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Member. he was not replaced by president obama. when reagan wanted to eliminate funding for the arts his gun-loving movie star pal charlton heston convinced him not to. thats how you change the republican presidents mind about the arts. newt gingrich always wanted to zero in on funding for the arts and he would be encouraged after reports today that donald trump wants to zero out the national endowment for the art and humanities temperature gregory peck, one of the founding members, appointed by...

An then you have to call back to the white house chief of staff or somebody else and say does that mean -- frequently, it doesnt mean what you thought it meant. >> im pretty sure when lbj told you something you knew what he wanted. with donald trump we are not dealing with somebody that has to be kind about it, issue, knowledge, depth. he is more about being president for the level of respect he thinks he is getting from people over time. this is about him looking like the smartest guy in the wo...

He never interacted with them. this ivanka was 8 and he gets credit for raising these kids but they havent been close until they could make money in his company. >> ivanka important people in the white house. >> they may interpret him for everyone else. people may go to these meetings an call them up later and say what do i do? do i listen to this? he said two different things. they maybe the one to control them. >> that is not unusual. you could leave meetings with previous presidents, we dont ...

Inauguration numbers in terms of crowd size, donald trump will lie about the crowd size. >> hell say it was three times whatever the real numbers were, well see that in a tweet. >> its unfair for me to project that he will lie. but because he has promised it will be record numbers -- >> so it has to be above 1.8 which is the obama number. >> and just to put that in context, too, in historical terms, the obama number at 1.8 was a remarkable number. there were so many things about that moment in h...

Terms, the obama number at 1.8 was a remarkable number. there were so many things about that moment in history and also he was -- george w. bush was incredibly unpopular, this new president was incredibly popular, the first african-american president, so many things made that possible. i dont know that well ever see that again. the next-closest record to that was like a third behind it. that was lbj in 1965 with 1.2 million. so nobodys ever gotten close to what barack obama did in 2009, right? t...

Informal bet with my staff that no matter what happens with the inauguration numbers in terms of crowd size, donald trump will lie about the crowd size. >> hell say it was three times whatever the real numbers were, well see that in a tweet. >> its unfair for me to project that he will lie. but because he has promised it will be record numbers -- >> so it has to be above 1.8 which is the obama number. >> and just to put that in context, too, in historical terms, the obama number at 1.8 was a rem...

>> the question for these gentlemen, what are they seeking to achieve nor communities in those meetings. i went back and loaninged at the transcripts of when dr. martin luther king jr. met with and called lbj after one of his initial meetings. he had some specific tangible objectives for those conversations. he was trying to pass the voting rights act. he was trying to get an african-american cabinet secretary appointed. to me, i love martin iii. this meeting feels more like cover for donald tru...

Go ahead, mark. >> if donald trump is concerned about those kinds of things, he should have called a meeting with representative lewis. what does steve harvey represent in terms of representing goods and services and quality of life issues to black communities. hes a comedian i find him funny. hes not a power broker for the black community. kanye west is not a power broker for the black community. when martin luther king sits down with lbj, hes doing so as a power broker for the black community....

Interesting, obama people said he is not a back slap her, not lbj, not the way he is, so he is someone who thinks we can rationally sit around and talk about it. that was the obama style. that was not going to happen in a superheated political environment like washington has become even since the bush administration. on the other side of it where the republicans who got together that night while obama is dancing with michelle to beyonce "at last," they are meeting at a steakhouse on capitol hill...

Complaining about the election results, all talk, talk, talk, no action or results. sad. go ahead, mark. >> if donald trump is concerned about those kinds of things, he should have called a meeting with representative lewis. hes a comedian i find him funny. kanye west is not a power broker for the black community. when martin luther king sits down with lbj, hes doing so as a power broker for the black community. someone whos trying to deliver important aspects to black civil life in the context ...