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Walls getting all the attention. they did request money for immigration judges. >> there you go. >> 800 million for humanitarian relief. i dont disagree with him that we need to do more to deal with the south americans coming across. we have a legal framework that works. we just need more resources. we saw these families showing up from south america in very large numbers. we didnt have that big a problem before and we didnt have the resources in place to deal with it. we still dont. drop the wa...

While we cant correlate to the exact vote totals, we can make some estimates using statewide and national voting data and trends from the census. so he estimates that the drop in turnout percentage from 2012 to 2016 meant about 50,000 fewer black votes in michigan, about 50,000 less in pennsylvania, and about 35,000 less in wisconsin. these drops could have something to do with the fact that the first black president was no longer on the ballot. but the question is how effective were the russian...

2016 meant about 50,000 fewer black votes in michigan, about 50,000 less in pennsylvania, and about 35,000 less in wisconsin. these drops could have something to do with the fact that the first black president was no longer on the ballot. but the question is how effective were the russian attempts to suppress the black vote, and did that make a difference in this election? so lets discuss all of the information i just gave you and more. mark jacobson of georgetown university is here. also josh g...

The synagogue in pittsburgh, all hate fueled crimes that occurred within one week, just a few days here in the u.s. >> this morning, the president is taking to twitter. hes blaming the media for what he calls the, quote, great anger in this country. his critics say hes one of the people at the top, at the top, amplifying this atmosphere. allowing hate to thrive. lets talk about this. cnn political commentator steve cortez, and joshua green join us now. thank you, gentleman, for being here. its a...

Anymore, folks. >> joining us now, cnn political analyst joshua green. he wrote "devils bargain." also with us, assistant professor of public policy at the harvard kennedy school of government. he wrote "the loneliness of the black republican." great to have both of you with us. josh, youre really the expert on steve bannon, president trumps former chief strategist. was it steve bannon who put this idea of nationalism in trumps head? >> i think that bannon was the one who distilled a set of poli...

Gets information from his real lawyers, freaks them out -- >> you think hes hearing hes in trouble? >> oh, yeah. yeah. this amplifies what matthew miller tweeted out. he must know that dorn jr. is i trouble. >> right. >> he lashes out. he says, i didnt know. which to your point, of course he knew. to elies point earlier which i want to amplify. in josh greenes book, "devils bargain" early in the book he makes the point that donald trump learned early on that he could say and do the most outrageo...

So even rudy knew at the time there was going to be this issue of recusal. i think the president was wrong. i think if you look at what jeff sessions has done on immigration, on migration and all the key issues of the justice department, i think sessions has personally done an excellent job. >> joining me now cnn political analyst joshua green. why is we here? because we like him but also because he wrote this book, "devils bargain." its not the first time, especially after michael wolfs book, t...

Need to listen to him and put this sort of a plan in effect. the political stake of doing so are very high. >> karoun demirjian, thank you very much. joining us is josh green who wrote the book on steve bannon called "devils bargain" and just got off the phone with bannon about this plan. josh, what did you learn? >> reporter: basically, i asked him, what made you change your mine? bannon has been in the camp up until now, dont fire people, you cant get rid of this investigation, he was against ...

He used to when it came to being the person that was in the presidents ear about everything. and that, of course, you know, goes back to last summer, the "fire and fury" book, bannon leaving the white house and all of the bad blood that still exists there, which potentially mitigates how much influence bannon can have over the president and his allies, who need to listen to him and put this sort of a plan in effect. the political stake of doing so are very high. >> karoun demirjian, thank you ve...

Different way. were hoping theyre looking at the world in a different way. i will say this, its an important time in technology where this pivotal moment where technology is neutral. it can do good and it can do bad and we need our leaders to step up and understand the impact of the algorithms for their kids as you see mark talk about. >> also the call for tech companies to step up and take more responsibility for the technology theyre throwing out there and to better understand the impact. >> t...