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Randy, thank you so much. i appreciate you joining us this evening. >> good evening, don. great to be on with you tonight. >> absolutely. give me your reaction to the congressman being stripped of his committee assignments tonight. >> its very concerning. the fourth district in iowa needs a strong voice and a positive voice. and what this does, it takes -- we no longer have a seat at the table, and thats very concerning. we need somebody that can go to d.c. and be an effective leader. >> yeah. >...

Ill just give you he said two words, caustic behavior. thats what he says. >> at a minimum. >> at a minimum. >> i mean the man has been saying racially inflammatory things and bigoted things for many years. look, this is one of those tough situations in the media. the party steps up and does something, the gop, steps up against this guy, does what they can do. they didnt censure him. they could do that. but taking away his committee assignments makes him basically powerless in congress. but they...

Needs a strong voice and a positive voice. and what this does, it takes -- we no longer have a seat at the table, and thats very concerning. we need somebody that can go to d.c. and be an effective leader. >> yeah. >> and right now we do not have that. >> yeah, heres your quote that i read earlier. sadly the voters and conservative values have lost their seat at the table because of congressman kings caustic behavior. thats a pretty strong rebuke. >> well, its true, you know. i mean theres no pl...

Inauguration so during the campaign he made millions of dollars also. fine, to the victor goes the spoils. it was a good investment. but this was something else and it goes to the accountability and the transparency of >> well, we have to go over those numbers. again, im just getting it so i cant give you a full assessment of the numbers. you mentioned were supposed to talk about steve king. >> yes. >> the guy who is going to oppose him in 2020 will be on this show. so make sure you tune in. ill...

I woke up to the helicopters that were i guess above me for at least a few hours. i got up and told my wife, i go, "somethings happening. its definitely downtown." and then it went on for a couple hours. >> dana: what did you think of the conversation today that was inevitable about president trump, his tone, is saying that the media needs to watch the stone. >> greg: all these things coming or going to get finger-pointing. everyone can point fingers, depending on what group you belong to. its h...

Political discourse seems beyond repair in the current moment. just look at social media. for too long, our collective politics has demonized the other side for caustic behavior while rationalizing that same behavior when it comes from someone who shares their politics. maybe we ought to borrow another phrase when were asked to do, when you see something, say something. for political leaders, when you see caustic behavior, why dont you say something? im joined by pete williams. lets go through w...