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Lightning rods, but the fact is from the beginning of this administrations initiatives have been rolled out in incredibly incompetent way. youve had chaos, leaks coming out of the administration, so yes, i do think hes been criticized more than other presidents, i also think he deserves their criticism. >> martha: the transparenc issu theres an irony in it. more leaks out of this white house and more to a s this lighthouse. >> i think its unfortunate. >> martha: we know heck of a lot about whats...

S that what he and the people around him generate. they are lightning rods and a lot of it is over the top. >> over the top. all right. there you go. stay withmsnbc fo all-day coverage. you know why. because tonight president trumps first address to congress is taking place. then at midnight eastern, a special edition of "hardball" with chris matthews. more "doing chores for dad" per roll more "earning something you love" per roll bounty is more absorbent, so the roll can last 50% longer than th...

>> so franklin takes his money and uses it to get involved in all sorts of other enterprises. >> franklins facility with science, particularly his investigations into electricity, ends up being a calling card that he uses as an entree to the high society. >> if you will indulge me, an exhibition of natural process. >> ben franklin inferred with tremendous accuracy that metal conducts electricity, but the early experiments could have killed people. >> hell be all right. >> his experiments in elec...

>> i agree with susan on this. those guys, both of them are very controversial people, lightning rods. christie is below 30% approval rating and facing a potential investigation now that his staff has claimed that he wasnt telling the truth about whether he knew anything about bridge date or not. i know rudy well. he is a lot of fun. i worked with him on a couple of issues. he says very controversial things. i think theres probably some people in the trump staffers saying, is this -- you will sa...

They are being pressured by donald trump or nigel. both of them are lightning rods in their own countries and they are probably going to fight back i think maybe even harder against this because of the fact this has become such a public conversation. will they be able to use the media to their advantage? i dont know. it will be an interesting conversation to see where this one guess. >> yes, it will. i did get the distinct impression that nigel farage wants to be the uk ambassador to washington....

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See any evidence of that, as well as the fact that she sebed as a health and human services secretary longer than a lot of others have historically. the question i want to ask you, comment on any of that, and then what do you think about the fact that generally more of the ayre against obama care has obviously focused on the president and not as many on sebelius in contrast to say under bush where there were a lot of other lightning rods -- cheney, wolfowitz, levy. a lot of other people caught t...

To fight, not only for our lands but more importantly for our famili families. rafael romo, cnn. >> excellent story. couple of stories also catching our attention today, photos as well. take a look at this. south africa, a huge statue of nelson mandela causing quite a stir there. if you look really closely at the statue, youre going to see a tiny rabbit in his ear. the memorial statue has been up for about a month in pretoria, but nobody noticed this little rabbit until now. the south african go...

All of our viewers know as a result of what happened after the benghazi attack. and her appearance on five sunday shows. he will also announce that hes nominating samantha power, another former official of his national security council as his next u.s. ambassador to the united nations. jessica yellin is standing by. were only seconds away. these are very important decisions by the president. >> reporter: wolf, they are. in both moves the president is simultaneously choosing people that could be ...

Democrats to join that fray. >> i think the key is will democrats join the fray. but i think you might be more optimistic than i am about the press ability to stay mad at obama. this is a group of people that feels a thrill up their leg when the man speaks. >> what is 9 half life on that anger? two weeks or two months? >> if democrats do start to turn, i would look at, particularly the judiciary committee in both the house and the senate, where leahy and feinstein is, if they make noise, then pe...