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Beginning in 08, not being transparent to the american people and there are a lot of senators who were not, before this vote, who were not able to see the memos going back and forth at the fed prior to the decision to bail out aig. >> paul: so this is about transparency and the lack of being able to see what the fed did when and how? >> well, paul, senator john mccain himself used that word explicitly. he said if the fed is going to involve itself this deeply in the economy were going to need mo...

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Package that could take effect by labor day designed to help soybean and dairy farmers as well as pork producers and others whether their trade storm. the money will come from a depression era program called the commodity credit corporation created back in 1933 as a financial backstop for farmers. it can borrow up to $30 billion from the u.s. treasury to stabilize, support and protect farm income and prices and it does not require new congressional approval. while it was applauded in some circle...

The 2016 election. it was unconventional. people love it it and clearly successful. its working and he should continue do it. its a new type of access for the president to the easy. >> neil: it never heard it compared to dating. danielle what do you make of it? >> its historic. i look back to f.d.r. the idea that a president has always had a love hate relationship with the media, they use it as a sword and a shield although this president has gone to the media no other president has. in 1933, 34...

Went back and looked at the s t stat -- statistics. i remember them. we had 38 people convicted of homicide who tried to buy a gun and we stopped them. how can anybody argue with the universal background checks. >> you did have a couple of state lawmakers get recalled over their vote on this. >> i remember. >> and it was not an easy part for your re-election. so what does the democratic party do here? you see this connor lamb and -- this is a democrat trying to win in trump country and guns -- i...

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Anderson, i spent some time this afternoon on a black hawk helicopter and two things really stuck out. first, just the utter devastation that you see obviously from that birds eye perspective. you really get a full appreciation for all of the burned areas, street after street, home after home. and also just how much active fire there still is. and thats why people are still being evacuated. authorities are still going door to door trying to get people out. you just talked about the evacuation or...

Press conference by now with those of us who cover him. he has now gone the longest of any president without more than one news conference since the present format was established by franklin roosevelt and his press secretary steve early in 1933. >> i did not know that. where is that stat from? i didnt know that. >> that stas it issic is well known because if you read any accountings of the president at that time, theres usually a press conference in the first week, kennedy five days after takin...

Overall under water at the 100-day mark if you look through the different groups, looks a lot like election day. >> john king, thanks very much. it certainly does. i want to bring in mark mckinnen, the cocreator of the showtimes "the circus," a great episode on sunday and a lot to talk with you as well, mr. meacham. i want to get your reaction. john meacham, what do you think of these poll numbers? >> well, i think that the president lives and dies by ratings and this is not a good first report ...