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I think it was an effective measure. The idea now is we have to hit back hard. We have to hit back strong if were going to finally put this dual crisis of the pandemic and economic payment engendered behind us. With respect to larrys point, one thing is just wrong which is our team is dismissive of inflationary risks. We have constantly argued the risks of doing too little are far greater than the risk of going big. Providing families and businesses with the relief they need to put this virus be...

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Some speech, he would simply thank them and say, im talk to you when the time comes. i mean if he could hold back, where are we today when nobody holds back? i mean this whole tweeting thing, when i think about whats happened to the communication of our country, when abraham lincoln gave speeches, theyd be printed in full in the newspapers. you would read them. youd absorb them. when teddy roosevelt is speaking, he has that punchy language. when fdr is speaking, hes speaking intimately in long p...

When fdr is speaking, hes speaking intimately in long prepared fire side chats. he would spend weeks on every one. now people are saying things all of a sudden with no control over themselves. something is going wrong in the coarseness of the language in the country. >> i had a brother who signed up for the peace corps after hearing jfks inaugural address. talk about the power. >> thats what it can mean. >> of words. thats why we need you here often. so well sneak in a break. well continue our c...

Most important thing a president does is to set a example by his character, by his words. words matter. abraham lincoln, the greatest debat deba debater, never wanted to speak extemporaneously. when the soldiers would wait for some speech, he would simply thank them and say, im talk to you when the time comes. i mean if he could hold back, where are we today when nobody holds back? i mean this whole tweeting thing, when i think about whats happened to the communication of our country, when abrah...

Media. but it really has exacerbated it. i do think it is a legitimate concern that not just leaders but consumers of this information need to be aware of and try to do better at. >> mike: charlie, the tweeting might make some of president trumps advisors gray but no signs of him giving up the twitter feed, right? >> great for us in the press, right? this reminds you how obnoxious president obama can be. he goes over to bbc and talk to prince william or whatever his tittlez is. >title is. >> mik...

Air. over the last year going back to the campaign. you spent about a half an hour with the president in the oval office this past week. talk about his mood and talk about any adjustments you think as his friend he needs to make whether its with the tweeting, with his own outreach to democrats. could he do a better job of working with democrats and reaching out? >> well, i think he has done a fantastic job with this tax bill. and the cutting regulations and he made a campaign promise he was goin...

So well to his supporters even? >> anderson, i think over time it becomes more and more dangerous to a democracy which depends upon freedom of speech and the press. if people are intimidated. if individual people feel they cannot criticize the president of the united states because he will using his twitter account or using whatever means he has directly communicate to millions of people personal criticisms of the people that criticize him, then there is going to be a massive intimidation, a chi...

He accused the west of causing his economic crisis and used what else? a bear analogy. they think maybe let the bear eat berries and honey they will leave it in peace. they will always try to put him on a chain. chaining the bear and hoping to ask putin questions before the news conference. oh, those fire side chats. over to nigeria, boko haram struck on sunday. it killed 43 people. kidnapped at least 100 including young men, women, and children. the kidnappings were discovered days later becaus...

Salon.com. steve, does it really make sense to transpose such a serious matter as bullying, and we know children have actually killed themselves as a result, and transposed that on to an accusation that they throw at the president? >> i would say it isnt surprising at all. you have the clip there of obama this week. as you can see, that was a very benign, subdued, almost lethargic statement hoist part. if you want to see a president who bullied the supreme court, who bullied the federal judiciar...