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>> michael duffy wrote an excellent book about this. so ill wait for him to answer part of that. but let me take a crack at it. its extremely unusual, so early in the term, for former presidents to break ranks. there is a club, a fraternity, and it has certain rules, and one of the first rules is former presidents try to keep their mouths shut, they clearly violated that rule, but they have done it because they think other rules have been violated by this president. a president should be a unite...

That office is like and what that shared experience is like, but president trump has not shown a great deal of eagerness to connect with these former presidents, according to the reports weve seen out of the white house, he hasnt really reached out to these former presidents asking for advice, asking for help in the way that former presidents have done to their predecessors, trying to get their take on what might be the best course of action or maybe some helpful context in moments that are unfa...

And they not understand. thats why we called it the presidents club. there was a limit on what they were willing to aabout the predecessors. only a few have had this eck pees experience and president trump has decided to leave that aside, attack his predecessors and they are now stepping up and not attacking him back personally, but saying to the american people, theres a better way to unite the country. >> we expect the five past living presidents to show up. you can see people starting to gatt...

Even when it was tough as a republican. but those two guys hit a ground here above politics, its different from what we expected from ex-presidents, where they were sending a clear signal that this has a moral vacuum around him. >> no, thats -- i mean, look, changing washington is going to be hard. so of course, youre going to get the folks from both parties that are going to take shots at you. but good for president trump to bringing truth to power and not -- [ overlapping speakers >> let me sa...

Contacting families, its actually not a bad story from his point of view. but he seems to have this reflex to exaggerate, to burnish his own reputation, to criticize those who question him, and he cant just be good at something, he has to be the best. he has to be better than all his predecessors. that kind of thing gets him in trouble. this shows that his aides knew it. >> john, very quickly, the concept made contact with, does that necessarily imply a phone conversation or can it be something ...

President trumps two predecessors stepped up to the mike on separate crowds on the same day. different events. both using these platforms to address the current political landscape. take a look and see if you see the similarities. >> it seems the forces pulling us apart with stronger than the forces binding us together. >> if you have to win a campaign by dividing people youre not going to be able to govern them. >> all i can say is its totally fake news. just fake. its fake. >> disagreement esc...

Good evening to all of you. thank you for coming on. the president himself interviewed two in manhattan and brooklyn. one was for in the southern district of new york which overseas the trump tower this means the u.s. attorney there would be able to interview those related to the dealings. and we also know the two there have interactions with the trufls close confidants. whats your reaction to all of this? >> i have to say, don, its very concerning and surprising to me. there have been reports t...

Own party. he is not really part of this presidents club. >> well, the way he was elected with all the ac kri moanny with the republican party, you can understand part of that, and the obama administration of course was engaging in an investigation into possible connections between the trump campaign and russian election interference, whoever was behind that. so theres a reason for that. but what it does is it means that trump is cut off from some of the wisdom that we understand other top admin...

Appropriate immediate response is to apologize immediately. >> look, thats all correct. and in terms of politicizing it i actually think the congresswoman, she was not the intended recipient of the presidents message and so i would never have made that public. but she did. but then the president then counterpunches. and you know, don, sooner or later will the president just take a punch and act presidential rather than mixing it up? after he did that, after that happened, he pulled general kelly...

This whole thing didnt start because of what a congresswoman said. this was defined and it was also started by president trump last week when he attempted to throw his predecessors under the bus for nol having called people. this is where this all started. then is continues to go on until today. and the call that was made was made, i believe, inside an automobile while the family was going to go and retrieve those precious remains. let me tell you something. im not saying this to pat myself on t...