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Media. but that is what hes been doing all along and you see the results. not getting much done and so i dont see much of a change from that in the coming months. >> and endura, josh green who wrote the book about bannon that rocketed to number one on amazon and has enjoyed a good run prior to the departure of mr. bannon, wrote about bannon on bloomberg today before i ask you a question, i want to read you. holiday banons path from trusted attack dog to toxic liability, the cost of bannons failu...

The discussion you just had was very illuminating in regard to bannon wanting to wage war against his rivals, foes, adversaries over in congress and in the white house and in the media. but that is what hes been doing all along and you see the results. not getting much done and so i dont see much of a change from that in the coming months. >> and endura, josh green who wrote the book about bannon that rocketed to number one on amazon and has enjoyed a good run prior to the departure of mr. banno...

Authority on stephen bannon other than, perhaps stephen bannon. were you surprised by the timing of this? >> i was a little surprised by the timing of it, because the role trump really plays for bannon, he isnt so much the great manipulator that hes portrayed as being on "saturday night live." he is bannons ultimate soldier and attack dog, winds up in crazy crises where everybody else abandoned him. back in the campaign it was true, during the "access hollywood" scandal. bannon engineered a way ...

That is a concerning thing. you see his campaign arm be more of the attack dog, and i think the term enemies is just a very strong signal that, you know, he is going to continue to brand the media as unpatriotic, and usually use words like opponents. enemies is much more, you know, high charged. >> we know that has sometimes negative consequences on the media itself in terms of the rallies and how they can sometimes turn violent. daniel lipman, thank you for that. still ahead, republicans slam...

What do you make of it? >> well, theres two aspects to this relationship. this case is dirtying up paul manafort. trump knows about this raid, and he is now taking steps to solidify with his base. he cant believe anything about paul manafort. hes a terrible person. hes having an affair with a woman younger than his daughter. the other side of this is the "national enquirer" has hushed up stories for trump, including making a settlement with a former playmate of the year to make sure she said not...

And she agreed not to write columns for them, which we never saw, and she also agrees forever to never speak of any relationship she had with any married men. "the wall street journal" dug this stuff up and saw the documents a few months ago. you have this two-sided relationship. the "national enquirer" is his attack dog, and the "national enquirer" is also his silencer of those who might get in the way of donalds ambitions. >> and just for the record, the woman youre referring to in that story ...

Stephen miller is the kind of attack dog that the president loves to see on television. >> brian stelter, thank you so much for being with us. see you in the next hour as well. as the network its on. and only one network can be the best... verizon. just named number one in the nation by rootmetrics, the largest independent study. in call, data, speed, and reliability. and awarded number one overall network for the eighth time in a row. because only verizon has the best network and the best unlim...

We have a problem that we cant communicate when there are a bad on the ground. reshaping higher committee had and can be interesting. he mentioned in the opening how anthony scaramucci has taken on cnn. if you look at how he did that, he did it with such a light touch. after they corrected it, he said cool, no problem, everybody makes mistakes. im good. then he walked away. he let everyone else take the fight for him. i think that might be a different way of looking at things because sean spicer...

>> he wants to go through this process to give back. its incredibly selfless and amazing to see. >> reporter: also one of his greatest defenders on russia. >> that goes to show you what the dnc and clinton camp will do -- they will lie and do anything to win. >> reporter: and at times playing attack dog. >> it takes a unique tark kerr to go up against i think its fair to say the most corrupt candidate in the history of the presidency. >> yeah! don jr. had a tremendous influence on his father dur...

Are just excited. i mean i really love what my father is doing here. he really loves this country. >> during the campaign, don jr. was one of his fathers greatest champions. >> he wants to go through the brutal process to give back. he is truly, it is incredibly selfless and amazing to see. >> also one of his greatest defenders. on russia. >> i cant thing of bigger lies. but that exactly goes to show you what the dnc and what the clinton camp will do. they will lie and do anything to win. >> and...