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>> what in the world has happened to civility and to humility in our nations public discourse? tribalism is our problem. and if not corrected, its going to take our country down. >> with us now, washington bureau chief for the "chicago sun times," lynn sweet. lynn, im struck by one thing when i hear all these senators speak. its almost as if they, you know, didnt have jobs a month ago that would have played a role in this washington that they are so unhappy with. couldnt there be an argument tha...

"fear" bob woodward. professor of history at tulane university, walter asoisaacson. walter, lets begin with you. how many norms of decorum of president of the united states did the president breach yesterday? i lost count. but it really is so unbecoming. it puts those troops that are serving in harms way, many lets say who support donald trump, just puts them in a terrible position. >> its not breaching of norms. its about him. his fear of flying into a war zone. what hes saying to the boy scout...

Full of accomplishments and thanks. im going to skip half of that. >> what in the world has happened to civility and to humility in our nations public discourse? >> how low can you go? the answer it seems is always going lower. >> we have too many embarrassing uncles in the united states senate. >> i remember the days and it was not that long ago where i would sit in the senate chamber and listen to the farewell speeches and they were about accomplishments and legislation achieve through comprom...

Want to try to elevate ourselves in those moments and so i think the trick is to capture the elements of faith that sustain us in hard times and remind ourselves we actually need that in every day out of a sense of gratitude, a reminder of love, a reminder of wonder and a reminder of civility and lets not silo faith for those moments of hardship and grief. >> i am so glad you said that, david, because i remember while the massacre at tree of life while we were reporting and we met you, rabbi. da...

You had that. >> every family has a provocateur. i know it is me. thats why ari and i reacted the same way to your story. >> it turned out all right. >> i am extremely proud of my very large family. in my family there are three races, african, asian and caucasian and two religions, christianity and judaism, australia, new zealand, china, ethiopia, england and american. >> if all those people gathered at your thanksgiving table and it was productive, you are better than the united nations securit...

Courthouse. courtroom. i want civility, and we will address subpoenas in a very systematic way. of those 64. >> melissa: sounds delightful, and issuing 61 letters to the heads of several government agencies and whitehouse and trump organizations requesting documents. the letters themselves are not subpoenas, but signaled the ambition of house democrats when they take control of oversight. in the meantime, possible hope for some bipartisan efforts and a letter incoming democratic freshman road to...

But did deception lead to murder? heres dennis murphy. >> reporter: you wont find mayberry r.f.d. on the map. but if close neighbors, good schools, and just plain old civility is what youre looking for in a place to call home, you could do worse than settle in grovetown, georgia. tamara baldwin has lived here for 14 years. >> you see the children outside playing, having a good time. just a nice, quiet place that you want to move and take your family to. >> reporter: the way we think america used...

Decorated military hero couldnt help but reflect back on the current occupant. >> he recognized that serving others enricher the givers soul. to us his was the brightest of 1,000 points of light. >> think of the conundrum, anyone that wanted to honor george h.w. bush by talking about his civility, by talking about his patriotism, by talking about his friendships with the man who defeated him. the person who defeated or deprived him of a second term, bill clinton, is a dear, close friend. think a...

>> it always comes up. if it is your party you better have a plan in place to keep the peace. in our political climate, you have to. it will come up. when it comes up it is okay. acknowledge the comments, then move on to topics you want to talk about. jillian: it is up to you to get the conversation going. >> make it light. what was your favorite commerce movie. how many times did you watch its a wonderful life, then you get into the serious thankful for our trips abroad, friendship, family, etc...

Terrible. it stinks. with any ask about people who been denigrated in the past, like blacks, they say oh, no. we dont like it. not only that, its so interesting to me. 70% in this poll said things are worse in terms of civility under president trump. that trump has now embolden people to say whatever they want about whoever they want. >> jedidiah: african-americans, black americans should have the ability to be offensive and politically incorrect too. >> greg: that is the way forward. everyone s...