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Charlottesville. of course we know presidents have traditionally had to play the role of consoler in chief after a national tragedy, after a mass shooting. and certainly in the face of this sort of violent protests and these confrontations between white nationalists and the counter demonstrations. its notable given the fact that hit trump did get a lot of support from the alt-right and from white supremacists during the campaign. after he was laerkt elected he disavowed those groups. this is one...

Presidential and unifying and be the consoler in chief for the country and i think president trump really needs to work on that. its important that all of us have a president that we think we can trust and believe in a time of national crisis. >> paul, obviously democrats do not think many of them that he is equipped to deal with this level of things but what he says and what the white house says is its time to shake things up and hes going to do things in a more unpredictable manner and maybe t...

Islam-o-phobia, weve seen cemeteries targeted, people called out of their names, called anti-semitic remarks and seen the president seemingly mumble and stumble in response to this. the president is commander in chief under the constitution. the president when there is a disaster is consoler in chief. and when there is a rise in anti-semitism and racism, he must be the tone setter in chief. that means speaking out clearly, strongly, forcefully saying that he condemns anti-semitism and racism and...

This is the deadliest storm to hit the state in six years, hallie. >> shes talking about the storm. this was the first time we saw donald trump take the role of consoler in chief, if you will, announcing over the weekend that he called georgia governor nathan diehl to express his condolences and say that the white house, the new administration, is there to help. all of it as president trump gets down to business on his first full weekday in office. this a live look at the briefing room, a pretty...

Talking about empowering children and young women. shes always connected ton a very emotional level, when she meets with young women from different communities, young african-american girls. i think she cares very deeply about this. i think well see her doing more more of this. the east wing is the heart of the white house and the west wing is the head. the fact that michelle obama has been able to connect with people in an emotional way as the consoler in chief, thats something well look ahead ...

And handed his handwritten notes to one of the folks in his speechwriting office and he said, type this up and this is what ill give. it was all heart and he spoke not just as president but as a parent and, you know, what can we do to end this horrible, horrible characteristic of our country? i mean, it doesnt make sense that we are the only country where this kind of gun violence thats developed in the world and so why would we want that to continue? >> what do you say to people who are not ver...

You know, what can we do to end this horrible, horrible characteristic of our country? i mean, it doesnt make sense that we are the only country with this kind of gun violence thats developed in the world. and so why would we want that to continue? >> what would you say to people who are not very political who are watching this that may say, all i know is that he failed at doing something about guns. hes the president. there should have been some way. whats your response? >> well, believe me, th...

Checks to the people. there could be the incidents, natural disasters like katrina and gun violence. what do you do? you get in air force one and you dont tweet 140 characters saying they will be missed, but you have to sit and look them in the eye and not a moment for grandstanding or press. to be the consoler in chief. this is something that came relatively easy to bill clinton, harder to george w. bush, but he did it, and barack obama has seemed to have done it every month for most of his pre...

You have a dozen letters picked out by the office of people telling you their worst stories and how you react to them. ronald reagan as you remember used to write his own personal checks to the people. there could be the incidents, natural disasters like katrina and gun violence. what do you do? you get in air force one and you dont tweet 140 characters saying they will be missed, but you have to sit and look them in the eye and not a moment for grandstanding or press. to be the consoler in chie...

Hes not planning to fully divest from his business interests. and that creates potential problems, potential conflicts of interest. some republicans expressing concerns about that and saying, hey, he should really completely divest. at this point in time, the official word from trump officials is theyre not going to answer questions about that. theyre going to wait until the president-elect holds his news conference. and i think reading between the lines, hallie, you have to assume that a lot of...