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The turkish authorities have identified their nationalities but not their names, a russian, a kyrgyzstan and their operation they say they believe was overseen, planned and controlled by the top levels of isis leadership. They also say the suicide vest, the explosives, some pretty powerful explosives. Among that mix they found petn, a military grade explosion i, that was also manufactured out of the country and brought in, which rings some pretty big alarm bells about the ability of these foreig...

At this face. This is the face of the man who bragged about giving a platform to and mainstreaming and rebranding White Supremacists as the altright. Hes the same man, the same people, i should say, who are responsible for the deadly violence in charlottesville. This is steve bannon. Steve bannon, youre fired. Thats what the president s chief of staff said to him today. But while bannon right now is the latest embodiment of a chaotic white house in crisis, in eight short, or long months, dependi...

I could have done a better job. i didnt do a good enough job. the audience wasnt interested in me. i wouldnt blame it on everybody else. why are you blaming it on everybody else? i dont understand that. ive got to get robert in. >> don, were not blaming it -- >> hold on, hold on, john. hold on, john. what did everybody else hear? what did you hear, michael? did you hear him blaming it on everybody else but the president? >> its been captured, its been theyre on an island. he shot himself in the ...

Certainly isnt going to be inhibited the way he was while he was in the white house by a chief of staff like john kelly, whos trying to crack down and keep people in line, by the fact that anything he says will be seen to be coming from a senior white house official and, therefore, carries more weight and forces him to be more careful about what he says, although bannon was never really careful about what he says. >> so who might the target of his -- >> okay, so i asked him this. i think dylan i...

But the trump base, don and april, theyre not going to sit idly by and see their movement and their extension of the victory they had -- >> donald trump is the president. >> john, can i ask you -- hold on, matt. john, doesnt the buck stop with the president? youre not placing any responsibility, no onus, no blame on the man who is sitting in the oval office. this is all other people hijacking, its the media, its everyone around him. theres no blame on this president? >> the president now has to ...

How they really have influence? its when the mainstream media shows them. like if on monday breitbart writes something attacking javanka or cohn or something and the cable news networks puts them out there, thats where they really have the power. >> okay, thank you all. john, you take it, buddy. thank you for coming on. well see you next time. >> thanks for having me. thank you very much. >> thank you all. just ahead im going to talk to a pastor who has resigned from president trumps evangelic...

Networks. political contributor michael nulter, the former democratic mayor of philadelphia. matt lewis, senior columnist for "the daily beast." john fred ricks, former co-chair for the trump campaign in virginia and robert cutner, the co-founder and co-editor of the american prospect magazine and he joins us via skype. its going to be a fascinating conversation and fascinating hour ahead. april, going through those cards and the week, i mean what a week it has been. it has been exhausting, a lo...

That, some senators walking away. >> john, what do you think, remember ive got a big brain or good mind or good brain. i hired the best people. all of these people are gone. what does that say? what do you think of this, john? >> well, i guess if hes hiring the best people, he should probably hire some of us, right, don? lets start there. but its the game on, what happened here today. its game on. and thats about as frank as i can be. you know, the detractors inside the west wing that are celebr...

>> go ahead, david. >> well, then he is too. >> but david duke did say -- david duke did say, mr. president, you better watch what you said because we are who supported you. now, do you negate that and say that didnt happen? david duke, who was a high leader in the kkk said that. that is fact. thats not myth, its not conjecture, he said that. and then he supported him with that waffling statement, the last statement that the president made about both sides. so you cannot say that im creating thi...

Obviously there are a lot of people inside the white house what are not fans of bannon. he clashed with a lot of advisor. you have general john kelly coming in as the new chief of staff wanting to clean up shop, wanting to stop leaks, wanting to get rid of a lot of that infighting thats going on. but the timing of it, the timing of it, having it happen now in the wake of the charlottesville remarks, and especially with the sort of light support of trump from his various councils, various compani...