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But anyone who turns down a million bucks to be quiet is deeply principled. tell us why you took the stand that you did and why you turned down the money? >> well, for me, this whole thing has sort of culminated in really being about the silencing of dissent. and really not being allowed to hold a viewpoint thats outside whatever the mainstream narrative is. the orthodoxy, and i was very outspoken, that closed schools were harming children in my city in san francisco and cities across the countr...

Parent, you were pushing for schools to reopen. you publicly pushed for this recall. how did you feel when you learned about this vote? more than 70% of the people supported the recall. how overwhelmingly successful it was. >> yeah, it was i credibly decisive. parents made their voices heard. what i felt was people were opposed to the school closures all along. people were frustrated with the board of ed all along and they were focused on much less important issues than getting the schools open....

Who comes on the show i always think of as brave but a anyone who turns down a million bucks to be quiet is deeplyly principled. tell us why you took the standnd that you did and why you turned down the money. well, for me this whole thing has sort of culminated in culminated in really being about the silencing of dissent and really not being allowed tod hold a viewpoint that is outside whatever the mainstream narrative is the orthodoxy and i was veryhe outspoken that close schools were harming ...

Made up of the politicians, the powerful politicians from both parties in washington, the military-industrial complex, people who feel directly challenged when anyone dares to question their narrative, the message that they want the american people to hear, and so while they cant silence me, theyre going to do all they can as we are seeing they are doing all they can to try and make it so as few people dare to hear my voice, to hear something that asks questions thats different from that mainstr...

Strides in the last couple months. what is he doing right and how can he push that forward and get mainstream approval? >> a couple things to point out. resin used in was one of the more accurate holes in 2016 so this is a legitimate paul, he got 50%, interesting about the mainstream narrative, donald trump at 50% yet, if you look at obama absent our eight years in office he was under 50% almost 70% of the time. you will never hear the mainstream media talk about that and donald trump doing well...

Volatile, this is a big loss for the president. white house officials tonight are insisting cohn is not running out just because of that one dispute. in fact, it was two months ago the president boasted that he wanted cohn to stick around for a long time. this is going to feed the mainstream narrative, that theres chaos in the white house. at the president said he likes conflict, different points of view on trade, diversity of thought is something that is supposed to be celebrated and it was rei...

Its incredible. >> in the end, his supporters approved that they were loyal. >> martha: they were. still are. and corey lewandowski and david bossie, both authors of the book "trump be trump." the rise of his presidency. few snickers along the way, watching that, reliving those moments. i remember so many times, you know, we thought thats it, right? some of those comments. some of the things that were said. the access hollywood tape. you couldnt find anybody around that thought he could survive ...

First about taking the word of the kgb colonel over that of the american intelligence community. vladimir putin does not have americas interests at heart. did not the president point out he believes in the community. he acknowledges russia will deny it. >> youre exactly right. you also have to remember john mccains own colleague, senator dianne find kind in california last week was on television saying is the ricci member on the senate judiciary committee has been no coordination between the tra...

Who has been critical of russia, for instance. what researchers tell me is what theyre seeing is these kinds of efforts where they can take opinions that are on the fringe of the internet and try to gain traction over sort of on social media so it becomes part of mainstream narrative. thats part of what we saw that researchers tracked at the digital forensic research lab around john mccain. within minutes they were trying to create this narrative. even if it was based on truth, senator mccain me...

It seems to get a lot of positive press. why? >> well i think howard kurtz put it well at fox, look the mainstream media love bipartisan deals. that is inherently, what they think is a good thing to them. however the wrinkle here the difference is, that the architect of this deal on the republican side of course is budget chairman paul ryan who is probably the most, single most respected figure on the right in terms of budget and tax issues. and so i dont think it quite fits the mainstream narra...