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jenny kleenman and dr larny chen formerly policy director for mitt romneys presidential campaign. hello and welcome to the programme. just a week ago, 150 people ran into trouble in a small wooden boat off the coast of calabria in italy. on board were asylum seekers from afghanistan, somalia, iran. there were 20 children on board, including a newborn baby. 67 of them drowned. its an appalling reminder of the risks involved. it is just as dangerous crossing the english channel. more tha...

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Now, its not our job to advocate for or against a given policy, its our job to call out the dishonest pursuit of it. so as we wait for the president to speak about what he calls the crisis on the border, were starting with the crisis of credibility hes created for himself. if what his vice president said today is any indication, the dishonesty will continue. so consider this a kind of prebuttal or at least a viewers guide for what may be coming tonight because the white house has continued to fu...

To make time for it telegraphed the gravity of it, at least it has until now. in the past, with only rare exceptions, you might disagree with what a president said from the oval office without wondering if you were straight-up being misled or lied to. keeping them honest, sadly, thats not the case tonight. now, its not our job to advocate for or against a given policy. its our job to call out the dishonest pursuit of it. so as we wait for the president to speak about what he calls the crisis on ...

Because people feel like wait a minute, i helped elect you in and i do have -- thats part of america. you can express yourself as a citizen to particularly a public official. it comes with the territory, right? >> of course. but i would have people say things to me like you are not angry enough. you need to yell louder. in other words, even if they might have agreed with me on a given policy, they didnt think you are fighting or yelling hard enough. i watched a talk show host criticize a senator...

Sends confusing messages for people. >> i like teleprompter trump better than rally trump when he is unscripted. i think he really does thrive on creating these divisions. he engages in name calling and insults on a regular basis. this is not presidential. lets face it. that commentary is not presidential. it degrades civil discourse and some of this started long before donald trump. the tone has degraded. i said on another show the other day, i would go home as a member of congress, i would hav...

Big difference between comments made and actions taken. the president is certainly not responsible for sending suspicious packages to someone, no more than bernie sanders was responsible for a supporter of his shooting up a republican baseball field practice. >> well, i agree. bernie sanders is not responsible for steve scalise being shot, just as donald trump is not responsible for these pipe bombs. but what i would say, though, when youre the president of the united states, your words matter. ...

On a given policy i have to regard as evil and, therefore, not part of a shared america. the business model that people like hannity advance isnt good for the next generation. it doesnt get to any sense of what a shared republic ed repub together. >> you write about the tendency of individuals to overlook the flaws of those, quote, in the tribe. theres a deep and corrosive tribal impulse to act as if the enemy of my enemy is my friend when the enemy of my enemy is just a jackass. do you think yo...

Media now broadly. in the 1950s, "i love lucy" had a 68% share. it wasnt important content. but it was shared content. everybody knew what lucy and dezi were doing. it was something you had in common with your neighbor. today the most watched cable programming in america, hannity a number one and rachel maddow is number two. both have the same business model which is look at the 1% of america thats listening to you and you can always just demonize your opponent, never give a fair shake to what t...

The idea oh, they are still supporting trump. for me the question is on what given policy. are they helping trump appease putin or are they trying to push trump in the right direction on putin? i dont think it makes sense youre still on trumps side, hes doing these bad things you need to quit. the job of everybody whether its somebody in the administration like pompeo or boll on the or conservative commentators to push trump in the right direction. to oppose trump is a meaningless idea. >> ill p...