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Lyndon johnson, who seemed to be the most powerful incumbent president and the wilest politician to be in the oval office deciding not to run for re-election. forces closed in on him and he dropped out. the next president ends up resigning the president of presidency eventually richard nixon. tonight it is not that hard to imagine either one of those things in the trump presidency. >> its not. and, you know, one of the things that is so interesting about our divided country is from 1960 to 1980,...

Politics of the midterm elections? does that generate enthusiasm in his wanted base? which is as we discussed a little bit of a shinny object. can they be more enthusiastic? does it gain him anything there. does it just cause the voters who really matter in the election, which is largely democrats who are already stirred up, but particularly a bunch of college-educated women in the suburbs who kind of vacillate between republican and democrat who arent necessarily committed dependents african-am...

This amendment and john brennan with a possible lawsuit. >> you know, john heilemann, though, were talking about executive orders and executive power. this is something republicans complained about with barack obama, that he governed through executive orders. you know, i mean, name the piece of legislation after 2010 significant piece of legislation, that barack obama passed? of course, he would blake republicans, but you could impeach bill clinton on a tuesday and hed ask you to go golfing on...

Run. its a century since -- coolidge is the last president who knows not to run for re-election in 1928. two others since then didnt, truman and johnson who could have. they were eligible for another term. they didnt because they had primary challenges. i do think this new hampshire poll that shows half of republicans and more independents are open to an alternative to trump is interesting. someone will run against trump. maybe a spoiler candidate. a more serious candidate. mccarthy looked like ...

>> this is omarosa on why she says she got involved with trumps political career. >> we cant just sit back and ignore donald trump for the next couple of years, somehow, some way we have to have an emissary. who is willing to go into the lions den and fight the good fight for our people its a fight worth fighting. had martin luther king not gone and sat down with lbj, we would not have had the civil rights act. >> okay, so -- >> i mean -- >> do you think -- thats a whole lot there. do you think ...

Couple of years, somehow, some way we have to have an emar sayrery whos willing to go into the lions den and fight the good fight for our people its a fight worth fighting. had martin luther king not gone and sat down with lbj, we would not have had the civil rights act. >> okay, so -- >> i mean -- >> do you think -- thats a whole lot there. do you think she was fighting for the black communities as she said, because -- i mean a lot of reporting she didnt didnt work that much at all. she wanted ...

What is that? is that a dog? >> its hillary. >> only in new hampshire. first it was a screechy dog, and then it was a serious dog, right? >> ronald reagan, about this, and i think this is a nonpartisan assessment. i was reading this book coming out about lbj, at the moment kennedy was killed. he grew. he got the civil rights bill through. he grew into someone else. he drew something out of him that was good and proud. he doesnt seem to have said wait a minute, now i cant say dog anymore. i cant ...

Cant afford it tomorrow. 70% of this district is rural. folks know we need representatives to fight for healthcare. 1 in 6 texans is uninsured. 1 in 6 kids in texas here go to school and rely on c.h.i.p. or medicaid for insurance. we know were 99 days away from the most consequential election of our lifetime but know were celebrating the 53rd anniversary of the signing of medicaid and medicare by another great texan leader, lbj and programs are so vital to so many americans everyday. we have to ...

Presidency is increasingly living in a world of selected information and bending the truth to his own narrative. >> and the deeper problem is that much of the country is also watching their own favorite networks. people todayed were comparing the possibility of this tape to the nixon tape. the difference is, during the time the nixon tape was released we had three networks, people agreed on facts. 11 republicans after they heard his cover-up talk in that tape were willing to go for impeachment t...

The channel flipping flap was the latest example how mr. trump at a pivotal moment in his presidency is increasingly living in a world of selected information and bending the truth to his own narrative. >> and the deeper problem is that much of the country is also watching their own favorite networks. people todayed were comparing the possibility of this tape to the nixon tape. the difference is, during the time the nixon tape was released we had three networks, people agreed on facts. 11 republ...