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We already know that there are, right, other kinds of facts so in his world, right, you can have an alternative fact to a triangle has three angles or two plus two is four because theres always an alternative fact to tha. no, there are facfacts, he refus to accept them. he makes things up. you heard him. he said he had a great plan for isis. he told us he knew more than the generals did and then he said he had a secret plan but couldnt tell us about it. then when he said i got something better t...

From the great state of chicago, thank you very much, appreciate it. joining me, bob garfield, editor at large of the media post. bob, i saw you at the press briefing in the white house today. your impressions of whats transpired today. >> first, did you like my question? >> i didnt hear it. >> i didnt get a question. whats your question, ive already forgotten it. >> what did you make of today? i mean, there has been an incredible sort of -- for someone who writes -- who covers the media and f...

"washington post" did a deep fact check into that question. the dubious claims about softbanks investments in the u.s. basically said we may never know because theres so many factors including the fact based on past trends its entirely possible the same amount would have come to the u.s. regardless of who was elected and also acknowledged the president of softbank saying trump would "do a lot of deregulation that could favor investors including himself. trump claimed brand new credit for somethi...

>> you got it, buddy. >> joining me now is bob garfield, editor at large at media post. i want you to take a look at "the wall street journal" front page today which embodies a problem here, right. people are not used to president-elect being able to single handedly make a claim that has an authority. trump takes aim at millions of votes and then you realize this is baseless fabrication. >> yeah, weve got two problems here, chris. we have the problem that the president-elect is still running a c...

Terrifying and lord knows if hes on infowars. >> thats an extreme that i dont think donald trump would go to because that then opens up a whole series of doors that he doesnt want to open. >> the question is -- >> 3 million people voted illegally. >> to your point, thats the closest hes ever come to opening that door and realized very quickly just how problematic it was to open it. >> michael steele, appreciate it. >> you got it, buddy. >> joining me now is bob garfield, editor at large at media...

And outraged by the violence. >> we have to take back our communities. this cant happen. we have two families thats missing somebody for the holidays. i dont condone this and im not with it. >> reporter: investigators say theyre looking for a motive but that brinsleys media post indicated bias against law enforcement. the fallen officers were not engaged in the shooter in any way before they were attacked. im andy rose reporting. >> now cnn correspondent laura siegel shows us some of the online ...

In that manifesto there were 40 other names of l.a.p.d. officers thats how they got christopher dorners name because he posted this manifesto online. as for todays events, to get the proper context its very important to go back if you will to last wednesday when they found that truck burning on the side of the road in big bear. near the golf course area. its in that area that the command post was set up all the law enforcement, hundreds of them and media, hundreds of them set up right there. the...

And our greatest ally across the atlantic had an uproar against the social medias media post. another busy night in this administration as "the 11th hour" gets under way. >> good morning again, nbc news headquarters here in new york. day 315. we have breaking news at the top of the forecast on the matter o f the russia investigation. late tonight, the new york times posted this headline. trump pressed top republicans to end russia inquiry and whether trumps campaign helped them in any way. >> se...

>> so we are learning now, brooke, there were follow up emails after that trump tower meeting in 2016. they were sent to a top trump aide and one of the russians who actually attended the meeting. so first off, one of those emails was sent to senior trump aide dan skavino, so rob gold sent this email, and then get donald trump to create a page on the russian social networking site called vk. and in that email gold stone said that, quote, don and paul were on board with the idea. of course thats ...