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In washington this week is who wrote that op-ed that the new york times says was authored by a senior administration official? very critical of the president. people like u.n. ambassador haley, the finger was sort of pointing at them, but she says listen, if i have a disagreement with the president, i will tell him to his face. she says i dont agree with the president on everything, when there is disagreement, there is a right way and a wrong way to address it. i will pick up the phone and call ...

I actually think this has back-fired on this individual and when theyre outed, well find out theyre lower level than they claim to be and prepping for a book they want released or job resume. i think its really self-serving and dereliction of duty and appalling. depending where the person sits in the bureaucracy, it could be a national security issue. i doubt it, but its possible. kristin: and thats what president trump is saying, its a national security issue and a threat to our democracy. what...

Somebodies in his administration determine that things have gotten that bad that they want to take this route? >> the self-awareness question, jason. the president is quick to point the finger, but we all know the thing we teach our kids. you point a finger, youve got three pointing back at you and a thumb thats really doing nothing. isnt this a time for reflection? the book comes out. the place leaks like a sieve. people are always saying they question his judgment. now hes got this op-ed penne...

Trorl coalition. the one piece you didnt mention is college educated men, you know, suburban men, ceo types who obama did attract for a variety of reasons. the problem that obama has is that hes trying to sen tynthes the argument against trump. hes always been a singular sensation. hes not helped the democratic party. he wanted to push other people out. even here hes talking about dont wait for the messiah. what was the other word? >> savior. >> savior. the implication is you had it as good as y...

Treason, which is a specific legal charge that carries with it potentially the death sentence. >> yeah, and hes accused a lot of people of treason. to my knowledge, none of those people have done anything that would qualify as that. according to woodward, he actually considered gary cohns threat to quit treason. this is a president who uses that word pretty flippantly. its also worth pointing out that whoever this person is that wrote this op-ed didnt, to my knowledge, leak anything. there was n...

Do need to vote. >> and if you look at it from a political perspective, the president whenever he talks about impeachment, it is to rally his base. when the democrats talk about it, it is to rally their base. so were seeing a lot of politics. even if the democrats were to flip the house, you still -- and only mueller know what is is in that report, so i still find it very hard to see a situation where the senate votes him out of office. it is a fantasy to think that the cabinet will invoke the 2...

It causes him a lot of anxiety because he does not know who he can trust. but the question is one i think you also brought up, chris, is that he should ask himself is why would anybody or a lot of somebodies in his administration determine that things have gotten that bad that they want to take this route? >> the self-awareness question, jason. the president is quick to point the finger, but we all know the thing we teach our kids. you point a finger, youve got three pointing back at you and a t...

Call them and ask them and not the press secretary and ask her, who she believes it is. so brooke, this is all going on. its really heightening this sense of paranoia here in the west wing that already existed in the last year and a half that trump has been in office, with all the infighting and people who think other people are out to get them. brooke, now it is even worse with this statement that people dont know who wrote it. theyre just guessing as much as we are about who the author of this...

Autocracy, anderson. and its coming for donald trump, so he is pushing back. >> you really believe that, though, that the institutions are stronger or strong enough to resist this kind of thing from the president of the united states? >> i do, anderson. i spent the past four years living with five people who were involved in those fights over the course of a century, all of whom lived in my house where i was ambassador. and in every case, sooner or later, every dog gets his day. and sooner or la...

>> you really believe that, though, that the institutions are stronger or strong enough to resist this kind of thing from the president of the united states? >> i do, anderson. i spent the past four years living with five people who were involved in those fights over the course of a century, all of whom lived in my house where i was ambassador. and in every case, sooner or later, every dog gets his day. and sooner or later, democracy is more powerful, including because of the rule of law. and we...