20:22 I, uh... Jake Tapper. Uh, Jake Tapper. Rickroll is not the correct phrase my friend! That was not a rickroll there was no Rick Astley nonono WHOA YOU GOT BUTTSLAM! There you go. Yeah that's it Well let's play the second half of Rachel's little thing What happened today, I think is that he got scared and sort of fell apart. I think maybe he did not want to have to defend his craziness about the president's birthplace and birth certificate in the forthcoming debate Maybe that's why he crumbled. I don't know she got there but he crumbled he Caved and he told all of these laugh-out loud obvious lies about it as he did it And then you ran away from reporting
21:04 I mean this was a collapse, a total abandonment of what was his signature issue. His signature belief with no explanation. I finished it. You know what I mean? Okey dokey! Well you tell me when you're ready. Okay let's go For what? Yeah, for the clips that prove otherwise. From these very same people I might add! Oh well let's start... No, I'm gonna get through the NBC stuff then you're going to take it over Alright baby Let's start with NBC Bertha This is the... this is.. lets start with the tease This is how the news hour began It's top of the news! Woah really?! Alright everybody and we're ready for cold open Okay stand by We are going in 3 2 1 Roll Open
21:50 Tonight, birther bombshell. Donald Trump finally admits President Obama was born in the U.S., but ignites more controversy. False and claiming Hillary Clinton started the birther rumors he spread for years. Clinton firing back accusing Trump of pushing a racist conspiracy and getting backup from the first lady. And kick him good! Now, this falsely accused phrase is used over and over again at NBC. It's used during his read of the actual story too. Falsely accused, falsely accused... And we're going to talk about that after we get through these clips But the idea of falsely accu- If you think about that word it's kind of like self contradictory? It's like he accused someone falsely
22:40 Yes, which is awkward so no one would say that. He accused Hillary of being the early promoter of this idea Yeah, he didn't falsely. I mean he accused her and that's bullcrap according to these people right? But falsely accused makes it sound like he...I don't know what it means! It doesn't mean anything. I think it's one of those little confusing afraid of false you know the I think I'm falsely confused The cognitive dissonance on this one was pretty good. crazy intros as well. Same ideas, falsely accused weird language. Yeah so let's listen to NBC, let's go through these, these are a little longer than I'd like... actually not that long Let's go Berther 1. Good evening today Donald Trump publicly acknowledged what most Americans have accepted as the truth for years that President Barack Obama was born in the United States Trump was an outspoken voice of the so-called berther movement which challenged Obamas legitimacy as president
23:41 Today, without apology Mr. Trump admitted the president is a natural born American and in the same breath managed to wrongly accuse Hillary Clinton of first launching the discredited movement. Wrongly! Wrongly! I think that's actually probably better than falsely. Wrongly. Wrongly? I'm wrongly okay never let's go to two Tonight Clinton is leading the growing outrage among Democrats We have 2 reports tonight Let's start with NBC's Hallie Jackson Hallie good evening Good evening, Lester. Among the many conspiracy theories Donald Trump's talked about he's pursued none as intently as this one. Few topics is central to his early political identity even after his campaign tried to speak for him these last couple weeks we heard nothing definitive from the candidate himself behind me on the campaign trail in Miami until today Donald Trump today finally
24:37 finally submitting to the truth. President Barack Obama was born in the United States period a seven second statement after 28 minutes of buildup trying to reverse a position Trump's held for five years championing a conspiracy theory why doesn't he show his birth certificate I'm starting to wonder myself whether or not he was born in this country. I have people that actually have been studying it and they cannot believe what they're finding He gave a birth certificate, whether or not that was a real certificate because a lot of people question it...I certainly questioned it Today, in his reversal Trump didn't admit he was wrong didn't say he was sorry and didn't tell the truth when he said this Hillary Clinton and her campaign
25:24 2008 started the birther controversy. I finished it. Neither Clinton nor her campaign made Barack Obama's citizenship an issue, and as he sarcastically said in the Oval Office today, neither did the president himself. I was pretty confident about where i was born. I think most people were as well The President brushing off Trump like he did after releasing his long-form birth certificate in 2011 We can finally get back to focusing on the issues that matter Did we fake the moon landing? Hey, hey, hey!
26:03 Now you're pissing me off Brock. Good one, good one I hadn't heard that. Thanks for leaving that in just for me Yeah i left it in just for you so let's go versus three and get past that It's not just what the GOP nominee said today but how and where he said it The opening of his new DC hotel a photo op with cameras allowed but no questions from journalists who watched the stage collapse after Trump walked off. Finally agreeing to admit that President Obama was born in the United States, that's meant to gain him support with white college-educated voters of those key battleground states. Trump trying to undo years of perpetuating a lie with a single sentence... A single question remaining will it work?