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Want to have more executive time. its a new stimulus package. im reminded every day that goes on in the trump presidency, im reminded of something president kennedy said some months after defeating it and becoming president in 1961. he said the big thing that surprised him that things were, in fact, quite as bad as we thought they were, that in fact, it gets worser and worser as carol might say. as you say, there should be disclaimers if the president is not sitting in meetings. lord knows i hat...

But i know that feedback loop is important to him. >> i dont have a problem with him as a human soul necessarily. but theres things he does really are wrong, i argue. one is if you win in less democratic countries, you start arresting people you beat and if you lose, you say its rigged. hillary, lock her up and you report in your book it looked like he was going to lose in 2016, he was going to claim it was rigged. >> it was in virginia and i dont remember the exact details but essentially they ...

Houses thats when its been a question of why did he make the demands now only when nancy pelosi was there. it seemed like a misfire. >> it seemed like for the first two years a lot of people around him were making the case that well have the fight later. he woke up and realized one day the wall is the one policy position thats so inextricably linked to donald trump you ask an 8-year-old what hes about and they say the wall. if he doesnt get it hell have a hard time in 2020. >> since you were inv...

Now he says things about trump not being truthful about it. is that your legacy? absolutely. im afraid it will be on my gravestone. rudy giuliani, he lied for trump. i dont think that will be true, but ill be dead. i figure i can explain it to st. peter. >> part of this does ultimately stem from the president and the presidents desire to have a defense. there is this feedback loop where his supporters feel this is a witch hunt, he feels its a witch hunt. he put someone out on tv to defend himsel...

District to generate that credibility. when you are in congress, there is a lot of tough votes. no matter how you vote, there is a way to say what you voted for was bad and a way to say what you voted for was good. you need to go back to your constituents and explain why you voted like you did. you cant do that if you are constantly generating that feedback loop and good will with your constituents. all that has to be done while you climb up the ladder and get your committee assignment and be a ...

Leadership gie leadership going into that meeting. whats going to happen? democrats are worried they will be lectured to about the border. this is a briefing by dhs officials to these lawmakers about the needs of the situation at the border. democrats know what the situation at the border is. they dont want to be talked down to by this white house. they want to engage in negotiation. they want to tell the president they think hes wrong. this is a reframe ive heard a bit that this president has b...

Senator says he knows why. republican bob corker told cnn that we have two talk radio hosts who influence the president. thats tyranny, isnt it. so right wing media running the country right now. lets discuss, brian stelter is here and phillip. good evening, is bob corker right? >> i dont think its tyranny, but certainly this is kind of a rush limbaugh, ann coulter shut down. sean hannity is off, otherwise it would be the sean hannity shut down. we have heard all years how hannity and others are...

And special financing offers. new year, new deere. federal government moments from shutting down, and one senator says he knows why. republican bob corker told cnn that we have two talk radio hosts who influence the president. thats tyranny, isnt it. so right wing media running the country right now. lets discuss, brian stelter is here and phillip. good evening, is bob corker right? >> i dont think its tyranny, but certainly this is kind of a rush limbaugh, ann coulter shut down. sean hannity ...

Want to bring in joshua green. brian, first to you. ork oh, i should mention hes also the author of "the devils baerga a bargain." what do you make of ann coulter slamming the government? >> this is ann coulter knowing exactly how to slam the president. she said she doesnt think the president will finish his term in office. the president unfollowed her on twitter. the feedback loop between trump and tv is incredibly tight. what we are seeing is a rebellion of sorts from his tv and radio cabinet....

Probably 2010. and thats -- i mean, i can connect the dots. this is where russian trolls figured out, oh, this is going to make an impact and theyre still doing it today. >> yeah. there is this feedback loop. these originate perhaps on social media and being amplified on social media by bots or by accounts created specifically for this purpose and vice versa. conservative media picking up memes generated by bots and amplifying them in that way. so this is a real problem. putting aside president ...