eli stokels and peter baker. >>> a break for us. come back, one bit of godfatheresque imagery from the hearing today. also, what's the status of the russian infiltration of our election system? that and more when we return. >>> do you have any doubt that russia attempted to interfere in the 2016 elections? >> none. >> do you have any doubt that the russian government was behind the intrusions in the dnc and the dccc systems and the subsequent leaks of that information. >> no, no doubt. >> jim comey, republican senator richard berr. comey under scored the seriousness of the attack. >> it was an active measures campaign driven from the top of that government. it's not about republicans and democrats. they are coming after america. if any americans were part of helping the russians do that to us that is a very big deal. >> jeremy bash is back with us. moscow born american journalist and currently with the atlantic. before i get to a bit of visual arts at the hearing. where were the president's constant questions to fbi director about t

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the broadcast the first time tonight ppt chief white house correspondent for "the new york times" peter baker. white house correspondent tor i iesh hereby of an with us round out our very own subcommittee of white house press. white house bureau chief for are the "washington post" phillip rucker. peter i'm beginning with you because you were the last to file of this group. you filed a story tonight that says among other things what appears to be the president's simering anger, a lot of it goes back to attorney general jeff sessions. please explain how that is. >> well if you look at today's twitter storm, there are lots of things you can take out. one of the things you can take is the president's seeming dissatisfaction with his own justice department. he acts as if the justice department is some other branch of government not under his control he says the justice department shouldn't have done this should to this. what that reflects is sort of this -- this resentment, this sort of unhappiness he has with jeff sessions, the attorney general who had been wup of his earliest supporters. that go

chief white house correspondent upon the "new york times," peter baker. white house correspondent for reuters. and to round out our sib subcommittee of white house press corps, white house bureau chief for the "washington post," philip rucker. welcome to you all. peter i'm going to begin with you, you were the last to file of this group. you filed a story tonight that says, among other things, what appears to be the president's simmering anger a lot of it goes back to attorney general jeff session. please explain how that is. >> well, if you look at today's twitter storm, there are lots of things you can take out of it. one of the things is the president's seeming dissatisfaction with his own justice department. it acts as if it is another branch of government not under his control, the justice department shouldn't have done this, should do this. what that reflects is this resentment, this unhappiness he has with jeff session, the attorney general, who had been one of his earliest supporters. that goes back to the decision jeff sessions made to recuse hims

joining us now, ken dilanian for nbc, peter baker, chief white house correspondent for "the new york times" and an msnbc political analyst. previously he was the moscow bureau chief for "the washington post" for four years. and also with us joy reid, msnbc national correspondent and the host of "a.m. joy" on weekends on msnbc. ken dilanian, i want you to take us over what nbc news is reporting tonight, adding to all of this. >> absolutely, lawrence. and first i want to be very clear about one thing. jeff sessions adamantly denies that he had a meeting with sergey kislyak at that mayflower hotel event. his spokesman denies it on the record. and this is one of the reasons, you know, i've known about this and i've been reporting on this meeting for a while as i think have some other reporters in this town. and there has been a lot of haziness about what exactly congressional investigators were learning. and that's why i was really glad to see senator al franken on your show last night go on the record and say look, we have reason to believe, that's the phrase he used, that this was not

that was a really bad performance. >> him whining about the media is going to get very old. >> peter bakerhouses. >> peter's 12 still. >> our own benjamin button in. >> in what way is this white house profoundly different? >> i had tense moments with the clinton white house, i spent 13 months covering the starr investigation, the impeachment, the trial, not fun. there's a different quality to this. this is much angrier and it's much more personal. >> thank to you my panel, donnie, harold, peter, eli, that's a final plug for peter's new book, go buy it, read it, everything he writes is perfect. time for "mtp daily." >> bush communications officers never would have uttered that comment about peter baker. >> if it's tuesday, the vote on the republican health care bill in the senate is p

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we've got to be real careful here. >> peter baker, thank you very much. >> thank you, peter. >> for beingtorneys general plan to sue the president over payments from foreign governments. >>> plus, senators on both sides tell president trump produce the tapes or move on. peter alexander joins us live from the white house with his latest reporting. you're watching "morning joe." we'll be right back. >> i've seen the tweet about tapes. lordy, i hope there are tapes. >> do you believe there were any tapes or recordings have your conversations with the president? >> it never occurred to me until the president's tweet. i'm not being facetious, i hope there are and i'll consent to the release maof them. >> so you both hope there's tapes and recordings? >> well, i'm the -- all i can do is hope. the president surely knows whether he taped me. if he did, my feelings aren't hurt. release the entire -- release all the tapes, i'm good with it. this is the new new york. we are building new airports all across the state. new roads and bridges. new mass transit. new business friendly environment. new low

peter baker, thank you. greatly appreciate it., senator angus king joins us, hoping to get more answers from james comey today than he did yesterday from other top intel officials. >> why are you not answering these questions? is there an invocation by the president of the united states of an executive privilege? is there or not? >> not that i'm not aware of. >> then why are you not answering our question? >> i feel is inappropriate. >> that is not relevant. is it an invocation of executive privilege. if there is, let us know about it. if there isn't, answer the questions. >> i stand by the comments i made and am not interested in repeating myself. i don't mean it in a contentious way. >> i do mean it in a contentious way. i don't understand why you're not answering our questions. hear the difference versus oral b. in a recently published clinical study, philips sonicare diamondclean outperforms oral-b 7000, removing up to 82% more plaque and improving gum health up to 70% more. its sonic technology cleaning deep between teeth. fr

joining the conversation, peter baker, chief white house correspondent for "new york times" and formeref. peter, plenty of expertise in this area. set the scene. i don't think that anyone will expect that jared will come back with a peace deal. what are the expectations on all sides? >> that is exactly right. i just bouggot back from a tripm jerusalem last week. conditions on the ground are not necessarily right for a real peace agreement at this point. a lot of feeling in jerusalem at this point both sides are telling president trump what he wants to hear and not necessarily what he needs to hear. both sides are telling him he wants peace but plotting out the situation in which they're waiting for the other guy to blink. so, it's a really interesting environment in which jared kushner will be walking in to. >> he's not walking into it alone either. >> jason greenblat, of course, a lawyer for president trump in private business. he has been his chief negotiator since taking office. in fact, has been to the region now several times. got an lot of praise from boths his even-handed approa

lucy and msnbc political analyst and chief white house correspondent for the "new york times," peter baker. welcome to you all. pete, first to you. there are two parts to this nsa story, one is the arrest of the leaker, the contractor. and then two, the document itself, right, what it tells us about russia's interference in the election. break it down for us. >> let me do the second part. that's the easier part. it doesn't tell us a lot. it gives us technical details about some of the ways the russians were trying to get into what we knew they'd done which is try to get into some voter registration databases. still no indication that the russians did anything to affect the actual vote outcome. look at the black parts. this is the way the intercept website published this document and what the government and the intercept say is that, after getting the document mailed to them anonymously the intercept contacted the national security agency and said we're going to do a story and the nsa said please redact certain parts of the document. we wish you wouldn't do it at all but if you're going to

. >> let me -- let me -- i want to bring in peter baker who's going to write the story that's going two be on the front page of "the new york times" tomorrow. i respect a difference of opinion. you know that. you and i have been fighting over politics for 20 years. >> yes. >> i just have to ask, do you think the future of our party lies in denying climate change? i talked to governor kasich's senior adviser who said yesterday the governor suggested staying in but simply improving it. would you have supported staying in the accord but making it better for america -- >> let me be clear with what i'm for. i'm for being responsible and all these questions about how we use energy, and i'm totally fine with increasing the role of renewab renewables, as long as they're economically viable. what i'm not for is the government -- >> you think it's a choice, you don't think our economy can thrive and our air can be clean for your five babies and my one? >> yes, i do. you know this, nicolle, this is one thing i love about america, when things are produced in america, they're produced the cleanest o

. >> peter baker has broken stories that hurt donald trump badly and hillary clinton badly.age of loretta lynch. look back on the obama administration right now, people are kinds of getting bored with the trump pile-on. >> it's such a larger story about what has been going on in washington for decades. kennedy: maybe it's a made-up story because it's fake news. a lovely night. california is claiming one of the world's most popular weed killers is going to kill you. is this cause for alarm or more left-wing nanny statism telling ♪ art. it can be sculpted, bringing to life beautiful detail. or painted in luxurious strokes. and in rare cases... both. ♪ eyet some cards limit where yout earn bonus cash back to a few places. and then, change those places every few months. enough with that! with quicksilver from capital one you've always earned unlimited 1.5% cash back on every purchase, everywhere. welcome to unlimited what's in your wallet? take 5, guys. tired of your bladder always cutting into your day? you may have overactive bladder, or oab. that's it! we really need to get w

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be peter baker and i reported monday night that the president has grown frustrated with jeff sessions. complaining about him privately. it dates back one to the travel ban that wasn't a ban and now is a ban again. it has been blocked in the courts. the president despite the fact it was an executive order he signed and blaming the department of justice in terms of how this is played out and defense of it. this goes back to when jeff sessions recused himself from russia-related probes. coming on the heels of a report in the washington post that sessions had not revealed during the conversation hearing to become attorney general he had at least one meeting and might have been multiple with the ambassador from russia. sessions did what any legal expert including attorney chris cuomo in the previous block, i suspect would say is wise. recuse yourself. you may become a witness. the president felt blind sided. he learned about it from a reporter at an event. he hates feeling he is not in control as we know. it has led to this series of chain reactive self destructive behavior starting with t

. >> this follows upen the posting that peter baker and i did that there have been tensions between the attorney general and the president going back to when jeff sessions decided to recuse himself from any russia related probe that was going on. a disaster. he did not disclose he had at least one meeting with the ambassador from russia. and it became controversiacontr. he has continued to intermittently seed over it, at some point in the last eight weeks, the attorney general told the president, according to two of my sources that he needed to be able to do thiz job, and if he couldn't have that, perhaps i shouldn't be here. it was making clear to the president that he was also frustrate would where this relationship has devolved to. he was one of his earliest and most vocal supporters. one of the people who helped put policy planks between the trump campaign. and so to arrive at this stage is something. >> you said according to two sources this happened sometime in the last eight weeks. >> the president has been continuing to be frustrated with jeff sessions. the president too, be cle

." >> bush communications officers never would have uttered that comment about peter baker. >> if it's tuesday, the vote on the republican health care bill in the senate is put on hold. tonight hitting the pause button on the senate health care bill. >> consequently we will not be on the bill this week. >> the votes aren't there. can mitch mcconnell use the time to find them. >> this is a big complicated subject. >> plus cutting to the chase on medicaid. and what is the motivation for the president to finally acknowledge the russian interference in the 2016 election? this is "mpt daily" and it starts right now. >> good evening. i'm chuck todd here in washington. welcome to mtp daily and a day of uncertainty in washington. i know, the day ends in "y" and that's every day. >> the senate will not vote this week on health care reform, instead waiting until after the july 4th recess. >> we're going to continue the discussions within our conference on the differences that we have, that we're continuing to try to litigate. conseque consequently, we will not be on the bill this week but we're

. >> one of the things i'll give credit to my colleague peter baker, but one of the thinks that is truelican divide, the i ideological divide is a republican condition of the party. one of the reasons the house speaker can say that and have a kind of smirk is that the ideological divide has been part of the house for a long time. >> speaker boehner can't get in and now some of those nasame problems, those same divisions are now difficult to bridge. >> the thing that fascinates me, this is not popular, even with republicans, and rob portman states, this is not popular even with republicans. but their signature problem was to do something about this. i want to read this from the national review, a wondrous thing happened, republicans won control, not just of congress but the president itself. now nothing stood in the way of health care reform. >> back to mitch mcconnell, it did surprise me that he seemed to make the same tactical misjudgment that speaker ryan did. we have been promising it on the campaign trail for years so we're going to make it happen, and it not that easy when you have

peter baker, chief white house quornlt "the new york times." is spicer gone? gone but not forgotten. he is on the way up. you get promoted upstairs. sometimes for good reasons. sometimes not. the spin that he is leading the search for his own replacement is to some extent spin. that they don't want him out there. they have a problem which is finding somebody to do job. someone willing to do and it who might be willing to do and it good enough for the boss. >> i don't know how you translate trump into rational. >> that's the thing. how much license do you have to take to get it straight? he's talking about times. it sounds like he has a screw loose. what are these tapes? what is he talking about? >> no times. >> i think sean spicer -- sarah sanders hasn't fared much better than sean spicer has. it is an impossible job when the president is tweeting when he is doing this. sean more and more says i haven't talked to the president about that. many it speaks for itself. >> that was a great point. what about, i haven't talked to the president about whether the russi

my good colleague peter baker will be here june 29th on his latest book "obama and call of history." general mick milley. now is the time to introduce the head table. going my far left, your right heather weaver, freelance journalist that organize today's luncheon. captain gregory hicks special advisory to the chairman of public affairs. "washington bureau" chief of the "new york times." and member of the national press club. [applause] john donnelly. he is many things to us. john is the president of the military reporters editors association, chair of the national press club freedom team and one of the fighter for press freedom in the club. thank you for your service to the club, john. [applause] now the good part. as the tensions between the u.s. and russia seem to be serious all at the same time seem to be heating up over the shooting down of a syrian jet over the weekend. entered the chairman of joint chiefs of staff. general joseph f. dunford junior. who is the 19th person occupied this post. nation's highest ranking military officer and principle military officer to the preside

today on the front page of the "new york times" this morning peter baker, the white house reporter for that organization, with his story about the president's tweets and response. focuses mostly on tweets president sent on saturday and sunday. even after the investigation getting under way, mr. trump wasted little tape to defend his disputed travel ban on visitor and criticizes the judges who blocked it. he decided to go after the mayor of london at not being tough enough on terrorism. he mischaracterized the mayor's position, why didn't his rip with the united states european allies a bit further. he set off a chain reactions triggering partisan reactions that illustrates just how poll layer -- polarized the united states has come. we want to hear your thought this morning on the president's response to the london attack. democrats it's 202-748-8000, republicans 202-748-8001, independents 202-748-8002. we'll start with tim calling from west virginia, republican good morning. caller: good morning. my comments comes to the president's comments are clarity. we have to come to the realiza

also with us "the new york times" peter baker who is an msnbc political analyst and the author of "obama, the call of history." let's start with you, peter. where do republicans go from here? they've got to go home, town halls are coming, how's this going to play out. >> they have a preexisting condition and that preexisting condition is they are -- >> is that covered? >> it's not covered. it's almost fundamentally irreconcilable between one part of the part and the other part. either you want to get rid of obamacare or you want to fix obamacare and you have both wings within the parties. these are not reconcilable at least not easily reconcilable points of view. they'll go home and hear from their constituents and dug in even deeper and makes it that much harder for mitch mcconnell. >> you're talking moderates and conservatives, what about the third leg, the people who voted for president trump, that's his base, and he's promised him a lot. >> and this is a problem for him. you can't have a promise like this and not fulfill it without great deal of damage to credibility. you had to pull

with "the new york times'" chief white house correspondent we just ripped away from his keyboard, peter baker. at the white house white house, "washington post" reporter ashley parker. peter, since you're truly on deadline, want to get back to what you're working on, talk to me about the piece you wrote over the weekend, it brought me back to my times at the white house where you never harkined for a day when you lived through a terrorist attack but in normal white houses you wait for all the facts to come in. that's not what we saw on twitter from this president and no apologies from the white house podium today. >> no, it's interesting, you right, when the terrorist attack happens the ushl usual response from the president is resolve in the face of the threat. you saw some of that from president trump over the weekend when london faced the latest attack but very quickly pivoted, actually even from the start, into, you know, making political points about his travel ban, and as you said, to go on the attack against the mayor of london. you know, republicans, democrats alike, found that somewh

joining me now, msnbc political analyst and "new york times" chief white house correspondent, peter baker national political reporter for axios, a man who i think works 24/7, jonathan swan. peter, you co-authored "the new york times" report on sessions where he reportedly offered to resign just before the foreign trip. this is amazing to me. what exactly can you tell us? because if it's tied to president trump being unhappy that jeff sessions recused himself, that recusal was not an admission of guilt and it got bipartisan suppt. >> the one person who didn't know about it in advance who was mad about it was donald trump, the president. he was blind-sided when attorney general sessions made this announcement that he was going to recuse himself. the president thought it was unnecessary, he thought it was a sign of weakness and he railed at his own aides about it. this is when he ended up making that tweet about president obama supposedly wiretapping him. so it was all part and parcel of that same period in time when he was upset. this has come up again and again and again in the months sinc

peter baker, chief white house correspondent for msnbc political analysts stays with us for now.n you cast the stakes for this new relationship between the president and south korean counterpart given all that's going on in that region. how important it is that they are up to speed and in synch in no time flat? >> it's very important. and actually south korea really is at a disadvantage because of their election system and the impeachment process. president moon is only come into office about a month ago. so unlike prime minister abe of japan and chinese president xi, he has not yet had the time to develop a rapport with president trump. >> what are the risks, the real challenges, the land minings as they were right now. obviously we have concerns about north korea. south korea sits on its border, side by side. >> there are a lot of questions and even concerns about president moon. he's a left of center president. he during the campaign as well as during his service as chief of staff to a previous liberal president, he's commented on a much softer policy towards north korea. and

my good colleague peter baker will be here june 29th on his latest book "obama and call of history." following in the theme of today's luncheon general mick , milley. that will be july 27. for information on these and other events you can log onto our website. and now is the time to introduce the head table. to my far left, your right, heather weaver, freelance journalist that organize today's luncheon. a publisher of "stars and stripes." current member of the national press club board of governors. member of the national defense club and reporter for bloomberg news. director of the chairman's action group. security reporter from cbs radio. captain gregory hicks, special advisory to the chairman of public affairs. skipping over myself for the moment. the "washington bureau" chief of the "new york times." and member of the national press club. skipping over the chairman briefly. captain of the united states navy retired. and he coordinated today's luncheon. states marine corps, vietnam veteran. thank you for your service, sir. [applause] u.s. navy vietnam veteran and senior ice comman

this follows up on the reporting that peter baker and i did that posted last night. that there have been tensions between the attorney general and the president going back to when jeff sessions decided to recuse himself from any russia-related probe that was going on. this is after, you remember, after he did not disclose in his senate confirmation hearings that he had had at least one meeting with the ambassador from russia and this became controversial. the president was blindsided by this recusal and at some point during the last eight weeks, don't know exactly when it was, but at some point the attorney general told the president, according to two of my sources, that he, you know, needed to be able to do his job, and if he couldn't have that, then perhaps he shouldn't be there. it was not a hard resignation. it was not, here is my letter, but it was certainly making clear to the president that he was also frustrated with where this relationship has evolved to. and jeff sessions was one of his biggest supporters, one who put policy planks under the trump campaign.

we confused you with peter baker. confusion over who wrote the article at "the new york times." >> no problem. >> a hess lesser man would have taken credit. >> peter would have my head. >> we keep a close eye on the briefing room. sean spicer expected to step up to that podium just a few minutes from now. we're told it is mr. spicer, not sara huckabee sanders. can the trump administration get past the russia controversy or has it lost control of the messaging. former obama communications director anita dunn is going to join me right after this. you th, the future's going to be a nightmare! does nobody like the future? c'mon, the future. he obviously doesn't know intel is helping power autonomous cars and the 5g network they connect to. with this, won't happen in the future. thanks, jim. there's some napkins in the glovebox. okay, but why would i need a napkin? you could have just told me a bump was coming. we know the future. because we're building it. adult 7+ promotes alertness and mental sharpness in dogs 7 and olde

my good colleague peter baker will be here june 29th on his latest book "obama and call of history." for information on these and other events, you can log on to press.org. at www. now is the time to introduce the head table. going my far left, your right, heather weaver, freelance journalist and member of the press club headliners committee that organized today's luncheon. a publisher of stars and stripes. of thet, current member national press club board of governors. defense reporter for bloomberg news. director of the chairman's action group. reporter.ecurity , specialregory hicks advisory to the chairman of public affairs. washington bureau chief of the new york times and member of the national press club. captain of the united states navy, retired. united states marine corps vietnam veteran, thank you for your service. [applause] u.s. navy vietnam veteran and commander of the american legion which meets here at the national press club. thank you very much. publisher of military and the dramatic world news. i think i skipped over john donnelly. john is many things to us. john is

lucy and msnbc political analyst and chief white house correspondent for the "new york times," peter bakerl. pete, first to you. there are two parts to this nsa story, one is the arrest of the leaker, the

peter baker, a lot to sift through.se wanted at the end of the day. >> it's not what they wanted. it was something grander and sweeping. everything coming in from the six muslim countries who wasn't an american citizen, eventually american green card holder. the supreme court has already carved out a big swath of that group of people to say these people do have a right to still come here while we consider this case. now we're arguing about uncles and grandparents and that will continue to be litigated. the president wants to call this a big victory. it's not. it sort of demonstrates what would have happened had the administration drafted a more legally defensible issue in the first place. had they done in the first place, we'd be through the period they have for different parts of the executive order and moved on, but that's not happened. >> nick, donald trump tweeted earlier last week when the supreme court voted to allow a partial travel ban that that was a great victory for the security of the country. it will be rev

peter baker for donald trump. a looming cloud, just grew that much darker.iece in the "new york times." and charlie savage writes the testimony sharpens the attention on questions of obstruction of justice. from watertown, south dakota, dave, good morning. caller: i watched -- i'm retired. i watch all three hours of that hearing yesterday. nd comey is pretty self-serving. but the couple points when donald trump asked him for his loyalty, why wouldn't trump ask an obama appointee whether or not he was going to be loyal to the new regime? and one of the other things of all the stuff that was mentioned yesterday, the only crime that was mentioned was loretta lynch flying a government plane 1,000 miles out of the way to have a secret meeting with bill clinton after it was proven that his wife was under investigation for destroying 30,000 pieces of evidence. and my third point and final point is, all this stuff is going to go in front of the supreme court next week with -- about leaks and all this stuff. and you've got ruth ginsberg who every time says how much s

peter baker, respected reporter for trump, a looming cloud just grew that much darker.front page of "usa today," comey calls trump a liar. "washington post" comey says trump ed about him. "the new york daily news"hich he reads, "liar" across his face. glenn thrush, doesn't sound like any vindication for donald trump. sounds like things got more complicated for him. >> i think, as john pointed out -- i'm happy they raised the chair. >> we did that for you. >> first time in my life i'm taller than john. >> you look good today, glenn. >> much better than you're portrayed on "saturday night live." >> i know. it's not fair. i don't get it. >> i don't either. >> but go ahead. >> i think he -- >> you brought this on yourself. >> i did. i think there's no vindication. as john pointed out, legal issues are significant for him. comey said he had no insight whatsoever into what mueller was looking into. as for the senate, it's it said more about marco rubio than overall conditions. this is the guy who was born without the audacity gene and he doesn't want to challenge the presiden

we should work this from the center out and also, peter, get involved, many of our governors, governors like john kasich, governor sandoval, charlie bakeretts. these governors are popular and they have some very constructive suggestions. i think we need to bring them in. of course we need to do this on a bipartisan basis if we want a durable sustainable reform. we won't have one otherwise. >> appears mitch mcconnell will send as early as this friday a new bill to be scored or reviewed while lawmakers await in a partisan fashion so it remains to be seen. i want to ask you a moment that played out on the hill, senator marco rubio told my colleague that president trump plays a major role in this process. here is their exchange. >> reporter: can the president be helpful in getting the process passed? >> of course he can be. the. is the important. he's try igto dot best he can. he's giving the senate the space to work and that's good. >> so congressman, let me ask you, what role should president trump be playing in this process? he didn't make a case for this bill absent saying he thinks it will be a tremendous one everyone will be happy wit

peter row di no an et nick italian guy from jersey does it. an old seggy sam urban comes in and does a good thing. >> howard baker. >> a low key guy comes throughly. they performed so well. i see some of that happening with dur ban and feinstein. thank you elizabeth. tune in 9 eastern for our special presentation of all the president's men revisited. when we return let me finish with trump watch. no he won't like it. you're watching "hardball." you love them together, but you've never had 'em quite like this. at red lobster's lobster & shrimp summerfest, the lobster and shrimp you love are teaming up in so many new ways. like new coastal lobster and shrimp, with a lobster tail with butter and herbs, sweet, smoky bbq red shrimp, and shrimp crusted with...get this...cape cod kettle chips. or try lobster and shrimp overboard. a dish this good... makes you this hungry. it's the highlight of the season, and can't last. so hurry in. to find smarter solutions. to offer more precise and less invasive treatment options than before. like advanced genomic testing and immunotherapy. see how we're fighting to outsmart cancer at cancercenter.com/outsmart lwh

peter aden o, jersey comes through and does it. sam irving comes in, and he comes out and does a good thing. >> what about howard baker. >> low key guyennessee, moderate republican, comes through magnificently, some other people came through and performed so well. i see some of that happening right now with durban and fine steen right now. thanyou, ee ee liz bet. part of history. ne in tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern for our special presentation of "all the president's men revisited". >>> let's finish with trump watch. you're watching "hardball." be the you who doesn't cover your moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. be the you who shows up in that dress. who hugs a friend. who is done with treatments that don't give you clearer skin. be the you who controls your psoriasis with stelara® just 4 doses a year after 2 starter doses. stelara® may lower your ability to fight infections and may increase your risk of infections and cancer. some serious infections require hospitalization. before treatment, get tested for tuberculosis. before starting stelara® tell your doctor if you think you have an infection or have symptoms such as: fever, swe

baker, thank you. loads of messages about today‘s election blind dates, with tv historian mary beard and strip club owner peter entirely up to them within the scope of the law. then you have gone on from this wonderful career start to make money? then they go into their own businesses. these people are entrepreneurs themselves and they are going forward. they come from all around europe. this is one of the reasons i am a remainer. so you can get girls to take their clothes off! peter, this is wonderful. can i just slightly parody you? i'm a remainer because i want all those nice eastern european girls to come and take their clothes off in my club? no. i like all those european people to come and earn money in my club. the english are more than welcome to. i have no reason to think that you are anything other than sincere. what i would challenge is what i would say is a simplistic notion that feminism is about what women want to do, because the whole point about women's choices is that they are deeply determined by a whole range of sexist structures. they haven't got a free choice. you say, provided you agree w