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>> whats the big upset? >> i think pennsylvania. >> the opposite of synopsis. the presidential briefings going back a couple years since were hearing donald trump doesnt like them to get repetition every day. bill clinton was a voracious reader. he read his intelligence briefings. george w. bush had people come in and gave him the understanding of what was going on, and he also had an hour with them afterwards. and now president obama read as well as takes the briefings. so we understand donald ...

Last time they got to run with obama. >> whats the big upset? >> i think pennsylvania. >> the opposite of synopsis. the presidential briefings going back a couple years since were hearing donald trump doesnt like them to get repetition every day. bill clinton was a voracious reader. he read his intelligence briefings. george w. bush had people come in and gave him the understanding of what was going on, and he also had an hour with them afterwards. and now president obama read as well as takes t...

Stuff i write is very political satire. theres a lot of humor, a lot of comedy in it. >> but satire, usually the reader knows its satire. like with "the onion," everybody knows "the onion" is satire. a lot of folks are actually fooled by your, you know, by your articles. and as you know, youve talked about that, how theyve been passed along as real by supporters of various candidates. isnt that part of the point, to kind of make people -- >> sure. >> youre hoping to make people look stupid by pa...

Comedy in it. >> but satire, usually the reader knows its satire. like with the onion, everybody knows the onion is satire. a lot of folks are actually fooled by your, you know, by your articles. and as you know, youve talked about that, how theyve been passed along as real by supporters of various candidates. isnt that part of the point, to kind of make people -- >> sure. >> youre hoping to make people look stupid by passing them on, but youre also spreading false information. >> um, i do it --...

Ignoring their intelligence. basically heard there donald trump saying that he believed, and he trump also believes that much of what were seeing here is politically motivated. >> we dont want intelligence interfering in our politics. but we also dont want politics interfering with our intelligence and thats whats happening here. if you look at some of these articles that are being written. they want the reader, they want the viewer not to make that direct connection between interfering and elec...

A marines marine and a voracious reader and deep military thinker. >> very dedicated and focused and the smartest man in the room. >> carries around a library of 10,000 books and raid most of them. >> his career has not been without controversy. >> he came under fire for remarks in a panel discussion which seemed to make light of killing in combat. >> you think its fun to shoot people? >> jim sciutto, cnn, washington. >> goes to the polls in austria. how norbert hofer may be elected as the first...

Fine. >> reporter: mattis opposes water boarding. trump telling "the new york times" that during a meeting mattis told him it is ineffective. >> i said, what do you think of water boarding? he said, ive never found it to be useful. he said, ive always found give me a pack of cigarettes and a couple of beers, and i do better with that than i do with torture. >> reporter: mattis is highly respected up and down the military ranks. a marines marine and also a voracious reader and deep military think...

Torcher. >> reporter: mattis is highly respected up and down the military ranks. a marines marine and voracious reader. >> very dedicated. very focused and smartest man in the room. >> carried around with him throughout his career a library of around 10,000 books and hes ready most of them. >> reporter: now n 2005 he came under fire for remarks in a pale discussion which seemed to make like of killing people in combat. jim sciutto, cnn washington. >> reporter: and "outfront" tonight republican c...

Time to read much. mattis is an avid reader of military history, considers reading to be a crucial tool for the battlefield. >> you stay teachable most by reading books, by reading what other people went through. i cant tell you the number of times i looked down at what was going on on the ground or i was engaged in a fight somewhere, and i knew within a couple minutes how i was going to screw up the enemy. i knew it, because i had done so much reading, i knew what i was going to do, i have seen...

Of defense was very impressive yesterday. a true generals general. i dont think you would say that unless you were a serious contender. >> general mattis is an impressive guy, he can get to the heart of an issue extremely quick. and hes a veracious reader, married to the profession. no one is more, i would say, steeped in the profession of arms but also the implication of the profession of arms. he understands how it fits. he realizes immediately -- hes the type of guy who is already -- as we sa...