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Doing a good thing for the country and these things are vital. >> this is the reason why its a very important issue today. i mean i think and you correct me if you feel differently, cory lewandowski is probably out because of jared and/or ivanka, i think paul manafort is out because of the duo i think lieutenant general flynn is out because of the duo. now, you know, palace intrigue suggests that steve bannon could be on the ropes, although, jeffrey, you got to be careful. if youre president tru...

You have to be careful who you fire. i understand the puppet often resents the puppeteer. i get that. tlef to be careful about running bannon off. he doesnt need trump to be wealthy and influential. he could fight an action from the outside against those guys. i think lewis was quoting this before. lbj was pondering whether to fire j. edgar hoover. i would rather have inside pea peeing out than outside peeing in. >> the shift the way the president is describing bannon. we have seen it with how t...

That alt-right nationalist breitbart kind of crowd which is the heart of the trump base. you have to be very careful who you hire in the white house but you have to be careful who you fire. i understand the puppet often resents the puppeteer. i get that. but youve got to be careful about running bannon off. he doesnt need trump to be wealthy and influential. he could fight an action from the outside against those guys. i think lewis was quoting this before. lbj was pondering whether to fire j. e...

Sometimes very farrowly focused and real estate developers are really narrowly focused. in fact, i dont think he did pick up anything about "the new york post" to see what they were saying about him. >> does he just read mcmansion sections of the "wall street journal"? >> thats right. and then he said what pleased his crowds during the campaign without much thought, and sean spicer today said that whats happening is hes evolving. nato is evolving towards donald trump. trump is not changing. >> i...

Unsubstantiated claims against people he was going to work with. the difference with dr. king and cummings, he was willing to sit and work with people. he knew that lbj had a history, and hoover was saying things about black people he probably wouldnt like, but he would have put those things aside to work at the table. >> but he had pretty harsh things to say about the president and also about other people. and elijah cummings said he is willing to work with the white house, he is one of the dem...

Dwight eisenhower, ike. he once passed up opening day for a round of golf. caused a great political stir. got a toss, john kennedy. he was a red sox fan. kennedy really has them shagging after the ball. lbj always took a crowd of politicians with him to the ballpark. watchful you will see why t washington senators usually und up ithe center. you dont let anything

Say, oh, look, there was a filibuster once upon a time in 1968 against justice abe fortus. he was already on the court and it was a situation where he was picked, they basically picked on him because of some specific things that were going on with the white house, some specific policy issues. paul: he was appointed lbj was going to elevate to chief justice. >> right, exactly. you know, these situations are not at all analogus, if we go now to have a 60 vote standard for republicans, you know for...

Filibuster once upon a time in 1968 against justice abe fortus. he was already on the court and it was a situation where he was picked, they basically picked on him because of some specific things that were going on with the white house, some specific policy issues. paul: he was appointed lbj was going to elevate to chief justice. >> right, exactly. you know, these situations are not at all analogus, if we go now to have a 60 vote standard for republicans, you know for sure that republican -- de...

>> they have no history of public service. theyve never served in the military. theyre just hanging out in d.c. so they dont understand how the way committees work. >> lbj knew when he was cutting corners because he knew where the corners were because he had been there. >> hed been a member of the house, of the senate. hed been a vice president, hed been speaker. so he knew everything. so these people are just showing up, you know, like the beverly hill billys basically with execute cases at the...

Instruction from somebody. hmm, who do you think in that white house is political enough, is devious enough, is sort of far-looking enough? its got to be a steve bannon type, right, in not the president himself. so those guys are not going to go to jail for these people. those guys are not going to take a hit. little by little, i think were going to chip away and get to more ask more truths. you know, there are a lot of people behaving very peculiarly for a bunch of people who claim that nothing...