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Ambition. >> della rovere had a very powerful personality. >> hes very smart and very ruthless. >> narrator: determined to swing the conclave in his favor, juliano della rovere begins handing out bribes in exchange for votes. >> although the matter may be about god in heaven, this is an earthly institution and its run by men and it has power structure attached to it. and wherever in history you introduce power structures, you will find forms of corruption. >> but when della rovere begin to wheel...

Status over the past couple of years because being a check on governance because it seems like a circus. >> this is the last rows of the republican government power structure in place. also this follows a trend republicans are doing look at whats happening in wisconsin, republicans lost control of the statehouse so what are they doing? theyre essentially hyperlocking all of the republican policy things theyve put in place to keep them in place. they did it in north carolina with roy cooper a cou...

These leaders that its not -- they are understanding that its not personal for the president? there is the personality and then there is the deal. >> i dont know, actually, in this case. and justin trudeau seems kind of an emotional type world leader. but it is important that all countries work in their own national interest. thats a thing that makes sense for negotiation. its something that is very different about this current era than we saw in previous decades. what is happening in the united...

Administration wants to deal with it but also at this time of sort of a resettling of the power structure here. >> yes. and you have republicans who they are going along with the president, giving him the benefit of the doubt as he found it as a new president. here you have pompeo essentially saying these folks dont have a role. they are hysterical over this. i imagine as some of the supporting shows this didnt land very well with those folks at this point. i think you are going to see a sort of...

Set for saturday in a birmingham auditorium. house democrats are choosing party leaders for the new congress. my next guest said it doesnt matter who is in control but the problem is broken. mike gallagher writing a power structure that whatever party is in charge almost all power of leadership stifle debate and initiative within the ranks. its because congressional processes are boring byzantine and bloodless that they can be exploited. i loved reading that piece. i feel your background in the ...

Its not part of the trump brand. >> just in the last week sore so, we saw him talk about congressman schiff on twitter and misspell his name which was deliberate and not a typo beep saw him attack a number of reporters by name including three african-american women reporters that he accused of being stupid or asking a racist question. this is part of his brand and something that some of his supporters really like about him. that he is impolite. that he is on the attack. that he calls ted cruz ly...

Really any president that came before you, you distort the power structure. so by acting like an animal in those press briefings, by as you just said, assaulting verbally the reporters in the room, exercising their first amendment rights, to make yourself feel big when you are small, you trot out this phony debate about decorum. but not for yourself. only for the reporters. >> right. weve seen repeatedly the president hold other people to standards that he does not hold himself to. and this is a...

Because they think they are in a cosmic battle on the streets. >> laura: they are up against hitler, stalin, pol pot, the kkk all wrapped into one and one moment it is trump. the next moment it is you for filming it. its craziness. its got to stop. andy, stay safe out there. thank you for joining us tonight and i want to return to the democrats new plan for 2020. abandon and demonize half the country. an illuminating piece in "politico" today points out how identity politics have come to dominat...

Think they are in a cosmic battle on the street. >> laura: because they are up against hitler, stalin, and the kkk wrapped into one. one moment it is trump. the next moment it is you for filming this. it is craziness. it has to stop. stay safe out there. we have to turn to the democrats new plan for 2020. abandon and demonize half of the country. an illuminating piece points out how identity politics come to dominate the new power structure regarding white and non-white are shrugging off warning...

This. to a greater degree, how extraordinary this is that you have the state department and the cia at odds because mike pompeo, secretary of state, former head of the cia, is not backing up the findings that have been alleged by the cia. >> alex, this isnt the first time that the president has basically gone head-to-head with the intelligence apparatus in the united states. there were 17 different intelligence agencies that said that russia had hacked the 2016 election and he denied it for a lo...