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Across washington, in effect, today, katy. but what really strikes me on this day is the fact that this is a president who became so famous for americans for his role on "the apprentice" where he sat there in the boardroom and to their face, he said, "youre fired," yet the high-profile firings have taken place from thousands of miles away. james comey, the situation today with rex tillerson, where in effect he got a couple of calls from the chief of staff, and then it came in a tweet and a call ...

>> when "all in" starts right now. >> good evening from new york. im chris hayes. the presidents abject surrender to the nra now appears to be complete. it was of course just a few short weeks ago that in the wake of the massacre at marjory stoneman douglas high school, the president promised survivors and families of victims that he would take action to prevent further shootings. specifically citing the move to raid the minimum wage for gun purchases from 18 to 21. >> in addition to everything ...

It. the problem with tv you need something new. season 2 needs to be better. >> very, very tired old records, old songs, old polka music. here is the question. the personal attack on somebody they dont know. they may be vaguely aware she is african american, maxine waters. >> right. >> but to go and call her low iq? you can say you dont like her there is the low iq piece coming in here. and he does the sign language thing. >> i have more respect for the people at this rally. they know who maxine...

Place, by the way, i said mr. president, do you have a drug problem? no, no, no. i said what do you attribute that to? well, the death penalty. so if i dont win the election, their ratings are going to go so far down, theyre going to be out of business, every one of them. can you imagine? can you imagine covering birney or pocahantas? how about that? id love oprah to win. id love to beat oprah. i know her weakness. i did "the apprentice" on nbc for 14 seasons. i made a lot of money for them. we ...

Single other leader of the world since hes taken power. and no american president has ever met with a north korean leader, only former secretary of state. so its the first, its incredible television, clearly trump wants to make this happen. that doesnt mean its going to happen. and there are a lot of things -- simply the fact of saying theres going to be a subtle has now made trumps presidency more about north korea than i think any of us want. i mean, the fact is, this has been the most intract...

He knows best to try to shift the conversation to change the media coverage. look, we all know he understands the power of tv and thats been on display recently in the cabinet room. the white house set up these events for president trump, sometimes they are bipartisan meetings, other times theyre cabinet meetings. these are scenes that are incredibly similar to a decade ago, when president then donald trump now president trump was hosting the reality show "the apprentice." its uncanny when you v...

North korea. >> thats right. he talked about "the apprentice" turned out. but we watched this speech and both of you guys remarked that he is very good at this. this is something that he is successful at. he knows how to work a crowd. he knows how to stir them up. he knows how to get these people behind him. >> hes a performer. he spends a lot of his career performing. and the apprentice was his training fwroutrain training ground for politics. he knows what his crowd likes. he knows how to defi...

Presidency in almost real time through the lens of television, which is sort of the point, is a surreal twist. we know hes a creature of reality tv. we know he understands that the deeper divisions ma n media arent media or liberal but conflict bias. he consciously plays to that. >> reality tv is scripted. when donald trump was on "the apprentice" he had producers shaping the show making him look great. now he doesnt have that producer anymore. >> no, hes trying to play that role of producer, he...

Kim jong-un has not met with a single other leader of the world since hes become, since hes taken power, and no american president has ever met with the north korean leader, only former secretary of state. so its the first. its incredible television, clearly trump wants to make this happen. but that doesnt mean its going to happen, and there are a lot of things, simply the fact of saying theres going to be a summit has made trumps presidency more about north korea than i think any of us want. th...

>> and the ratings are lousy, by can the way. compared to fox, their ratings -- they couldnt believe it. the worst of them, cnn, msnbc which is worse. i think i have a new -- msnbc, third rate. and nbc, which is horrible, their newscasts, by the way, is not doing well on nbc network. theyre heading down the tubes. but listen to this, i did the apprentice on nbc for 14 seasons. i made a lot of money for them. we had a big, successful show. arnold schwarzenegger failed at the apprentice, and hes a...