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Communications director. she really was the tamer of the savage beast that is donald trump. thats a very important role because she protected many people on the staff from his whims and his mood swings. but, you know, the communications director and the role of the communications director is not to print off cable coverage or print off tweets. thats not entirely her fault. in large part, i think its because donald trump is the communications director, and hes not going to allow somebody to serve...

Available. >> the doj has threatened for months to keep millions of dollars in federal funding from sanctuary cities. donald trump not shy about calling out the fake news media and today he is recognizing the worst of the worst with his dishonest and corrupt media awards. who deserves to win? a contributor for the hill joins me with her predictions, thank you for joining us. >> thanks for having me. heather: lets look at the study by the media research center on 2017 media coverage of the presid...

Administration? >> your guess is as good as ours. >> youre not supposed to say that. >> it changes by the hour. it changes by the minute. it changes by the tweet. this is a president who has not that many political core convictions. hes willing to compromise, hes willing to make a deal. he is now with some democrats who, you know, have been reluctant, you know, with an angry base, to give him any sort of win. so i think theres a little danger here for schumer and pelosi, too. social certainly da...

Monthly thing, or a quarterly thing or for the rest of his administration? >> your guess is as good as ours. >> youre not supposed to say that. >> it changes by the hour. it changes by the minute. it changes by the tweet. this is a president who has not that many political core convictions. hes willing to compromise, hes willing to make a deal. he is now with some democrats who, you know, have been reluctant, you know, with an angry base, to give him any sort of win. so i think theres a little d...

No one is being graded here, but how do you veteran trump watchers figure out if this is a weekly thing, monthly thing or quarterly thing or for the rest of his administration? >> your guess is as good as ours. >> youre not supposed to say that. >> it changes by the hour, the minute, the tweet. this is a president who has not that many political core convictions. hes willing to compromise. hes willing to make a deal. he is now with some democrats who, you know, have been reluctant with an angry ...

Job that can get something done. if congress doesnt want to do the job that they were elected to do, then maybe they should get out of the way and let someone else do it. >> so mark, sounds like in the same way that the media was the big fat enemy for much of the first eight months, congress is the new scripted nemesis. >> well, yeah. i mean, i think that sort of goes a little bit to the dichotomy that kasie raised earlier which is is this a one off or a longer term relationship between trump an...

>> i have to say i think you compare the two, that watergate pales really in my view compared to what we are confronting now. >> this moves us into the same realm as nixons obstruction, may be worse. this is the equivalent of the nixon tapes. and we are headed into very, very choppy waters. >> bret: i spent, i dont know, two hours watching cable coverage. it was all over the board and more towards that that it was anything else. >> whenever anyone makes a comparison to watergate, its usually a d...

>> i have to say i think you compare the two, that watergate pales really in my view compared to what we are confronting now. >> this moves us into the same realm as nixons obstruction, may be worse. this is the equivalent of the nixon tapes. and we are headed into very, very choppy waters. >> bret: i spent, i dont know, two hours watching cable coverage. it was all over the board and more towards that that it was anything else. >> whenever anyone makes a comparison to watergate, its usually a d...

And its had its moments, the news organization reports today theres a reason we havent been talking about the presidents twitter feed. the piece says trump staff has been endeavoring to quote, load up his schedule to keep him from getting worked up watching cable coverage which often precipitates his tweets. and remember, reince priebus and steve bannon leaving saudi arabia early to head back to washington, they have been tasked with creating a so-called war room to deal with the mounting scanda...

Welcome back, whatever else we take away from the presidents first overseas trip, and its had its moments, the news organization axe yos reports today theres a reason we havent been talking about the presidents twitter feed. the piece says trump staff has been endeavoring to quote, load up his schedule to keep him from getting worked up watching cable coverage which often precipitates his tweets. and remember, reince priebus and steve bannon leaving saudi arabia early to head back to washington,...