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At one of his staffers, including a cabinet secretary. the difference is with donald trump, when he is disappointed or upset, we all get to know about it. i cant believe anybody in the press is complaining about that because it sure gives you a lot to talk about. >> okay. lets hit pause on unconventional, matt. matt and chris, stay with me. were going to take a quick commercial break. just a reminder, were watching and waiting for sarah huckabee sanders, the new press secretary, to take the helm...

Trump voters and voters who voted for trump because he was the better alternative. they couldnt take hillary clinton. they didnt want a democrat as president. those are the folks he has to be worried about. the trump base voters are never leaving. its the voters who voted for trump begrudgingly. he needs to win them over to have a chance for reelection. >> they may chide against his tweets from time to time. if they think he can get health care or tax reform done theyll put up with it. they put ...

Having a conversation, including one who is an adversary who is continuing to try to hack our systems here. so this is a very different case and it is hugely problematic and there is reason for concern about it. >> all right. hit pause there. there are a lot of questions to be answered. of course the president saying it was pleasantries, it was one hour, adoption would not be consistent with police aptries, a lot more -- -- owe pleasant tr tryries. next, the second world best known russian disde...

Commitment isnt binding. the commitment is an aspirational one. so to make the argument that they owe more money to the institution fundamentally misunderstands this. hes been through this discussion and correction several times now. >> okay. lets hit pause. when we come back, were going to all have a conversation about a democratic senator who dropped the f-bomb not once well be right back. my a1c wasnt were it needed to be. so i liked when my doctor told me that i may reach my blood sugar and ...

Mccain. heller, hes the only republican in the u.s. senate running next year there a state that hillary clinton won. so not surprising to see him joining that independent commission call. lisa more komurkowski lost a republican primary a couple years ago, had to win re-election as a write-in candidate. theres room for her. susan collins looks like she wants to rucn for governor of maine. theres a little more freedom for senators who have come out that far. we are not seeing republicans from sort...

Stephanopoulos memoir, its eerily similar. he had a bad -- he had a bad chief of staff. he had to -- his best friend from when he was 5 years old, he had to replace him. as steve mentioned, you know, he put his wife in charge of health care care. that was a mistake. theres all sorts of stuff going on. what happened? they were shellacked, massacred in the midterm elections. >> all right. hit pause. we got to hit pause. no ones going anywhere. steph, thank you for coming down. we drag you down aft...

Lavrov. >> if youre a republican on the hill, a senator up for re-election in 2018 or one of the 242 republican congressmen whos up for election in 2018, maybe you might have a challenger. you dont want to be on the wrong side of this story, on the one hand, and dont want to be on the wrong side of the story of your leader -- >> theres only one right way. >> hit pause. well come right back. still ahead, dinner at the white house. the "time" magazine reporter who spent 100 minutes with presiden...

Conversation. so lets hit pause on that. let me pivot to some sound from president trump. he talks about how he got to the magic number of 270. heres the president on his life in the oval office. >> theres a chance that we could end up having a major, major conflict with north korea. absolutely. this is more work than in my previous life. i thought it would be easier. i thought it was more of a -- im a details-oriented person, i think you would say that, but i do miss my old life. i like to work...

>> weve hit pause because everybody has vacated this building for the weekend. theyve basically punted the question of the budget until next week. they passed a one-week government funding bill to keep things running while they still negotiate behind the scenes. that does seem to be one of the things that has frustrated president in his first 100 days. and he is not the first president to be frustrated dealing with congress. president obama all but gave up on it in his final years in office. pre...

Was a breach too far. >> what about speaking attorney general, we know manu just reported the confirmation hearings for jeff sessions ha h -- has hit pause or hold. when you have orrin hatch calling democrats idiots. whats going on? >> what the democratic party is going through is a crisis how to function and how to make its anger make its opposition heard when they dont have the votes to do it. and i think what became crystallizing for democrats particularly in the senate dealing with these tru...