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not on the cover of time magazine in march of 2009 but he had been hanging fake magazine covers in his golf clubs to make it look likeve he was. just to be clear here, trump wanted so badly to be on the cover of time magazine that he invented a fake time cover all about himself and hung it up in public, in multiple places all over the country. that forgotten little detail from trumps presidency became relevant again today after the department of justice issued its latestrt court filing...

Often out of Pure Petulanc yeah. But he also lashes out at people to send a message to other people, do not cross me. That is a thing that can work if youre six months out and trying to get people in line. But 30 days out . And if youre on the rise . Not if youre flailing. 30 days out, all hes doing is making more enemies, all hes doing is sending the message of disarray. I totally agree, and not getting back the republicans you were talking about. And another thing people are still talking abou...

Protests out there. so what has that meant for american iranians? next, ron desantis, is he a flash in the pan or the next leader of the republican party? mark liebowitz is here us with on his latest. s uwith on his latest. with carmax you get pre-qualified in no time at all. so you can see your personalized monthly payment for any of our cars. with no impact on your credit score. thats car buying reimagined. carmax. if your business kept on employees through the pandemic, innovation refunds c...

Of the dozens of current and former officeholders vying for our ears, none can get it quite right.

Argument about why these witnesses shouldnt testify or these documents be produced unless the president has something to hide and his supporters want that information hidden. the president hasnt offered a single exculpatory bit of evidence that refutes whats in the house impeachment charges. theyve not refuted them. what is the president hiding? why doesnt he want the facts to come out? >> what is the president hiding? thats where we start today with some of our favorite reporters and friends. f...

Youre welcome. mark liebowitz from "the new york times," welcome. this shoot the messenger, the president used it very well to his advantage during the campaign. he is continuing to do so now. whats your take? >> well, my take is first of all, this is not a new strategy, certainly for a republican white house. the media is kind of an equal opportunity boogie man and woman and has been for a number of decades. whats different now is he has just raised the stakes so, so high. he has called the p...

Even people like luther strange, who was sort of put into the middle of this -- its not a good place to be. there seems to be a warning for a black or white republican, either you are with trump or against him at this point. if nothing else its an easier message to convey. >> mark liebowitz and susan page, thank you both. joe? >> i agree, mika, with mark, 100%. if youre a republican and youre in the middle of the road and youre trying to figure out whether you can stay with trump or be a traditi...

Influencing what the reporters are reporting on and suggesting negative headlines against donald trump in order to get back on him, its unclear what. so hes continuing on this conspiracy track that weve seen him put forth the past couple of days, saying that theres this global system in place, shadowy global system in place thats trying to tear him down, so he cant affect the change that he wants to affect if he were the president. that involves the media, it involves banks, it involves the clin...

Six months. where are they in trying to find that balance? >> i think theyre still trying to find the balance. its interesting the place shes going tomorrow is in the republican part of the state, but it is a classic swing county, voted for bush twice and obama twice. that is exactly where they have been focused for the last six weeks or so, on counties like that, certainly pennsylvania, some places in ohio, it seems that shes actually made some headway there. shes now in your average, you know,...

First time ever all five candidates vowing for the democratic nomination will meet in iowa at the hall of fame dinner. in attendance will be lincoln chafee martin omalley jim webb bernie sanders and hill rodham clinton. it is only the latest stop in the campaign working overtime to reintroduce hillary clinton or more specifically as mark liebowitz puts it re re reintroduce hillary clinton. joining me now is chief national correspondent for new york magazine -- the "new york times" magazine. wow,...