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Deadline right now. looks like its up in the air right now because the president says it can only be done in the democrats agree to a wall with mexico. >> right. >> so whats going to happen? >> well, thats todays iteration. thats not what he said yesterday. he tried to make it clear last night in a tweet and again today, and so i think theyre back to the drawing boards here. i think the question is whether or not is a wall? were now down to the -- >> thats the question. >> were down to the seman...

Then well get on to the reform, which was passed in the senate, never came up for the vote. >> now the political realities kick in. ive seen the feeds, trump base, ann culture already tweeting this did more damage than anything in the mike wolff book. because they want nothing more than the wall in the trump base. wall is priority number one. they want the wall. and tried to tiptoe away from it before and got ham teared on the right. and no steve bannon in the white house to check him on this. >...

Occasionally will throw a bone to the right? nobody had any ideas. >> well, that was part of mr. obamas great strength. he was a national rorschach test. >> so we spent three hours with this new man. he leaves, and were staying behind a little bit, and i say the same question. is he a centrist? is he a lefty? nobody knew. >> you think youve figured him out? >> i figured him out after that first state of the union speech. >> we will invest $15 billion a year to develop technologies like wind powe...

To the right? nobody had any ideas. >> well, that was part of mr. obamas great strength. he was a national rorschach test. >> so we spent three hours with this new man. he leaves, and were staying behind a little bit, and i say the same question. is he a centrist? is he a lefty? nobody knew. >> you think youve figured him out? >> i figured him out after that first state of the union speech. >> we will invest $15 billion a year to develop technologies like wind power and solar power. we can no lo...

To the right? nobody had any ideas. >> well, that was part of mr. obamas great strength. he was a national rorschach test. >> so we spent three hours with this new man. he leaves, and were staying behind a little bit, and i say the same question. is he a centrist? is he a lefty? nobody knew. >> you think youve figured him out? >> i figured him out after that first state of the union speech. >> we will invest $15 billion a year to develop technologies like wind power and solar power. we can no lo...

With it or not, is that most presidents, to chriss point, not only are scripted but in a bubble, protected, you know, not just physically, but politically in all ways. that the presidents immediate initial thoughts are not known to the general public. it goes through layers, and the words are sent to the state department, but this president, i mean, because of twitter and other things, you have a realtime rorschach test of whats going on in his head at any given moment, whenever he wants it to b...

Look at most presidencies. most presidencies are 95% scripted. obama, as you know, teleprompters even for brief remarks. donald trump is the other way, he wants 95% unscripted. he performs really well in that environment, except he also can get in trouble because say things that just come to mind. >> that is, you know, the extraordinary thing about the presidency and whether you agree with it or not, is that most presidents, to chriss point, not only are scripted but in a bubble, protected, you ...

Human existence, and so i think, though, that people were a little bit intrigued, maybe even obsessed because of when i burst into the public awareness, you know. bill was the first baby boomer president. i was the first professional wife first lady, and, you know, there was just this insatiable curiosity and ive said many times before, i became like a national rorschach test, you see what you want to see in you. but i wanted it in this book because it is true people ask me these questions all t...

Not racism until i read quotes from the students and how it had a double meaning honoring president. paula, isnt it a bad outcome because of the heightened scrutiny and polarization that these kids are not even putting up signs anymore? i think its a step in the wrong direction. one more then well move on. smerconish, as a teacher of teens they are absolutely capable of understanding the power of their words. it wasnt meant to be a joke. really, melissa, how do you know that? i accept the way th...

>> i was prepared to say not racist until i read quotes from the students and how it had a double meaning honoring president. paula isnt it a bad outcome that now because of the heightened scrutiny and the polarization that these kids are not even putting up signs any more? i think its a step in the wrong direction. one more and then well move on. smerkonish, as a teacher of teens, they are absolutely capable of understanding the power of their words, it wasnt meant to be a joke. >> really? meli...