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Anticipation, right? you know, the former president said incorrectly that he was going to be arrested. that didnt happen . and my colleagues are reporting out of new york. you know that they dont expect that this grand jury will hear tomorrow or early next week, the trump case before they take this prolonged break. so the question is, you know where theyre going to come back later on in april, and are they going to you know here this are they going to try to bring forward a potential indictment?...

Brownstein. max, nobody expects this president to go heavy about russian interference because he thinks its bad for him and he believes its now a game of gotcha. he cant own it, he cant put his hands around it. but to treat it the way he just did, forget about what we think, forget about media perception or even political analysis. in terms of strategic thinking with a power like russia, what does that mean? >> well, once again, chris, i think that for somebody who thinks of himself as being ver...

Lets do this right now. the first thafact that comes through is is under comey, the fbi was obsessed with managing its media perception instead of just doing its job and let itin the chips fall. thats not illegal. thats not a fireable offense. but the report shows the fbi leadership obsessed with appearance and their own predictions of how a decision might play out in the political arena. consider this. 84 references to appearance in this report. 39 mentions of reputation. another 33 to percepti...

Behind the anti-media cry, the truth is that he loves the media, obsessed with the media, cares more about the media perception of him than perhaps anything else. >> interesting. thank you very joining us. >> thank you. still to come, tragedy in mosul. the u.s. military launching a formal investigation into the deaths of potentially hundreds of civilians. was it isis? was it a u.s. airstrike or somehow both? well take you to iraq, next. youre live in the cnn newsroom. (vo) this is not a video ...

Wrote about this week, which is the speech. you had a very interesting take about why the president was receiving such positive reviews. what was your opinion on that? >> he gave a pretty good speech, lets give him credit for that, but this is the president of the media really wants. they like a president who gives a speech and his discipline, he reads up a prompter, he calls for unity, he wants me bipartisan, he said lets get beyond the petty fights, although hes had a few of those himself. wha...

Horrible, its somehow success, and hes used it to manipulate media perception? >> the question becomes, how awful is he? so if you have a guy whos just terrible, and hes the person that you knew in high school and stayed away from, because he led the bully band of boys, and his whole thing is about aggression, and creditation. hes creditory in his business activities, victimizes people left and right. hes predatory in his personal relationships. hes sexually predatory and hes politically predato...

Were lost. in terms of a media perception if this had been god forbid a united airlines with americans on it, you can imagine what would be pushed for in this country now? >> no. and i think thats why youre going to see authorization again for military force piece of legislation. congress really doesnt want the responsibility for escalating. the ds are concerned were on a slippery slope. the rs dont want to assume responsibility. they want to make this the presidents problem. so thats also polit...

Emotional element and the media perception of things and how thats portrayed. >> thats agood thing for him. >> except theres a caveat here. this is south africa. i dont understand all of the political ramifications, how judges were made and appointed and how that could affect -- >> actually, the only second female black judge since apartheid has been abolished, so thats what joe is saying getting to the political ramifications -- >> and obviously a woman is the victim here. following the social ...

Do run the risk of being accused of being a bully. >> so the media perception of chris christie influenced by the feminized culture. >> the media loved this guy. voters loved this guy. while he was coloring inside the lines while being a bully. as soon as he colored outside the lines and started having actions that people didnt like, then all of a sudden it became okay to bash him. >> so you dont think its the culture, you think its the change in the way christie is perceived because before when...

We rejoice when its not as bad? >> that 20 cents is equal to about $80 billion out of the consumers pocket. im a big believer in psychology of the market. if the president comes out and does something about this and goes after the shale bshdy the way, theres about a trillion barrels there, the psychology of the markets change, prices come down and everybody is happy. >> were already getting shale oil. we had the biggest increase in the world in this country, more than a million barrels add add a...