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The president is still running the country like a brand instead of a team. it is a transition that he has not made from his time in business through the campaign to the white house. ea even though he had every legal authority to fire the fbi director, he hasnt bothered to explain it. he made it all very personal. not about the country. i think that if he wants to enjoy broader support for radical moves or bold moves, he has to learn. this goes for pieces of legislation and his agenda. he has to ...

Recording, this is an attack on the democratic system. it has nothing to do with collusion. it is about a president who is so insecure and so feeling his legitimacy is questioned. he is not looking after the presidency or checks and balances of our country. >> david drucker. when clapper says he thinks the u.s. institutions are under assault externally and internally, is he being alarmist? >> he sounds alarmist and it sounds alarmist coming from a former intelligence official. these are the stat...

Partisan politics and allowing a conversation to unfold that the democrats are being hypocrites because they wanted comey out all along. come on. focus on what was done. they made up a reason to get rid of comey. the idea they cared about the treatment of hillary clinton. nothi nobody believes. they did it in the middle of the russia investigation. now they tried to get him to pledge loyalty. you know trump was thinking, this guy, comey, he will feel about about how he handled clinton. now he wi...

Turkish president erdogan. >> thank you, joe. joining us is david gregory and david drucker and editor a.b. stodda stoddard. david gregory, what was the biggest surprise of the weekend for you to start off the week? >> as we look forward, we have a president who still doesnt get it. playing this kind of petty politic game around. i thought everybody did not like comey. i thought it would be celebrated. not realizing the act of how he fired comey with the pre-text reason with contradictory answer...