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Let him finish. >> bill oreilly said what he said was in jest and was for fun. he did go on to say he likes congressman watters. >> said shes old school and she believes what she says. >> because the title of his book is "old school." shes a woman that isnt a phony. she is someone who is genuine. >> he did say that. hes right. >> in case you thought this was bill o rileys first racist moment, he has a record. of saying racist comments. let me bring you to july. slaves that worked there were well...

Believes what she says. >> because the title of his book is "old school." shes a woman that isnt a phony. she is someone who is jgenuine. >> he said say that. hes right. >> in case you thought this was bill o rileys first racist moment, he has a record. slaves that worked there were well fed and had decent lodgings by the government which stopped hiring slave labor in 1902. this man has a pattern in practice of calling black men thugs, of making fun of congresswoman watters hair? hes intimidated...

Been incredibly kind and supportive over the years. i dont think this is a partisan thing. i dont think anybody thinks what happened to melania is acceptable. i dont think making fun of donald trumps hair is the same as making fun of women or woman of color and her hair. it is different in our society. i think we have to treat it that way. >> you get that, jack? you get a difference? >> i say the difference is one conservative and one is liberal. when a conservative is attacked, it is fun and hu...

Minister of iraq making fun of the president of the united states in the oval office. >> and you had the president making fun of angela merkel being tapped three days earlier when we tapped her cell phone. >> but just to add a -- >> i didnt mean good. you understand what i mean. >> i got what you meant. a third bucket. to anne, trump runs the executive branch. and as we talk to people there, this is now beyond distraction. now theyre worried. and at the very end of his testimony yesterday, when ...

Going to show up at these and theyre going to be quite aggressive and passionate about their positions. you thought about the republican senators holding these? >> well, i think they have to. theyve benefited from these for many years because all this anger was directed at president obama, you know, in the beginning of his term. whats different about this time is the anger seems to be organizing quicker. whats similar is the white house press secretary is dismissing it about much adieu about not...

>> john oliver has had a difficult relationship covering trump. he didnt want to talk about it. he feels he has to dominate his show with it. now hes trying to find other ways of making fun of the trump administration. these commercials, spoofing what he sees about trumps lack of knowledge about the world. hes done other spoofs and pranks before, buying premium seats at a yankees game, hes trying to get attention and go viral and this is part of it. >> before you go, whats your take on all of th...

He talked about the transition, his doubts about hacking allegations and the old-fashioned way he prefers to send messages. >> very important, you know, if you have something really important, write it out and have it delivered by courrier the old-fashioned way because ill tell you what, no computer is safe. i dont care what they say, no computer is safe. >> joining us now live from washington, eric bradner and sarah westwood, white house correspondent for "the washington examiner." good morning...

Just candidate trump, had a full-fledged press conference. is he planning on having one before the inauguration? >> yes, absolutely. he stated that very clearly. look, lets also not kid ourselves. he sat for an hour and a half at "the new york times." he came out yesterday and spoke to the media several times. we have a daily press call every day at 10:30 that folks from cnn are on. lets not act like were hiding anything. the president has been engaged in building one of the most successful cabi...

Reporter in savanna for a couple of years. >> yeah. >> so you are just immersed in the southern accent and you just kind of adjust it for there for richmond the farther north. >> i thought it would be really fun. it turned out to be fun. i think you were concerned you covered the man. is he very powerful and people as you kind of said tongue in cheek they dont always like impersonations because you are kind of sort of making fun of them. >> right. i was worried i wouldnt be invited to next years...

Reporter in savanna for a couple of years. >> yeah. >> so you are just immersed in the southern accent and you just kind of adjust it for there for richmond the farther north. >> i thought it would be really fun. it turned out to be fun. i think you were concerned you covered the man. is he very powerful and people as you kind of said tongue in cheek they dont always like impersonations because you are kind of sort of making fun of them. >> right. i was worried i wouldnt be invited to next years...