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About this book out that reveals a range of behind the scenes details. the book says now white house communications director hope hicks was tasked with making sure the presidents suits were pressed. hope would take out the steamer and start steaming mr. trumps suit. does that surprise you, robert? >> nothing surprises me anymore coming out of this campaign. frankly, what did surprise me is hope hicks took the job. shes not qualified to have that job. ive been fortunate to work with a lot of whit...

Republican strategist and former gingrich spokesman. both are msnbc political analysts. good to see you, gentlemen. robert, let me start with you because you know him well. and freddie ford, a spokesman for bush, says the speech wasnt about trump. a lot of people heard echoes of the politics of donald trump in this. what did you hear? >> i heard a president that is -- a former president that is crying out for us to be americans and to stand up. i heard a president that says please lead americans...

Being an american involves the embrace of high ideals and civic responsibility. this means that people of every race, religion, ethnicity can be fully and equally american. it means that bigotry or white supremacy in any form is blasphemy against the american creed. [ applause ] >> just days after president trump questioned the way former presidents handled the deaths of american service members, george w. bush made his position on the state of politics very clear without ever mentioning trumps ...

And the problem now is and its so destructive, not only for us republicans but also for democrats and all americans is when you cant even be seen in the same coffee store together as a republican and democrat. you know, often people will always chastise, robert, youre not pure enough. what is that supposed to mean? im pro life, pro gun, im for lower taxes, for limited government. how dare you suggest im not more republican than you are? and why are we even having this conversation? lets talk abo...

They were primary adversaries as you know, robert, and when mccain was diagnosed with brain cancer i remember vividly president bush said he called him and mccain ended up encouraging him instead. he called him to encourage john mccain and he said he felt as though mccain was encouraging him. have those days left us in current political life? is it a contrast to too much of what we see today? >> i think so. let me go back a little bit more. chris, you mentioned the 2000 campaign when george w. b...

The question is whether or not its going to backfire. because one would think with a for nuance brain here, mitch mcconnell, his wife works for the president as the secretary of transportation. one would think he wouldnt mess with that. but two, mitch mcconnell to your point is the senate majority leader. this is the guy who controls your legislative agenda, mr. president. you may want to kiss and make up. >> robert has a great point in that the president could be dumb like a fox. mitch mcconnel...

Government is discussing raising anti-missile devices bringing them out south to where the missiles headed to guam would be crossing over the japanese island in order to protect the population here. like my colleagues have said, theres a lot of troubling language going on and some movements on the ground but really at the same time everybody here is girding for the worse without taking real solid action or any aggressive maneuvers. >> thank you all. our team in asia, miguel, kelly and matt. now ...

Device, but also demonstrating to china that the calculous has changed and you have a president willing to use force potentially and willing to upset the current balance that will impact chinas fundamental interests. that has been the key problem here, china has not seen a fundamental interest to pressure pyongyang to the point of stopping their nuclear program. >> they have some reasons now to do with economics and perhaps the united states. juan, well let you go. i know youre in demand in our ...

Between. there was george bushs eight. i think the other thing we have to really pay attention to here, richard, is the fact that the president has also made monumental strides of appointments of judges. the only two supreme court nominations hes had, he has apied two women. i think its terribly unfortunate for us to look at isolated incidents rather than the total picture. >> if he not to pick yellin and goes with summers, youre fine with that? >> i dont have a personal opinion about who he pic...

Word this morning from john harwood that larry summers is the front-runner for the fed chair position not janet yellin who could be the first woman in this post. if summers gets the job add to recent criticism that the administration failed to put more women in pour. "the new york times" points out president obama named 13 women to top spots the same as president clinton in his two terms. 41% compared to 35% for the obama administration. lets bring in msnbc contributor and former bush/cheney adv...