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Into some serious trouble. >> joyce, things that happen in plain sight dont often have the gravity in realtime. twitter as a medium is all but entirely lacking in gravity. its instantly available. its ubiquitous. do you think what we saw in plain sight from the presidents cell phone on sunday had a weight of a legal matter? >> it does. it will have ultimate weight here. i think twitter may end up being this presidents undoing. many of the worst hits he has taken and that his presidency have take...

Because he thinks don junior did something wrong but he could have naively inadvertently wandered into serious trouble. >> things that happen in plain sight dont often have the gravity all the time. and twitter as a medium is entirely lacking in gravity. its instantly available and ubiquitous. it seems less serious han the weight of lets say legal papers. but do you think from the weight we saw in plain sight on sunday from the president had the weight of a legal matter? >> it does. it really wi...

He spent a lot of time the last few weeks with his lawyers talking through the trump tower meeting. you have seen mikkel cohen and his attorney making accusations publicly that maybe president trump knew about that meeting beforehand. its all feeding this anxiety that the president feels and a real genuine fear that something would happen to his son. not because he thinks don junior did anything wrong, but because he could have naively walked into some serious trouble. >> joyce, things that happ...

Now when he did this one year ago >> and i cringed then and i cringe now. obviously it would be great if he didnt tweet about something so close to the center of this investigation and certainly so close to really what amounts to the only meeting where casino officials actually had contact with someone who is representing the russian government in a campaign conversation. this was probably not a good medium to have in a well staffed presidential campaign, this request would have been backed to t...

>> political satire. crazy characters. sketches. it was anything that was fun that you wanted to try that a network would never put on. >> i would like to welcome my first guest, jessica chastain. >> you had a program thats a sendup of talk shows so its a satire of talk shows. >> real interested in the work youve been doing down in haiti. tell us a little bit about that. is there a six flags down there? >> theres not, no. >> we can move on. >> the new medium, especially sites just for comedy, i ...

Attorney general or frustrated trump blowing off steam? the presidents team says hes just venting. >> hes fighting back, stating his opinion and stating it clearly. theres a reason that the president is angry and frafrpgly most of america is angry as well. no reason he shouldnt be able to voice that opinion. >> what we said, its an opinion. he used a medium he uses for opinions. he expresses his opinion on twitter. he used the word should, didnt use the word must. and there was no presidential d...

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>> greg: unemployment is so low even hillary found a new job. were teaming up with steven spielberg, however that is to produce a documentary on the woman suffrage movement. the struggle they endured for the right to vote. one hundred years later than they could elect donald trump. [laughter] groups, i gave away the ending. [applause] hillary is producing television now which is a powerful gig. tv is a very persuasive medium. the more stuff she produces, the more fun i can have with her. i wonde...

>> greg: unemployment is so low even hillary found a new job. were teaming up with steven spielberg, however that is to produce a documentary on the woman suffrage movement. the struggle they endured for the right to vote. one hundred years later than they could elect donald trump. [laughter] groups, i gave away the ending. [applause] hillary is producing television now which is a powerful gig. tv is a very persuasive medium. the more stuff she produces, the more fun i can have with her. i wonde...

>> greg: unemployment is so low even hillary found a new job. were teaming up with steven spielberg, however that is to produce a documentary on the woman suffrage movement. the struggle they endured for the right to vote. one hundred years later than they could elect donald trump. [laughter] groups, i gave away the ending. [applause] hillary is producing television now which is a powerful gig. tv is a very persuasive medium. the more stuff she produces, the more fun i can have with her. i wonde...