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Retractions they made about hillary clinton. but this goes to show his continuing obsession with both hillary clinton and to a certain extent, told magazine world. >> thats right. this is vintage trump, talking about "vanity fair," even though his nemesis is no longer there. this felt like old-school trump in palm beach, unstaffed. but one thing about the global warming tweet, it reminded me a little bit, you know, hes talking about good global warming here. its like when he talks about a good g...

Infrastructure. theres some sense and some optimism in parts of the white house and the west wing that that might be a way to kind of ride the wave of the tax success and get another legislative effort going and one that might actually work with some democrats. but lack, you know, whats also going on at mar-a-lago is that hes going to lunch. hes seeing all his friends who come in and out of the club or in and out of the golf club. and that kind of free wheeling exchange of information is what he...

>> bracing themselves for more, michael. theres a sense that the chief of staff, john kelly, has made things perhaps more calm. you know, since the summer oa little bit. is that likely to linger? is that what is being felt right now down in florida? is this the calm over plmar-a-lo right now? >> well, look, i think one of the things that weve all learned over a very long and chaotic year is that while the sort of apparatus around president trump, the people who he surrounds himself, the structur...

Lets get more now from reporters who cover the white house. michael shere of "the new york time times", josh doszy, nanny carney of politico. i want to shift gears a little bit, you just posted a story, josh, on changes that could be coming to the white house. the long and short of this is the political operation could be changing in the face of the midterms. what do you know? >> theres a lot of frustration inside the white house about the political operation after defeats in virginia and partic...

Continue to bash jeff sessions and suggest that the attorney general didnt have his back political politically. >> yeah. that was striking, as well. he talked about democrats and was very angry actually about the fact that democrats, in his words, hadnt negotiated on any of the tax legislation and hadnt been bipartisan partners, even though they claimed they wanted to be. he also was his typical sort of bragging self. at one point saying that the criticism that he doesnt know the details about t...

And keeping adversaries and allies alike on edge. so as much as i think there might be a new cast of characters, im sort of skeptical as to whether or not were going to see any sort of significant shift or change in the dynamics of this white house next year. >> you know, josh, it is interesting. michael was just talking about sort of the statements that were made today. the most recent is the presidents statement on twitter about global warming. after he pulled the u.s. out of the paris climate...

Today, the united states of america is changing its relationship with the people of cuba. and the most significant changes in our policy in more than 50 years, we will end an outdated approach that for decades has failed to advance our interests and instead we will begin to normalize relations between our two countries. >> welcome back to "hardball" prp president obamas landmark move on cuba the other day reinforced that he will not behave like a lame-duck president for his final two years in th...

Peace. >> but the different, northern ireland, the catholic protestant wars were in the news. who in the heck is talking about cuba? no one. this is completely outside of this particular mold. the president saw the low-hanging fruit of the opportunity and he took it. >> i want to talk to some other things. you know stuff we dont know. michael and i are looking at this from the outside in. youve been in. do you think hes -- will he stick to his guns on keystone and say, i dont believe its good fo...

Cuba on his own. so what else is on the presidents list? is it to lift the embargo in cuba, close the prison at guantanamo, gitmo, on the environmental front, will the president veto keystone? michael shere writes, a president unleashed from the hesitancy that characterized much of his first years in office, mr. obama is now pushing forward aggressively on his promised agenda and ignoring his most ardent critics. joining me now, michael gibbs and michael steele. i never got the sense the preside...

This particular mold. the president saw the low-hanging fruit of the opportunity and he took it. >> i want to talk to some other things. you know stuff we dont know. michael and i are looking at this from the outside in. youve been in. do you think hes -- will he stick to his guns on keystone and say, i dont believe its good for the environment, its good for energy policy, i am going to veto that. and as long as i can veto, it aint going to get done? will he stick to that? >> where they come dow...