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Democracy just as harry has done his entire career. let me just mention briefly one thread in particular that should concern all americans -- >> former secretary of state and presidential candidate hillary clinton, just now at an event honoring senate minority leader harry reid who is retiring. clinton said this was not exactly the speech at the capitol she had hoped to be giving after the election. earlier today i met with vice president joe biden at the white house for an exit interview of sor...

Accident right after he was elected to the senate when he was 29 years old. and then just lost his son beau biden, who was 46 years old, to cancer last year. >> well, and gloria mentions this challenge for joe biden near the end of his term. we heard from mitch mcconnell, some of his earlier challenge, overcoming the speech impedim t impediment. dough brinkley, when history books write their stories about joe biden, how do you think they will reflect on him as a human being and as a public serva...

>> im announcing. >> seriously, are you keeping the door open? >> reporter: so make of that what you will. heres what i would take away from it, tamron. sure, theres a fun quality to it. but it also is very important for joe biden to sort of put down a marker right now before he leaves office 44 days before the 45th president is inaugust rateth ra, inaugurat inaugurated. struggling to find a new leader in a post-barack obama time and a decorative box with a flower on it and nancy said i only giv...

Donald trump puts out there the taiwan call and people then find out that we have been selling billions of dollars of weapons to taiwan and we dont speak to the leader of taiwan. >> yeah, it is hard to be offended when they dont speak to the president of taiwan, and a dude sitting watching tv in scranton, pennsylvania, going, really? what is wrong with you people in washington, you are pissed off about a phone call but giving them $2 billion in military equipment. doesnt match! >> we are giving ...

Defend against china but donald trump cant take a phone call as well. you know a guy in scranton, pennsylvania, is saying it doesnt make sense. >> the answer is it may sound silly. its a game of symbols. taiwan doesnt do certain things. doesnt become an independent country for example. they understand they cant declare independence and take unilateral actions to change the status quo. china understands it cant take unilateral actions to change the status quo. taiwan has thrived. its economy is b...

Journalism and it doesnt impact what people think of the person who is the subject -- >> do you know why? its all white noise. if you call donald trump a fascist or a nazi or lets just take examples of what happened this week, right? so donald trump puts out a tweet. he talks about criminalizing flag burning. lets take that part of it. their hair is on fire. my god. this is the worst thing ever. hes a nazi. hes a fascist. and then you walk out of the studio and someone goes you know that barbara...

Marth marthas vineyard and friendships that developed. im just saying people need to keep it real. >> if you talk to editor of "the new york times" or "the washington post," they will tell you that donald trump is the worst creature that ever walked on the face of the earth and coverage has to be overwhelmingly negative but if they want to know why they woke up the morning after the election and had no idea about what was happening, its because they were disconnected from america. i said it on t...

The economic turn around that voters in scranton and youngstown did all across the country, how much does he be polarize cultural issues to maintain the affinity with his base if he cant deliver the change he promised. >> certainly one of his closest economic advisers hack slated to become the next treasury secretary of the united states. a critically important job. >> it is. donald trump has promi fair share of taxes and everything else. he has said, im for you guys here. he is a populist. so h...

Taxes on american business from 35% to 15%. and we will massively cut taxes for the middle class, the forgotten people. ill tell you, hillary, and you see her plan, she is going to raise taxes substantially, folks. [ booing ] were the highest tax nation in the world shes going to raise tax, figure that one out. >> that was donald trump campaigning in scranton, pennsylvania, earlier this month. joining us is director for research for domestic policy at american enterprise institute kevin hassett ...

Barack obama even in 2012. im struck at her performance in places like scranton, pennsylvania, as well as willss wilkes-barre, pennsylvania, where she struggled. not only was it ground game and travel, but where and actually their decision just to really win over the urban areas thinking that was enough, and sometimes you have to actually win the other places and overperform to be able to carry some of those midwestern states. >> were talking about the call hillary clinton had over the weekend w...