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Supporter, harlan hill, democratic strategist danielle mclaughlin and cnn political analyst patrick healey. thanks, guys, for all being here. patrick, we see the tweets, but importantly here, you spoke with donald trump about this overnight. what was he like when you talked to him about this? >> sure. i was working on our golden globes coverage here at the "times" and decided, why not try to reach him and see what he has to say about meryl streep. i called him up, he answered. and he hadnt watch...

Way of reaching his audience, of communicating, of performing at his rallies that were incredibly well-attended, that was effective. and from her point of view, it was effective in the worst possible way, that he divided people, he riled people up, showed their teeth, you know, for instance. but the name calling, hitler, no. >> we have to go, i like both your points here. wednesday, news conference. a few weeks after that, meryl streep will be nominated for another academy award, because it happ...

Performance. he created a persona but what it did was absolutely and disgracefully mock a reporter. hes never taken it back or acknowledged it. you think about the things that trump has done over the years. he mocked carly fiorina for her face. he did the same thing to ted cruzs wife. he called hillary clinton not presidential. show me who you are, and ill believe you. his pushback to meryl is, she doesnt know me. what we saw for months in the campaign and for a decade prior is a person who was ...

Minutes or something like that. i think that that perfectly illustrates the metaphor for the divide in this country, the coastal elites live in a bubble, hollywood elites or us in new york -- >> keep going, but this is the video of what happened when she walked in. >> there parts of america that are really suffering, people havent had pay increases in years, their fear of isis is metastasizing. meryl streep had an opportunity, if she was going to politicize this event, to talk about things that ...

>> joining its now to discuss, danielle mclaughlin, democratic strategic and ben ferguson, cnn commentator and host of "the ben ferguson show." >> good morning. merry christmas eve. >> merry christmas eve. you were not shy about criticizing then candidate trump. you supported him when he became the nominee and support him now as president-elect. i wonder when your take and we learned this in the leadup to the u.n. vote, called upon president-elect trump to veto it, should he have it? >> absolute...

Terms of not going to the g-20 meeting. we havent seen this kind of discussion of a president-elect or insertion of a president-elect into world affairs since 1968, when president-elect nixon sent henry kissinger to the soviet union to discuss nonproliferation. i think even taking partisanship out of this, were a country of laws and also custom. he will serve until january 19th and its important to respect that. >> danielle, with respect to this conversation, i went back and looked at then presi...

>> victor, victor -- >> danielle, that seems a little too vague to saddle jeff sessions with that although there are critics of jeff sessions to saddle him with the loving case. >> im not. seriously, im not. >> hold on, ben. >> im saying there ace a role for the department of justice. there is a role for federal civil rights and there is a role for federal environmental regulation in this country. >> let me go to you, ben, on another topic. i want to talk to you about what mitt romney wrote in "...

Has split for decades -- >> i heard you talk about it. give me an example. >> interracial marriage used to be outlawed, right? and we had the civil rights act. we had levin versus virginia. that determined that that law within virginia was unconstitutional. ultimately we had other cases like that. >> incoming individual. this is the thing that drives me nuts. >> is that a criticism specifically of jeff sessions though, danielle? >> i beg your pardon, victor? >> you pointed to jeff sessions when ...

Oversight and they want to make them smaller. smart move. >> danielle, your take. >> im not sure draining the swamp is having the richest cabinet in history. thats a conversation for another time. there are important things the federal government does and i can give examples. one of the most important things the department of justice does is enforce civil rights laws. we have candidate for the head of the doj who has come out against civil rights. the second thing -- >> when? when did he do that...

That was a serious consideration. im glad to see that in his cabinet. let me say one thing. >> quickly. >> about what we just talked about. the fact that you have people coming out criticizing donald trumps picks and they have nothing to back it up and they go back to decades old cases that have nothing to do with the incoming attorney general just tells you how dpie vied divided and furious democrats are. >> nothing is a stretch but i hear your point on jeff sessions here. danielle mclaughlin, ...