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Intervention in libya. you are starting to see more democratic voices complaining about this and suggesting that its illegitimate. its yet to register i think publicly as a political issue. that could change if fall of a rebel control city demonstrates this is a failure. but a stalemate doesnt res ignate politically because its a stalemate. its blah and doesnt have impact politically. >> bret: jonah we also at the table put things through the prism what if this had been the bush administration d...

Going back before jimmy carr, presidents have always in some way connected with faith. its always been a story line. the clip we just showed, if you played more of it, i think there would be a lot of people that would say he seemed a little off his game in that speech and that he should be speaking more about it, because it seems like its never been a conversation hes comfortable talking about. a lot of people arent comfortable talking about their faith. i wish he would do more of it. >> i wante...

>> thank you. >> i dont buy that linkage that you just made. is it wrong because so many people are offended if for the state of south carolina to fly the confederated flag in. >> they just have to make an argument. they have to say that this confederated flag to us does not signify the fact that slavery was here or that were racist but we have to find other things that have happened in south carolina. there is a notion that a lot of people have that you are supposed to hate people in the past f...

Seeing is a very different approach and a more disciplined approach to this. >> one thing, switch gears slightly. we know -- whats interesting about todays speech, its the first major policy speech hes given as a candidate for re-election. talk about the things youre concerned about as when youre an active political candidate, which he is çtomorrow, starts s first big huge fund-raiser in chicago for the re-election campaign. realizing youre an announced, everythings viewed from the prism of po...

Gergen, hes seen everything through the prism of the white house, serving four different presidents of different parties and that wisdom comes through every time we talk to him. david, youre assimilating all the different conflicting reports. what do you think is going to happen? and who do you think comes out looking good or poorly as a result of all this? >> well, eliot, i think theyre going to reach some sort of agreement tonight, keep the government open. and i think were not far away from a...

President obama is coming out looking okay. hes doing the best with 51% approval. deb, if you step back and look at this through a political prism, clearly it is independents that are the swing factor here and it is still unclear if there is a shutdown, clearly independents object to it. they want compromise. they want -- oppose gridlock but it is not clear who they would blame if a shutdown were to happen. right now president obama seems to be coming out above the fray looking like hes trying t...

Finer example or more clear-cut evidence that shows the public is going to do exactly what youre saying, declare a pox on both houses. >> yeah, and theres also the larger issue, i think, that at the end of the day people want leadership out of the white house. and i think in a way he has ceded that authority by today, in fact, paul ryan coming out with what i think will be deemed a controversial budget plan. but i wonder, has paul ryan now defined the terms of the debate so once again the presid...

Thats as of today. and thats barring any unforeseen circumstances. thats what i learned today. >> bill: now that you have reported that the media has an obligation to scrutinize donald trump or at least weigh in on him because he has got a lot of money and he is obviously getting a lot of attention. do you think the media will cover him fairly? >> no. >> how have they done so far? >> no. i dont think they will. and i think there are two reasons for that one, is that they dont believe is he a ser...

Thats as of today. and thats barring any unforeseen circumstances. thats what i learned today. >> bill: now that you have reported that the media has an obligation to scrutinize donald trump or at least weigh in on him because he has got a lot of money and he is obviously getting a lot of attention. do you think the media will cover him fairly? >> no. >> how have they done so far? >> no. i dont think they will. and i think there are two reasons for that one, is that they dont believe is he a ser...

In the campaign. >> greta: i think there was sexism thwart senator clinton by the media the some of the worst offenders has been the women themselves in the media i guess the candidate. thats what im so careful about is that we dont assign things to the candidate unless the candidate deserves it how do we know if is he a sexist or if he made a stupid joke or a joke that wasnt stupid or whatever? i guess we find out in november. >> i dont believe is he a sexist. i dont even think it was a stupid ...