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He can sort of do what he wants, and so i think that is part of that, getting a sense of how far he can go. one thing about bruce ohr thats interesting is we started hearing his name a couple weeks ago largely from conservatives on the hill and sort of in conservative echo chambers like fox news and talk radio and i was sort of personally waiting to see when would president trump actually mention his name, which i believe he first did in a tweet and comments today. and elevate him. thats somethi...

Public, and even from lawmakers in congress. and oftentimes the answer is no. he can sort of do what he wants, and so i think that is part of that, getting a sense of how far he can go. one thing about bruce orr thats interesting, we started hearing his name a couple weeks ago largely from conservatives on the hill and sort of in conservative echo chambers like fox news and talk radio and i was sort of personally waiting to see when would president trump actually mention his name, which i believ...

Agency has in the past. facebook executives admit it is a fight without any end in sight." >> security is an arms race and its never done. weve made it harder for inauthentic actors to operate on facebook. yet, we face determined, well-funded adversaries who wont give up and who are constantly changing tactics. >> the news caused alarm on capitol hill with some democrats blaming the president from there you are not standing up to president putin and the republican party as a whole for not adequa...

Identities for the russian-based internet research agency, and facebook executives admit it is a fight without any end insight. >> security is an arms race and it is never done. we made it harder for inauthentic actors to operate yet face determined, well-funded entities who are constantly changing tactics. >> on capitol hill, some democrats blaming the president for in their view not standing up to vladimir putin and the republican party as a whole for not adequately funding election security. ...

>> let me ask a question on that. some of that phenomenon is the echo chambers. when you have those voters in an election year hear from unusual sources criticism, whether it be some sitting republicans, and frankly not that many but some, fox news anchors, and im not talking about sean hannity, but you did hear from neil cavuto, "the wall street journal" editorial board, et cetera. does that seep into the base in my measurable way sf? >> we will see. even a better question, does that seep into ...

And not in any way even posed hochtlly. its saying there was this news report, what do you have to say about it? it wasnt a hostile question. and glenn beck was so defensive about it and obviously felt he couldnt deal with the question. he literally walks off, which is a statement of sorts, that he cant answer the question. >> and leading up to that, i was listening to that interview and really brian was trying to have this discourse to try to see the other side when so often, as you point out, ...

Country. and thats a really cool story. >> its people like you that make the country so great. you come here, youre proud to be here, you want to be here and you want to make this country a better place. >> yeah. and its a complicated issue. i have a lot of compassion for everybody involved, from the families to law enforcement to policy makers. it is complicated. through this book, im wanting to be a voice for unity, that we so desperately need to find the solutions to the issues. so often we j...

From one liberal to another: can we stop the ideological purity test and admit that there are more ways than one of solving a problem? can we please stop being such jerks? that former clinton staff member is the founder of flip side and joins us live. >> hi. good morning. thank you for having me. steve: you are calling your friends jerks. what are they doing? >> i really am. i wont say all but most of my liberal friends are very well-intentioned. but their comments are so arrogant and elitist an...

Object insisting there was never collusion, by insisting its all the democrats fault. by saying it over and over again, they are not convincing a majority of the public, but a majority of trumps base. thats worth something. thats a benefit to the president. >> should americans be concerned at all? >> i think theres reason to be concerned that many, many of us, and thats not just trump voters or trump haters, many. of us are in echo chambers only hearing views that we already agree with. thats pa...

World that we are living in. >> scott: how susceptible people are, serious people, they say what is this? thats completely fake, what are you talking about? completely fake. but people are susceptible to it and social media has created these echo chambers and quite frankly, bad behavior by adults. >> kennedy: they have half a story or just a little bit of information which can be just as dangerous. >> lisa: i also think president trump has exposed something weve all seen happening with the mains...