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The scale of the vandalism that took place here boggles the mind. only isis could turn ruins into ruins. by some estimates in northern iraq, the extremist group destroyed or severely damaged around 80 sites, archaeological ones like this one as well as muslim and christian shrines. through the warped lens of is isis, all must be destroyed, utter contempt for iraqs rich multi-millennial history. that includes the remains of the vast syrian empire that once stretched from the persian gulf to the m...

>> asking them to vouch for the white house saying there are no senior officials being implicated. >> the response from comey? >> theyre going to continue. >> i dont think hes going to get help from comey. ken, michelle, mark, now its time for trump watch for this thursday, february 32, 2017. republicans are learning the high price of having donald trump as their leader. you might call it sticker shock. you can catch the decibel level at the town meetings of those republicans who dare to hold ...

Feeling that conservatives have about trump. they hate liberals more than they are ever going to hate donald trump. >> i feel like they have this -- again, this is, you know, among moderates, they feel that theres this kind of contempt that is kind of flowing in their general direction and that that is through social media and through everything that is happening everywhere, online and, you know, to a certain extent with the protests and sort of political action not online but i think that there...

Theres something to be said about persuading people who are persuadable. as chris said, this is about activation and getting those who didnt show up to vote to actually get up to protest, which is what they were doing. >> what i thought was interesting is so much of the political thing that is happening is my enemy is my enemy kind of thing. i dont like him but i hate the people that hate him more than i hate him, which is kind of the way we end up doing our political reasoning and in some ways ...

Pride and a positive outlook. could this move the needle for him? hes said ridiculous things and few influencers are willing to speak on his behalf. put aside what he says, what if he does things? >> hes done presizely nothing. >> its been four weeks. >> indeed. the american economy takes on whoever is the president. im a conservative and i cannot deny the economy did well under president obama and does well under president trump. i think that president trumps people, the people around him, stev...

The right spot. >> on what the president says or what comes out of the white house is making a mountain out of the mole hill reporting on it period. >> of course not. i think its the way things are presented, way things are emphasized can -- has bred a little bit of distrust or contempt and its been over a decade that the bias has existed that 70% of the american people believe the media tends to lean left. >> this argument -- >> and it pertains to this case as well. >> doesnt this argument come...

Iteration of something that weve seen in the past? or are we really on new ground? joining us now for some perspective on this is lee brenner from los angeles. thanks for joining us tonight. i really appreciate your time. >> hey, rachel. >> so weve been looking at obviously this administration, like all administrations that have come before them, yelling at the press, complaining about the press and saying the press doesnt give them a fair shake. is there something materially different, not just...

>> but im not going to do it. >> shannon: no, but he would get in trouble whether he fought russia, whether hes too hard on russia. is he in a place where he cannot win? it has to be a nuanced position. >> ill say, this ive negotiated with the russians to get out of the 1972 anti-ballistic missile treaty, to have national missile defense to do the treaty of moscow, reducing strategic nuclear weapons forces. the way best to negotiate with the russians fridays a position of strength. the reason --...

Appreciate your time. >> hey, rachel. >> weve been looking at obviously this administration, like all administrations that have come before them, yelling at the press, complaining about the press, saying the press doesnt give them a fair shake. is there something materially different, not just tonally different but materially different in terms of the way this administration is going after the press, do you think? >> i do. i think theres more obvious outright contempt for the press. i mean the t...

Angeles. hes chair of their media and entertainment group. mr. brenner, thanks for joining us tonight. appreciate your time. >> hey, rachel. >> weve been looking at obviously this administration, like all administrations that have come before them, yelling at the press, complaining about the press, saying the press doesnt give them a fair shake. is there something materially different, not just tonally different but materially different in terms of the way this administration is going after the ...