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It seems the media were embracing him. shelby: there was a charge the media built up steve bannon. there was so much publicity about him before he left the white house now the media is embracing him and using him as a foil against the president. howie: bannon is a smart guy who knows how to build his brand. but do you think the media coverage he has gotten could have emboldened him to think he was untouchable? mo: i think its wrong to say the media built him up. the president built him up. he ma...

Postpone joint military arercises until after the pyeongchang winter olympics next month. this move appears to be a move to ease tensions with the north, which views the annual drills as a rehearsal for a u.s. invasion. in south africa today, a train slammed into a truck and burst into flames. at least 18 people were killed, 260 hurt. many of the passengers were heading home to johannesburg after the holidays. the driver of the truck had tried to beat the train at a crossing. he was not hurt. th...

Democrats dont pose a very good foil, either. i mean, he can go after nancy pelosi, but i dont think he thinks thats going to get him the energy of his base the way going after somebody like hillary clinton does. when we were at these rallies, they would scream "lock her up," they would wear shirts with terrible things said about her. they would come in dressed head-to-toe in prison gear. hillary clinton is somebody that animates his base, and he knows that, and thats why he still goes after her...

House, people close to the white house and so on. you hit on a couple points that were noteworthy. inside the white house booth as you are, as your producers are, sort of reading through everything thats there. the new york post just posted what will be their cover story, including more details about mike flynn that you just mentioned, and the attitude seemed to be, the way wolf portrays it, hey, were not going to win, anyway, lose sg winning, because donald trump felt, hey, he would run this ca...

That is the legacy. >> david: dan, we have gone through the political analysis on the ground. and i know that you watch this carefully, you talk about it when you get on radio and television as well. what about the boots on the ground? the people that will volunteer to help the parties, the blue-collar folks out there. they wear out a lot of shoe leather walking for candidates, where do you see the energy? is it a little bit of both? >> i will take each side first, the democrats, no question, an...

It, fake, phony and failing. so joining me is jeff mason, white house correspondent for reuters and blake. good afternoon to both of you. >> good afternoon. >> jeff, this was one of the things we saw seamlessly carry over from the campaign to the presidency. really an us versus them attitude and a fixation on pitting the media as the opposition party. why do you think trump feels like he needs to do this. >> i think president trump likes to have a foil, and i think hes used the media as a foil c...

You look at whats going on in chicago, what the hell is going on in chicago? what the hell is happening there? >> americas third-largest city is a punching bag for the president of the united states. throughout his campaign, throughout his presidency, even as recently as this month, donald trump has used the citys sudden homicide spike in 2015 and 2016 as a foil for his law and order, i put that in quotation marks, candidacy. heres the thing. murders and shootings in chicago are actually, thankf...

Through the political analysis on the ground. and i know that you watch this carefully, you talk about it when you get on radio and television as well. what about the boots on the ground? the people that will volunteer to help the parties, the blue-collar folks out there. they wear out a lot of shoe leather walking for candidates, where do you see the energy? is it a little bit of both? >> i will take each side first, the democrats, no question, and it does not do republicans any good to ignore ...

Republican primary and used it to spur turnout among his supporters. and hes used it as a consistent foil throughout his presidency. so as far as things on his list of bogeyman that he uses has president to stir up his base, this is the most consistent and maybe the most reliable one. >> heres another piece that resonates with me. there was an article in "the new york times" today on the way the trump era has sped up the news cycle. it says one year out, this may be mr. trumps greatest trick. hi...

Hes been providing some assistance. but he doesnt want to be a foil for the republican party. he is -- hes kind of wanting to play more of a behind the scenes role and happy to do that. he wants more people to kind of bubble up. he wants the party to have you know, more of the fresh blood, a new chance for leaders to come up. so i think he wants to play that kind of role a behind the scenes role. which is why youre not seeing him do a lot of interviews and why this interview is pretty rare. >> i...