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Why is it always the other guy? why do you have to do that? [laughing] the disappointing thing, b.j. has samples for all of the food f youre spending -- >> costco they do that, too. >> that makes a good that. giving. >> neil: some of them are open on thanksgiving r they missing something by not being open? the ceo said no problem, weird e rather lose sales than subject our employees to thchlts i dont think theyre missing out on a lot. a lot of people are home with their families. you have black ...

Major retailer that is in no rush to change that. a policy it has adhered to for some 11 years now. b.j.s wholesale club, chris baldwin joining us. good to have you. >> happy thanksgiving. good to have you, to be on your show today. we appreciate the opportunity to speak to you and your audience. >> happy thanksgiving to you. you drew the line at this long before there was this rush to be working 24/7 through the holidays, including on the holidays. you opted not to do that. why not? >> well, in...

And denounce it? >> yeah, we can go back to moments like lbj, dwight eisenhower and they stood up when white supremacy reared its ugly head in an official way and ill be frank, what happens in august is only one of almost three dozen major white supremacist rallies weve seen this year. so it should surprise us when the fbi tells us that hate crimes are rising, because we know they are. >> now, look again at these numbers. in 2015, 5,850 cases of hate crimes. and in 2016, its up to 6,121. what do...

Hear it. he said, im tired of the talking. we dont need to read history books. here is a guy, how old is he, 34, 35? hes im sure hes great in real estate and everything else. but not so much. >> but the point is that this entire administration has shunned experts and have instead -- if you dont think, by the way, i have to talk to the camera here, if you dont think running washington, d.c. is harder than running a real estate company in new york city, you are out of your mind, you have no idea. ...

Book it is a page-turner, but the president of the united states choosing not to run. can you see trump doing that? >> yes. weve never seen it before. johnson was heavily favored when he just decided to drop out because he was challenged on the left and couldnt figure out how to deal with bobby kennedy mostly. the next time we may see this is donald trump just saying, i cant take it. lbj was a much tougher, more ruthless politician than donald trump could ever be and he dropped out. >> at least ...

States choosing not to run. can you foresee donald trump doing that? >> yes, yes. never seen it before, and johnson was heavily favored when he decided to just drop out, because he was challenged on the left by mccarthy and bobby kennedy and just couldnt figure out how to deal with bobby kennedy mostly. the next time we may see this as donald trump saying, i cant take it. and lbj was a of you iter more ruthless politician than donald trump could ever be and he dropped out. >> at least he knew to...

Untrump was that he focused on empathy. he really did care about people in trouble. he cared about mccarthy, joe mccarthy when he became an old drunk, killing himself with booze. he went out and looked for people to care about. he went out to the police miss delta and looked for kids with distended stomachs and living on molasses all day. he cared about the poor whites. he didnt dismiss they will as archie bunkers or deplorables. he worried about people on the back of the book who had nothing. a...

Certain places. sofrm if part of the democrat intensety brought on by trump will lead to abnormal turn out next year where people who normally vote in presidential elections, younger, democratic, more minority, if they show up, that is a really bad scenario for us. so the question is in a year can we take some of the energy out of that. here in california where i live there are liberals beating their dream catchers into eye poking stick. weve got to get in front of this energy wave or were going...

Remembering it wasnt always this way. one of the investigative priorities was bad for his party. he targeted and investigated some of the most powerful labor leaders in the democratic party. rfk pleading for legislation to deal with groups criticizing both parties to act. >> if the people themselves take an interest. if people contact their congressmen to vote. you have no group pushing the legislation. >> the investigations were so politically risky, the candidate fought against his own fathers...

Would be booed by all the republicans in the audience, and he would turn that into an advantage. >> yes. yes. and its -- >> you insiders. >> and collusion, anyone? we now have it absolutely do you wanted that richard nixon was in direct communication through different channels to the south vietnamese government saying dont cooperate with lbg. lbg was moving toward a peace process in paris. nixon needed the war to be going and needed the country to see no progress on the war on election day. he g...