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Formerly of the associated press, national political reporter these days were happy to say for nbc news. and a columnist for the boston globe and chair of journalism of ethics. ken, i was reminded tonight as we sit here approaching next weekend itll mark one here in office for this president. as you look back, not to give analysis but more reporting, how much of it has been marked by self-inflicted damage? here we are at the end of another week where that surely is the headline. >> its often two...

Word s on it, and those words ae made up of letters, but thats not generally accepted in reality to mean the same thing "letters of congratulations that anchors sent to the president." 18 out of 19 are not from anchors and 19 out of 19 are not letters. and the congratulations heaped on the president in this list of tweets? heres one. 55 minute pool spray, is that a record? thats a textbook congratulations letter. heres another letter that the president received from an anchor. a tweet from a buz...

A deal is going to pass the house of representatives? this is a rhetorical question to say the least. indicating real skepticism on part of the white house this is actually going to move anywhere. in the -- sorry, craig. in the eyes of the administration, there is no deal at this point. they dont think theres a deal. as far as time line for a deal, theyre not optimistic its going to happen by the end of the week. there is positivity i think from the white house that people are talking. that ever...

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Really surprised supporters after holding that event yesterday in the cabinet room. it had been billed on the official white house schedule as a pool spray. thats a brief visit for the press to ask questions and then get out. instead it turned into an hour long in-depth discussion on the future of daca among 25 lawmakers. i want to read part of an rnc email and get your reaction. many in the media have spent the last week hyper vent layinventilatingover hyper phon. president trump led the most t...

News editor at townhall.com. >> a 55 minute pool spray. pretty rare. its easier to do the reporting when you get to sit in the room and hear the negotiations. i would take more of these. fascinating discussion because you see that on immigration which is this really sensitive, very emotional topic, there actually are the broad outlines of an agreement. there have been for years. when you get beyond these top blind talking points, border security. to democrats and republicans, border security can...

Benefit of getting democrats and republicans in the same room together talking about issues, like immigration, like tax reform, like everything else that the administration has sought to accomplish going forward. you really see theres a good opportunity to engage in important dialogue like this when everybody is around the table. i do want to touch briefly on the access that was granted. it is important for white house reporters like myself to be able to witness something like that to see the pr...

Part 2. let me tick through the highlights on that and what you didnt see in the roughly 53 minutes that was a pool spray. on immigration, the president did reiterate daca will be attached to the border wall. he did acknowledge at one point that it did not have to be a 2,000-mile coast to coast structure, because almost nobody, including republicans on capitol hill speaking with us just this morning, believes that is realistic logisticalllogisti political until any way that youll have a fence fr...

I dont know if there is anything medical there or not. i talked to one of his closest friends yesterday who said this is not mental instability. its controlled and organized chaos. and thats how he chooses to manage. >> it is certainly the way the campaign went. i dont know if controlled chaos is the right way to call it. im not sure how much it was controlled. joining me now is former rnc chairman michael steele. good to see you. do you think that having the president do this meeting today wa...

I wonder what you made of the display, if the you are encouraged as congressman swalwell that it is a sign of things to come. >> usually a pool spray is a minute or two at the top of the meeting. to be in there for 55 minutes, thats encouraging for transparency. i dont know it is a coincidence, that the president running a meeting like this that comes on the heels of stories that question his mental capacity, that stories of executive time, the amount of leisure, television and twitter time that...