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$57,000 a year. >> okay. >> one of your friends from oklahoma got a pay raise thats the medium. >> they did not get a pay raise. >> they did not. i stopped that yesterday. >> you stopped it. are you embarrassed that -- >> it should not have happened and the officials involved in that process should not have done what they did. >> i love the part where he says there are staffers here -- hang on, these staffers are friends of yours from oklahoma. they are in the agency, they are friends of yours a...

C-r-r-u-p-t. he is unfit for public service. >> the president thinks hes done a good job, particularly on the deregulation. again, we take this seriously. were looking into it and will let you know when we finish. >> one got a pay raise of $28,000. the other was $56,000. do you know what the median income in this country is? >> no. >> $57,000 a year. >> okay. >> one of your friends from oklahoma got a pay raise that is the medium -- >> they didnt get a pay raise. >> thats the thing. >> they did....

Business. >> right. >> this is the united states of america. this is our economy. he calls himself the art of the deal guy. if you talk about, you know, the art of war, isnt the whole argument that it is to subdue your enemy without actually fighting? what are we seeing over social media and every other medium? the constant smacking and screaming. this is not how you win something. where is the strategy? >> well stay on top of this story and keep the administration, if we can, honest about what ...

Youll have federal, state and local law enforcement. well see the unified command. theyll be working together. were hearing earlier as far as san bruin sxoe the california highway patrol on the scene. were seeing the resources flooded in. theyll be going methodically. theyll have a lot of witnesses to interview. you mentioned the 1,100 employees. thats a lot for law enforcement officers to fan out. to talk to each person to figure out, what did you see? a lot of times witnesses may not know that...

>> television was just breaking through to be the national medium for news. not every american home had a television set. >> okay, come ahead, melba. >> we were sort of making it up as we went along. >> melba, how do you feel about going back to school on this second day? >> i feel pretty good about it, although it is sort of a nervous spot to be in. >> this was the world of 15-minute news. people like mike wallace. >> tonight we bring you a special interview with governor orval faubus. >> and j...

Media is sort of ahistorical. theres so much history involved in this. if you try to put it in context, put it in context of "all in the family" from 71 to 79 with a president, richard nixon, like trump in the white house, and the same kind of cultural divide we have today. i think when you look back at that show, you say, yeah, you know, it is good that we can sort of soymbolically have thes discussions about politics in a sitcom format. its what the great greeks said they were doing with drama...

And the intimacy in that. in that way, its very disruptive. >> text message historically is reserved for close friends and family. and i feel lucky as a business to be communicating with customers over that medium. >> he had considered an app or website but found them to be too cumbersome. >> this is unique because its platform agnostics. you can order dirty lemon on an iphone if you want to and just order the product. and sms is, i think, the most common means of communication of our time. it j...

Medium. >> why are they predicting that? >> its because this economic volatility or the stock market volatility is happening now in the way that we havent seen in the past year and thats again because of this uncertainty and these announcements that have these far reaching implications on the stock market and so while informs torrs were predicting that volatility would be a thing weve seen how this plays out. >> so you feel like volatilely will be a theme going out the year. >> trump is sort of ...

Theres any way to go after amazon with antitrust or competition law. trumps wealthy friends reportedly telling him amazon is destroying their businesses by killing off shopping malls and brick and mortar retailers. joining me now, msnbc anchor and correspondent david gera. back with me, michael steele. david, lets start with these comments by the president. this tweet. he says amazon pays little or no taxes, state and local governments, a loss for the u.s. postal system. give us a reality check....

He isnt ignoring this privately because we know that hes been polling his advisers, allies, whether or not he should respond publicly to these allegations. so far they have advised him against that. it is unclear how long he will heed that advice. we know hes complained about what he says is the wall to wall coverage of the allegations on cable news. and that his friend chris ruddy said it was a hoax, he believed it was meant to damage him politically and now the washington post is reporting tha...