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On. i think that would be very, very good. >> also, when the president speaks this and the reporters start looking into it, it turns out he didnt do exactly what he said and the story bubbles up about this $25,000 check. >> right. exactly. and so i think that there are actually -- and there are other troubling things that have come out which is the fact that he says hes called all these families. it urns on out a lot of them havent been called or received letters. is it necessarily the president...

Promising donations the president promised and didnt deliver on, some he never delivered on. what do you make of this pattern? >> i agree with phil that this is a staff problem. but its also a problem for the president. in two ways. number one, the president likes to be this sort of whos your daddy figure, promising to give out these charitable contributions, promising according to the reporting of my "washington post" colleagues, $25,000 from his personal account, going over the fact he is the ...

What you look to a president foris someone that can speak to everyone and saying this unacceptable, we will bring these people to justice. this is wrong, this is who they are, and this is not what we stand for. but his instinct which went unchecked over the weekend, was to do something very different. so its not a staff problem. it really isnt. its a leadership problem. >> how does he then -- just listening to you -- david, let me go to you. not that just the ceos are coming occupy, but members ...

The president right now. do you think those like kellyanne conway out today and sebastian gorka out today, who say its the media thats obsessed with tweets, tweets are not policy, you guys just dont understand that -- do you think theyre doing a service for the president? >> you know, obviously, they believe they are and they have a lot more information than i have, but i mean, i dont understand why they cant all be singing out of the same songbook. and if its a staff problem, then it should be ...

Confrontational and aggressive approach. more nasty tweets and angry statements. that they see as the problem. they have not been significantly nasty enough. that is the diagnosis of the problem, you mentioned howard baker coming in, that was a change in direction to have a different approach. >> the tower report and everything else they did, they cleaned up the mess and the president left after a second term on a high, which never would have been predicted when this thing first broke. what abou...

Because what theyve seen so far is someone who instance after instance gains no knowledge as he goes along. that i think is what motivated senator corker to say theyre on a downward spiral. he has a standing among his colleagues that is really impressive. thats a definite signal to the white house. we could see major changes based on expectations on capitol hill that theyre not capable of pulling their act together under the current configuration. the problem there is, its not a staff problem. t...

Some or maybe even many of those black ministers had not endorsed donald trump. if they had appeared, my guess is some would have taken over the mic and explained why they were not supporting donald trump. on the part of the trump campaign, it was a wise move, after this tremendous statement by his campaign. >> how can you misconstrue that? an endorsement by 100 pastors in. >> you cant. maybe it was a staff problem. im trying to give a kind explanation here. it could also be, and this is another...

Shes in iowa her grandparents, all of them coming to america as immigrants which turns out to be false. >> all my grandparents, you know, came over here. and, you know, my grandfather went to work in a lace mill in scranton, pennsylvania and worked there until he retired at 65. he started when he was a teenager. and just kept going. >> all of my grandparents becomes one of four. now, the sniper fire thing i think is -- she sounds like brian williams. >> i think that -- i do understand how in fam...

Brian williams. >> i understand in families you can tell stories over and over again and the lore takes on a fact of its own. that said, shes how old? i mean -- i realize -- by your 30s you usually get the real story. i get little kids get things mixed up. the point here is a staff problem. they actually -- you always need to be fact checking everything especially stories that people have told over and over and over again. in my book that i just wrote, i actually have a little bit about the hist...

A lot of conservatives are. not only conservatives. i dont even care that much in the sense what exact plan mitt romney offers in healthcare or tax reform or energy. he has a lot of details throughout. i think what a lot of people would like to see is a lot of people hope mitt romney wins the presidency in november. i would like to see him stand up and say i have a plan and i am going to aggressively address these problems and fix the economy. they seem to be playing prevent defense. that doesnt...