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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...

Theyre simply trying to explain him. this is how they handled this tweet this week. >> its not an order, it as the presidents opinion. >> this is the medium he uses for opinions, twitter. he used the word should, he didnt use the word must. >> its the same thing i saw with senator blunt. theres a lot of discomfort in defending him blankley anymore. you just explain him, not criticize him. >> we have a president now whos redefined in so many ways what a presidency is. in the past, you -- when the...

Jeong should open up to it and at least give us an honest and full explanation or apology. >> are you going in the public do main that this should have precluded her hire. i think when you play this game, very often innocent people get shot down the way quinn norton was. we should draw a fine line and i dont think people should get fired from media organizations unless theyre saying something when theyre currently employed and twitter is a medium where the context are very important and people a...

Yet. they are having a hard time right now. but i ended the iran deal. it was a ridiculous deal. no preconditions. they want to meet i will meet. anytime they want. anytime they want. its good for the country, good for them, good for us and good for the world. laura: a columnist for the national review magazine, joining us live on set here in new york. thank you for being with us. some say there is no wrong with having a medium with no preconditions for the present seems to be working around thi...

Trump is betting on the american people being just that dumb. and so far he just keeps winning. like he has never lost that bet that the american people are in fact that dumb that they will believe anything he says regardless of its relationship to the truth. >> lisa, there was an exchange this week about the tweet regarding the directive to jeff sessions and what you heard from the press secretary and rudy giuliani was this is the president expressing an opinion. this is the medium in which the...

Social platform, this is an arms race. has there been a change in tone now and openness about what they need to do? >> yeah, they are really turning this almost into a political mission. i mean, look, theyre doing advertisements all over the place now, tv, radio -- >> old school medium, right? >> old school mediums, yeah. theyre doing facebook too. theyre doing videos too. here we were connecting the world and something went wrong. theyre trying to show theyre making a good faith effort. you can...

Of the evening. worst-case scenario if this dam were to breach, it would likely mean 17 feet of water cascading down stream over the period of d me, college lake empties out and things will return to normal. we are not expecting that to happen based on that assessment from engineers at 12:30 this afternoon, but we cant predict the forecast exactly. if youre getting an update from city fathers at 3:00 this afternoon, we will have the latest at that time. >> harris: from what youre telling me, to ...

Opinion. hes stating it clearly. theres no reason he shouldnt be able to voice that opinion. >> should the attorney general see this as a directive? >> no, it isnt at all. its what it is. as we said, its an opinion. he used his -- he used a medium he uses for opinions. >> policies are statements and statements are policies. it goes both ways. >> thats absolutely not true. i make lots of statements. theyre not u.s. policy. i misspoke. it is the case. the president calls the ball. his statements a...

Monitoring all of us in the hopes that we say one word, one phrase, one sentence to get us fired and attack our advertisers, get us off the air. whatever happened to the left believing in freedom of speech and expression of thought? is it that they are that intimidated? >> they dont believe in it. they havent ever believed in i it. and they mouth these ideas about tolerance and wanting us to get along and kumbaya harmony but the truth is when they hear someone disagreeing with them, especially s...

The hopes that we say one word, one phrase, one sentence to get us fired and attack our advertisers, get us off the air. whatever happened to the left believing in freedom of speech and expression of thought? is it that they are that intimidated? >> they dont believe in it. they havent ever believed in it. and they mouth these ideas about tolerance and wanting us to get along and kumbaya harmony but the truth is when they hear someone disagreeing with them,m, especially someone articulate and po...