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>> you also have the labor day weekend. i live in miami. i have friends and family, people that were headed out to universal studios, to disney world, prepping their kids for the first days of school. ive got to tell you, it seems like the city of miami, i was in miami beach yesterday, palm beach gardens, i spoke to the mayor late last night, seems like everyone is at a standstill, glued to the vel igig television, should i stay or go? its tricky, and a lot of people because of the unpredictable...

President to put himself in the middle of a fourth of july celebration with air force one, f-35s, marine one flying overhead? >> its because a celebration of our nations history, not a celebration of any particular individual, including him. we just have not had this in modern times. you have to go back to previous centuries to find a parallel example of something like this happening. if he wanted to just give a very special el probation to the american people, he could still do the pyrotechnics...

These represent just a fraction skraft costs the government faces as a result of the event. and trump administration officials, they write, consistently refused to say how much taxpayers will have to pay. that reporting appears to have the president on the defensive today. he tweeted, quote, the cost of our great salute to america tomorrow will be very little compared to what it is worth. we own the planes, we have the pilots, the airport is right next door, all we need is fuel. we own the tanks...

Days mr. trump tried to figure out who to point the finger at over the leepg of the data. the result was a furor in the effort of campaign manager brad parscale to tighten control. and that leaked data trump said doesnt exist, here it is, totally existing. later confirmed by members of the trump campaign from march. trump down double digits in three key states, wisconsin, pennsylvania and florida. and it gets worse for trump. bidens lead is 17 in virginia, 15 in maine, 8 in north carolina, ahead...

Another, and it gets a little relentless. >> mark is right. this is cruelty as a strategy. this is cruelty as a default. youre correct. point conceded and taken. and taken, but what is it, this is how he beat 16 of the republicans, they were playing by the old rules. they were attacks and marco rubio went to hand size and they said he is done, so what do they do with someone who has cruelty and lielt as their -- highlight that as the effect. >> yeah, they went around and touted and was proud in ...

>> there are a number of inflection points of logic if youre making an argument against what donald trump is trying to do, you have very easy things to grab on to. first being mexico is supposed to pay for it. thats not happening. that where we are. number two, they controlled all chambers of government for two years and you could easily ask what was donald trump doing the last two years, and why wasnt this happening two months ago? why is the end game happening now? >> you just earned another s...

Community in the country theres another immigrant whos killed another american. and the children and their parents become part of that symbol as well. the goal is to sort of desensitize us to the idea that these are human beings, these are children, these are parents, mom and dad. instead, theyre breaking the law, theyre illegals, theyre people who are trying to take something that you have, your job, the classroom, health care benefits, creating this sort of victimization among u.s. citizens in...

All 100 senators passed this before the holiday and were going to open up the government. the clean cr, which everybody, bipartisan, agrees on. but he refuses to do that. he could stand up to the president and say, enough is enough. theres 800,000 people who are suffering who cant pay their mortgage, who cant send their kids to school or pay for day care. >> cant put gas in the car! >> let me bring mark lebowitz back in. mark, i heard from a close trump ally who before the holidays said the shut...

Hunt. rosenstein told the journal, quote, i tried very hard to ignore media speculation about what were doing and focus, instead, on what were actually doing. we sit down every day and we work towards the goals of the department and we try to ignore the inevitable attention in the media. he also acknowledged the attacks on the probe from some conservatives and republicans saying people are entitled to be frustrated. i can accept that, but at the end of the day, the public will have confidence th...

Changed? where this celebrity culture and it was the last question i asked, about mark lebowitz that people look around at him flying around in a 747 and look at him and think, i can be that, i can get rich. >> i dont know exactly thats what hes selling. theres been interesting articles about norman vincent peele, the power of positive thinking. i think hes so authentic and so compelling. people love to watch the trump show and he sounds like he believes what hes talking about, because he does. ...