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"I hate it when he calls me. He talks to me like I talk to you. He cuts me off. He doesn't let me finish my sentences," Ailes said, according to the book.

We have seen so much. whether it is the election issues we have talked about, whether it was some of the immigration issues that have been such a hot button flashpoint in american politics, we have seen it all land in the courts time and again. it is notable that this was mission critical for donald trump. this is how he unified the pretrump conservative base to his movement. around the issue of judges. he put out that list of preapproved supreme court nominees should he get any vacancies. the f...

Republicans are good about spouting off about Democrats and the Biden White House, but what's beyond the rhetoric?

Democrats won gerrymandering republican districts in 2018. however, i do fundamentally disagree with you about how we talk about policy in 2020. what you and i probably both agree is that president trump will not want to have a serious policy debate. he will make it all about personality, in which he -- >> no, i disagree. >> which he did in 2016. however, i do think that democrats, that we can do both, we can talk about progressive policy, a progressive policy prescription but talk about it in s...

Most brilliant policy and that were not going to pay for that down the road, then you are a complete idiot. >> i was surprised that he went after president obama. i could see him doing it here in the united states. politics are supposed to stop at the waters edge. >> to praise sisi -- we figured out that iran is the bad guy. these arab tyrants are the good guys. we will support them all along. all these arab youth who looked to america to be the voice and beacon of democracy and freedom, what do...

Primary he had to back him because hof his conservative base. in alabama, and across the rest of the country would have expected no less, and the senior senator from alabama, richard shelby, was among those that decided not to back roy moore. a difficult situation for those here at the white house, and what this could mean going forward. >> joe johns, thank you very much. joining us is our trio of political commentators, simone sanders, very nice to have you here all this morning. simone, we a...

Sulticated, i dont think you could get that person confirmed right now. at the end of the day, have you session whos is popular with trumps base and if you try to confirm someone new, i can almost guarantee you the trump base wouldnt like who they could get through. sessions staying around ultimately politically may be the best thing for the president even if he has short-term frustration. >> sessions isnt just popular with the presidents base. is he also popular with the movement conservative b...

Conservative base that didnt initially get on board with president trump. but did later. and he -- so he has a broad coalition of grassroots support himself just in the attorney general. >> and to a point i think kirsten made earlier, at the justice department, hes doing things to enact the agenda. its not as if he -- it may not get coverage every single day, but hes moving forward. >> tonight at the rally in youngstown, ohio, donald trump touted how much the administration is being on sanctuary...

Compromise on immigration reform. and ive auflz said that the only way we can get this done is if we have bipartisan support in congress for immigration reform. his predecessors, president bush who i worked with, and president barack obama were not able to bring republicans and democrats together. ironically, donald trump may be in a position to negotiate that deal because of his support within the can conservative base, but also his ability to negotiate. ironically the person who meme mall line...

But we also have to prepare for the effects of [ bleep ]. george h.w. bush was the first president, globally, to acknowledge the impacts of [ bleep ], because they know that simply refusing to say the words [ bleep ] doesnt mean that [ bleep ] isnt happening. >> as a political reality here of which governor rick scott and other republicans are probably aware. there is a gap opening up between the hard-core conservative base and the rest of the american people when it comes to climate change. as ...