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We are alsojoin, i hope. I still have with me from christie and] newton small, the democratic response . This is such a tough speech together. They almost always bomb it. It was so hokey. It is really the Existential Crisis for democrats. Do they go for the white Middle Class Union base they have lost which is clearly what they did here or do they support minorities who did not show up in and after this to support hillary clinton. It is like an identity crisis. Clearly in the response they went ...

Arc of that last week where it almost looked like the white house was through with this when the president went to the rally, and then you had that send her back chant at the rally. the president initially distanced himself and was critical of the lawmakers again, and it seems like his position now is somewhere close toing a n -- agnostics on that chant. >> i think it will be the focus for a long time given it might be in the campaign in terms of ideology. were going to focus on it with our disc...

A short period of time. that makes me wonder whether trump is just rattling his saber even though -- despite the questions about threats to officers safety because he just likes to send the signal and keep it in the news and make his base happy that something is about to happen even if its not. >> even if its not, j newton small. when we look at the democrats and the republicans, there is plenty of criticism to be pointed both ways. jake johnson wrote today in an op ed that hey, democrats, you c...

Restrictions since he took control of the chief of staff position. for example they cite an instance in august where they were required to walk around with an escort, something they told chris wallace they didnt feel was necessary. this comes amid renewed speculation that the president might be eyeing replacements for chief of staff john kelly, one of those big nick ayers, and this comes against the backdrop of a larger shakeup. and of course these allegations of hidden opponents among the presi...

New yorker that revealed allegations from 13 women of not only harassment but rape and sexual assault. weinstein spokesman told "the new yorker," quote, any allegations of nonconsensual sex are unequivocally declined. this seemed to have opened the flood gates as more women including some of the biggest names in hollywood have broken their silence about their own allegations of unwanted sexual advances from weinstein. the allegations about weinsteins behaviors cover three decades and as noted by...

Back to the other sort of simmering scandal here, the investigation into trumps collusion with russia, potential trumps campaigns potential collusion with russia during the campaign and also the investigation into his obstruction of justice potentially. so thats the other kind of headline that can come out of this is is he actually going to confront putin and say did you meddle in our elections? and is he going to impose sanctions on russia for that? >> eugene, quickly, the likelihood of how the...

Is what he and even melania are backing. but the question i think hes going to have to ask himself, is this going to get people on the trump train who already arent? and thats something he has to be concerned about considering he has historically low approval ratings. >> so, jay, listen to what long-time journalist and cnn political analyst carl bernstein had to say about president trumps presidency overall. >> i think something greater is happening and that is were in the midst of a malignant p...

Whichever way you want to put it might impact his trip abroad? >> certainly. there are quite a few international issues that leaders at the g20 are looking to the united states to comment on, national security, trade and environmental issues, especially considering that we just came out of the paris agreement and theres some interest supposedly in renegotiating it. if donald trump continues to focus on his battle with these msnbc hosts, and were three days into it right now, this is time that i ...

Joining me right now jane newton small contributor for "time" magazine and author of "broad influence, how women are changing the way america works." congrats on your book. and cnn politics reporter eugene scott. so given the presidents tweet this morning hes clearly not following the advice of members of his party. and according to a recent poll the majority of american voters think that trump should stop tweeting. so, eugene, we heard from one of the lawmakers there who said he believes that t...

"time" contributor jane newton small. a great group tonight, as always. this, it sounds almost looney tune to say i am instinctive. it sounded like he was a clairvoyant, a psych ig, if he really believes that, he would test it out every day of his life. if i can predict the future, id be betting on horses, how it goes on a roulette table on everything, because you can make unlimited amount of money predicting whats going to happen in ten minutes. he says he can do that. >> yeah, he mentioned the...