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Watches and then it comes out of his mouth. >> the president is clearly conflicted on the issue of daca between his base which is hard line. they do not want leniency for people who broke the law. how ever which way you count the number of people they dont want that. hes also conflicted on the other hand pause he knows daca has a popular issue. he reads the polls. when it comes down to it the closer we get to political season, he trenches, hes on twitter rampage this morning. >> nafta. >> july 2...

Justice department in a new way. youve got the firing of mccabe, which whatever the merits are of the ig investigation, which we dont have access to, was the product at least contextually of a president bringing tremendous pressure to bear. what do you make of that as a kind of turning point? >> you know, i think that that story in "the new york times," if you think about that story about the president feeling more comfortable now, and you think of the feedback loop he would have received over t...

Fissures inside the white house, the president really opening up, really sort of going after the justice department in a new way. youve got the firing of mccabe, which whatever the merits are of the ig investigation, which we dont have access to, was the product at least contextually of a president bringing tremendous pressure to bear. what do you make of that as a kind of turning point? >> you know, i think that that story in "the new york times," if you think about that story about the preside...

This trump tv feedback loop where he hires people away from television squljobs. that feedback loop is even stronger than ever. 14 months into trumps presidency, hes sometimes calling up fox hosts when he needs advice. hes seeking out the sean hanties of the world for guidance and bringing kudlow into the administration is another example. i did have a cnbc executive say to me, we dont want to lose him. we dont want to see kudlow go. but certainly i guess he cant say no when the president calls....

>> its a little like the "hunger games". i dont even know what the right analogy is. its "the hunger games" with cannibalism involved in it. i was thinking more reptiles. its like scorpions in a really wet sock. the thing is, these -- brian, youve covered washington for a long time and you know personnel is policy. to some extent theres a feedback loop. when personnel is working right, you get good feedback. this presidency, the person and he will the policy have always been kind of messed up. s...

That you know person sell policy. to some extent theres a feedback loop. this presidency, the person and he will the policy have always been kind of messed up. so most of these, of the existing white house staff, the senior ones who are still there, there have been simmering grievances against them since the beginning and none more than jared kushner and ivanka trump. now you have those not in the building. they know how to use a telephone and they leak to the press. so you alluded to it in the ...

Involved in it. i was thinking more reptiles. its like scorpions in a really wet sock. you know, youve covered elections for a long time and that you know person sell policy. to some extent theres a feedback loop. this presidency, the person and he will the policy have always been kind of messed up. so most of these, of the existing white house staff, the senior ones who are still there, there have been simmering grievances against them since the beginning and none more than jared kushner and iv...

>> we saw video of the president coming down the stairs. this will be his 127th day as president at a trump branded property. youve written about this, mar lar go is full of members, friends, defenders, allies and it puts him on occasion in a certain mind set. >> think about the presidents time at his winter retreat, mara lar go hes known to walk into weddings to say hello to christopher ruddy whos having dinner at the club. he wants to hear feedback but its a feedback loop of positive words fro...

But there are people behind this. >> as weve seen with the indictments there are a lot of people behind this. using the hash tag, jumping into the conversation and using bots to amplify that message. the scary thing is after the bots and trolls start building a message, it creates a feedback loop and real humans get in there and amplify the same message. it becomes very difficult for twitter to distinguish whats a bot, whats a human, who is being a troll and who is not? >> let me ask you what co...

He wants to hear feedback but its a feedback loop of positive words from friends, allies, people looking for favors or to ingratiate themselves with this administration. this is not the environment hes going to get candid feedback. from fellow republicans or staffers. this is a retreat in every sense. >> robert, to quote from you today, you talk about john kelly revamping, cracking down on the security clearance matter, which should be seen as kelly doing his job but as you point out theres anot...