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>> when it comes to the feud between congressman lewis and donald trump, i think we can get bogged down in the distraction in the battle between the two of them and lose sight of the fact that you have a president elect whos doing battle with a sitting member of congress. there are contentious relationships in this city. thats not new. whats new is a president elect, soon to be president, who cannot let any slight go. so any -- any criticism, any negative critique of him will be met with, from h...

Among democrats and republicans and everyone else. attention had to be paid. if you notice even the people who say they disagree with john lewis also include in their disagreement a a statement of respect what he did 50 years ago in the civil rights movement. this got to be a bigger deal because of the influence and stature of john lewis. >> shannon: i want to play a little reaction coming in from congressman john duffy a republican. here is what he has to say to the 40 plus democrats who say th...

Cities do. was it warranted? >> was donald trumps attack on john lou witness warranted? i think john lewis, i think he was feeling this, he was coming from a place of passion, john lewis, i dont think anyone asked if donald trump was a legitimate president, its something that lewis felt he needed to say. what wasnt warranted is the president elects attack on john lewis in such a personal and stereo typical way, to automatically revert to, your community sucks, because clearly you represent a bla...

>> our richard quest, thank you. thanks for all of you. our chief political analyst gloria borger is with me here in washington. gloria, how unusual is it for the president-elect to have inserted himself on the world stage even before dramatically being sworn in on friday? >> its completely unprecedented. donald trump either inadvertently or deliberately has been under cutting the sitting president of the united states, and i think thats part of the confusion from foreign leaders as well as conf...

And gore. even after that, the protest on the street in the transition bush in the 60s was able to get democrats to work for him. what worked for him, twitter a habit was extraordinarily effective running against flawed democratic candidate and running narrowly. everyone thought he was going to instantaneously change, everyone that knows him knows thats not doing to happen. the question is with time and poll numbers this low, can he make an adjustment. this is a year of habits. every time someon...

Appreciation of russian capabilities and actions they are undertaking in parts of the world. >> that is cia director john brennan talking about donald trump yesterday. donald trump replied on twitter, fox news, outgoing cia chief john brennan blasts president elect trump on threat he doesnt understand. oh, really. couldnt do worse, like at crimea, ukraine and the build up of russian nukes, not good. is in the leaker of fake news? in the interview with the times of london, donald trump saw no dif...

Anniversary of martin luther king day. >> when it comes to the feud between congressman lewis and donald trump, i think we can get bogged down in the distraction in the battle between the two of them and lose sight of the fact that you have a president elect whos doing battle with a sitting member of congress. there are contentious relationships in this city. thats not new. whats new is a president elect, soon to be president, who cannot let any slight go. so any -- any criticism, any negative c...

Like everybody is either all right or all wrong. john lewis isnt 100% wrong and he isnt 100% right. john lewis isnt either. a great deal of being president-elect obama could say i apologize for delegitimatizing presidency of barack obama for all those years. you apologize for delegitimizing my presidency but come to my inauguration and lets all get along but thats not going to happen. >> coming up, john mccain will join us. also reporting from hallie jackson. "new york times" reporter. friday li...

I dont think he has an appreciation of russian capabilities and actions they are undertaking in parts of the world. >> that is cia director john brennan talking about donald trump yesterday. donald trump replied on twitter, fox news, outgoing cia chief john brennan blasts president elect trump on threat he doesnt understand. oh, really. couldnt do worse, like at crimea, ukraine and the build up of russian nukes, not good. is in the leaker of fake news? in the interview with the times of london, ...

Understand then that rebuild the bridges but he does say this, if you are a congressman, if you are a current cia director and you go after the president elect he is going to swing back. hes doing that internationally and domestically. >> brennan said i dont think he has a full appreciation for russias capabilities. he said i think he has to be mindful that he has to have a full understanding of what the implications are of going down this road, et cetera. he was critical. i mean, isnt that sort...