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Presidential race and she could continue to be. its not certain by any means that she will make the next debate stage. currently she is not on track to make it. as long as she has this bully pulp pulpit. i think its important we press her on these views and facts. this is something that could have real world impacts. marianne williamson is a spiritual geyser. shes not a doctor, but shes out there on national television talking about these things on twitter, on social media. and so its so importa...

Into the building, we have a board up that says facts are still facts. i think about the importance of journalism, i think about the importance of telling the truth in news, the importance of doing that, even when you have someone who has a tremendous bully pulpit at the white house, and the bottom line is, the president has a real responsibility to not only stop saying fake news, because it enrages and rallies his base. but it enrages and rallies them with false information. that is why facts a...

Thanks very much. lets discuss all of this with our panel, jason johnson, juliette kayyem, paul singer, washington correspondent for "usa today." paul, as the reporter, you know, on all of this, your take. it shouldnt be a surprise that the president attacked the judiciary. he did it with judge curiel during the campaign. he did it just a few days ago on twitter to the washington state federal judge, saying hes a so-called justice. what do you make of when he said this morning if these judges wa...

And that were resilient. and we will not be terrorized. >> its harder to detect and trust. >> to calm a jittery public, the white house has amped up the presidents use of the bully pulp pulpit. >> the same opening apparently exploited by the california terrorists, travel visas for fiancees to travel abroad. only 22% of americans are confident that the government can prevent a lone wolf attack. while a wall street journal nbc news poll finds paris and the

He can try and use the bully pulp pulpit. he can try and engage in this campaign style push for legislation. i think the results have been extremely mixed and i think im very charitable there as far as how effective it is. it didnt do much as far as gun control goes. you can say that on im gragsz. thats really the piece of legislation coming out of congress that weve seen the most bipartisan support on. he largely strategically, i think, stayed out of that debate so that there could be some sort...