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Good evening. so i want to -- ill start with you. the president is known as a transactional guy, loves to make deals but he rarely does anything unless he stands to benefit from it. that is his personality. which brings us to these three basketball players who got arrested in china for sh shoplifting. they were released back to the united states, after the president worked on their behalf. this is what was said on twitter, do you think the three basketball players will say thank you to president...

Hes generally not interested. he really just wants to sort of think act the ways that he can try and dismantle obamas legacy and in doing so dismantling the progress of the 20th century. the people who give him the most adulation and attention are sort of these right wing isolationists, i would aanti-semantic racists and he wants to cater to them. when we think about daca and the wall and the things hes said about puerto rico and not said about the u.s. virgin islands. how he fundamentally does ...

Lets be clear. >> what are we buying here? hes going before a crowd who otherwise up until this man showed up on the stage was -- his life, background, history. all that. to me it says a lot about the politics drives the values right now. and that to me is disturbing for the republican party. >> this is a president who craves adulation. this is sort of him going into a warm bath of a ballroom and cycling through some of his best applause lines. some of his biggest accomplishments. not many legis...

Reporting here. tell us a little more about what your sources say. >> yeah, its good to be here. and i think today the tweets that we saw the president direct at puerto rico is emblematic of this erratic behavior. and especially general kelly his chief of staff has been trying to bring odd to this chaos. and i hear that the relationship between both men is strained and the words ive heard is untenable. and so all our eyes are on chief of staff kelly about how long he actually does stay in this p...

- yeah, thats true. - does that worry you? - yeah, it does. - sounds like hes kind of a showman. now, im talking to you im actually thinking this, harvey. i mean, i hadnt thought about this. maybe youre right. but at the same time, even if he wanted to be on camera, i would explain to him like i did what the reason for doing it is. harvey: yeah, but then when people see simon cowell walk on stage and everybody applauds and they see adulation and all this, its intoxicating for a kid. im trying no...

- yeah, it does. - sounds like hes kind of a showman. now, im talking to you im actually thinking this, harvey. i mean, i hadnt thought about this. maybe youre right. but at the same time, even if he wanted to be on camera, i would explain to him like i did what the reason for doing it is. harvey: yeah, but then when people see simon cowell walk on stage and everybody applauds and they see adulation and all this, its intoxicating for a kid. im trying not to talk you out of it, but-- i dont think...

Wonder about his motivation for maybe -- maybe he is looking for a way out. i do wonder as well about the people that attracted to this rally as others. you know, what are they thinking? and why am i so far out -- off base? because i dont understand the adulation. of course, thats why i think he gravitated to having this rally, as ill timed as it is. >> what should we do? what should washington do at this point? you said you are questioning his fitness. there are many people who are saying it. t...

Base? because i dont understand the adulation and of course thats why i think he aggressive stagr having this rally as ill timed it is, he should have quit while he was ahead last night. but again, i think the real trump came through and as bakari said shouldnt be a surprise to anyone. >> what should we do? what should washington do at this point. you said you are questioning his fitness. there are many people who wont say it publicly. maybe after this speech they will now. it will become painfu...

Family lives in and around charlottesville, this is where i grew up, so we were very disturbed from night one to see neo-nazis, klansmen, white supremacists marching with torches. when we didnt hear an initial response of i condemn these people by name, that was bothersome. its deeply frustrating and upsetting, but i will hold this president to the same standard that i feel like i set for president obama. time and again, for 8 years, i criticized the president for surrounding himself with people...

The time about his status in the election. so i think there is probably also an emotional aspect to this because who among us can come up with a good political calculus explanation for what he did last night? there is none. rallying the base, hes not at the point in his presidency where he needs to rally the base. hes got to be passing legislation. >> right. >> and growing his base. the only conclusion that i can draw from that spectacle last night it fed some kind of inner need that he trump th...