i know tough people. he's tough. >> president trump with words of praise for mitch mcconnell at a rally in kentucky back in october. joining us now the politics editor for "new york times" magazine, charles holman, the author of "mitch mcconnell got everything he wanted but at what cost." he writes in part, the shutdown distilled the essence of mcconnell's position in trump's washington: a man of institutions and establishments whose own legacy was now tied to that of a president who seems heldbent on burning both to the ground." >> you've called the president embarrassing. can you remember seeing a spectacle like this -- >> when we had the red moon the