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Official characterized disappointing european allies as a quote, secondary benefit of trumps decision. the post also reporting the president was irritated after french president emmanuel macron described this white knuckle handshake as a moment of truth and that the president got his revenge by claiming, yesterday, quote, i was elected to represent the citizens of pittsburgh, not paris. in many ways, at announcement was a classic trump move. it looked impornt and dramatic and allowed the preside...

85% approve. independents, 44 approve. thats not good news. at least he is keeping his base. >> thats true. i think one of the things that has been notable about the first 100 days is that he hasnt changed that much in the lives of his supporters. for them, a lot of what he is doing is what he was doing on the campaign trail. he is taking the fight to people they dont support. he is their champion. but theres not actually any policy consequences. i think that might change if he was able to get t...

Bill? the president for one of the groups says, we want to make certain that lawmakers understand the policy consequences of voting for a law that keeps obamacare in tact. we have a history of holding politicians accountable. we will be there to support and thank the champions who stand strong and keep promise. >> you wonder, christine, will they take it a step further. not just promise money to no votes, but promise money against those that vote yes on the bill. the aarp type at this point. >> ...

Theyre making a lot of news that will have long-term policy consequences. when the farmers in nebraska cannot export goods to mexico, when prices at walmart start going up dramatically and the wages havent caught up with the prices because the policy effects, as amyd. thats -- >> thats why we led with policy, not steve bannon, becausthere is a reason there. all right. stick with us. still ahead, north korea defiant, unpredictable and in possession of nuclear weapons. how the regime may be plan...

The legislature is controlled by republicans is now 25 states. the number of states in a similar situation in the democratic party is i think seven. i mean, down ticket races have been going really south for the democratic party for the last few cycles that in a way has huge policy consequences. are you able to lead the democratic party in a way that will get people other than yourself elected? >> well, thats my goal. and i have said that repeatedly across the country to the democratic national ...

For good and for bad. i mean, the marriage equality decision for good. the terrible gutting of the voting rights act for bad. and the local activity in states against a womans right to choose and defunding planned parenthood. this is going to be at the core of this general election. >> part of the political way that we got there is that the democratic partys been doing terrible in state politics. something like 70% of state legislatures are controlled by republicans now. the number of states whe...

Seem like a guy like russ decker could lose. but he had never run in a race where red map would come in and spend $500,000 on that race in the last two weeks before the election. so russ decker lost and that seat became a republican seat. i dont know if you know this, but im a liberal. and i think the republican takeover in the states has been terrible. basically across the board in terms of policy consequences because i dont tend to like republican policies. im also a civics dork that things di...

Could lose. but then again he had run run in a race where red map for its own reasons was going to spend $500,000 on that race in the last two weeks before the election. so yeah, russ decker lost and that seat became a republican seat. i dont know if you know this but im a liberal. and i think the republican takeover in the states has been terrible. basically across the board in terms of policy consequences because i dobt dont tend to like republican policies. im also a civics dork who thinks th...

Terms of policy consequences because i dont tend to like republican policies. im also a civics dork that things districts should not be drawn for partisan reasons to make safe seats for democrats or republicans. so on the merits, this whole story -- guhh. but for the strategic thought and execution to have the biggest and longstanding impact without a huge outlay of resources, and without your opponents figuring out what you were doing until you had done it and they wake up and realize that you ...

Against online islamist propaganda and providing ways to stop individuals lured into jihadi cool subculture before they act. how do we keep them from resorting to these horrific means? >> i would start off by saying its a multi-tiered approach. you would look at possible communities where individuals could be lured into the magnetic appeal of groups like isis or perhaps other organizations, try to reach out to these communities, make their concerns heard, let them feel theyre part of the process...