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>> mr. president, what an incredible honor it is. >> mr. president, its been a great honor to work with you. >> an even greater honor to be here serving in your cabinet. >> progress has been made in puerto rico. theres no doubt, and the white house deserves credit for some of that. once again, the president made it about himself, the great job he says hes doing, not actually the people of puerto rico who continue to suffer, the american citizens struggling with basic necessities. its about colle...

78.4%, thats how many people still dont have electricity, people waiting in line for gas, money, food and water isnt getti getting everywhere it needs to go. president trump pushed the governor to do it as well. >> did the united states, did your government when we came in, did we do a great job, military, first responders, fema? did we do a great job? >> you responded immediately, sir, and you did so, you know, calm and brought -- they have been on the phone with me essentially every day since ...

>> that sounded kind of familiar because its not the first time the president has looked for compliments from those around him. sometimes he does it all the way around the table. >> so i think what well do, most of you know most of the people around the room, just go around and just your name and position. >> mr. president, we thank you for the opportunity and the blessing that youve given us to serve your agenda. >> its an honor to be your steward of our public lands. >> mr. president, what an ...

Major win [ overlapping dialog ] >> from their perspective they have somebody in there. >> its a really important point. because regardless what president trump believes on the stuff we can go back and forth on this, he has implemented the policies of a mike pence social conservative agenda whether its appointing pro-life judges. >> you honestly think he wants to outlaw abortion in effect? >> what he wants deep down is irrelevant because he is taking the action -- >> anyway, the new yorker, i th...

Chance does economic strangulation really have? >> well, one thing that is important to keep in mind is that economic sanctions never look like they are working until they actually produce a result. so there are many people who are very skeptical that iran was going to negotiate with any amount of seriousness. and it was the economic pressure thats really changed their politics and move them to the negotiating table. now i think that it would be overly optimistic to assume that any amount of eco...

Someone who has tried to work with president trump, including campaigning for him back in 2016. heres some of what corker had to say about president trump when he was candidate trump. listen closely. i want to explain why i think its so interesting on the back side of this. >> his instincts on foreign policy are, obviously, very, very good. >> the rallies that i have back home arent quite like this. >> pretty good. >> pretty cool, yeah. this is unbelievable, isnt it? >> the fact that hes challen...

Sort of way for people to find their way around, and we need our -- our hospitals not become death traps. >> an incredibly dramatic interview tonight. welcome was the mayor of san ju appearing with rachel maddow tonight with as you heard a list of your citys most basic immediate needs. there are still people lets not forget in puerto rico who have not been reached, people whose loved ones dont know theyre alive, people who dont have what they need to survive, one week after this storm hit. presi...

We need diesel, we need gas, we need running water, we need some sort of way for people to find their way around, and we need our -- our hospitals not become death traps. >> an incredibly dramatic interview tonight. welcome back to our broadcast. that was the mayor of san juan appearing with rachel mado tonight with, as you heard, a list of her citys most basic immediate needs. there are still people, lets not forget, in puerto rico who have not been reached. people whose loved ones dont know th...

Enjoyed it quite a bit. its got a sort of tone that is rare in these kinds of books. its sort of intimacy to it. >> thank you. >> that there is this sort of push and pull even within your understanding of what happened. >> uh-huh. >> the degree to which this was a fluke or not a fluke. when you say absent comey and the russians. >> right. >> right. >> at one level, there is something he is doing that is really rewriting the rules of american politics. >> i agree with that. >> and its also the ca...

And thanks for the nice compliments about the book. but part of the reason i wrote it was so that people who care about our democracy and our future will read it and learn some lessons. and here are some of the lessons. he is doubling down on voter suppression. now, he knows that if he can restrict the electorate and all of his republican allies know, they will have a better chance of retaining control in the states and beginning to try to expand that reach because they will have shrunk the elec...