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>> when trump calls in on the phone or this interview, theres a lot less news that comes out of the interviews than when he goes on "60 minutes" or speaks with "the new york times." he is being challenged in all ways that a president needs to be challenged. the fox interviews are interesting because they can give a base thinking. you can hear trump rambling. look how many headlines came out of "60 minutes." we learned a lot about the president because of that interview. i think he enjoys the adv...

Essentially, thats what i said. now because of whats happened since then, with antida, antifa, look at what happens in charlottesville. in fact, a lot of people have written that, gee, he might have a point. >> good to see you, katie. >> hi, sandra. >> i recall eight-week, i think you sent out yesterday, you said republicans wont work with democrats, so president trump will sit down with democrats. trying to get something done. i mean, it sounds reasonable, but what is his base thinking of this?...

The president, are they going after their base, to energize their base, or are they going after swing voters? >> i honestly think the most important thing is to fire up your base, because the most devastating thing for the president, last time, wasnt even his performance. it was the judgment of his base that he performed poorly, and the depression among the base thinking, oh my goodness, we could lose, all that hang-wri hand-wringing. if the base sis fired up, sees the president getting positive...

The worst day in the agencys history. thinking they were going get bin ladens number two, they allowed a triple operative on to a base thinking he was going to deliver the where abouts of -- and it turned out he was a suicide bomber and he killed, i think it was a half a dozen cia agents in one base. and that was an awful fiasco for the agency that led to a lot of hand wringing about what had gone wrong and what kind of operations defects that led into that plan. so i think that the memory of th...