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Epluribus enum. donald trump does not believe people are on the level. he believes they are conniveers looking out for themselves and only thingss, he believes with reanything but united instead of a land of hateful tribes. he relishes this america seeing himself above it and its laws. you are not supposed to make money out of political office, least of all the american presidency. there were loud warnings when trump ran we were financial to see what was happening right now, however. the butteri...

That despite the horrible witch hundred and the dishonest media. what is your interpretation of that? is there anything there? is this the president signaling something to michael cohen? >> i read that as the president trying to signal something to michael cohen. you know, the "new york times" story last night really put an emphasis on the history between mr. cohen and mr. trump. and the way in which mr. trump treated him pretty awfully during the time that mr. cohen worked for him and this is a...

Down costs all the democrats admitted and oil barons admitted, frankly, theres no way you would bring down costs at all with what the democrats are suggesting. its just an attack on an unpopular industry. my point is lets look at everybody, do whats right, not be selective in taxation, not pick on one industry because its unpopular. lets go through and do whats right comprehensively. >> senator, jonathan capehart is with us, i should warn you hes wearing a bow tie. >> i watch you all the time. y...

Of the coldest weather of the season. weve got a live report, coming up. plus, thumbing it up. what the did the u.s. gain in that summit with china? plus, why you will be paying less for some prices of things this year. and get out, well check out the best hotels in the world for you. im alex witt. its 9:00 a.m. on the east coast. 6:00 a.m. on the west. lets get to whats happening outside. its the coldest part of the season and its sending temperatures plummeting. austin, minnesota, nega...

>> he suggested let the door open to pardoning mike flynn before this gets going. i think it was striking how different his message on mueller was from what we are hearing for the hill. >> definitely. why do you thinks that? >> i think because he is trying to butter up mueller, honestly. it undercuts that hill message that has been growing and now where the republicans are going to be saying well, this needs to go. you can say well, the president himself says im being treated fairly. there was a...

Clear cut strategy on how to deal with north korea? >> well, fredricka t might , it evolving. some of the points are quite interesting when he talks about not telegraphing his intentions and kind of buttering up for lack of a better term kim jong-un. its a very interesting technique. im not sure its a full blown strategy yet. but the fact that he is doing this is clearly showing a degree of engagement that we havent necessarily seen with some other issues. so what hes beginning to i think put hi...

Hamid karzai was wounded by that and he reacted in a way that damaged the u.s. relationship with afghanistan. for political consumption the white house says hamid karzai did make that threat. never taken seriously here, but he said if you keep laying on me i might join the taliban or i might think about that. all that led the white house to dramatically shift the way the issues are being presented publicly. now its all about diplomatic buttering up. this is prime diplomatic real estate for any h...