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United states ostensibly the leader of the free world. he hasnt said a word about it. a lot of this stuff about comey is a bit of a distraction. i think this is how donald trump operates. when you talk about all this press stuff thats going on back and forth, he believes his greatest chance of successes distract twr -- >> shiny object. what do you think the republican party stands right now on the question of whether they understand putins motives, whether they understand the ramifications of wh...

Where are the investigations going to take place? >> and when are we going to keep up the heat? thats the question. we get all outraged, he said there were 3 million people who voted illegally, were all outraged for a night. and the circus moves on. and were on to another story. this one may be big enough that people stick around for a while. and it is related to the russia issue, which clearly is not going away. i think were responsible for allowing this stuff to go on without accountability. t...

>> in terms of the shiny object, i mean, if you talk to pam brown, jim sciutto, our fabulous reporters here, they arent distracted by the shiny object. people at "the washington post," people at "the new york times," greg miller at "the washington post," i dont think is distracted by the shiny object, hes breaking all sorts of stories as reporters are at cnn as well. >> so many things that are coming down, its like an avalanche. fair point. i understand what youre saying. i want to ask you this,...

News days. his attorney general was under the glare for his meetings with the russian ambassador. he was having trouble with his senior staff as we have since reported out. weve seen donald trump do this in the past. he tries to redirect attention elsewhere with another big, shiny object. if this was true would we really see the president of the united states tweet about it on a saturday morning? i just think the timing is circumspect. everybody stand by. there is a dangerous new threat from n...

Your leader? other than nancy pelosi or cory booker or chuck schumer, you cant name anybody else. i will say one defense of the state of the union, it is always fun hsc who falls asleep, im always entertained by that, its a very good drinking game. >> last time ruth bader ginsburg played her own drinking game. >> just to piggyback off of what sandra was talking about with nancy pelosi accusing white house advisor steve bannon of being a white supremacist, she went on to say making america less s...

It cant be both. >> i frankly feel very sad about the president making this claim. i felt sorry for him. i prayed for him. but then i prayed for the united states of america. >> oh, my goodness. prayers from nancy pelosi for the president about this. she is distressed, eric. >> yeah. on the voter fraud thing, trying to figure out what is the benefit other than having a lot of news, generate news and keep things going. maybe look over here, shiny object over here while i get a bunch of other thin...

Unsubstantiated. >> all of that is true. but were talking about something that continues to get focus because its a bright, shiny object, whereas really, if anyone was going to take issue with any of the material it would be the supposed collaboration between the trump campaign and russia. >> which is what were going to talk about. >> i dont yubtd stan why were not talking about that. >> we are. >> i can understand why donald trump is upset about this uncorroborated material. >> it, a lot of new...

Construct. we have not gotten do that as well. >> by the way, in the press conference, you know, we are talking all about this. this is the bright, shiny object. >> yes. >> big pharma stocks went down yesterday because of what ed negotiating for lower prices. there were about -- he named v.a. head. there was real news broke out yesterday. >> supreme court justice. >> we heard about a supreme court justice. >> exactly. >> and the business stuff which i think -- >> the business stuff is fascinatin...

What do you do as a member of the press when you have that where he is telling essentially half the country, ignore? >> keep going. keep doing your job. you are serving the whole public, not just mr. trumps supporters. keep remembering that. more people voted for other candidates than donald trump. going back to that question, i would say his business is central. that needs to be explored. i think that has great repercussions for whats going to happen in the next four years. what are his connect...

Trump won the election. we were critical of barack obama not engaging in theater. >> he did not. >> he never did. even when oil was spilling. he hated doing it. thought he was above it. >> optics. >> optics, please. >> no optics. >> far too smart to worry about whether people actually know what im doing or not. i think were on the other side of that. i mean, so let me ask you on the other side of that spectrum, what does a media do moving forward? you have the carrier deal. the bright shining ob...