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You like me. you really like me. >> its what he desperately wants to believe. >> and there is a neediness there. >> yes. >> which is such a contrast to obama. because obama, this hurt obama a little bit. he didnt understand the basic insecurities of most politicians because he is not insecure himself. so their neediness was an abstraction to him. >> yeah. >> and trump is the most profoundly insecure person who has held this office compared to nixon who was deeply insecure, lbj was insecure. and ...

Ask him. but i think he likes me. >> thats how president trump described his relationship with president obama. a week after the inauguration. lets see what jonathan alter, msnbc political analyst from the daily beast. so there has probably been some adjustments since saturday morning anyway in the relationship. >> with sean hannity and bill oreilly before that, he was sally field at the oscars. you like me. you really like me. >> its what he desperately wants to believe. >> and there is a needi...

Whatever virtue signaling of how personally opposed to it, of course. but you say in abstraction, the reality of economic insecurity is what matters. what does that mean? i >> i think for most people, the great american escalator has broken down. we have a great escalator lifting each generation to new heights of prosperity, and people over the course of their lives. since about the year 2000, that hasnt been working. thats why people feel insecurity, thats why people feel anxiety. people dont f...

Thing but in very different and equally effective ways, right? >> yeah. im a student of the spoken word and these guys speak the word differently, dont they? >> martha: they sure do. >> bannon is a heavyweight intellectual, serious guy. goldman sachs background. he reads journls and off print he probably subscribes to some obscure as tree an and host of terms and he is a power house. he deals largely in abstraction. donald trump is a deal-maker. is he an american businessman. he deals with the c...

Forever signaling how personally post-with they are, but you say its an abstraction. the reality of economic insecurity is what matters, what does that mean? >> i think for most people in america, the great american escalator has broken down. we had a great escalator that was lifting each generation to new heights of prosperity and people over the course of their lives, since about the year 2,000, that hasnt been working. thats why people feel insecurity, thats why people feel anxiety. people do...

Trump. they are saying the same thing but in very different and equally effective ways, right? >> yeah. im a student of the spoken word and these guys speak the word differently, dont they? >> martha: they sure do. >> bannon is a heavyweight intellectual, serious guy. goldman sachs background. he reads journls and off print he probably subscribes to some obscure as tree an and host of terms and he is a power house. he deals largely in abstraction. donald trump is a deal-maker. is he an american ...

Remarkable scenes at gop town halls across the entire country, as the first congressional recess of the trump era is marked by the sort of turnout and mobilization we have not seen in this country since the tea party protests of 2009. this was the scene outside a town hall held today by louisiana republican bill cassidy where people reportedly lined up more than two hours early and hundreds could not get in. those who did get in the door chanted "where is he" when cassidy did not show up at the ...

Cassidy did not show up at the scheduled start of the event. once he arrived he gotten a earful. >> under this plan, my child, this child sitting in front of you is completely uninsurable. this is not an abstraction. this is -- >> let her finish! >> okay, folks -- >> this child is uninsurable under this plan. uninsurable, this plan. >> were ready to roll right now. what im going to do is -- >> uninsurable under this plan. uninsurable under this plan. uninsurable child! uninsurable child! sitting...

Youre talking to, is this as trump declares that he has a war with the media, we see it as were doing our job to speak truth to power and to check the president on his facts. but hes from portraying it a bit differently. is that playing to his favor right now? >> well, i think it plays to his favor in some cases, right, hes picking a fight folks feel legitimate when a figure has been unfair to the president, that will help him. but this is really an important point to note that a lot of people j...

Vietnam is a young country. almost half of vietnamese are under the age of 30. fewer every year even remember what they call here "the americanar." those years were a defining time for just about everyone, vietnamese or american, who lived through them. and though there are still a lot of conflicted feelings back home, for most vietnamese these days, the war has become an abstraction, not even a memory. vietnam is still a poor nation, but the standard of living has improved a lot with the relaxi...