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Sometimes to bermans point, this is a cry for help. communicating to donald trump through the medium of television and by appealing to trumps self interest through the fear of flipping. hes going to get the presidents attention that way he knows. it speaks how disthe ended michael cohen feels from the president who has been his patron and really the court self definition for a long time. he has a lot of interest that may be important to prosecutors. >> thats a great point. but remember all the t...

Really felt for them. >> ive got aids? >> television at its best is a mirror of society in the moment. >> "st. elsewhere" challenged people and challenged you as an actor, much less the audience to the stuff they gave you was extreme in what they did, whether they were dealing with aids or having one of their main doctor characters raped in a prison. >> they tackled lots of difficult subjects. >> "st. elsewhere" was run by people trying to stretch the medium and in the 80s, television producers ...

Image. >> as we move into a medium where the world is not about huge stadium speeches and barn stormers where you go like this and articulate wildly. now its a camera in your face. kennedy has the advantage. he understood how a message had to be delivered. cool is in the eye of the beholder. >> i dont know what we do without television. >> more than anything, it was this connotation of youthful ease. they were very adept of creating this notion of a romantic vibe, ideal of what the white house w...

Any white house has ever done before. and its a weird "between two ferns" sbeinterview. >> nice. >> nice. >> now, where were we? >> obamas cool came down to more than just temperament. he was tuned into his audience and a new means of reaching them. ♪ >> obama was not the first president to master a medium of his time. "story of cool" sponsored by progressive making it easy to bundle your home and car insurance. jen: but that all changed when we bought a house. matt: voilà! jen: matt starte...

President cceo. michael, its amazing. i understanding that the steaks you want to talk about first. these tomahawks are massive. how do you cook something that thick because people wonder how is it going to cook through? whats your advice on cooking of a steak of that magnitude? >> well, cool the steak and let it temp, come down. dont put it on ice cold. and these steaks generally run around 2 and a half pounds. so you are going to probably go 10, 12 minutes per side to get medium, medium rare, ...

Life. it will be interesting to see whornt t whether or not the conclusion that this was targeted was based on that evidence alone or if the subject is cooperating with authorities. weve talked to sources. weve learned at within point he wasnt cooperative. that can change at any time if law enforcement convinced him its in his best interest to talk. a lot of unanswered questions. we have this issue of social media. thats something the law enforcement officers will look at anyway in a situation t...

The fact that that medium may also have been used as a threat will be of interest to law enforcement officials as this long-term investigation continues. >> james, the shooter was not carrying i.d. according to sources and based on sources that he reportedly wasnt cooperative. there was also a report he had somehow altered his fingerprints. though the chief of police there would not confirm that. for you, what is all of this say about the level of preparation? the smoke canisters as well? >> fir...

Looking at the mirror and asking themselves, did i vote in the last election for congress or mayor? the lack of voting is, i think, pathetic and outrageous. lets not mytholgize the past. when we were all in washington in the 90s, gingrich comes to power, displaces the paragon of congressional stability, makes brilliant exploitation of the medium of television, including

The lack of voting is i think pathetic and outrageous and one of the problems. but at the same time it lets not mythology iize. >> fast forward to when we were in washington, newt gingrich comes to power in 1995, displaces the paragon on congressional civility when bob michael, republican from peoria takes other the republicans in the congress, makes brilliant exploitation of the medium of television, including cspan which had begun to televise congress opinion then you had

Congressional stability, makes brilliant exploitation of the medium of television, including c-span, which had begun to televise congress. then you had the clinton era coming, and then the coming of very conservative media, rush limbaugh and fox news. fast forward, in fundamental ways, trump and what is going on is sort of an extension. very vivid, but an extension of the dynamics that are playing out. >> and heres where its different. im a little obsessed. >> your obsession is our obsession.