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Paranoia exists and is so acute doesnt necessarily indicate anything significant about what mueller is actually working on. >> doris kearns goodwin, thanks for staying up so late london time to be with us. second of all, id love to get your perspective on this conversation. is there a historical precedent to speak of for what were seeing potentially about to unfold here with mueller? >> what i think is happening right now is the combination of the mueller probe being back in the news and the lac...

Doesnt necessarily indicate anything significant about what mueller is actually working on. >> doris kearns goodwin, thanks for staying up so late london time to be with us. second of all, id love to get your perspective on this conversation. is there a historical precedent to speak of for what were seeing potentially about to unfold here with mueller? >> what i think is happening right now is the combination of the mueller probe being back in the news and the lack of oxygen for president trump ...

Hammered facebook on. the lack of consequences. and anticipating consequences. who is it blame here? who is responsible. are the people in charge able to anticipate the next election? you have been talking about that 2018 worked out well with the midterm. into 2020 will it be an issue? >> so, i see the people who are most responsible for the issues facebook is facing is the team that has dri driven growth and engagement online. we have to measure all the downside. and use those metrics to change...

Thats a far greater victory than it is for the other side. i wasnt on the ballot. >> you kept saying -- >> i said look at me -- >> you said pretend im on the ballot. >> i have people that wont vote unless im on the ballot, okay. and i wasnt on the ballot. >> as for the presidents claims about a historic victory, the last republican president george w. bush gained two seats in the senate in the first midterm election of his presidency. after saying for months he was willing and eager to still w...

Was reflected in what mitch mcconnell is doing which is the sense they would not, in any way, impose constraints or oversight on the president. in many ways, hes feeding into that narrative. >> in that same interview on fox, the president talked about a lot of things, including the midterm results. he continued to down play the lopsided losses for republicans in the house and even said -- even though prior to the midterm he said this was kind of a referendum on him, but then he changed his tune ...

Want to know what happened, you dont need to look any further than the fact that the republicans literally failed to do what they said they would do. over the last several years. i think that this is a clear symptom of leadership failing rito do their job. to paint with bright colors, use the language that reagan use. had the opportunity of a lifetime to actually gain in a midterm the republican -- the american people were hungry. in my district there hungry for leadership. they are happy see th...

And the worst republican mid-term losses since watergate are just one reason why hes so miserable. frank rich writes in new york magazine that a he lost the mid-term he thought he won, b, the mueller investigation has moved faster than his efforts to thwart it. c, any of his fantasies notably the funding of his border wall are doomed, and d, in his pouting in paris elevated his international image as a buffoon to a whole new level of notoriety. trump plans to travel to california on saturday to ...

Protesting the arrival of migrants from central american areas. they accuse the migrants of being messy, ungrateful and a danger to the area. theyre seeking asylum in the united states. president trump made the migrants the centerpiece of his midterm political strategy and since then he has all but gone silent on the issue. trump sent thousands of troops to the border, but they are not very close to those migrants. gabe gutierrez has more from tijuana for us. >> reporter: this is the invasion. a...

Of the presidents paranoia, not a sign of anything mike pence has done. >> i mean, mark, if this is the case, that he is questioning pences loyalty so often that aides are alarmed, what does that make you feel? you know mike pence better than anybody. >> well, and i also know that the president has the absolute faith in the vice president. ive traveled with both of them extensively in the last couple of months, and ive never heard anything like that. look, since day one, there have been people o...

And so he has to be very, very conscious of that as these questions are sent in. ive never thought of him as much of a writer. he didnt write his own books. and i dont expect that hes writing these answers now. >> as we look to 2020, you were there with obama as he prepared to run for president. here we are two years out. what would you be advising 2020 hopefuls at this point? should they lay low? or should they be leading the opposition against trump? >> well, i dont think that they should -- y...