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In response, facebook has taken some steps to deal with that, particularly with foreign influen influence. he just pointed out a moment ago, trump and his allies believe that facebook, twitter, some of the platforms are against them. what i worry about is, this is very -- starting to have an impact on their stocks. i am worried about him using this as leverage against them. >> its interesting that they would say that. facebook and twitter. havent they been instrumental in the success of his camp...

Exchange. i top the get your reaction to the latest jobs numbers just released here in the united states earlier today. first to the rogue twitter employee. considering how much weight the presidents words carry, the idea that one person can control his twitter account is pretty concerning. tell our viewers what you know. >> what we know is that there was an employee who was leaving the company and before he left the building he took down donald trumps twitter account. twitter ceo jack dorsey sa...

America dpragreat again and he on and talk about the fake and fraudulent news media. it is modern say presidential. is that a contrast about what hes doing via a modern type of communication tool with the language hes using to communicate? >> yeah, i think the issue is not that hes using twitter, everyone has gotten to the use of twitter and president obama had a twitter feed. i dont think the issue is the use of twitter, it is what hes saying and the insults. those are as old as time. people ha...

President obama to president trump? i mean, no one can kind of figure that out. they understand the vicissitudes of democracy but this goes beyond anyones understanding. there is no question were paying a big price, and were paying a big price for this c scandal issue. >> thank you both for joining us today. coming up, trump and twitter social media has been a major communication tool for the president but also a cause for major concern. were going to dive into that next. so many new ways. lik...

Would refer you to the department of justice on some of those points. but one of the things i can tell you is that there are over 300 people that are under investigation that are part of this process, under investigation for terrorist-related activity in our system, and thats a large part of the vetting process that the president has stepped up. >> you mentioned the presidents tweets are -- >> four questions. >> essentially a way to get around the filter of the biassed media that he sees it as a...

Embrace the chaos. chaos is what you are going to get. all these liberals who say that donald trump, stop tweeting, why would he give up his most effective tool? is not going to do that. embrace the chaos. try to match them. they are not matching the moment or the message or even a communication tool to be able to utilize those things that can help them advance or deny donald trumps agenda. >> i think the reception to meryl streeps remarks last night and hollywood has been overwhelming. they lik...

>> hope its not kabuki theater because i dont juan anyone youre talking about to open their kimono. i want to talk about a tweet that donald trump sent out, reading nobody should be allowed to burn the american flag. if they do, there must be consequences, perhaps loss of citizenship or a year in jail. caitlin, while this may be donald trumps views, can you explain the relevance given all that hes got to do, why put out this tweet, make this statement now? >> well, theres a couple different theo...

He put that to the side in the final two weeks of the campaign. he was starting to get a lot of credit and people i were looking for reassurance and he is back to old habits. >> the 60 minutes interview he did, he talked about how much he values twitter as a communication tool. he doesnt use e-mail and sees twitter as an effective way to talk to his supporters and talk to people and send a message. the problem for him is that he is no longer just appealing to the base with which the twitter and ...

1992. he had no political experience. he was a billionaire running, but in a third party context. now you have trump hijacking the republican party and establishment doesnt know what to do. just like obama back in 08 was the blackberry guy, that was the new technology of the moment. donald trump is the twitter maestro. hes learned how to use that communication tool like nobodys business. he seems to win the media conversation every day since hes entered the race. >> all right. thats one part of ...

The other broadcast networks, blahs of declining viewership, time shifting to vcrs, nows as thats a pot of goal. time warner cable and other cable systems dont want to give up that cash flow, and thats why neither party looks good in this and neither party looks particularly sympathetic because it is a fight about money in which both sides want more and more and more. people just want to watch their tv. they dont want to hear before the this stuff. >> shepard: those companies are loaded with mon...