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Savings and loans crisis and lead the investigation of the bombing of pan am flight over lockerbie scotland. barrs experience in government and business reflects the current administrations priorities. shep? >> shepard: thanks, trace. lets go to john now, a former federal prosecutor watching this all day. first of all, what is your take and his message to those on the hill? >> you see somebody that is steady, has a great deal of experience and knowledgeable about all facets. he exudes confidence...

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One. i look forward to supporting the president in the next election. >> bill crystal remains with us from los angeles. before i even get to my question, i want to play one of the serious comments she had for the crowd. this was particularly interesting. well talk about it on the other side. >> in our toxic political environment, ive heard some people in both parties describe their opponents as enemies or evil. in america, our political opponents are not evil. >> well, bill, the meaning there wa...

>> yeah, indeed. and yall are old enough to remember when republicans denigrated bill clinton for not serving in the war in vietnam. but weve come a long way for someone to denigrate, say mccain is not a war hero and still get the acclimation in the republican party, thats a pretty big art. >> i want to wholeheartedly endorse what jennifer ruben said, and mccain in the same vein, he was not just a war hero, a military man who understood the deepest traditions of the american military and defende...

When he had you know, a lets see, a third son, his fifth child, he couldnt really name him donald trump jr. because he already had donald trump jr., so he named him barron, after john barron, perhaps. >> thats interesting. right. well, it seems to be b a bit of a pattern with trump because besides posing as fake person, which is extraordinary on its own, theres always the fake thyme magazine coverment the fake painting he tried to pass off as real. what do you think is at the root at this hunger...

He could get hatch to stay in. >> he told him if he runs, hes going to win by acclimation. >> im pining for mitt romney. i cant believe im saying this, i want mitt romney. >> you could actually do multiple stories today, when the presidents in davos, look what happens. up ahead, potty politics. i needed legal advice for my shop. thats when i remembered that my ex-ex- ex-boyfriend actually went to law school, so i called him. he didnt call me back! if your ex-ex- ex-boyfriend isnt a lawyer, cal...

Klux klan ers or vladimir putin, right? and then weve got north korea, which is looming over us, and which has continued to escalate verbally with him sort of pushing it along. i dont understand what their strategy is. and now weve got the north koreans saying well, if he is going to talk like that and essentially declare war against us, were going to believe we don have the right to shoot down american planes. all of this is swirling around at the same time. but he is making choices. and his ch...

Are a voter who cared about the supreme court and you see neil gorsuch is going to get confirmed, i think that reinforces support for donald trump while they try to get some other policy things through, like obamacare, etc. if this is the thing they really cared about, do you think republicans will stick with donald trump and try to push through the rest of the agenda? >> i think arguably this is the reason. you look at the response from republicans to the gorsuch nomination. its been acclimatio...

Worst president in the history of the united states? we will all be able to say the united democratic party led the resistance. >> that is newly elected party chairman tom perez with some strong language as he takes the reins with some strong opposition against president trump. rick santorum joins us now, former democratic governor granholm. thanks one and all for being here. governor, lets start with you, you were a supporter of tom perez, as you know, there are ellison supporters, sanders supp...

Public. the dnc members moved to vote for acclimation, so it is recorded as a unanimous vote for tom perez and they were all unified on that, and in the back of the room, the ellison supporters were saying get big money out of politic, and they were unhappy. and so with the first move as chairman he appointed keith ellison as deputy chairman and that should go a long way and unexpected. in the speech he said that he would reach out and try to heal these wound, and keith ellison making the same p...