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Little pandering that could be captured on tv cameras and maybe convince some religious people that the president was religious. so dwight eisenhower was the first president to attend the national prayer breakfast service. and every president since has followed in his footsteps. a collection of speeches from the national prayer breakfast is a collection of some of the worst speeches given by american presidents. and now we have a clear winner for worst presidential speech ever given at the natio...

Was joking, he was telling the chaplain that he wanted to give him another year and he said oh, the hell with it. talking to the chaplain. i was guessing the chaplain probably wanted the earth to open up himself. not usually what youd say to a chaplain. but thats donald trump. >> the day before he had the sort of odd statement about frederick douglass. just for the record, when were talking about ratings here, this is for season 1. "the apprentice" i dont think was ever number 1. the ratings wer...

Better ratings for arnold schwarzenegger. he vowed to overturn, and repeal a law that requires a rule of congress. we wanted to know how it went over for people in the room. we are joined by katherine, joe who was in the room. joel, thank you for being with us. and sister as well. how did the comments to chaplain black and what he said about the celebrity apprentice and other comment, how did it play in the room? >> people really enjoyed it. there was a real sense of how refreshing it was for so...

Captured on tv cameras and maybe convince some religious people that the president was religious. so dwight eisenhower was the first president to attend the national prayer breakfast service. and every president since has followed in his footsteps. a collection of speeches from the national prayer breakfast is a collection of some of the worst speeches given by american presidents. and now we have a clear winner for worst presidential speech ever given at the national prayer breakfast, delivered...

To the oval office? worked on the campaign trail. >> i thought today was funny. been to plenty of prayer breakfasts. actually felt like arnold was in on the joke whenever he responded to it. does it translate -- were just -- hes just combusted how we think of the white house and how you behave there. and its not like people didnt understand thats what they were voting for. knew he was going to be different. bringing something different. that is a large part of why they voted for him. >> and by t...

Breakfasts. it feel felt like arnold was in on the joke too whenever he responded to it. i mean, does it translate -- were just -- hes just combusted how we think of the white house and how you behave there. and its not like people didnt understand thats what they were voting for. they knew he was going to be different. they knew he was bringing something different. thats a large part of why they voted for him. >> yeah. >> and by the way, part of it is pulling the curtain back. dont you think? >...

>> more breaking news involving a deadly raid in which a u.s. navy s.e.a.l. was killed. ill speak with the chaplain called out today during the national prayer breakfast and the president asked the room to pray for his rating for his tv show "apprentice."

>> on one level it is a joke. on another level its a pretty egotistical self-serving statement. talking to his old producer friend in the room who created "the apprentice" a few years ago. he was bragging "the apprentice" is not doing well now that arnold has taken over for him. theres some truth to that. the setting for it, one thing to tweet about it. another thing to say it from the podium from the national prayer breakfast. >> the senate chaplain got up and gave a very moving prayer before m...

One of our great, great secretaries. we appreciate it. thank you. thank you, rex. [applause] thank you as well to senate chaplain barry black for his moving words. i dont know, chaplain, whether or not thats an appointed position? is that an appointed position? i dont know if youre democrat or republican but i appoint you for another year. and i think its not even my appointment. its the senates appointment. well talk to them. your son is here. your job is very, very secure, okay? thank you, bar...

>> i never thought ryan lizza would get conspiratorial. >> i dont know if this is a real fight or, you know, the kind of fight you see in wrestling. >> julian? >> the other way to kind of talk about that, is this the politics of distraction. this has been an issue people have been discussing. when very controversial things are taking place, whether its the executive order on refugees, or whether its all these calls with various foreign leaders and statements that are causing really explosive mom...