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Gamble, rise, scrutiny decline" the press reveals fact that damage a candidate, the public says, no, we cant accept that candidate. i think to some extent what a lot of us -- me, thought were disabling aspects about trump -- his supporters said no, thats him and were so desperate for change well go with him. so im not sure i buy the false equivalency except in terms of 2 quantity of the coverage. >> mollie what do you think? >> the term "false equivalency" should die in a fire and the proof is t...

That instead of helping people figure out how to sign up, saying we hate this, you should sipe up for more. >> the republicans have made up their mind that whatever president blackula says we cant be a part of that. hes not even president count chocula. that guy is sweet and delicious. we could sit down to breakfast with him. but president blackula? no, get out of here. >> i was watching him speak yesterday and saying were going to set a bad precedent. maybe not. the rest of the presidents were ...

The book "the gamble." thank you for joining us. straight ahead, why larry david is telling young people not to curb their enthusiasm. ♪

Bring. we have the iran question, afghanistan out there. i think president obama, secretary clinton, theyve been good stewards of american foreign policy, in a very unheroic time. this is not the time of big s.t.a.r.t. agreements and cold war superpower kind of events, but i think obamas been quite effective and i think national security, as we sit here today, christmas, is going to be a plus for him. >> but beyond just the politics, tom brokaw, the iraq war may be over, but the threat is not. i...

Foreign policy, in a very unheroic time. this is not the time of big s.t.a.r.t. agreements and cold war superpower kind of events, but i think obamas been quite effective and i think national security, as we sit here today, christmas, is going to be a plus for him. >> but beyond just the politics, tom brokaw, the iraq war may be over, but the threat is not. i keep thinking to the tom ricks book "the gamble" in which he talks to ambassador crocker, then-ambassador in iraq and he said the most not...

Hour-long uncritical open mike for trump was changed into very tough scrutiny i think what we didnt realize was that for people beyond our world the distrust in the media was so high that even when trumps liabilities were accurately reported people who wanted trump for all kinds of reasons said, no, youre part of the problem, youre part of the system we want donald trump to upend. so those are just two points. it goes way beyond that but, again, i dont think there is one unified explanation for ...