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Everything is charlottesville. charlottesville really hit home in virginia in a way -- obviously it hit home across the country, but its personal, its close. its a big deal big deal there. >> its a big deal, and if you are a republican candidate and there are any suburbs in your area in virginia, youve got the same problem that democrats -- republicans in florida have. you have a trumpist at the top of the ticket in virginia and at the top of the ticket in florida. everybody in florida knows, if...

Absorb this. >> this is pure demagoguery. you talk to employers across a range of industries and the first thing theyll tell you is the problem is labor shortages at the lower end of the skill set. you go through the united states, places like nebraska and kansas, whats the biggest problem? counties emptying out. terrible demographics. go to a place like storm lake, iowa, in the northwest corner of the state. thats a town that has been made new once again, thanks to the arrival of immigrants. so...

Country. >> shannon: does she make a fair point? >> she does make a fair point. it would be better if donald trump had the ability to soothe peoples tempers in a time like this. i dont think thats in his skill set and he can be criticized for that. but basically the words he spoke in reaction to both of these actions were appropriate. and particularly what he said after pittsburgh was appropriate and yet we hear the claim made based on what i cant really fathom that hes an anti-semite. and a rac...

The first reaction of so many people in the country. >> that she make a point? >> he does, it would be better if donald trump had the ability to soothe people tempers at a time like this. i dont think that is in his skill set. he can become sized for that. but basically the words he spoke in reaction to both these actions were appropriate. after pittsburgh, was appropriate. and yet we hear the claim made based on what we cant fathom that he is an anti-satellite and a racist. the basis for that i...

Youve got a particular, ive noticed youve got a particular focus of your remarks of whats going on inside the white house. >> the problem that comes up is ive made some remarks because im running successful businesses and know how to evaluate talent and put a team together. people think my remarks are personal because he fired me but if you read my book its not the first time i been fired and it probably wont be the last time i been fired. im a little bit of a renegade, but as it relates to him,...

Youve got a particular, ive noticed youve got a particular focus of your remarks of whats going on inside the white house. >> the problem that comes up is ive made some remarks because im running successful businesses and know how to evaluate talent and put a team together. people think my remarks are personal because he fired me but if you read my book its not the first time i been fired and it probably wont be the last time i been fired. im a little bit of a renegade, but as it relates to him,...

In fact most leaders cant even puck up from one job, go on to a different one. like a ceo and be effective in the next. >> is the skillset innate or can it be acquired? >> thats an intersing question. i think there are traits a person can have that give them advantages but much of leadership must be learned. and the core is to be adaptable and do whats needed in a given situation. i was taught how to lead people into battle but in combat you quickly learn if its stupid but it works its not stupi...

What makes a great leader and how do they get to become great leaders? those are the questions pondered by general mcchrystal who authored leaders. heres what i thinking as i was reading the book. im going to put up on the screen those 13 leaders, the personalities that you profiled. what i wondered is could they switch jobs? i get that martin luther mouth not understand einsteins theory of relativity but is the skillset transferable to different areas of responsibility? >> i would say the short...

With you. i think her representatives and i think management also did her wrong because they put her in a position that was not necessarily suited to her skill set. >> not an easy position for management here, either, because theyre going to have to eat a lot of money. she was their highest paid person. shes one of the highest paid ive ever heard of. >> $69 million. >> yeah. >> that is a lot of money, especially to the -- i dont know if shes going to get $69 million, shes going to get a ton of m...

With you. i think her representatives and i think management also did her wrong because they put her in a position that was not necessarily suited to her skill set. >> not an easy position for management here, either, because theyre going to have to eat a lot of money. she was their highest paid person. >> $69 million. >> yeah. >> that is a lot of money, especially to the -- i dont know if shes going to get $69 million, shes going to get a ton of money to be sitting around doing nothing. but, ag...