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Publicly owned Energy Company in every part of the uk. National grid, railways and Bus Companies are to be nationalised. Well, im joined byjack blanchard, the mirrors Political Editor replete with a copy of this thing. And with our own Political Editor, nick watt. Just to be clear, jack, what you have there is a print out. Its not a typeset, formalised version . Im afraid not. No cover, no glossy feel. It is a dodgy, leaked document. But it does have their draft measures. Give us some of the eye...

Have had the power family and work in community atrophy. they are searching out for any meaning and identity they confide, and they find, it often, in dark, dangerous places, like demagogic movements, like the one did led by donald trump. i think we have to start studying these underlying anxieties in this country, like loneliness and isolation, trying to give people a more positive connection, places where they can find friends and people to connect with. i think that is one of the ways in whic...

His heart hardly matters. he operates in this bs world, one in which you glom onto the claims most provocative, most radioactive, most opposed to, quote, establishment thinking. joining me now is josh marshall. josh, good to see you. thank you for being with us. you wrote some clear words on this. first of all, he is just wrong in telling debbie wasserman schultz the what he said what he said. you reported exactly on what he said. its on video. its pretty clear. but you make the point that its a...

Movements are really lonely people who have been unable to find positive identity and positive meaning because we have had the power family and work in community atrophy. they are searching out for any meaning and identity they confide, and they find, it often, in dark, dangerous places, like demagogic movements, like the one did led by donald trump. i think we have to start studying these underlying anxieties in this country, like loneliness and isolation, trying to give people a more positive ...

Surprise. what is interesting, though, is -- and you sort of wonder if the conversations will capture this, you know, vice president cheney has been pretty critical of the trump foreign policy and sometimes comparing it to president obamas foreign policy in terms of troop withdrawals, in terms of syria, but also just asking the questions a lot of us ask in terms of stability, you know, does president trump believe in nato? how is he adding to stability in the world? and so, you know, i think dic...

That as an exaggeration -- if you are not affected by inside the beltway or washington establishment thinking, understanding trump is easy. it is elite versus real people. it is somebody that is fearless and willing to fight against the things that no republican has been willing to fight against or defend. he has an engaging personality. he doesnt offend people -- the left thinks he does because they act if i did, but trump just makes people laugh. they cant get over the fact that he is likable....

At all. if you are not poison -- i use that as an exaggeration -- if you are not affected by inside the beltway or washington establishment thinking, understanding trump is easy. it is elite versus real people. it is somebody that is fearless and willing to fight against the things that no republican has been willing to fight against or defend. he has an engaging personality. he doesnt offend people -- thee left thinks he does because they act offended, but trump just makes people laugh. they ca...

I dont think it is hard to understand the trump phenomenon at all. if you are not poison -- i use that as an exaggeration -- if you are not affected by inside the beltway or washington establishment thinking, understanding trump is easy. it is elite versus real people. it is somebody that is fearless and willing to fight against the things that no republican has been willing to fight against or defend. he has an engaging personality. he doesnt offend people -- the left thinks he does because the...

That there is, because this president is not easily shamed, i think his supporters would argue that this would be another action of an area that is truly an outsider and it fighting against establishment thinking. a point about south korea. sm people would say youre so ignore really y igno igno igno igno ignore -- ignorant. other people are saying it is refreshing, why do we have so many. >> right, and i think it could be whatever his impulse is. but to you point, i want to quickly read the john...

Are in a holy war against regulation. >> so rucker is also with us from "the washington post." the other topic hallie ran through was rex tillerson. >> yeah. >> do you think the president does have confidence in his, whats the word, on the white house right now when it comes to tillersons fate? >> the president said he has full confidence in rex tillerson, but i got to tell you white house officials say privately that he has a lot of concerns about rex tillerson. hes bothered by tillersons tradi...