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It. he understood how government works, how the congress and the senate worked. he understood that in order to get something big like that passed -- were talking about health care -- you need both sides. he had republicans -- there were a lot of democrats he lost. the southern democrats were gone when he tried to pass civil rights legislation. he needed the republicans. when john mccain took the floor the other night, he said something very heroic, number one, but also absolutely true. you have ...

Nothing, 19 of them to reject integration. how was he able to stay so friendly with thighs southern senators and stand so far apart from them on race? especially in the film when you talk about race. >> he, at the core, was a magnificent legislator. again, did he have the idea -- he was raised in west texas. he came from poverty, understood poverty. that meant something to him. and he also knew what he needed to do. theres a scene in the movie where he says im the only one that can speak kennedy...

Its the kind of thing you usually have to wait decades to hear, like comments on old recordings of lbjs white house or richard nixons. with harsh expletives and accusations about who said what to the press and who is upset about not being invited to a dinner. anthony scaramucci called cnns political commentator, washington correspondent ryan last night. ryan is going to give us the down and dirty in a moment. some of it is very dirty. but first you have to know that the story begins with a tweet...

Disturbing. >> neil: those two republican senators were among those that opposed this procedural vote that was broken by the vice president of the united states. the administration, particularly the president, not too happy with them sort of bucking the party line here. doug is here on the pressure that can and is often applied to those that go astray. doug, good to have you here. were told senator murkowski got a call from someone at the interior department, i think, the secretary, presumably r...

Startled about donald trump and in your face. you mentioned this with andrew jackson with his own cabinet. but jackson had a pretty successful presidency, youd agree with that. how do you think this is going? its a bumpy six months. thats an understatement. >> i dont know. andrew jackson landed on his feet. he had the war with his own cabinet. he started meeting with informal advisers in the back room of the white house. it leaked. they called it the kitchen cabinet. they said this is unconstitu...

Post" have to do on a monthly basis at least. the before or to prevent people from getting accustomed to all of this. >> right, look, i think the anxiety many of us feel including a lot of republicans who should be speaking up louder railroadeding the president he is narcissism and lack of accountability. if you think you are always right and you grew up thinking there are no consequence to your decision then youre necessarily incapable of making critical decisions, of listening to subject matte...

Anxiety many of us feel including a lot of republicans who should be speaking up louder railroadeding the president he is narcissism and lack of accountability. if you think you are always right and you grew up thinking there are no consequence to your decision then youre necessarily incapable of making critical decisions, of listening to subject matter experts. lawrence, look, you understand history. could you picture this president in a matter of national crisis delivering fdrs day of infamili...

Dont know. but you know, one thing is very interesting. and is very dangerous for the president. that is this becomes the narrative of his presidency. this lack of credibility, this fast and loose with the facts. every presidency has a narrative that develops around it. and that can be very damaging, it can be very supportive. took a long time for lbj to lose walter cronkite over vietnam. i dont know whats going to happen, but when shep smith over at fox started saying bad things about the presi...

That develops around it. and that can be very damaging, it can be very supportive. took a long time for lbj to lose walter cronkite over vietnam. i dont know whats going to happen, but when shep smith over at fox started saying bad things about the presidents story and calling him lies, thats not a good thing if youre over at the white house. >> you know, don, if i may, one point that frank just made, part of the strategy here might just be chaos. i would point viewers to a piece that the new yo...