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Yourself. i think your broader point is the one thats concerning, and that is i think across the board for a variety of reasons, public officials are less willing than they have been almost year by year. weve seen this, to engage with the public, to engage with the press in ways they once felt comfortable with. public officials are not as comfortable with those interactions as they once were and i think that does create a barrier and it creates a gap. and i think its one reason why there is more...

>> that was a jaw-dropping story. if they were fine with it they didnt read the story carefully. it made clear don mcgahn sees himself as the white house counselor lawyer protecting office of the presidency and not donald trump. he thought he was trying to set him up. he made the decision to cooperate with robert mueller. went in there three times, 30 hours of interviews, and the white house does not know what he said. the story suggested that he talked about those episodes where trump was press...

Potentially being set up. >> that was a jaw-dropping story. if they were fine with it they didnt read the story carefully. it made clear don mcgahn sees himself as the white house counselor lawyer protecting t office of the presidency and not donald trump. he thought he was trying to set him up. he made the decision to cooperate with robert mueller. went in there three times, 30 hours of interviews, and the white house does not know what he said. the story suggested that he talked about those ep...

Barrier and it creates a gap. and i think its one reason why there is more cynicism about politics generally. >> yeah, and of course, more distrust generally speaking. dan balls, congresswoman karen bass, thank you for your perspective tonight. when we continue, president trump is in search of his wartime consigliary with no roy cohn to turn to. dr. kelli ward joins me from arizona live. up next. let someone else do the heavy lifting. tripadvisor compares prices from over 200 booking sites

They can show you the way. when i read about this -- i dont know her, i havent met her yet. i thought she said it wasnt going to be open to the press and maybe she wasnt clear about that. but i think that a sitting member could have advised her about that. i certainly know that i had a couple of town halls -- and i do town halls all the time where i had to make them private because of the immigrant community being terrified about coming. and so we had to do it where it was quiet. and i thought m...

I dont mean do go like -- >> no, it isnt truth. truth isnt truth. the president of the united states says i didnt -- >> truth isnt truth, mr. mayor, do you realize -- this is going to bad meme. >> dont do this to me. >> dont do truth isnt truth to me. >> joining me on set, chief correspondent for the washington post, dan balls. ken dilanian, former special assistant to the president and former press secretary for vice-president pence mike lauder. and white house reporter for the washington post ...

Feed that in some ways. but i think thats too easy an answer for democrats to think that thats the only thing that caused trump to win. >> dan, i hope you are going to continue doing this reporting and if you do that you will come on this show and share with us. >> will do. >> dan balls, and eli stokels. well be right back. starts in outer space. where satellites feed infrared images of his land into a system built with ai. he uses watson to analyze his data with millions of weather forecasts fr...

Attitudes toward the president have changed gradually over time, told through the voices of a selection of people in a unique ecosystem of trump nation. among the presidents true loyalists, his grip remains strong. among others who supported him, that has weakened. even his most ardent supporters dont appreciate the presidents tweets. though for some it is rnot the content but hs inability to control impulses. dan balls, chief "washington post" and also the writer of that piece. and also white h...

Correspondent dan balls, whos also celebrating his 40th year at the paper. congratulations. >> thank you. >> dan, take us on a little bit of the journey that you took here. did you find that the people who had voted for trump before, you know, are they people who are going to be republicans for the rest of their lives? or are they people who are with this man because of the unique qualities that he has? >> good question. i think that you have some of each type of voter. i think there are some vo...

Them uncomfortable. i think the bush family is a lot like that for them. they see other people doing what they, in their heart of hearts know they ought to be doing, and i think out of that resentment comes this kind of really, not inexcusable because if the person apologized we could move on. but the incapacity to admit you made a mistake is a troubling thing. >> dan balls, one of the things that was mentioned also in jonathan swans reporting out tonight is this idea that we learn more about wh...