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It also comes after u.s. cease-fire talks with the taliban and reports of a partial u.s. troop withdrawal. shanahan insists he has not been told to step down the number of u.s. forces. grace notes at the grammys where it was a big night for women and hip-hop. just ahead, a look at the top winners. back in just a moment. this is the all-new chevy silverado. its beautiful. beefy and mean looking. its the strongest, most advanced silverado ever. the cab is bigger than the last generation. its the...

Can sort of build that into our expectations and what im wondering now is, does he actually make it through the whole teleprompter thing without, you know, getting ticked off by the fact that democrats are not standing up or by -- >> nancy, clap. >> or something like that. >> its a great point. >> something set him off. who knows. >> tonights going to be such a great contrast from the last time a republican president introduced nancy pelosi because that was really one of president bushs biggest ...

>> joy reid is back with us. joy, im trying to think, im just trying to think of who ever ran for president after two years in the senate? >> thats a good question. i think someone from illinois. >> oh, yeah, barack obama. which means that if she wins, she will have then served four years in the senate. >> right. >> like barack obama. but, in fact, in her governing resume, she has more experience and more varied experience than president obama had before -- >> yes. >> -- he entered the senate. h...

President obama had before -- >> yes. >> -- he entered the senate. he had just been a state legislator. she had been a district attorney. she then statewide was elected as an attorney general. >> right. >> and then united states senator. so here she is, the campaign that so here she is. the campaign i thought was inevitable the very first time i saw her campaigning in california ten years ago. here we are. >> the moment she burst on the national scene she gave you kind of a lot of the same grace...

Anything different tomorrow? >> no, not really because this is the one thing weve learned about this president is that his -- he is incapable of striking those grace notes that other presidents of both political parties have managed to hit in these particular moments because that requires a certain level of graciousness and empathy that donald trump just doesnt seem to be able to pull off with any level of sincerity. im sure that the white house staff will give him some talking points, but this ...

With if threat of taking away their health care. proposed a budget that supposedly is going to be out of balance. you would have to print money to put it into balance. thats going to put off the conservative wing of his party and democrats as well. this is a guy, nobody believes a word that he says because he says so many different things. its about what he does, not what he says. he cant deliver that in a speech tonight. >> jeremy, i dont know if you have had a chance to talk with folks at the ...

Afraid. women are afraid. >> explain how it means different things. >> talking economic populism. the president talked in the inaugural quickly about restoring our borders. didnt go farther than that. people thought he might have, even though he talked about a wall with mexico and the like. i think hes had, and of course we know about him proposing and backing away from the muslim ban. the prayer service, i think he hit different notes, including grace notes. he will have a well known imam in no...

Smaller gathering and tv audience heard the grace notes for hillary clinton. but you know, i spent last week without trump supporters. he cant hurt by appearing gracious. theyre looking looking -- its uncomfortable right now to have the country as divided on the question of donald trump as it is. theyre looking for him to grow his base of support, and they wanted to change his policies, but they certainly dont mind if he tones down some of the temperamental flaws. even in the view was i had supp...

That he can influence opinion by reaching directly to them. so, grace notes. a professional demeanor meeting with the president of the united states. but then work in his crowd and say, look, when you turn on television and you see split screens with my advisors talking about the tranition asition and the media monitoring protests in the street, he wants to blame the media. blame the schism of two americas. i dont think that is going to stop. he continues to do it and has done it to a great effe...

I noticed just this week, jeb said, maybe it was yesterday, he said im the best bet. and one of the things that both 41 and 43 had had in common was the conviction they were the better man, they were the best man for the job. and i think that is just the case that is -- despite the reticence that is also part of the family, jeb needs to make that clearer. >> you know, i want to go to barbara bush, because the most fascinating grace notes in the book are always when youre quoting from her diary. ...