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This is real. and not much has changed since then. thats what i find everywhere. but this trip to sterling heights, michigan and cumberland, maryland, were incredibly striking. one had ads and were bombarded and helped sway the election. they were much more, had put it behind them. in michigan, not so much. >> she said not much has changed, april. the polling numbers have changed somewhat. still hes been in the 30s, you know, since he was elected. but its going down now. the president got some s...

We keep learning more about donald trump, jr.s preelection meeting with a russian attorney and her associates. now the lawyer claims trump junior hinted that if his father won the election his administration would be willing to review a sanctions law -- sanctions law target president putins inner circle. davidtia lesky is here. this is interesting, this interview that the kremlin link here, nutallia veselnitskaya gave a 2 and a half hour interview. she said the presidents son hinted at changing ...

Disproval of his performance. how would you characterize the state of his presidency, april? >> the state of this presidents union is not necessarily as strong as hed like. ask, you know, its sad because when you have a president you want to see a president succeed. and going back to what salina said, you know, there are still americans who are in the fetal position. i remember around 3:00 in the morning, i was watching social media and watching the reaction. and still theres still this dual rea...

That was the tweet that george h.w. bush and george w. bush both made after charlottesville, in which they condemned bigotry and anti-semitism. at a time when donald trump did not, at a time there was ambigoty. so that was a pretty clear statement. >> mark mckennen the white house responded to bushs comments and in the process attacked the legacy of both. its really quite telling. this is the official statement. they said if one presidential candidate can disassembly a political party, it speaks...

Function effectively when we know it already prohibits people from getting access to weapon, then the next step of the discussion is already distorted. ask im glad that senator mccain is going to hold this hearing. and hopefully it will lead to some more effective methodology for the military to input the data when there is a criminal conviction and a court-martial, or when the service member is separated for mental illness. >> thank you all. thats going to have to be the last word. i appreciate...

I rely on myself more or less for all of the advice of affairs. of course, you know, theres something wrong about this. because humility is the great hallmark of great leadership. and this guy must not realize what it means to be president. and so so he was a little less direct, and little less blunt than george h.w. bush. but i think hes obvious in his criticism. >> both president bushes have appeared to be somewhat reluctant to speak out or critique president trump. but were starting to see so...

No one throws him in a hole. he does it himself sometimes. and he tries to get his way out, and once he doubles down, it makes it worse. there is buyers remorse in the republican party. we heard are from republican u.s. senators, but there are still people who are fearful to say things because they dont want to be tweeted about or have that group, that smaller group that approve of this president go against them. but we have to remember also there is a bigger number that disapprove. we keep talk...

It means that bigotry or white supremacy in any form is blasphemy against the american creed. >> the former president here is showing us how another president may have responded to the violence in charlottesville. mark mckennen you worked for george w. bush. how big a deal is it for him to speak out about a sitting president? >> i think it says a lot he spoke out. its almost unanimous people thought hes been a great ex-president. in part because hes been off the radar screen. but he also said bi...

Investigation is bringing up new ugly news on a regular drum beat. >> yeah, its interesting especially when you talk to -- when you look at the numbers, selena, as you said his base is still with him, republicans are still with him. 75%, even into the 80 percentile. 32% think its an attempt to discredit the president. this after the first indictment from special counsel robert muellerch the president likes to say it is a hoax. but just look at the number of campaign administration officials with...

Current republican president donald trump and his two republican predecessors, george h.w. bush who calls him a blow hard and president w. bush who says trump doesnt know what it means to be president. he is the author of the last republicans, inside the extraordinary relationship between george h.w. bush and george w. bush. also mark mckennen joins me. hes an advisor to george w. bush and the executive producer of show times "the circus." i cannot wait. i do want to read this book, so thank you...