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All that i gave up, remember i gave up nothing, we merely talked about future benefits for both countries, we also got along very well except for the corrupt media. this is a new "wall street journal" and bz news poll shows the presidents job approval driving to 44%. among republicans is 88%, second highest rating for president just behind george w. bushs following the 9/11 attack. a new piece out with analysis of president toms popularity and his relationship with the media, take it away. >> ho...

>> yeah. mark: its my observation that the level of reporting has really been degraded. its difficult to tell reporters from commentators. its difficult to tell reporters from hollywood actors. >> yeah. mark: lot of the time. it doesnt really serve the american people, does it? >> well, journalism ought to be something that is done agnostcally, that you dont know what a reporter thinks. if a reporter puts himself or herself into the story, thats no longer journalism. thats commentary, thats edit...

>> yeah. mark: its my observation that the level of reporting has really been degraded. its difficult to tell reporters from commentators. its difficult to tell reporters from hollywood actors. >> yeah. mark: lot of the time. it doesnt really serve the american people, does it? >> well, journalism ought to be something that is done agnostcally, that you dont know what a reporter thinks. if a reporter puts himself or herself into the story, thats no longer journalism. thats commentary, thats edit...

Sent a lot of disturbing messages to people all around the world. heres the message i think it sent, double message to putin, one you may be able to get something for nothing, and second, youve got to help this guy, he doesnt know what hes doing. the message about getting something for nothing is that, you know, the american positions may crumble across the board. its not clear whether the president believes any of the traditional principles of american policy. but the you got to help this guy m...

The idea oh, they are still supporting trump. for me the question is on what given policy. are they helping trump appease putin or are they trying to push trump in the right direction on putin? i dont think it makes sense youre still on trumps side, hes doing these bad things you need to quit. the job of everybody whether its somebody in the administration like pompeo or boll on the or conservative commentators to push trump in the right direction. to oppose trump is a meaningless idea. >> ill p...

A personal and national embarrassment. hosts and commentators being strongly critical of what the president did. newt gingrich, worst mistake of his presidency. what trump did, this cuts across the usual left/right or pro trump, anti-trump line and thats why there has been so much intensity. >> bill: we dont know what happened in the private meetings. if there was movement on things like north korea we want to know. >> sure, the session with putin was more than just the press conference. the pre...

About traitor and treasonous, taken out and shot, the analogies to pearl harbor and so forth. it is a pattern ive observed. when the president makes a mistake or says something he will go to a 10. the press goes to 11, 13 and it convinces many trump supporters that gunning for the guy. never gets the benefit of the doubt. it can be an overreaction, which is not to say he doesnt deserve criticism for what happened in helsinki. >> bill: you would say the first reaction can be an overreaction. do y...

Period. and that now is the difference. >> have republicans raised that? >> you hear it. john mccain almost went there, but he didnt quite. i do believe that question now is being asked privately, and i believe the democrats -- chuck schumer said it publicly yesterday. theyre going to push that narrative, i think, because it is a question people now want the answer to. i just think something changed. >> yeah, it was the juxtaposition of him being there with putin and seeming to surrender to puti...

Address this. times he will take questions from reporters. they dont always say what topic theyre speaking on but it would be on the summit. >> neil: do you know the genesis for this turn around or clarification, whatever theyre calling it? im told when the president was leaving on air force one, he was very surprised at the wrath of a number of conservative commentators, republicans that were just appaplectic over it. >> the president said he was surprised when he was in washington, it was afte...

Vladimir putin were total witch hunt. joining us now is the former undersecretary of state in the obama administration. and former cia chief of staff and a former director of the obama white house situation room. hes currently director of the haden center. and these are challenging nights for programs like this because we really are tonight the first draft of history, and this was a historic day. with your experience, i simply want to give you an open opportunity to react to what you saw today. ...