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. >>> joining us to examine, kathleen parker, susan fericio, chief congressional it correspondent for "the washington examiner. >> and simon -- in oklahoma he referred to moron pundits, speaking out against politico, "new york times," fox news against, cnn, is running against the media a successful strategy? >> it worked well for him with his base. they've been blaming the media forever. and donald trump recognize this is, and he's using it to his advantage. it also suggests to everyone else that he really is thin-skinned, and you can't blame the messenger -- or in this case the questioner, because you don't like the question. and calling everyone dishonest, that's sort of a broad bush. >> he qualifies it by saying many of the people are dishonest. >> many. >>> he was calling into the cnn morning show. he called randi kaye, a horrible report, this because she had reported along with other journalists, there was a bunch of mpcs that dispute this thing and people stood up, but his fans love it. >> this did resonate with his base, but the most interesting poll about there, a "usa today"

. >> howard fineman and kathleen parker join us.his is sort of my dart to the center of an issue, which i rarely do. i usually go into details, but i just want to ask you, why are we talking about e-mail? why is the "new york times" ab -- obsessed with it? if you had to say the significance of this topic, what would it be? could it bring down hillary clinton, or be something to debate in a presidential debate? >> we don't yet know conclusively what the thing is. >> why are we writing about it on the front pages? >> because they need to peel the onion. when the fbi becomes involved, to see whether there were some e-mails that might have done some damage, i don't think we know this yet. but i think that's the thing. but separate from that is the question of how the clintons, and they are dual actors, how they always, their default position is, don't say anything, don't tell anything, and when they're forced to, they'll tell, okay, well, there was this, and yes, well, maybe there was this, and then finally comes the apology. >> that's

and kathleen parker for "the washington post" who writes on politics and culture. great to have you. glad you got the purple memo. ax didn't get it. and now the donald is responding, bob, he's saying do i have to come to the situation of the president when a situation like that occurs? should he have confronted that guy? >> no, we talk about mccain that was a general election. donald trump's people who vote for him believe that. now, is he going to stand there and tell his base you don't understand what you're talking about, is he really a muslim? he got away with it once again saying, and going into look into these things investigate all of these camps and things. but the fact is, when people say trump should have done that, should he have done it, was it the right thing to do? of course. was it the commit cal expedient think to do, i'm not sure. >> do you agree with that? >> not really. let's be clear. muslim is not a bad word. lots of good people are muslims and they're american, too. but we're certainly sensitive to the fact that people are concerned. >> by the

kathleen parker wrote, he doesn't just sell indicate oil, he milks the venom from the gathering throngf willing believers and then bottles it up and sells it right back to them, delicious with raw meat. here's some of that venom. >> you know, i'm a republican, i'm a conservative. but i'm just as angry with the republicans, because they go to washington, something happens. they become weak. if you want a nice person, honestly, you should vote for jeb. the country's going to go to hell, but we won't talk about it. >> i didn't want to go there in the first place, but now we take the oil. we should have kept the oil. now we go in, knock the hell out of them, take the oil. >> i said what about our children, what about our children who are in the country, why can't they be the dreamers? nobody ever talks about that. we talk about the dreamers, illegal immigrants, who by the way, are treated better than our vets. so uma is getting classified secrets, she's married to anthony weiner who's a perv -- no, he is. he is. >> hillary clinton was the worst secretary of state in the history of the unit

pulitzer prize winner kathleen parker is here. trump cited in the debate and carly dismissed as a clett clintonite. i think carly won the debate. as predicted the intimate reagan library venue and three-hour format demanded more substance that trump could off somewhere failed to rein in some knuckleheaded questioner and canceled an appearance in south carolina citing a business conflict. join me david axelrod. you recently told "the washington post" that you want to be known for expertise not as a surrogate for democrats. start with the republican presidential race. is this what the beginning of the end looks like for donald trump? >> i think so. you've been a student of this for a long time. i think presidential races run in phases and i wrote a piece for cnn.com today spring is for casual dating. summer torrid romances are never going anywhere. in the fall people look for solid, dependable, reliable long-term relationships and the tests get harder for candidates. i think donald trump failed the test at end of the week when confr

kathleen parker yesterday in herpes in the "washington post" telling republicans it is time to take the gloves off and go after trump. karen is next from norman, oklahoma. good morning. i keep hearing them say the women that come over and comebabies or people that over a legally have to wait five years before they can get any benefits. that is not so. all they have to do is be pregnant or get pregnant as soon as they get here. then they are available for everything. that is one reason we cannot afford to build roads and bridges and take care of our events and own people. we have to stop rewarding people .rom having baby after baby then they say they cannot afford and we have the taxpayers pay for them. host: thank you. did you want to respond to that? guest: it was more of a statement than a question but i think she put a finger on is that they would telling the trump campaign. let us take the issue of veterans health care. nobody suggested this to donald trump.did not come out of some poll or focus group. as he has moved around the country, everywhere he goes, he is besieged by veteran

. >> and kathleen parker also has an op-ed saying it is time to take the gloves off, republicans and go after donald trump. that hasn't worked in the past. it hasn't worked for the texas governor. it hasn't worked for lindsey graham. it hasn't work ford a lot of candidates. we'll see fit works for jeb. >> a new poll to this point finds that donald trump is benefitting from support of those who think that president obama is a secret muslim born in another country. and that immigrant children should be deported. public policy polling find that two-thirds of trump supporters believe the president of the united states is a muslim. only 12% will say he's a christian. that is 12 points higher than the mainstream of the republican party. another 61% think he was not born in the u.s. 21% admit he was, again, substantially higher than the rest of the party. and 63% would amend the constitution to remove birthright citizenship. 20% would keep it intact. again, more conservative than the rest of the party. >> there is a new piece out on "politico" called donald trump's coalition of disdain. 61%

kathleen parker in her peiece i "the washington post," telling republicans it is time to take the gloves off and go after trump. karen is next.: independent line. good morning. >> i think people, the women t that come over and have babies have the, are people that come over illegally have to wait fivn years before they can get any benefits and that's not so. all they have to do is either be pregnant or getat i pregnant so they get here and then they're available for everything.t and that's one reason we can't afford to build roads and ing pe bridges and take care of our vets and old people because we have toy cut our military, stopping people from having baby after baby that they know they can't afford then expecting us to pay for them. >> thank you, karen. >> did you want to respond? >> it was more of a statement in a question, but i think she put her finger on what is propelling the trump campaign. take the issue of veterans health care. s nobody suggested this to trump. it didn't come out of some poll or focus group.where he as he's moved around the coun y country, everywhere he goes,

. >> kathleen parker's column today in "the washington post" "enter the brat pack" she's talking aboutthe freedom caucus and she says "they came to washington not to govern but to fight but what does one make of a little boys' club of nothing to show for themselves other than a record for disruption and a talent for tan drums. the opposition won referring to the freedom caucus not because of superior skills or strategy but because john boehner's far more principled than they are. he just plays a longer game and understands what these pretenders are incapable of seeing, shutting down the government hurts republicans and it will hurt the gop's chances of winning the white house next year." >> uh-huh. well, i think kathleen, unfortunately, has it completely wrong. look, this is what's happened. remember that when i first came to washington in 2009 that was the first two years of barack obama in complete control of congress by democrats. and what we got was a series of very bad bills and policies. we got obamacare. we got dodd/frank, we've got the stimulus which was a waste of a trillion d

there is a wonderful op-ed from "the washington post," wonderful treatment by kathleen parker.here is a little bit of romance there from ms. parker, phil mattingly. where will jake tapper find the romance tonight? phil: i do not know that jake is going to look for the romance. about tonight's moderators. this is why i think a lot of us are excited about this debate. you have three of the best questioners, people with respect, with deep knowledge that are prepared to go after people not just on politics and of thefireworks bombastic donald trump attacks, but actually on policy. that is what you want to hear. brendan: how often do you expect to hear the words "ronald reagan" at the ronald reagan library on the stage tonight? has: i think john kasich already come out yesterday and made multiple kind -- made multiple comments. if you do not mention michael mention- if you do not ronald reagan in every sentence, i think your donors are angry and everybody is angry. there will be no shortage of can toents -- of no comparison oneself and ronald reagan. mattingly, thank you so much. we

kathleen parker yesterday in herpes in the "washington post" telling republicans it is time to take the gloves off and go after trump. karen is next from norman, oklahoma. good morning. i keep hearing them say the women that come over and comebabies or people that over a legally have to wait five years before they can get any benefits. that is not so. all they have to do is be pregnant or get pregnant as soon as they get here. then they are available for everything. that is one reason we cannot afford to build roads and bridges and take care of our events and own people. we have to stop rewarding people .rom having baby after baby then they say they cannot afford and we have the taxpayers pay for them. host: thank you. did you want to respond to that? guest: it was more of a statement than a question but i think she put a finger on is that they would telling the trump campaign. let us take the issue of veterans health care. nobody suggested this to donald trump.did not come out of some poll or focus group. as he has moved around the country, everywhere he goes, he is besieged by veteran

parker. thank you both for joining. >> thank you for having us. >> kathleen, let's start with you. you look at this, obviously, there have been a range of controversies on the trump campaign. this one, though srks a well-worn subject and whatever you think of how to correct the people you hear from, he has what people say is a problematic record on this very issue. >> it is interesting donald trump such a big-mouth, says whatever pops into his mouth, decided to be careful with the phrasing in this instance and, you know, instead of saying, look, you know, instead of taking the mccain approach and correcting him, he says things like we are going to be looking into that. there are things going on and we'll look into that. you know, when you're careful like that and trying not to alienate bigots you might be a bigot. just saying. >> do you think this is something that some of these conservative voters or even a subset of maybe nonconservatives and people who still hold this animis toward president obama and the people to appeal to? >> well, i don't know what he's trying to appeal to.