation of that they were clearly angry. >> salt in the wound. >> the clintons were clearly angry. and the full statement from nick merrill today went even further on that. >> yes. >> and they're not being subtle that they have decided there is no percentage in sort of letting rumors r

best new thing in the world >>> paging dr. rove. dr. she had brain damage. she had a serious health episode. >> karl rove is trying to explain comments he made about former secretary of state hillary clinton. >> walking back his reported comments about hillary clinton's brain clot. >> following a blood clot in her brain in 2012. >> karl rove suggested hillary clinton may have brain damage. >> he allegedly said she had brain damage. >> for real. >> no, no, no, no, no. wait a minute. no, no. >> he said his remarks had been misrecorded. >> this isop

. >> dr. rove might have been the last person in america on election night to recognize and acknowledge that the president won re-election, including the state of ohio. so, we'll leave it at that. >> reporter: as for the december 2012 incident, we know that hillary clinton was at home, recovering from a stomach bug when she fainted, fell and suffered a concussion. during a follow-up exam, doctors discovered a blood clot in a vein behind her right ear. she was treated with blood thinners during a brief hospital stay. clinton hasn't said whether she's going to run for president. she's preparing for a book tour next month. >>> a federal judge struck down idaho's ban on same-sex marriage, clearing the way for gay and lesbian couples to get married as soon as friday. the judge ruled the ban is unconstitutional because it wrongly stigmatizes same-sex couples. idaho's governor is vowing to appeal the case. >>> high-profile execution in texas is on hold. robert james campbell would have been the first pers

when dr. rove went on national television and made his ridiculous medical diagnosis that's about as bad as his medical prognosticating, reince priebus and republicans ran to his defense and they're welcome to do that. i think that that was as much a play for 2016 as it was for 2014. because i think republicans right now are nervous about turnout in this midterm election and so everything -- >> oh my god. >> hold on. everything you're talking about, if that were not true, then you would be talking about the issues that people care about instead of focusing on issues like hillary clinton's health, benghazi, irs, aca -- >> go ahead. okay. real quick. >> i want to get a shot -- >> hold on. here's the shot. i'm going to quote mo elleithee. february 13th we appeared at this very table. this is you. i will put my money on the table the democrats pick up seats in house, hold the senate -- >> my money is still on that table. >> i'll bet anything you want on that. i will bet you one week of wearing a republi

which is that dr. rove might have been the last person in america on election night to recognize and acknowledge that the president had won re-election, including the state of ohio. so, we'll leave it at that. >>> supporters of marriage equality are hailing a federal judge's ruling that idaho's ban on same-sex marriage is constitutional, saying the ban essentially makes them second-class citizens. she ordered gay and lesbian couples be allowed to legally wed in idaho as soon as this friday. however, the state's republican governor, c.l. "butch" otter, says he will appeal since voters approved the ban in 2006. right now it is legal for same-sex couples to get married in 17 states and washington, d.c. >>> private letters written by jackie kennedy are providing new insight into the former first lady's struggles after her husband's assassination. in a 14-year correspondence with an irish priest named joseph leonard, jackie kennedy admits she became bitter against god and that she would have rather lost her own

. >> here's what i would say about cognitive capacity, which is that dr. rove might have been the last person in america on election night to recognize and acknowledge that the president won reelection, including the state of ohio, so we'll leave it at that. >> hillary's president, william, also defended the former first lady. >> look. she works out every week. she is strong. she is doing great. as far as i can tell, she's in better shape than i am. now they say she really has brain damage if she does, i must be in tough shape, because she's quicker than i am. >> mr. rove stands by the issue of hillary's health. >> i didn't say she had brain damage. she had a serious health episode. my point was, hillary clinton wants to run for president, but she would not be human if this didn't enter in as a consideration. and my other point is, this will be an issue in the 2016 races whether she likes it or not. >> question, is rove right about one thing? that hillary's health will be an issue in the 2016 race, whether or not she wants it to be? rich. >> yes, it will. she h

dr. karl rove. >> i'm not questioning her health.hat i'm questioning is is whether or not it's a done deal that she's running. and she would not be human if she did not take this into consideration. >> he's not questioning her health. he doesn't have to. he's also diagnosed her with a traumatic brain injury and a serious case of old lady-itis. on "meet the press," rnc chair reince priebus weighed in. >> the issue of her health and her age is going to come up. >> do you think she suffered some sort of brain injury that raises legitimate questions about whether she's healthy to serve as commander in chief? >> i'm not a doctor. >> no, he is not a doctor. but a lack of a medical license is not stopping anyone in the conservative media from a thorough expectation of clinton's supposed symptoms as diagnosed using the rovian stethoscope. >> he said we have to worry. the con did cushion she had, did it cause brain damage? >> the presumption is she's healthy. but when you undergo a terrible concussion and have a clot near your brain, you have

. >> dr. roveht have been the last person in america on election night to acknowledge and recognize that the president had won re-election, including the state of ohio. so we'll leave it at that. >> we know that hillary clinton was at home suffering from a stomach bug when she fainted, fell and suffered a concussion. they discovered a blood clot in a vein behind her right ear and was treated with blood thinners during a brief hospital stay. >>> the national transportation safety board is launching an investigation into the role that tires play in hundreds of deadly traffic accidents every year. one major concern is hardly used tires that look safe but could begin to fall apart six years after they were made. the big three carmakers are all advocating mandatory replacement after six years. much more later on "good morning america." >>> moving on to some basketball. the washington wizards and the oklahoma city thunder were the winners in last night's nba playoff games. >> neither of those teams pulle

dr. rove's 2016 dyiiagnosis and we will keep our eye on that. and a stay of execution, a texas inmate is spared hours before the lethal injection and we will talk to the attorney who helps to keep this inmate alive and hear from the family of the victim as the debate reignites over capital punishment in ameri america. >>> i'm chris jansing, and veterans are fuming about the way they are treated at v.a. hospitals packed the town hall in phoenix last night. >> they have done nothing but harass me and i have turned over a claim for depen si two years ago and it is not done yet. >> and when i went into the service, i was promised to get the best health care possible and we would get licensed doctor doctors and stuff to see, aed now i am told that is not true, you don't get to see none. >> and chances are that you know the allegations, 40 veterans died wait foing for the care in arizona and the phoenix facility is accused of having a secret waiting list to cover up how long the veterans waited for care. and now nbc news has learned that the v.a. offi

but dr. roveeally should -- he didn't do very well in medical school, i gather. because he doesn't have any of his facts right. i, too, have been shopping for those special traumatic brain injury shades because i think they look cool. but i can't find them. >> i think, gene, it proves that karl rove probably didn't do that well in medical school. but he's doing very well in the school of demographics. he knows looking at his field, the republican field of hillary clinton takes each one of those potential candidates and beats them. and so this is as mark indicated, this is just another measure that they're taking to try and knock down the presumed front runner if she does run for the democratic nomination. >> another reality of this, this is a private event. i don't know who put out what he said, but at these private eastbound traffics sometimes, people like karl want to perform for the paid audience and say stuff they wouldn't necessarily say in public. when it makes its way to the public and it's

clinton says, quote, please assure dr. rove she's 100%. karl rove has deceived the country for years. but there are no words for this levelov of lying. that should have been the end of it. but guess who weighed in next? >> my reaction is this. if hillary has brain damage, what difference does it make now? what possible difference does it make now? how it happened. or even if she has brain damage. >> rush limbaugh mocking secretary clinton's testimony on benghazi. what difference does it make? what was behind the attacks, when what was really important is catching those responsible. because if there's run thing republicans can't resist. >>> the saek tear of state was just rong. only a few months before the attack, she outright denied security. >> if she was really sorry, talk is cheap. she needs to stands up and demand action. >> i've been president at the time and i found that you did not read the cables from again baz zi. you did not read the cables from ambassador stevens. i would relieve you of your post. it was inexcusable. >> what's re

listen. >> dr. rovereelection, including the state of ohio. we'll leave it at that. >> he also said senator john mccain faced similar health questions when he ran in 2008 and is not an uncommon inquiry for high profile possible candidates. back to you guys. >> all right. elizabeth prann live in the gray dc bureau today, thank you. >> thank you. karl rove saying it will matter because it has mattered. as elizabeth prann noted, saying we need to take a step back to 2008 when president obama actually kind of took a shot at john mccain, saying he was losing his bearings because he was getting older, in fact. take a listen to this. >> for him to toss out comments like that, i think it was an example of him losing his bearings as he pursues this nomination. >> okay. so where is the press attacking then senator obama for suggesting that john mccain was off his rocker? there wasn't any because there is just a double standard when it comes to the left and the right and the mainstream media. >> is it amnesia or hy

. >> here's what i would say about cognitive capacity, which is dr. rove night have been the last person in america on election night to recognize and acknowledge the president had won re-election, including the state of ohio. so we'll leave it at that. >> you know, there is a road testing going on of hillary clinton. she's out there speaking. by the way, when you speak for the kind of money she's speaking for, then you have to give a pretty good performance. you have to give value. >> we don't know personally what she knows. but i, point well taken. >> she's got to go out there and give a speech every night. >> yes, she's written a book, but while writing a book, she's been keeping a tremendous schedule. she makes news everywhere she goes she's not been hiding. she's been weighing in on contemporary politics. it's not like she went away and there's a deep, dark mystery of what happened to her. these questions reflect desperation. >> i don't think the health issue is going to be an issue at all going into 2016. i think that there's going to be a lot of oth

. >> dr. rove? >> neurologist. let's take a look at another issue, benghazi. that's clearly going to be on the republican agenda with hillary clinton as secretary of state asleep at the switch when that crisis developed. here's her husband, bill clinton, speaking on this sensitive issue here in washington. >> they looked into what was wrong. they gave 29 recommendations. she took them and started implementing them. and they established the fact that whether it was right or wrong in the past, secretaries of state never were involved directly in these security decisions. >> so dana, he's defending the secretary's record. she did create this excision that investigated, that came up with recommendations, all of which have now been implemented. but that's not good enough for a lot of the critics up on the hill. >> oh, absolutely not. you know, there's a divide about whether amongst republicans about whether or not the decision to have this select committee on benghazi is about the near term, the midterm elections or really about getting hillary clinton. but with re

dr. rove's latest is a warm up to a full-on clinton conspiracy bonanza. >> if it is, you can't be upset about it. it's just the beginning. they will get better and better at it. you know, it's -- i'm still waiting for them to admit there was nothing to white water. >> joining me now is washington post columnist, jonathan capehart and glen. i'm waiting for the name vince foster to come out of karl rove's mouth. i feel it was the most muscular. it was a joyful response from bubba, but the most muscular defense we have seen from team clinton. if anybody thought she wasn't running, the sus spinxs have been dispelled today. >> the one question i would like to former president to say if he knows what the walking dead is. >> does he know from zombies? go ahead. >> i know a couple staffers that may be watching. that seemed like a very well -- something president clinton is adepth at. you are right. they really went after this. in fact, i think the reaction to the story really shifted quickly from being one of near panic among folks in the clinton camp to being, the realization that rove was shooting

. >> here's what i would say about cognitive capacity, dr. rove might have been the last person to recognize the president had one re-election. >>> brit, what do you think? >> well, it certainly is true that at some point, hillary clinton like anybody else who gets close to the presidential nomination will have to account for her health. it's going to come up. if you are on hillary clinton's side, you don't want this issue discussed, you could hardly have it come up in a better way politically than for a famous republican political consultant and strategyist to be the one who raises it. eventually she's going to have to discuss it. >> all these people who say it's unfair to talk about it and it's talked about in every race you look back. >> look back at ronald reagan running for re-election in 1984. he loses a debate to walter monday dale -- mondale the question had arisen as to whether reagan was okay. certainly there were questions about his mental acuity at that point which he managed to take care of in the next debate. all president's records

. >> here is what i say about cognitive capacity, which is dr rove night have been the last person on election night to recognise and acknowledge that the president won the election, including the state of ohio. we'll leave it at that. >> rove is not leaving it. he's insisting clinton release health records if she run for president. >> in the midterms, the tea party got a win in the republican primary, ben sass won the republican nomination for the senate, beating out four rivals. sass's campaign released a campaign with his daughters talking about his dad's view of obamacare. >> he does not like obamacare, he read it, realises how bad it is and wants to find a way to destroy it and build something successful. >> he despises it. >> carl aiken has been declared a winner, leading by fewer than 400 marks. both hovering around the thresh halled. christco died after suffering injuries in the fall. aiken takes on rena elmers. >> in florida democrats hoping to defeat a congressman took an unusual step of endorsing an independent candidate before a filing deadline. the support of ed-janing st

at first the spokesman for hillary clinton said this, "please assure dr. rove she's 100%." later, a tougher response came from a clinton spokesperson. "karl rove is still all over the map and continuing to get the facts wrong, but he doesn't care because all he wants to do is inject the issue into an echo chamber and he's succeeding. it's flagrant and thinly veiled, they are afraid of what she has achieved and has to offer." that was a mixed bag of a sickness and all over the board. i'm not sure what the clarity was in that second statement. i like the first one. what's the smart response, wayne, to this kind of karl rove attack, is there one that works? >> well, there are two things. you go after him directly. i think they are right about it. i think you do it with a tone that is somewhat lighter. if you become too, too dark in your response, it looks like you're trying to hide something. make it clear there's nothing wrong with her. ultimately, hillary clinton has to do this herself. if she's in, if she becomes the nominee, and she shows herself to be physical, very physic

we talked a little bit about this, there was sort of a tongue in cheek about her spokesman, tell dr. rovehe's fine, then there was a sledge hammer response, bill clinton used humor to correct that. >> absolutely. the statement that came out the day before from her spokesman was very long. i remember you reading it live on air and commenting on the length and also it was very harsh, this is outrageous, these are lies, karl rove, he's ruined the country and so forth between the two statements and bill clinton went in sorrow, head shaking, this is karl being karl, as opposed to being angry, which seemed to a lot of democrats like the better response. i think the clinton machine is still shaking the rust off. they have not done this for awhile. she's been fairly apolitical at the state department for awhile, her husband less so, but a lot is figuring out the mechanics. i want to make two points, though, health is a legitimate question about any presidential candidate and sally is right, the republicans seem to be having trouble with what the right attack line is against her. >> more adept wit

. >> this is what i would say of capacity, dr. rove might have been the last person to recognize the president won reelection including the state of ohio, so we'll leave it at that. >> baghdad bob himself is probably the only person that believes his talking points had nothing to do with benbenghazi. here to set the record straight, karl rove. >> thanks for having me. >> i'm sure it bothers you when baghdad carney talks about it -- >> being insulted by jay carney, does that make me an honorary white house correspondent -- >> it probably does. >> i read your comments, she wasn't in the hospital 30 days, she was in the hospital four days. she did come out with the glasses that you referenced. nobody knows for sure what happened here. what was it, you did say, what were you communicating? >> here is the deal. this is a 30-day long episode. she returns from the czech republic on december 7th of 2012 with a terrible virus and by monday they postponed the trip and by tuesday they cancelled it. she's last publicly seen on the 7th by saturday,

dr. rove's 2016 dyiiagnosis and we will keep our eye on that. is spared hours before the lethal injection and we will talk to the attorney who helps to keep this inmate alive and hear from the family of the victim as the debate reignites over capital punishment in ameri america. >>> i'm chris jansing, and veterans are fuming about the way they are treated at v.a. hospitals packed the town hall in phoenix last night. >> they have done nothing but harass me and i have turned over a claim for depen si two years ago and it is not done yet. >> and when i went into the service, i was promised to get the best health

. >> pagie ining dr. rove. >> 30 days in the hospital? when she reappears she's wearing glasses that are only for people who have traumatic brain injury. >> this was not accidental. >> he was one of the most prepared and deliberate speakers. >> e she later exhibited strange behavior in her benghazi testimony. she had a mastery of the facts and an unshakable facts all while wearing those stupid glasses. >> first they said she faked her concussion. now they say she's auditioning for a part on "the walking dead." >> i didn't say she had brain damage. >> you can't be upset about it. it's just the beginning. they will get better and better at it. >> this is just the beginning of the aak ta ks. >> i am running, around the park. [ laughter ] >>> that was my former boss hillary clinton making a surprise visit to honor barbara walters' last day on the view. i thought she looked good and sounded like the hillary that i know. she did not sound like she had brain damage. that's what karl rove reportedly claimed this week in a tactic he's used through

dr. rovenow. >> first they said she faked her concussion, and now they say she's auditioning for a part on the walking dead. i'm still waiting for her to admit there's still nothing to whitewater. >> the problem is, he's living in the stone ages. what has magic johnson really done. >> i've got 150 kids on scholarships right now. >>> developing news out of turkey right now, rescuers are racing to pull survivors out of a mine after an explosion yesterday. more than 230 people are dead. >>> i do believe that karl rove was totally wrong. >> the "new york post" headline that claimed he openly questioned whether the former first lady may have brain damage. >> nothing drives decent people away from running for office more than this kind of attack. why would i put my family through this. >>> karl rove better be careful what he's talking about, because karl rove saying somebody else has brain damage, take a look at this, and then we'll take a look at it.

dr. rove was grilled about that again, actually, on fox news yesterday. this one may be too much for fox news. it was chris wallace with an assist from the fox news political panel. >> let me just ask a question. do you really have doubts about her physical capabilities? >> no, no, no. i don't. i'm not questioning her health. what i'm questioning is is whether or not it's a done deal that she's running. >> he says he's not bringing up mrs. clinton's health, but you are bringing it up. >> i brought up her -- >> you are -- >> i didn't question -- i did not say she had brain damage. >> it wasn't a matter of parsing karl's words. it was the impact was hillary clinton may have suffered brain damage -- >> yeah, it was implicit in what was said. that's fair. >> she suffered no long-term damage from this. >> it's must-see tv right there. joining me now, richard wolffe, executive editor of msnbc.com and karen finney, host of msnbc's "disrupt with karen finney." welcome to you both. >> hey, ari. >> thanks, ari. >> richard, where do you want to begin? let's start wi

. >> this is what i would say about cognitive capacity which is that dr. rove might have been the last person in america on election night to recognize and acknowledge that the president had won the re-election, including the state of ohio, and so we will leave it at that. >> and joining me live now is the correspondent for the daily beast is michael tomasky and linda palmer from the clinton camp. and michael, let's start with the "new york post" quoted rove of saying 30 days in the hospital, and wearing glasses that are only worn by people with traumatic brain injury, and we need to know what is up with th that. and then the clinton camp said it is first of all three days and then the ball rolled from there. >> and certainly, anybody who is running for president has to answer the health questions and more so for somebody who going to be 69 at the time she is going to take the oath of office if she were to, but however, this ain't the way to bring it up. a lot of the sound clips that you played by carney and gingrich hit at the point. but 30 days in the hospita

dr. rovets to know as much as we do, whether that's true and whether it will affect her decision-making. >> well, first of all i've got to give him credit, you know. that embodies that old saying that consistent is the hobgoblin of liberal minds. first he said she faked her concussion and now they say she's auditioning for a part of the walking dead. [laughter] i mean you know whatever it takes. look, she works out every week, she is strong, she's doing great. as far as i can tell she's in better shape than i am. she certainly seems to have more stamina now. and there's nothing to it. i didn't even, i was sort of dumb founded. they went to all this trouble to say she had a terrible concussion that required six months of very serious work to get over. something she never was involved with and american people didn't try to pretend it didn't happen. now they say she's really got brain damage. if she does, then i must be in really tough shape because she's still quicker than i am. [laughter] >> if

i never saw dr. roveing house calls like this (laughter) it's a little bit like putting heroin in the bloodstream. you let out a bubble or rumor and let it go. oh, where did it come from? somebody hears it, a couple of months later, something of the sort. it's symptomatic of a texas candidate, a congressman in texas, in a karl rove climate, who had a very difficult opponent and said i'm going to accuse my opponent of being romantically and sexually involved with barn yard animals. and said you can't do that, congressman, you have no evidence of proof, and they said, i know, i just want to see him deny it. that's like this. it was stupid and did help the clintons and can tell us something about the high level we expect in 2016. >> it won't be an issue if she runs. if you can run, your health is fine, and, so, if she's running and she can do it the way every candidate has to do it, her health will not be an issue. >> woodruff: what about david's other point that maybe hillary clinton, assuming she does deci

. >> dr. rovemight have been the last person in america on election night to recognize and acknowledge that the president had won re-election, including the state of ohio. we'll leave it at that. >> always love to hear him throwing shade, but obviously is he jokes because, as we've said already, karl rove is actually really brilliant, and a great political strategist, and here just by introducing this and now folks like us are going to have a conversation about how dumb it is, but we're still advancing it, and this sort of smear mongering is what karl rove has done throughout his career. when they were running for governor, he talked about maybe ann richards, the governor then of texas was gay. when they were running for president against john mccain, he talked about john mccain, maybe he has mental health issues as well as saying he has -- maybe he has a mixed race child out of wed lock. you know, when they were running against john kerry, like maybe he was not as valorous in vietnam as you are le

dr. rove's 2016 diagnosis. >> i didn't say she had brain damage.> we know that the health is fair game. >> however, this -- >> maybe karl rove isn't the best messenger. >> i didn't say she had brain damage. >> now you are going to say she had brain damage. >> i never used the phrase. she had a serious health episode. >> they first said

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