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Last night liz cheney talked about the state of the democracy on cnn. >> the chairman and i are on different end of the political spectrum and many things on which we dont agree but we both agree that you have to have healthy political parties in this country to engage in the debate on the issues and right now my party is not embracing truth, is not embracing substance and seriousness. >> so to both of you, what does it say about the republican party? phil first. >> andrea, liz cheney is very al...

And most important theres beginning to be evidence that ties this in president trump. if that is all true this was a coup detat and may have been and dont know for certain may have been inspired by the president out quite donald trump or those around him and what it shows is continuing danger we suffer with which is that the democracy is a flame fickering. we have to protect it. >> phil, we saw a contrast in the presidents presentation yesterday going after the predecessor. is that going to cont...

Another 227 wounded. isis is claiming responsibility for that one. in france authorities are questioning a man that drove a van into a gas factory and set off an explosion and then left the decapitated head of a victim pinned to the fence of that factory he attacked. lets bring in phil mud. cnn counter terrorism analyst and former cia counter terrorism official. phil first, good to have you this morning. >> thanks. >> lets talk about the timing here. this comes after the request from him to atta...

Big entity. >> we have a big announcement coming up on this show, a good example of hiring somebody from a big traditional media outlet that will come and work just here across all platforms. >> all right. >> i didnt know pee-wee herman. hes good but i didnt know he did news. he was framed. well prove that on this show. you know, people go, anthony weiner, no internet. no, you still wouldnt have been mayor. its the pee-wee herman rule. >> to we want to talk a little bit about what were going to ...

>> you have? >> i was at his wedding. >> you were? you also said jenny was one of the most gifted workers you ever had working for you? >> that is true. his wife worked at me and she was one of the most talented people ive ever worked with. i always thought she could have married someone -- any way. >> stop that! youre, obviously, on colberts side. >> no, im on jennys side, actually. >> oh, my gosh. thats convoluted. >> i tell you what, thank god that its not a small little to his club here. >> ...

A lot about this and certainly not me they will tell you anybody who says heres what everything will look like in five years they dont know what they are talking about. >> nobody does. >> but its going to be based on the web. >> it is. >> such a reflection how people consume news not any more you have a show at 11:00 and everybody tunes in for it. people want to go on the internet and watch your clip or show at any time of day or night. >> they have other things going on. >> you talk about this ...