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With. we have many presidents posturing when it comes to human rights at activism. not a lot of action has been made by president trump. he was good since of under the microscope because he is on twitter. lyndon b. johnson was not on twitter. he isnt the most eloquent at some of the things he says, but hes transparent. he is telling people "i dont agree with this." he saying "maybe they did, maybe they didnt." not necessarily the words i wouldve chosen. >> arthel: what is it, does he disagree or...

Particular gathering with this . when the president of the united states says what he does, we are reminded that he used to be a businessman. how many times have you heard businessmen say "look, its nothing personal. its just business." as the president of the united states, hes looking out for our best interest economically, which is the foundation of his entire administration and everything he is run on. it is not distinctly economy by ignoring somebody who has been part of an important allian...

Ito take care of anyct messy situations.. and put irritation in its place. and if i can get comfortable keeping this tookus safe and protected... you can get comfortable doing the same with yours. preparation h. get comfortable with it. programming note, last week msnbc premiered a new project hosted by the great rachel maddow, a documentary about richard nixon called "betrayal." if you missed it, do not worry. "betrayal" tells a fascinating story about richard nixon but its not about watergat...

Betrayal tells a fascinating story about richard nixon but its not about watergate. this is something nixon did on his way the please danes, back in the election of 1968. >> nixon leads in the polls yet his white house dreams are haunted towards lbjs progress towards ending the war. >> nixon is worried about the prospect of an october surprise, that peace is being negotiated, its in hand and that it boosts the prospects of hubert humphrey. >> mid-october, linden johnson fuels nixons worst fear. ...

Nixon worries about the prospect of an october surprise, that peace is being negotiated, that its in hand, and that it boosts the prospects of hubert humphrey. >> mid-october, linden johnson fuels nixons worst fear. >> who is that speaking? dick, is that you? >> im on. >> in a conference call lbj updates the presidential candidates confidentially on a big breakthrough in the negotiations. north vietnam at last is willing to talk with south vietnam. >> this is in absolute confidence because any s...

Move on has come out and endorsed nancy pelosi. what is your read on about the ideological aspect of this battle? >> nancy pelosi objectively, objectively is probably the best democratic legislator since lbj. so lets just start there. now i think youre right to point to this little, you know, internal fight with the five white guys who are not progressives. lets be very clear about that, who are gunning for her leadership. and i think the criteria that i think progressive groups would say is if ...

Sort of grassroots around this, the midterms and particularly connected to a bunch of progressive groups nationwide. move on has come out and endorsed nancy pelosi. what is your read on about the ideological easpect of this battle? >> nancy pelosi objectively, objectively is probably the best democratic legislator since lbj. so lets just start there. now i think youre right to point to this little, you know, internal fight with the five white guys who are not progressives. lets be very clear abo...

There is nobody better at mentoring. there is nobody better at getting things done. the woman got obamacare done. >> yes. >> she got a climate bill through. so i dont know whats happening there, but i think that there are just some people that are impatient. thats what i think. >> dorian, you did a lot of work sort of grassroots around this, the midterms and particularly connected to a bunch of progressive groups nationwide. move on has come out and endorsed nancy pelosi. what is your read on ab...

Some people have explained it to me, he is a a weird guy and not my words, but people in the white house have been using about him. and so he just doesnt have the respect of the people who work for him, and whoever steps into the role, eventually when john kelly leaves and we assume it is some point, but we dont know when, i think that we need to stop assuming or guessing that he is going to change the presidents behavior as a hallie pointed out, that was never going to be john kellys role, and ...

>> well, that is a big question, because we know that jared kushner and ivanka have been people who have worked to shape perhaps if presidents thinking when it comes to staffers who are close with them. by all accounts the fact that ayers is considered here is a sign that the two of them are not totally opposed to it, or you would have heard it quashed much sooner. >> bob, what would it have been like to work inside of the white house without a chief of staff, what wrouould you lose? >> coherenc...