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Months of president trump. do with that democrats have a counter message or counterpunch to donald trump? i do not see it right now. they have been unified in the congress and that is where they will split among republicans on things like obamacare, the deficit and the rest. >> they are not able to talk about those things -- the message from the left right now are coming from campuses. its about shutting down speech. >> if you look at the parties side-by-side and you look at trumps actions next ...

Months of president trump. do with that democrats have a counter message or counterpunch to donald trump? i do not see it right now. they have been unified in the congress and that is where they will split among republicans on things like obamacare, the deficit and the rest. >> they are not able to talk about those things -- the message from the left right now are coming from campuses. its about shutting down speech. >> if you look at the parties side-by-side and you look at trumps actions next ...

To congress tuesday. what are your expectations? >> i think its going to be more of the same from donald trump. its certainly going to be unorthodox because thats who the president is, but i do think theres an fouopportunity for democrats here. if he comes out and hes just lying like he has been doing since the beginning of his administration, i think theres a moment for a "you lie" moment like we saw with joe wilson and president obama who was not lying at t time. so i think theres a moment for...

Air force base were terrified hell try to sell the raid in yemen, that hes going to try to sell the muslim ban and as you can see our veteran who served in afghanistan and lost his leg knows that banning musliming helps her enemies and puts our troops in danger, a counter message we need to make sure is delivered. we know what this president is going to do. hes going to do g down there and use these military troops for his own political props to sell an agenda. i have to tell you, if donald trum...

Separate presidents banned americans from going to lebanon, temporary bans for reasons of security, lack of vetting capability go both ways. as you might know jimmy carter banned people coming from iran, one of the seven countries were dealing with. although i dont want to say that this was perfectly executed by any means and there has been some confusion, i think we have to put it in perspective, its temporary. it does not target people, per se, based on religion and, quite frankly, most of the...

Disturbing isis news. successfully recruiting americans to wage jihad. now secretary of homeland security jeh johnson saying how many americans are fighting with this brutal terror group. >> the last number that i saw& attempted to leave is 180. but i believe the number, the publicly disclosed number is higher now. its probably around is 200. im not sure of the exact number. there is a counter message that is being developed. he i believe that that message is being developed. but it needs a broa...

Disturbing isis news. successfully recruiting americans to wage jihad. now secretary of homeland security jeh johnson saying how many americans are fighting with this brutal terror group. >> the last number that i saw& attempted to leave is 180. but i believe the number, the publicly disclosed number is higher now. its probably around is 200. im not sure of the exact number. there is a counter message that is being developed. he i believe that that message is being developed. but it needs a broa...

To stop being shocked and focus on what we do to contain and eliminate them. >> and david some of the stuff abby told us is because a defector has come out and told us about the inside focus, that mohammed emwazi was chosen but the defector said not that would scare the west but send a message to potential sympathizers in the west saying there is room for you here you can come join us and get a good position which is horrifying and disgusting but reminds us wednesday again that isis marketing, h...

It will make us safer, at least because were not going to be afraid of something that really cant hurt this country. its really our reaction to isis and to terror that can hurt us. not the terrorists themselves. >> now evan coleman, clearly the islamic state can take a joke, right? theres nothing, come on. whats -- >> look, im sure that they find this terribly amusing. i take this in a slightly different way. i think this is poking fun at our counter message. anyone who looks at this and condemn...

should become a punch line and that will hurt recruiting. it will make us safer, at least because were not going to be afraid of something that really cant hurt this country. its really our reaction to isis and to terror that can hurt us. not the terrorists themselves. >> now evan coleman, clearly the islamic state can take a joke right? theres nothing, come on. whats -- >> look im sure that they find this terribly amusing. i take this in a slightly different way. i think this is poking fun a...