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You get the same stale talking points and this crying wolf, and i think people are tired of it. >> weve seen this twice before. weve seen the way this movie ends. when ronald reagan did this in the early 80s, when george w. bush did this, the budget deficit went way, way up. we know how this plays out. we know that reducing taxes for the very rich is not the best way to stimulate the economy. >> you know, anderson -- >> theyre cutting taxes across the board here. >> actually, taxes are going to ...

-- im sorry, 2016. this plays incredibly well to the base. theres puerto rico and people not having access to water and food or to, you know, the aggressi aggression towards north korea which he hinted at on twitter and through cryptic statements and this turns peoples attention to one area. >> a lot of crying wolf, wait and see, a lot of teases. but this we know where the president is. he also tweeted a little bit while ago about fema and first responders are working hard on hurricane nate. ver...

Problem with storm fatigue. i want to bring in nick value l -- valencia. people become complacent. its like crying wolf. >> especially in puerto rico when they are so used to hearing about tropical storms and hurricanes, a shrug of the shoulders. but weve heard the tone change from the government as well. during irma we asked the local residents and the governor was praised for his calm demeanor. but what has happened in the last 24, 48 hours is the tone of anxiety, the tone of nervousness among...

Died, maxine waters past special legislation honoring him for his great sensitivity regarding race. if i said it is not a factor -- she tosses around that term so promiscuously that it dilutes the term. she hurts her own cause. because she is crying wolf. if everybody is a racist, the nobody is a racist. if im a racist, then what is she going to call real, real racists? i was involved in the civil rights movement all of my life. if she can call me a racist -- as i said, and my interview, being b...

>> and what do you believe it is going to bring it and make it more difficult for anyone to fight discrimination in missouri? >> well, we have fought many times in decades to get away from the jim crow legacy, and even in missouri, and now, however, individuals who suffer harassment or discrimination cannot sue the person who did it. that is different. it is fundamentally different than any other law in the united states. it says that those who commit the crimes against each other civilly, canno...

>> theres an element here of crying wolf. we have heard about reince priebus being run out for months and hes still sitting where hes sitting. >> for the president for all his firing on "the apprentice" he doesnt like to fire people out all. if you start firing people, whom do you get to replace them? how do you find really top rank people who are going to come into this situation? not only with the palpable chaos there is inside the white house, but with the potential legal jeopardy of, you kno...

Fireworks factory. iran, state-sponsored terror. almost an major terrorist group has been funded at least in part by iran. there is an attack and all of and all of a sudden, they are blaming us. there is a low-level attack. ive got to tell you, crying wolf in the wrong place. >> eboni: they are not the people to ever make that argument. i dont know how the world you expect anybody in the world to empathize with you when you are the primary sponsor of terrorism across the globe. they are not in a...

Crying wolf. >> look, in theresa may, who is a different party of the mayor of london has come out to defend the mayor of london in this incident. you can see how its playing political over there. separate subject, there are still no u.s. ambassador to the u.k. there are a huge number of vacancies around the world. not formally nominated any assistant secretary level person in the state department. what is the effect of that? >> it slows down the american government response. there is no ambassa...

This is the reason theyre giving for the firing. do you buy that? >> theres a lot of reasons he could have been let go in addition to what i mentioned to you. hes been too public a figure. every time he makes a public appearance, theres some investigation hell talk ab and another one he wont. no one can figure out why. why didnt he investigate the clinton foundation which i think was an enormously serious violation of ethics where there were foreign governments buying influence with hillary clin...

His impulses on health care were revealed as a candidate. i dont think he is as offended by all aspects of obamacare. i think they took -- they went down the wrong path. i think where he was -- and all we have with him is his impulses. his impulse, he said twice, we cant leave people in the street dying. i dont think he was offended by what obamacare set out to do. i think he was sort of appalled by its bad branding. i think what would have been a much more comfortable fit for this president wou...