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2020. this is, of course, how its worked for a few recent predecessors, bill clinton playing off newt gingrich in the republican congress to bounce back from the midterm drumming of 94 and win reelection in 96, and barack obama doing the same with the tea party congress after 2010 to win in 2012. whether trump can replicate with nancy pelosi and the democratic congress, we will soon find out. it is clear, by now, that to win reelection trump will need some kind of a foil. and this is because of ...

And continues to create, and record incredible music his own way. always. zero compromise. hes not just one of the most prolific recording artists in history, but an excellent and enthusiastic cook. frequently combining both callings at the same time. >> anton: so, this has to come out. so, it was cooking from almost 1:00 to 6:00, maybe. i also made sweet potatoes, and stabbed those and wrapped them in foil. and covered the bottom of the oven with foil because they tend to leak sugar, and its ve...

Establishment, nancy pelosi is going to be speaker because she raises money, but arguably theres no leader of the party and so its going to be an opportunity for the president. he does well with the foil. he clearly is a negotiator. my worry is because he is persuadable we might see things coming out that some conservatives might not like but we have to get certain things covered. the democrats, all end with this, they dont want solutions i argue. they feel they one in 18 because of problems. th...

Establishment, nancy pelosi is going to be speaker because she raises money, but arguably theres no leader of the party and so its going to be an opportunity for the president. he does well with the foil. he clearly is a negotiator. my worry is because he is persuadable we might see things coming out that some conservatives might not like but we have to get certain things covered. the democrats, all end with this, they dont want solutions i argue. they feel they one in 18 because of problems. th...

>> he will want a foil even before the democratic party has chosen one. thats why for the next year it will be nancy pelosi with a bit of chuck thrown in on the side but mostly pelosi. >> he didnt have a good match up against her. >> the next one nastier. he didnt enjoy losing. >> we can have a debate about nancy pelosis effectiveness. she might be uniquely qualified to take -- think about her generation, shes dealt with men like him her whole life. >> a woman who grew up in baltimore, machine p...

Hes attacking. >> when he has an opponent. a foil. >> i think early on he did well because of the crowded field of republicans. i think one-on-one with kasich is tougher than you might think. >> he does extremely well at creating a handful of moments in a debate that get replayed over and over. he never wins the debate. he wins the coverage of the debate. i think hes good ant thbout th even when its a one-on-one. >> i take your point there. hes better about finding a moment. >> i think its tough...

Whether or not he put powell there is kind of to the side. because hes now the foil he needs to make the point that he needs to make on the economy. >> fantastic point. >> the tax bill, the tax bill, that lost so many republican votes last time around. hes still fighting back and clawing back from the erosion in the republican base around that tax bill. >> and the deficit is getting big sore its harder to fiscally stimulate the economy going forward. >> thank you for helping us to understand thi...

Democrats won the midterm elections. what do you mean by that? >> now he has an antagonist, now he has a foil. that may be a cover-up for an election lost, but there is a point for this. he does like having a fight, he likes having something to go after. remember, both bill clinton and barack obama lost control of parts of congress in their first midterm elections like donald trump and yet went on to win reelection in part because they had somebody to play off of and tell the electorates, see, i...

Inspiring as a coach? >> yes. i try as much as possible to inspire my players, because i used to be like them. >> reporter: coach white grew up being bullied as the only deaf player on his high school basketball team in lexington, kentucky, but persevered, playing overseas and in the deaf olympics. >> basketball really saved my life. basketball is the story of my life. >> reporter: why? o because. i lived in a tough area in kentucky, and really, if not for basketball, i might have been dead, in ...

Exposing him for the shameless fraud he is. joining us now, zeke miller. lets pick up on that point, those are fighting words indeed. we just heard james comey hitting republicans for not speaking out against president trumps treatment of the fbi. do you get a sense this is a fight the white house wants? the president has always relished having somebody to go up against. is this the right fight for the white house to take on? >> this isnt necessarily one that they were looking for, but this is...