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Spokespeople are out advancing that message, advancing propaganda, should be no surprise to people. of the many sad things -- and there are many sad things in the first 70 days of the trump administration -- i dont think there is anything sadder than seeing our government, our great democracy, aligning itself with these horrible forces of intolerance, of anti-liberalism. theyre trying to destroy democracies around the world. >> then you go to how this all works in government, matt. substantively...

You dont see this kind of thing. talk about spicers credibility right now. >> well, bryan, its selling pretty cheap right now. i mean, look, he just seems to speak for brute force effect. he has this wonderful tactic where a reporter starts asking the question, he jumps on them midway and when the reporter tries to finish, he says hold on. i mean, its a kind of brute force, really slightly bullying tactic that he uses and substantively, he doesnt seem to care that much about the vor asty of a lo...

And the state department. it tells us that the national security justification for the whole ban, the setting up of extreme vetting is bull pucky in national security terms. theres nothing they can set up at the border to tell you years down the road who might become a completely and different and radical and violent person years from now because they havent been radicalized yet so this tells us substantively, in terms of the substance of the matter that the intelligence community thinks the mus...

Community document we have obtained tonight shows us two things. it shows us its the conclusion of american intelligence in consultation with the border patrol and i.c.e. and the national counterterrorism center and the state department. it tells us that the national security justification for the whole ban, the setting up of extreme vetting is bull pucky in national security terms. theres nothing they can set up at the border to tell you years down the road who might become a completely and dif...

Consultation with the border patrol and i.c.e. and the national counterterrorism center and the state department. it tells us that the national security justification for the whole ban, the setting up of extreme vetting is bull pucky in national security terms. theres nothing they can set up at the border to tell you years down the road who might become a completely and different and radical and violent person years from now because they havent been radicalized yet so this tells us substantively...

Else, thats ant they teithetice whole history of the country. >> the white house is taking pains to not have this be a religious ban, but you have your disagreements there. last night you tweeted after the speech, "for all who continue to ask will this president act to unite the country, can he grow in the job, the answer tonight was a discouraging no." congressman, 57% of people who watched the speech in a cnn poll overnight had a positive reaction to it. what did you hear that they didnt? >> w...

Demeanor change the way a presidency goes forward? >> it can but youre right. there was a lot of talk before the speech last night that there might be some new program announced like some kind of perhaps program of two astronauts going to the moon or something like that. i went all through the speech and was looking hard for something that was a surprise. and substantively, there was not too much there. but the tone was different. it was different from that very dark inaugural and that press con...

Commissar who can repackage, and thats against anybody whos ever been an intelligence officer stands for, we need to get them to the senior most policymakers and to stand in the way of that is horrific. >> phil what did you think? >> substantively i think there are a couple offish issues that important. theres a lot of nervousness that goes beyond democratic and republican, his quick comments on foreign policy dont always seem to be well considered. talked about the one-state solution for israel...

Know, who had 400 electoral votes and there is no path to victory for the patriots. i think it may be the same thing in this administration. substantively, what donald trump is doing is well-supported. >> right. >> but the instability, the uncertainty of it all, which, of course, is what he was elected to bring to washington, is also scaring folks. there is a difference between having a little 20-foot boat and turning the wheel sharply and having the thousand-foot ship of state and yanking that ...

Where were asking, is this order itself legal, substantively? does the president have the power to issue this order? >> well, and thats part of the argument they made, that the president can decide who stays and who goes in this country. we know that also part of that argument from the trump appeal said on basic principle that an alien seeking initial admission to the u.s. requests a privilege and has no constitutional rights regarding his application. because they lost the appeal, is that not a...